survivalVideo Games18

Action canceled

A multiplayer-only first-person shooter/role playing game developed by Frog Factory. The story of Heathen was inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau, a cult-classic novel by H.G. Wells describing a mysterious island inhabited by Beast Folk, human-animal hybrids created by the aforementioned scientist. After the death of its benefactor, the island has been rediscovered by a biologist and an entrepreneur, who had picked up the research in order to create a source of cheap workforce for humanity.

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Action 17 February 2016

An MMO game referred to as a "survival sandbox" by its creators, Daybreak Game Company. H1Z1 takes place in an alternate world, 15 years after the discovery of the titular virus that caused a world-wide zombie epidemic. The few survivors fight for their lives, struggling against zombies, wild animals, and other surviving factions. During the game, players get the chance to build a shelter or even entire cities somewhere in the United States.

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Adventure canceled

Raindrop is an independent survival FPP game, whose action was set in an open world, consisting mainly of a ruined research and residential complex in the Soviet Union. In a dangerous exploration, we use an extensive system of craftsmanship to create makeshift weapons and tools. There are also vehicles and logical riddles.

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Arcade 29 June 2016

An arcade survival game with strategy elements. Due to a plane crash in the Bermuda Triangle, the protagonist of Lost Sea finds himself stranded on a tropical island. His primary objective is to leave the island, and to achieve it he has to explore the place in search of food, find himself some helpers, build a ship, and sail to a mysterious portal.

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RPG 03 July 2014

Rogue-like RPG production set in the realities of science fiction. In the game we play the role of a clone, who is sent on a mission to find a cure for a mysterious disease that threatens humanity. The game focuses on exploration and survival aspects.

PC

Action 21 November 2014

A free fan-made 2D web-based game, later published by Bohemia Interactive. The production was based on the survival game DayZ, which in turn was a full-fledged version of an ArmA II mod. In terms of content and mechanics, MiniDayZ is not much different from the original — the game is set in the zombie-infested Chernarus and you, as one of the survivors, are trying to last as long as your can in the hostile world.

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Strategy canceled

A sandbox real-time strategy game featuring survival elements. It was developed by Facepunch Studios, a team popular for Garry's Mod and Rust. The player is taken to prehistoric times in order to command a tribe of cavemen trying to survive. The gameplay consists of searching for food and basic resources, such as wood or stone, and gathering animal skins. The materials can be used to construct buildings and craft different items.

PC

Action canceled

A science-fiction sandbox action game developed by independent studio BitMonster. In GRAV the players are tasked with exploring alien planets, gathering resources required for surviving and fighting aliens and examples of local fauna. The surface of planets is generated procedurally by a special system that makes sure they are filled with plants, animals and various biomes – from skyscraping mountaintops to underground caves.

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Action 16 December 2021

A sandbox survival simulator set in fantasy world, created by Digital DNA Games in co-operation with Signal Studios. The game takes us to a dangerous, open-world environment, where the players task is to survive. As in many similar games, the gameplay focuses on exploration and gathering various resources, which, thanks to a complex crafting system, can be used to create tools and weapons.

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Action 13 July 2018

A sandbox MMO game which emphasizes the survival aspects, developed by polish studio Space Boat with the financial help from Indiego’s users. Players take roles of castaways, who land on one of the islands of an unknown archipelago, and their main task is to survive in a foreign, unknown environment. To achieve this, we explore the diversified open world in search of a shelter and materials, which will allow us to craft basic tools, weapons, armor, and other useful items.

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Action canceled

A remake of the post-apocalyptic MMO starring zombies – Infestation: Survivor Stories – developed by Hammerpoint Interactive, creators of the original game. The production was originally known as WarZ; however, following the accusations of plagiarism and conflict with creators of the World War Z film, it was modified in many ways, resulting not only in a change of the game's title, but with introduction of major changes into the game's underlying concept.

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RPG 01 January 2020

Fantasy sandbox role-playing game, being a debut project from AAD Productions studio. Developers wanted to combine the mechanics of classic RPG titles (like The Elder Scrolls series) with survival aspects and free world exploration, typical of modern MMO productions. The game is played in first-person perspective, and the gameplay is focused on exploring subsequent locations by ourselves, instead on completing consecutive story quests. During the game we have to take care of the food supply.

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RPG TBA (early access since 18 September 2015)

Forsaken Fortress is a debut title from Photon Productions, combining features of classic post-apocalyptic RPGs and popular sandbox survival titles. Its story takes place after a cataclysm that wiped out most of humanity, with survivors trying to organize in groups and survive in this new reality. The developers emphasized survival aspects in the story campaign.

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Adventure 28 August 2013

An original action adventure game with survival elements, developed by Might and Delight. The player controls a female badger trying to survive in a hostile environment with several offspring to feed. Shelter is a third-person perspective game. The player's mission is to find an appropriate den and ensure the safety of the badger family. The player has to provide basic living conditions for the small badgers.

PC

Strategy canceled

Exodus Of The Machine is a survival strategy developed by the Arcen Games team set in the universe known from AI War: Fleet Command. Our task is to lead a group of survivors on a foreign planet and guarantee their survival.

PC

Action 22 November 2013

An action-packed shooter in which we fight a hordes of zombies in both single and multiplayer modes. The game combines solutions characteristic for the tower defense genre and arcade titles from the 80s and 90s of the 20th century.

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Action 05 June 2014

Produced by Phosphor Games, an independent first person perspective (FPP) action game. The Nether's storyline presents a bleak vision of the near-future world in which a mysterious cataclysm has put an end to human civilization. 10 years after this event a handful of survivors penetrate the ruins of cities in search of supplies, exposing themselves to attacks from bandits and monsters with supernatural abilities, known as the Nether.

PC

Adventure 08 February 2013

An original sandbox platform game in which we are forced to survive on a foreign and hostile planet. The concept of the game assumes the creative use of a system of craftsmanship, in order to create new objects, weapons and technologies. Light and shadow mechanics also play an important role, which will allow us to survive many encounters with hostile dark creatures.

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Adventure TBA (early access since 30 January 2015)

Eden Star is a FPP survival sandbox set on a foreign planet. The task of the players is to explore the open world and to collect raw materials, which are used to construct ever more powerful structures or objects. You can play alone or in a multiplayer (cooperation and PvP).

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RPG 31 December 1996

Informal continuation of the original Silmarils game entitled Robinson's Requiem, combining elements of action, RPG, simulation and survival. As an agent of the military organisation AWE, we are following in the footsteps of a dangerous terrorist group that has captured a research station on the planet Alcybiades. In order to survive in a dangerous and unfriendly environment, we must constantly monitor the life functions of our body and satisfy its basic needs.

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Action 24 July 2013

Teleglitch: Die More Edition is a shooter developed by the T3P team, in which the action is shown from a camera placed high above the hero's head. The game takes place at an extraterrestrial research station controlled by animated corpses and combat robots. The fun is enriched by elements of survival horror and roguelike games.

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Adventure 01 November 2011

Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai is a third person perspective adventure game (TPS) that will be developed by Fun Labs, a Romanian development studio. The player plays the role of the pilot Logan James, whose plane crashes in Alaska. In order to survive, the hero has to face the inhospitable environment and the wild animals that live there.

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Adventure 28 November 2012

The first adventure in which we are looking for a cure for a mysterious plague. The game takes place on a large open island inhabited by dangerous predators. Miasmata combines exploration, survival struggle and logical elements. Noteworthy is the title graphics - a modest independent studio created an original engine.

PC

RPG canceled

Meriwether: An American Epic is an RPG that allows you to experience the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, organized in the early nineteenth century to discover the western territories of North America. The game is about exploring, mapping and establishing relations with the Indians. Survival elements also play an important role.

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