Survival Games 4

The Stomping Land

The Stomping Land

PC

December 2025

Action, Crafting, Crowdfunding, Dinosaurs, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Survival, TPP.

Action game realized in third-person perspective, with particular emphasis on the survival aspect. In the production we play as members of a primitive tribe, whose main weapon is a bow, and the main occupation - hunting the powerful and bloodthirsty dinosaurs. However, in order to survive in confrontation with the prehistoric reptiles, we'll have to - thanks to an advanced crafting system - invent new technologies that will allow us to create more effective weapons and various traps useful in combat and hunting.

The Stomping Land
Romestead

Romestead

PC

TBA

Action, 2D, Crafting, Strategic Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Internet, LAN, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Survival.

A hybrid of an action survival game and a city builder, set in the universe inspired by Ancient Rome. In Romestead we explore an open world and fight opponents, as well as build a prosperous settlement from scratch. We can play alone or in coop mode.

Romestead
Dead Sea

Dead Sea

PC

TBA

Action, Crafting, Adventure Elements, FPP, Horror, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

A sandbox survival simulator with adventure and horror features from Thai studio Phoenix. It is an extended version of a 2013 amateur project built on CryEngine. We play as an anonymous character, who wakes up on endless desert. Naturally, his only goal is to survive and escape from the hellish place, which requires solving many puzzles, exploring the game’s world and developing our character, who learns new, useful skills. This is complemented by fights with various creatures, starting from small and rather typical inhabitants of desert and ending at huge beasts that tower over our protagonist.

2.1

Steam

Dead Sea
UnReal World

UnReal World

PC

February 26, 2016

RPG, Historical, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival, Turn-based.

An old-school roguelike RPG with survival elements, developed by Enormous Elk – a studio composed of just two people. Before the official release, the game has been systematically developed and updated for a long period of 26 years. The action of UnReal World takes place during the Iron Age in a northern region of Europe that corresponds to the territory of modern Finland. There is no plot – it is a typical roguelike life simulator, offering freedom in shaping the fate of our hero, who can take up many professions or combine their selected elements. While traveling through the procedurally generated lands, one of the game’s key aspects becomes survival and the necessity to satisfy the character's basic needs, like water, food, clothing, or shelter. The game is characterized by high levels of realism, a turn-based combat system, tactical complexity, and extensive character progression system that offers hundreds of various abilities.

9.4

Steam

8.9

Users

UnReal World
Death Road to Canada

Death Road to Canada

PCPlayStationXboxMobileNintendo

July 22, 2016

Action, 2D, Humorous, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival, Top-down, Zombie.

An retro-stylized action adventure game with survival elements, developed by the Rocket Games studio. In Death Road to Canada the player's task is to travel the eponymous route from Florida to the city of Ontario in Canada and to survive the hordes of zombies attacking us along the way. In the game we control a team of up to five characters (human or animal), each of which has its own unique virtues and vices. Therefore, apart from having to search for other survivors, constantly gather supplies, and eliminate subsequent hosts of living dead, an extremely important element of the game is ensuring that our group members won't quarrel with each other. Gameplay is undoubtedly more attractive due to the fact that almost all of its elements are randomly generated, so each time we start the game a different story awaits us. The game features old-fashioned pixel graphics, reminiscent of the classic arcade hits.

7.8

OpenCritic

9.3

Steam

2.9

Users

Death Road to Canada
Escape Dead Island

Escape Dead Island

PCPlayStationXbox

November 18, 2014

Adventure, Action Adventure, PS Plus Premium, Singleplayer, Stealth, Survival, TPP, TPS, Zombie.

A spin-off to the series of action games with RPG elements, originally developed by Polish studio Techland. As the owner of the title, Deep Silver chose the Swedish Fatshark studio as the developer for the spin-off. They are known for multiplayer-oriented games such as War of the Roses and War of the Viking. As a result, the players received a third-person perspective action-adventure game, the story of which takes place in between the first and the second part of the series and connects them together. The main hero – Cliff Calo – decides to trace the origins of the zombie virus outbreak and document them. Together with his friends, Cliff sets out on an expedition that soon turns out to be nothing more than a constant fight for survival, as any contact with the living dead ends up in death. You can use a wide arsenal of inventive weapons, but the gameplay emphasizes stealth elements and silent elimination of the enemies. The game features distinctive colorful graphics that utilize cel-shading technology.

4.4

OpenCritic

6.1

Steam

4.7

Users

Escape Dead Island
Die Young

Die Young

PCPlayStationXbox

September 12, 2019

Action, Exploration Games, Adventure Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival.

An independent exploration game with survival elements from an in-house team of the Indie Gala company. We play as a heroine who found herself on a Mediterranean island, not knowing how, why, and by whom she was kidnapped. She must uncover the truth behind this event and escape. Die Young employs first-person perspective and focuses on exploration. Aside from that, the protagonist must fight for survival, gathering food, water and useful equipment. Because she can’t use any weapons, our heroine is forced to run from dangers and climb on her surroundings to avoid danger – otherwise, she will meet a horrible end at the hands of opponents, with decapitations with axe being common scenes. What makes Die Young stand out from other games from the genre are its high-quality visuals, with detailed, moved by wind plants.

7.9

Steam

7.2

Users

Die Young
Patron

Patron

PC

August 10, 2021

Strategy, City Builder, Economic, Indie Games, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival.

The debut game of the independent studio Overseer Games. Patron is a strategy game from the city builder genre with survival elements. We play the role of a settlement manager, who has to develop his village, taking care of the needs of citizens.

7.9

Users

Patron
Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Sir, You Are Being Hunted

PC

May 1, 2014

Action, Crowdfunding, FPP, Humorous, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Stealth, Survival.

An unusual first-person shooter featuring open-world environment, created by an independent studio, Big Robot. The game ridicules the habits of British aristocracy. The action takes place in an alternative version of Great Britain, swarming with intelligent robots that wish to destroy every human they lay their lenses upon. The player takes control of one of their potential victims, whose mission is simply to survive. The game presents a hilarious approach to first-person shooters, as it focuses on depicting and satirizing the customs of high society gentlemen. Therefore, the player can observe robots drinking tea or smoking pipes for example. Despite being intended as a satire, the game has proper three-dimensional visuals based on an proprietary game engine, able to procedurally generate rural English landscapes.

8.0

Steam

8.6

Users

Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Don't Starve Together

Don't Starve Together

PCPlayStationXboxNintendo

April 21, 2016

Action, Crafting, Fantasy, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, LAN, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

A standalone expansion for the 2013’s well-received survival sandbox game, Don’t Starve. The main goal of the add-on is to transfer the core premise of the original title into cooperative multiplayer gameplay. In the game, we still explore the world, gather food, build a shelter, fight various enemies, and take care of the protagonist’s physical and mental health. The primary novelty is the possibility of interacting with other players who can turn out to be either precious friends or deadly foes. Don’t Starve Together allows us to play both with our friends and with complete strangers. Another appeal of the expansion is the fact that it comes with the previously released DLC, Reign of Giants, which expands the original title with new bioms, enemies, and a full year cycle. The production can be obtained free of charge by all owners of the vanilla game.

9.5

Steam

8.2

Users

Don't Starve Together
Romero's Aftermath

Romero's Aftermath

PC

September 25, 2015

Action, Crafting, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Post-apocalypse, Survival, Survival Horror, Zombie.

A survival MMO game set in a world overrun by zombies. It was developed by Free Reign East, a studio established by former employees of Hammerpoint Interactive. The core of the gameplay is nearly identical to that known from Infestation (formerly WarZ), while the decision to create a new franchise was caused by a conflict with the current publisher. We begin with creating our own character and travel through a vast and open world, trying to survive against the hordes of the living dead. The game emphasizes the survival aspects. The players’ biggest concern is the limited supply of water, food, ammunition, and other useful items. The game offers nearly complete freedom of action – we can drive various vehicles and build shelters. The game is complemented by an arcade combat system and somewhat simplified crafting mechanics. Aftermath allows us to play in either PvE or PvP mode. In the latter, we have to face other players in addition to zombies.

6.5

Steam

4.7

Users

Romero's Aftermath
Kenshi 2

Kenshi 2

PC

TBA

RPG, Crafting, Strategic Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A sequel to the production from 2018, which combines elements from RPGs, RTSs and survival games. Kenshi 2 is set a thousand years before the events shown in the original, during the reign of the Old Empire. The game was created by the Lo-Fi Games studio.

Kenshi 2
Road to Vostok

Road to Vostok

PC

December 2025, Early Access

Action, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Shooters, Survival.

Road to Vostok is survival postapocalyptic FPS, which action is set on the border of Russia and Finland. Our main goal is to get to the Vostok zone and survive in it. The game takes a lot of inspiration from the STALKER series.

Road to Vostok
Deadside

Deadside

PCPlayStationXbox

December 5, 2024

Action, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Online, Survival, TPP.

Multiplayer shooter with elements of survival, set in an open, postapocalyptic world. Deadside is a Bad Pixel studio game that was originally released on the Steam platform in early access.

7.8

Steam

Deadside
Above Snakes

Above Snakes

PC

May 25, 2023

Simulation, Crafting, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Western, Isometric View.

Above Snakes is a survival strategy game about a young Indian girl trying to survive in a fictional version of the Wild West. An unusual element is the fact that the player himself creates the world explored by the heroine by buying for resources more fields, of which the map consists.

Above Snakes
Tribe: Primitive Builder

Tribe: Primitive Builder

PCPlayStationXbox

October 12, 2023

Adventure, Crafting, RPG Elements, Simulation Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Polish, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival.

An independent Polish survival adventure game. Tribe: Primitive Builder is set on the Island of Exiles, tasking us with taking care of our protagonist and our entire tribe.

7.5

Users

Tribe: Primitive Builder
The Day Before

The Day Before

PCPlayStationXbox

December 7, 2023

Action, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Survival, TPP, Zombie.

Survival MMO game which takes us to the postapocalyptic world overrun by zombies. In The Day Before we explore the vast map, search for useful or valuable goods and fight for survival, facing both hordes of the living dead and other players.

1.5

Steam

2.3

Users

The Day Before
Terminator: Survivors

Terminator: Survivors

PCPlayStationXbox

December 2025, Early Access

Action, Crafting, Movies, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.

A survival game set in the Terminator universe in the period between Judgment Day and the founding of the Resistance by John Connor. In Terminator: Survivors we find ourselves in an open world, which we explore as one of the survivors trying to rebuild society.

Terminator: Survivors
Surviving Deponia

Surviving Deponia

PCPlayStationXbox

December 2025

Adventure, Crafting, RPG Elements, Simulation Elements, Humorous, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

The fifth installment in the Deponia series, bringing changes to the gameplay and a different development team. Created by AtomicTorch, the game heavily emphasizes survival elements.

Surviving Deponia
Under a Rock

Under a Rock

PCPlayStationXbox

December 2025, Early Access

Adventure, Crafting, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A third-person survival game set on a procedurally generated island, where evolution has gone differently. Under a Rock has us playing as explorers, trying to survive. The game supports co-op for up to ten players.

Under a Rock
Solarpunk

Solarpunk

PC

December 2025, Early Access

Adventure, Crafting, Crowdfunding, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.

A sandbox survival FPP game. Solarpunk offers a technologically advanced world filled with levitating islands. We can craft various items & objects, farm our lands, breed animals and explore the world in an airship. The game offers both singleplayer & online coop.

Solarpunk
Vikings Dynasty

Vikings Dynasty

PC

December 2025, Early Access

RPG, Crafting, Indie Games, Polish, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Life Sim, The Middle Ages, The Vikings.

An RPG with life simulator and survival elements. Vikings Dynasty allows us to play as a viking in medieval Norway. Our character ends up washed ashore in a new land and we can start building a settlement, constructing ships, attracting other settlers and exploring the Scandinavian archipelago.

Vikings Dynasty
StarRupture

StarRupture

PC

November 2025, Early Access

Action, Crafting, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Polish, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.

A sci-fi co-op FPS, combining fast-paced combat, survival mechanics and base management. It was developed and published by a Polish studio Creepy Jar - the creators of Green Hell.

StarRupture
Lost Legions

Lost Legions

PC

October 2025

Action, Crafting, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ancient Rome, Survival, TPP.

A survival TPP game allowing to play as a soldier of the Roman Empire. Lost Legions features an open world of the Teutoburg Forest. We must explore the area, find other legionnaires, learn about crafting, obtain better weapons, build camps and take over villages.

Lost Legions
Light No Fire

Light No Fire

PC

TBA

Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A third-person action adventure game by the creators of No Man's Sky. Light No Fire is set on a procedurally generated planet, which players can explore in various ways, including atop flying beasts. The game supports singleplayer and multiplayer.

Light No Fire
BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2

BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2

PC

2026, Early Access

Adventure, Crafting, Exploration Games, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

A sequel to a well-received FPP survival game from 2017. In BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2 our goal is to survive in the unforgiving icy land. There are some new features in the sequel, including psychological aspects and stats related to survival, as well as an online coop mode in addition to singleplayer.

BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2
One Life

One Life

PC

TBA

Action, Crafting, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Internet, MMO, MMOFPS, Post-apocalypse, Shooters, Survival.

A post-apocalyptic MMOFPS with survival game features. It was developed by the independent Russian studio Kefir! At first glance the mechanics of One Life are similar to other games in the genre. The player is taken to a large post-apocalyptic world filled with dangers, where he and other users are trying to survive. The path to victory leads through wise strategy, seeking water and food and through crafting needed items. What makes the title original is a unique system of permanent death. In this game dying doesn’t offer a chance to create a new character and start the game from the beginning. If the player dies, his adventure with the game ends definitely as One Life simply won’t enable him to play itself again. Luckily, it’s not that easy to die in the game.

One Life
NEO Scavenger

NEO Scavenger

PCMobile

December 15, 2014

Strategy, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Turn-based.

A turn-based strategy game with survival elements, set in near post-apocalyptic future. Earth has been invaded by nightmarish legendary monsters that ruined the cities and slaughtered almost all humans. The survivors hide in fortified metropolises and small, forgotten villages, hoping to live through at least one day more. You play as a person, who wakes from cryogenic sleep and wants to find out who they are and what happened to humanity. Despite the sandbox character, the production features an expansive plot and encourages you to explore the in-game world in many ways. After creating your character, you start searching for food, valuable items, and shelter. You have to be wary of not only bloodthirsty monsters, but also bad weather conditions, injuries, viruses and bacteria, which can infect and kill you. You can craft items, hack equipment, and track and hunt animals. Your enemies are controlled by an advanced AI, which makes them real killing machines. The combat is turn-based and takes place on a map divided into hexagons. NEO Scavengers also features a permadeath system.

8.9

Steam

7.7

Users

NEO Scavenger
Wild Side

Wild Side

PCPlayStationXbox

cancelled

Adventure, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Polish, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

Wild Side is a realistic survival from the debuting Polish VeCube studio. Game throws the hero right into the middle of the Bieszczady Mountains, forcing him to fight for survival in the forests of Podkarpacie. Unlike many survivors, Wild Side offers a storyline layer.

Wild Side
The Wild Eight

The Wild Eight

PCPlayStationXbox

October 3, 2019

Action, Crafting, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.

An isometric survival game with co-op gameplay for up to eight players at its core. The Wild Eight tells the story of eight people stranded somewhere in cold Alaska after surviving a plane crash. The player’s role is to team up with other survivors and work together in order to stay alive and find a way back home. The things you do in The Wild Eight include exploring environment, discovering secrets, constructing useful items and tools using a complex crafting system, improving your character’s skills and fighting mutated animals. You must also gather resources and use them for creating a shelter for the entire group as well as provide enough food and warmth for them to survive. Although the key to surviving lies group work, characters controlled by players differ in personality and skills, and you never know if one of your companions turns out to be a ruthless egoist in a critical situation. The Wild Eight is characterized by its original cartoonish stylistics.

7.2

OpenCritic

7.1

Steam

2.8

Users

The Wild Eight
Deliver Us the Moon

Deliver Us the Moon

PCPlayStationXboxNintendo

October 10, 2019

Adventure, Crowdfunding, Exploration Games, Episodic, FPP, Indie Games, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A science-fiction action-adventure game featuring survival elements. It is the first major project of KeokeN – an independent Dutch developer. The player is taken to the year 2069, when humanity has to face total depletion of natural resources. Established by governments of world powers, the Worldwide Space Agency decides to resume the exploration of the Moon's surface and the player is cast in the role of an astronaut sent there among others. The protagonist discovers the existence of a huge conspiracy, which sheds new light on the Earth's situation. For the most part, the player explores the virtual environment and solves puzzles. However, the player is not entirely on their own here, for a robot accompanies the protagonist, which is helpful in said puzzle solving. The protagonist has a universal tool at their disposal and the player modifies its purpose gradually alongside progression. Additionally, survival elements were interwoven into the gameplay. For instance, the player encounters locations which lack oxygen and so one is required to make the best possible use of what air they have left.

7.6

Users

Deliver Us the Moon
Pine

Pine

PCPlayStationNintendo

October 10, 2019

Action, Crafting, Fantasy, Indie Games, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

Pine is an open world action adventure game developed for PCs. While playing, we try to survive on a mysterious island, full of predators and intelligent races, whose behavior is controlled by advanced modules of artificial intelligence, capable of causing major changes in the whole ecosystem.

7.3

Steam

5.0

Users

Pine
Fade to Silence

Fade to Silence

PCPlayStationXbox

April 30, 2019

Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

Fade to Silence is a survival action game set in a post-apocalyptic world and developed exclusively for PC Windows. The player assumes the role of a man trying to survive during the eternal winter. On their adventures, the players have to gather resources, build shelters, recruit allies, and fight monsters that roam the ice-bound locations.

5.7

OpenCritic

6.2

Steam

3.3

Users

Fade to Silence
Planet Nomads

Planet Nomads

PC

May 3, 2019

Action, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A survival sandbox game, in which the player assumes the role of an astronaut, who is trying to stay alive on a desolate planet. Developed by Craneballs, Planet Nomads offers the player with a procedurally-generated open world. One has to tend to his character’s basic needs - this means satisfying both hunger and thirst, as well as taking care of his general health condition. The main protagonist can fall ill, get a concussion, and break a limb, so one has to take notice of the threats posed by the environment, in the form of the planet’s fauna and flora. Additionally, one has to avoid poisonous gases, extreme temperatures, and radioactive radiation. In comparison to other games from the survival genre, Planet Nomads stands out in terms of its gameplay mechanics, allowing the players to erect structures using over a hundred different segments; this is also how one can create a vehicle to explore the planet more easily, and a spaceship to set off to a space voyage. All of this, however, requires resources - in order to find them, a player has to venture beyond the safe areas and scavenge the planet’s recesses that are much more dangerous. As the game progresses, one gains access to certain gear improvements - the multi-tool used for gathering resources, the protective space suit, and the jetpack. The game offers an additional treat in the form of the ability to destroy elements of the environment, composed of voxels. Planet Nomads offers support for mods.

6.6

Steam

Planet Nomads
PixARK

PixARK

PCPlayStationXboxNintendo

May 31, 2019

Action, Crafting, Dinosaurs, RPG Elements, FPP, Internet, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

PixARK is a sandbox game inspired by ARK: Survival Evolved. The game lets the player explore a fantastic park, made entirely out of voxels. The park is inhabited by many magical animals and dinosaurs, that can be tamed by the player.

7.4

Steam

4.7

Users

PixARK
Outlaws of the Old West

Outlaws of the Old West

PCPlayStationXbox

March 12, 2019, Early Access

Action, Crafting, FPP, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, Western.

Extended simulator of survival in the open world (sandbox), maintained in western convention and characterized by a high level of realism. Up to 150 people can take part in the game at the same time. Virtual Basement (co-creators of ARK: Survival Evolved) is responsible for the creation of this production. Its publisher is Wandering Wizard.

5.9

Steam

Outlaws of the Old West
60 Parsecs!

60 Parsecs!

PCPlayStationXboxMobileNintendo

September 18, 2018

Strategy, 2D, Humorous, Indie Games, Space, Polish, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.

60 Parsecs! is a strategy game developed for personal computers. It enables the player to lead the crew of a space ship. The objective of the game is to survive and to find a way back to Earth. During the game the player must explore the galaxy, maintain the crew, manage resources and make hard decisions.

7.2

OpenCritic

9.0

Steam

5.6

Users

60 Parsecs!
Windbound

Windbound

PCPlayStationXboxNintendo

August 28, 2020

Adventure, Crafting, Exploration Games, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A survival game where we find ourselves in a deserted archipelago. Playing the role of a warrior named Kara, in Windbound we not only fight for survival but also travel between the islands on a self-constructed boat and explore their numerous secrets.

5.6

Users

Windbound
Last Oasis

Last Oasis

PCXbox

March 26, 2020, Early Access

Action, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Multiplayer, Polish, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Survival, TPP.

Last Oasis is a postapocalyptic survival set in the open world. The player's task is to survive in the remnants of the world destroyed by a climatic catastrophe. Donkey Crew studio is responsible for production.

Last Oasis
Amazing Cultivation Simulator

Amazing Cultivation Simulator

PC

November 25, 2020

Simulation, 2D, RPG Elements, Strategic Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Mythology, Religious, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

A simulation game about creating your own sect, which mixes elements of survival, RPG and strategy. Amazing Cultivation Simulator has gained great popularity in China, and its creators were inspired by such games as Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld.

Amazing Cultivation Simulator
sZone Online

sZone Online

PC

December 29, 2015

Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, FPS, Internet, Co-op, MMO, MMOFPS, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Survival, TPP, TPS, Free-to-play.

A MMORPG/shooter hybrid developed by the independent studio Cybertime Systems as an attempt to fill in the void left after the famed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. sZone-Online takes us to a post-apocalyptic future, where risky scientific research has caused a worldwide cataclysm. A few generations later, the planet slowly returns to life, with humanity creating special anomaly zones that isolate dangerous mutated beings along with unlucky humans that inhabit the area. The player joins the ranks of so called Stalkers, and depending on his preferences, he can focus on lone treasure hunts, or join the conflict of interest between a few groups that fight for the control over the zone. We can choose from several specializations that determine not only the abilities of our character, but also the play style, and focus on enabling us to complete hundreds of story quests in an open world with an area of over 40 square kilometers. We can choose from numerous weapons, outfits, and special artifacts, along with an extensive crafting module present to fulfill any requests the player may have.

3.9

Users

sZone Online
Thea: The Awakening

Thea: The Awakening

PCPlayStationXboxNintendo

November 20, 2015

Strategy, Fantasy, Indie Games, Polish, Singleplayer, Survival, Turn-based.

A turn-based strategy game, combining elements of survival, card game, and a gamebook. You arrive at a dark fantasy world, strongly inspired by the Slavic mythology, after the apocalypse. As one of eight Slavic deities, you take care of a small village. You control each villager separately, exploring the dangerous realm, gathering resources, crafting items, and facing various dangers.

7.0

Gamepressure

7.0

OpenCritic

8.8

Steam

8.6

Users

Thea: The Awakening
Sheltered

Sheltered

PCPlayStationXboxMobile

March 15, 2016

Strategy, 2D, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival.

A survival strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic reality. The game was created as a result of cooperation between the independent studio, Unicube, and Team 17, the company famous for the Worms series. The player becomes a leader of a group of survivors hiding in a gloomy underground shelter after a nuclear catastrophe. The game begins when the first bombs are about to fall. We have a limited amount of time to gather supplies for the first weeks of living underground. Later in the game, the player is forced to leave the shelter looking for food, water, medicines, and other supplies. The player often has to fight hungry mutants and other survivors, as well as face other problems, for example those related to the maintenance of the shelter. The player also has to deal with various diseases and the mental condition of the survivors. The game features retro pixel-art graphics, accompanied by a soundtrack that resembles B-Class movie stylistics.

6.7

OpenCritic

8.2

Steam

4.6

Users

Sheltered
Better Late Than Dead

Better Late Than Dead

PCPlayStation

March 3, 2016

Action, Adventure Elements, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A survival sandbox game created by Odin Game Studio, the creators of Enforcer: Police Crime Action published in 2014. The player arrives at a tropical island where he needs to fight for survival and find a way home. Apart from that, the hero also has to shed light to some unnerving secrets, from his memory loss, through the mysterious picture that came into his possession, to traces of supernatural animal activity. As this is a survival game with an open world, in order to stay alive you will have to secure food, water supplies, as well as means to treat wounds or protect you from predators and changing weather conditions, because hypothermia can quickly put an end to the hero’s life. The game features a crafting system along with procedurally generated items that will help you survive and eventually leave the island. The game features both single and multiplayer modes.

2.9

Steam

5.1

Users

Better Late Than Dead
Creativerse

Creativerse

PC

May 8, 2017

Adventure, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, Free-to-play.

A sandbox survival game produced by the independent Playful studio, based on the popular Minecraft. Creativerse is an online free-to-play production in which we explore worlds built of cubic blocks.

4.3

Users

Creativerse
Breaking Point Standalone

Breaking Point Standalone

PC

TBA

Action, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Zombie.

A stand-alone version of one of the most popular modifications to Arma III, changing this tactical shooting into a sandbox survival simulator in the world after the zombie apocalypse. Breaking Point Standalone runs on Unreal Engine 4 graphics engine and significantly develops many elements of the original mechanics.

Breaking Point Standalone
Rooted

Rooted

PC

September 2025

Action, Crafting, Crowdfunding, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

Rooted is a survival TPP set in a postapocalyptic world, inspired by The Last of Us series. It was developed and published by a small studio - Headlight Studio.

Rooted
Tree of Life 2

Tree of Life 2

PC

November 2025

Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.

A sequel to the survival MMO in an open world from the OddOneGames studio. Tree of Life: Oddria takes us to the island full of treasures and monsters, and our task is to survive and discover the mystery of this place.

Tree of Life 2
Outbreak Island

Outbreak Island

PC

December 2025

Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.

Outbreak Island is a survival game set on a mysteriously contaminated island. Our objective is to survive and learn the cause of the catastrophe.

Outbreak Island
Pioner

Pioner

PC

December 2025

Action, RPG Elements, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, MMO, MMOFPS, Post-apocalypse, PvE, PvP, Role-playing Shooter, Online, Shooters, Survival.

The debut shooter of the independent Russian studio GFA Games, inspired by the series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In Pioner we play as a former special forces soldier trying to survive on the island filled with mutants and anomalies.

Pioner