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What is the best survival video game of all time?

By YPB Team

From punching trees in Minecraft to diving into Subnautica's alien oceans, survival games test everything you've got. Which one is the all-time greatest?

  1. Minecraft — ranked #11
    Minecraft
    The blueprint for an entire genre: an open-ended sandbox where you craft, build, and survive in procedurally generated worlds that has captivated over 100 million players.
  2. Subnautica — ranked #22
    Subnautica
    An atmospheric underwater survival experience on an alien ocean planet, praised as an unrivalled masterpiece for its hand-crafted world and sense of isolation.
  3. Valheim — ranked #33
    Valheim
    A 2021 Steam phenomenon set in procedurally generated Norse mythology, combining exquisite building tools with fierce boss encounters and Viking-era exploration.
  4. The Long Dark — ranked #44
    The Long Dark
    A haunting first-person wilderness survival set in the frozen Canadian tundra after a geomagnetic disaster, celebrated for its environmental storytelling and brutal realism.
  5. Don't Starve — ranked #55
    Don't Starve
    Tim Burton-esque roguelike survival where a scientist named Wilson is thrust into a dark, whimsical wilderness and must outlast starvation, monsters, and his own sanity.
  6. Green Hell — ranked #66
    Green Hell
    An uncompromising Amazon rainforest survival game that tasks players with real-world foraging, wound treatment, and shelter-building to outlast the jungle.
  7. Rust — ranked #77
    Rust
    A notoriously brutal multiplayer survival game where players must gather, craft, and build while defending themselves against other players in a ruthless open world.
  8. ARK: Survival Evolved — ranked #88
    ARK: Survival Evolved
    A prehistoric survival epic where players tame and ride over 80 species of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures while building bases and fighting for dominance.
  9. The Forest — ranked #99
    The Forest
    A tense horror-survival game where a plane crash survivor must stay alive against a tribe of cannibalistic mutants while unravelling the mystery of a dark island.
  10. Frostpunk — ranked #1010
    Frostpunk
    A city-builder survival hybrid set in a frozen apocalypse where you govern a coal-heated city, make impossible moral choices, and fight against total societal collapse.
  11. 7 Days to Die — ranked #1111
    7 Days to Die
    A zombie survival crafting game blending tower defence mechanics with open-world exploration, where every seventh night brings increasingly overwhelming undead hordes.
  12. Subnautica: Below Zero — ranked #1212
    Subnautica: Below Zero
    A standalone sequel exploring Below Zero's icy alien ocean biomes, deepening the atmospheric underwater survival formula of its acclaimed predecessor.
  13. Raft — ranked #1313
    Raft
    A coop survival adventure where you drift on a tiny ocean raft, hooked debris to expand your platform, and explore mysterious islands while avoiding the circling shark.
  14. This War of Mine — ranked #1414
    This War of Mine
    A harrowing civilian perspective on survival during a siege, inspired by the Siege of Sarajevo, that forces moral choices rather than celebrating combat.

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