Survival indie games
indielist tracks 206 indie survival games with the Steam user tag "Survival", together holding 12,953,923 reviews at an average of 85% positive. The most reviewed is Terraria with 1,217,966 reviews.
Tagged titles
206
Total reviews on Steam
12,953,923
Avg positive %
85%
Live data report
Open the live data report for the best survival indie games, ranked from the same catalog with methodology, review counts, and white-box sales estimate links.
Open Survival data reportRelated tags
Open World (40) Adventure (38) Action (35) Sandbox (35) Crafting (28) Exploration (23) RPG (23) Building (21) First-Person (21) Simulation (21)
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Terraria
2011 · Action
1,217,966 reviews · 97% positive
Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival2DMultiplayer
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Rust
2018 · Action
1,142,485 reviews · 87% positive
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival Craft
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ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
579,725 reviews · 83% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldDinosaurs
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Valheim
2021 · Action
453,243 reviews · 94% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen WorldMultiplayer
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Don't Starve Together
2016 · Action
367,451 reviews · 95% positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerCo-opOpen World
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Palworld
2024 · Action
356,020 reviews · 94% positive
Open WorldSurvivalCreature CollectorMultiplayerOpen World Survival Craft
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Project Zomboid
2013 · Indie
344,037 reviews · 94% positive
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerOpen World Survival Craft
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Raft
2022 · Adventure
318,454 reviews · 93% positive
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opCrafting
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Fallout 4
2015 · RPG
287,411 reviews · 81% positive
Open WorldPost-apocalypticSingleplayerExplorationRPG
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Risk of Rain 2
2020 · Action
236,964 reviews · 94% positive
Third-Person ShooterAction RoguelikeMultiplayerCo-opAction
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Satisfactory
2024 · Adventure
229,233 reviews · 97% positive
Base-BuildingAutomationOpen WorldMultiplayerCrafting
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Fallout: New Vegas
2010 · Action
208,541 reviews · 96% positive
Open WorldRPGPost-apocalypticSingleplayerModdable
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
2009 · Strategy
140,689 reviews · 98% positive
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasual
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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
2025 · Action
125,909 reviews · 82% positive
Souls-likeOnline Co-OpRogue-likeMultiplayerSingleplayer
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Rise of the Tomb Raider™
2016 · Action
124,340 reviews · 94% positive
AdventureActionFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerThird Person
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Frostpunk
2018 · Simulation
112,529 reviews · 93% positive
City BuilderSurvivalResource ManagementStrategyPost-apocalyptic
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The Long Dark
2017 · Adventure
110,303 reviews · 89% positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldExplorationAtmospheric
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Scrap Mechanic
2016 · Action
104,960 reviews · 92% positive
BuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen World
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The Isle
2015 · Action
104,712 reviews · 80% positive
DinosaursSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerSimulation
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
2024 · Action
102,154 reviews · 80% positive
Open WorldFPSPost-apocalypticSurvivalAtmospheric
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Outlast
2013 · Action
101,950 reviews · 96% positive
HorrorFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPsychological Horror
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Subnautica: Below Zero
2021 · Adventure
97,825 reviews · 90% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalUnderwaterSingleplayerOpen World
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ARK: Survival Ascended
2023 · Action
97,619 reviews · 60% positive
Early AccessSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerDinosaurs
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SCUM
2025 · Action
96,968 reviews · 74% positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen WorldZombies
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Enshrouded
2024 · Action
90,532 reviews · 86% positive
Open WorldSurvivalBase-BuildingMultiplayerOnline Co-Op
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Fallout 76
2020 · RPG
77,075 reviews · 72% positive
Open WorldMultiplayerPost-apocalypticDark ComedyRPG
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Tom Clancy’s The Division™
2016 · Action
76,602 reviews · 71% positive
Open WorldLooter ShooterMultiplayerThird-Person ShooterAction
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Grounded
2022 · Action
74,210 reviews · 90% positive
SurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOpen World Survival CraftBase-Building
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DEVOUR
2021 · Indie
68,104 reviews · 91% positive
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerSurvival HorrorSexual Content
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
2020 · Action
57,687 reviews · 83% positive
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesBase-BuildingMultiplayer
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Plague Inc: Evolved
2016 · Casual
56,419 reviews · 94% positive
StrategySimulationOutbreak SimIndieSingleplayer
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Five Nights at Freddy's
2014 · Indie
52,724 reviews · 94% positive
HorrorSingleplayerSurvival HorrorRobotsPsychological Horror
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The Long Drive
2019 · Action
48,838 reviews · 89% positive
DrivingOpen WorldMultiplayerSurvivalAutomobile Sim
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Core Keeper
2024 · Action
48,831 reviews · 93% positive
Pixel GraphicsOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvival
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Stranded Deep
2022 · Adventure
43,272 reviews · 74% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldCrafting
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Poppy Playtime
2021 · Action
38,280 reviews · 88% positive
HorrorFree to PlaySingleplayerPuzzleFirst-Person
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Forager
2019 · Action
35,050 reviews · 90% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalPixel GraphicsCraftingIndie
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Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
2023 · Action
34,250 reviews · 79% positive
Looter ShooterOpen WorldThird-Person ShooterMultiplayerSingleplayer
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Who's Your Daddy?!
2016 · Action
31,685 reviews · 80% positive
FunnyMultiplayerFirst-PersonComedySimulation
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Outward Definitive Edition
2022 · RPG
30,980 reviews · 73% positive
RPGOpen WorldSurvivalCo-opOnline Co-Op
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Dead Island Definitive Edition
2016 · Action
27,673 reviews · 82% positive
ZombiesOpen WorldCo-opMultiplayerSurvival
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Necesse
2025 · Action
27,323 reviews · 93% positive
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxPixel Graphics
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Mindustry
2019 · Strategy
26,859 reviews · 96% positive
Base-BuildingResource ManagementTower DefenseStrategyAutomation
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2014 · Indie
25,740 reviews · 94% positive
HorrorSingleplayerSurvival HorrorRobotsPsychological Horror
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
2025 · Action
25,247 reviews · 81% positive
Open WorldSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerEarly Access
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Contraband Police
2023 · Action
24,944 reviews · 95% positive
Open WorldSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayerAction
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TerraTech
2018 · Action
24,675 reviews · 91% positive
BuildingSandboxOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayer
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Darkwood
2017 · Action
24,325 reviews · 95% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorTop-DownAtmosphericSurvival
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Tribes of Midgard
2021 · Action
23,145 reviews · 76% positive
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction RPGPvE
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2023 · Action
22,781 reviews · 66% positive
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorGoreTeam-Based
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Soulmask
2026 · Adventure
21,680 reviews · 77% positive
Early AccessSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerHunting
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Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
2015 · Action
21,419 reviews · 80% positive
ActionOnline Co-OpCo-opDark FantasyFirst-Person
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Feed and Grow: Fish
2016 · Action
21,174 reviews · 78% positive
SimulationUnderwaterSurvivalMultiplayerEarly Access
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No More Room in Hell 2
2024 · Action
21,032 reviews · 49% positive
Early AccessZombiesMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-op
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Going Medieval
2026 · Indie
20,967 reviews · 89% positive
RPGEarly AccessCity BuilderColony SimSingleplayer
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Craftopia
2020 · Action
20,058 reviews · 77% positive
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival Craft
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Dungeon Defenders
2011 · Action
18,867 reviews · 93% positive
MultiplayerOnline Co-OpTower DefenseSingleplayerStrategy
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Nightingale
2024 · Action
17,954 reviews · 67% positive
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalOpen World
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Five Nights at Freddy's 4
2015 · Action
16,654 reviews · 93% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonRobots
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Breathedge
2021 · Action
16,279 reviews · 82% positive
Open World Survival CraftSpaceSingleplayerSurvivalSandbox
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
2021 · Action
15,351 reviews · 82% positive
Post-apocalypticSurvivalHorrorRPGSingleplayer
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
2022 · Action
15,014 reviews · 93% positive
HorrorActionSingleplayerFirst-PersonSurvival Horror
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ZERO Sievert
2024 · Action
14,917 reviews · 85% positive
Extraction ShooterSurvivalPost-apocalypticLooter ShooterTop-Down
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Mist Survival
2018 · Action
14,138 reviews · 76% positive
SurvivalZombiesOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldSingleplayer
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Subsistence
2016 · Action
13,700 reviews · 72% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerCraftingOpen World
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Yet Another Zombie Survivors
2023 · Action
13,294 reviews · 91% positive
Early AccessAction RoguelikeBullet HellIndieArcade
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HumanitZ
2026 · Action
13,056 reviews · 75% positive
Early AccessSurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayer
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
2019 · Action
12,991 reviews · 96% positive
HorrorVRSingleplayerRobotsSurvival Horror
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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
2016 · Action
12,790 reviews · 71% positive
ZombiesCo-opMultiplayerOpen WorldGore
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PANICORE
2024 · Action
12,683 reviews · 79% positive
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorFirst-Person
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
2016 · Action
12,514 reviews · 90% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorSingleplayerRobotsFirst-Person
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Caves of Qud
2024 · Adventure
12,347 reviews · 95% positive
Procedural GenerationTurn-Based CombatOpen WorldTurn-BasedTranshumanism
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Pathologic 2
2019 · Adventure
12,029 reviews · 92% positive
Story RichAtmosphericChoices MatterRPGDifficult
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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
2024 · Action
11,977 reviews · 81% positive
Open World Survival CraftBase-BuildingDwarfSurvivalExploration
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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
2020 · Action
11,608 reviews · 79% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldExplorationSingleplayer
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
2015 · Action
11,167 reviews · 90% positive
HorrorSingleplayerSurvival HorrorRobotsFirst-Person
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Stumble Guys
2021 · Action
11,058 reviews · 85% positive
Free to PlayBattle RoyaleMultiplayerRacingOnline Co-Op
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Captain of Industry
2022 · Indie
11,007 reviews · 90% positive
Base-BuildingAutomationResource ManagementManagementSimulation
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Granny
2018 · Adventure
10,216 reviews · 94% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorMultiplayerFirst-PersonSingleplayer
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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
2024 · Action
10,150 reviews · 82% positive
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBase-BuildingOnline Co-Op
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Hobo: Tough Life
2021 · Adventure
9,816 reviews · 84% positive
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerBase-BuildingRPG
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WORLD OF HORROR
2023 · Indie
9,773 reviews · 90% positive
HorrorLovecraftianPixel GraphicsSurvival HorrorPsychological Horror
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Beasts of Bermuda
2018 · Adventure
9,646 reviews · 69% positive
DinosaursSimulationSurvivalMassively MultiplayerAdventure
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SAS: Zombie Assault 4
2017 · Action
9,596 reviews · 86% positive
Free to PlayZombiesMultiplayerTop-Down ShooterAction
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Voidtrain
2025 · Action
9,514 reviews · 74% positive
Open World Survival CraftCo-opSurvivalMultiplayerBase-Building
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Slender: The Arrival
2013 · Action
9,277 reviews · 88% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonMultiplayerIndie
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SULFUR
2024 · Action
8,943 reviews · 87% positive
Early AccessAction RoguelikeFPSDungeon CrawlerRogue-lite
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Colony Survival
2017 · Action
8,884 reviews · 92% positive
Colony SimSurvivalBase-BuildingBuildingMultiplayer
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
2014 · Action
8,201 reviews · 89% positive
HorrorIndieAdventureAtmosphericFirst-Person
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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth
2015 · Action
8,072 reviews · 93% positive
Replay ValueDifficultIndieRogue-likeGreat Soundtrack
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Unturned
2017 · Action
7,514 reviews · 91% positive
Free to PlaySurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen World
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ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack
2016 · Action
5,280 reviews · 79% positive
SurvivalAdventureDinosaursOpen WorldMassively Multiplayer
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Tinkerlands
2025 · Action
3,872 reviews · 86% positive
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvivalOpen World
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The Crust
2024 · Simulation
3,582 reviews · 77% positive
Early AccessBase-BuildingSpaceColony SimAutomation
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Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
2022 · Casual
3,290 reviews · 97% positive
Visual NovelLGBTQ+Dating SimComedyMultiplayer
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West Hunt
2023 · Casual
2,152 reviews · 83% positive
Social DeductionParty GameMultiplayerWesternStealth
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Albion Online
2018 · Massively Multiplayer
1,896 reviews · 79% positive
Free to PlayMMORPGOpen WorldMassively MultiplayerSandbox
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Achilles: Survivor
2025 · Action
1,518 reviews · 83% positive
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogue-liteMythologySingleplayer
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Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
2018 · Indie
1,325 reviews · 83% positive
Outbreak SimIndieZombiesStrategySimulation
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Dark Deception
2018 · Action
1,295 reviews · 89% positive
HorrorFree to PlayMultiplayerSingleplayerFirst-Person
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All Quiet in the Trenches
2024 · Indie
895 reviews · 90% positive
SurvivalWarStrategyWorld War IChoices Matter
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Crab God
2024 · Adventure
301 reviews · 83% positive
SingleplayerRogue-likeStrategyUnderwaterSide Scroller
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Transformice
2015 · Free To Play
263 reviews · 88% positive
Free to PlayMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerFunny2D
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Out of Orbit
2023 · Action
147 reviews · 79% positive
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftSpaceshipsExplorationSpace
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Eternal Return
2023 · Indie
111 reviews · 76% positive
Free to PlayAnimeSexual ContentMultiplayerMOBA
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Fallout Shelter
2017 · RPG
0 reviews · 88% positive
Free to PlayBase-BuildingSurvivalPost-apocalypticSingleplayer
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Russian Fishing 4
2021 · Adventure
0 reviews · 59% positive
FishingMultiplayerFree to PlaySimulationNature
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best survival indie games?
- By Steam review count, indielist ranks 206 tracked survival indie games led by Terraria (1,217,966 reviews).
- How is the survival list built?
- This page uses SteamSpy user tags from tracked games, then ranks matching public games by Steam review count. It is not hand-picked.