Survival games are a common enjoyment of many gamers. With plenty of great titles that have been granted the name of the best survival, such as No Man Sky or Don't Starve, it's difficult for the genre to expand further.
However, there is still room for it to grow as the digital distribution service known as Steam provides plenty of hidden gems when it comes to games, and that includes Survival. Only older games with less than 3000 reviews or new games with less than 500 reviews overall have been considered for this list to make it titles that are well worth giving some love and attention to.
10 Brigand: Oaxaca
Players looking for a challenge need to look no further than Brigand: Oaxaca, an incredibly difficult survival RPG set in a post-apocalyptic version of Mexico. With 14 unique skills and 80 special abilities to unlock, players are able to specialize their character in a way they deem right.
There are not only multiple endings and characters to meet, as the crafting takes vast amounts of inspiration from the Anarchist's cookbook. This allows the player to create grenades from tin cans and other materials they can find in this wasteland.
9 Solace Crafting
Although the game is in early access and has a long way to go before it is fully released. Solace Crafting is a great open-world game for players to try when attempting to fulfill the urge to grind in order to survive.
Although made by only one person, the game has great promise with an already established crafting and building system as well as the power for players to build their own functioning towns. But this world isn't meant to be lived in alone, as multiplayer is available for others to survive together.
8 Feel The Snow
Tiny Snowmen have a destiny that not many players know of, Feel The Snow hopes to reveal this with its cute pixel art style and interesting sand-box world gameplay. Building a house for themselves and up to four players that they can protect from monsters is only one of the many things available.
In this snowy landscape, although survival is an element of the game through crafting, its combat is its main charm minus the wonderful story. With a variety of weapons to craft and magic to learn, the bosses in Feel The Snow can be a great challenge.
7 Atrio: The Dark Wild
Surviving in Atrio: The Dark Wild is easy, or is it? Combining automation with survival is a fascinating concept that has been done a few times before. Learning not only how to live, but also having the knowledge to build such contraptions can add another challenge to avoiding the dangers of the game, especially in the dark.
Capturing creatures to use in the player's machines as well as working through dangers to make sure everything is up and running, there is always something new to learn or a new problem to solve in Atrio.
6 WrongWorld
There is definitely something very wrong with WrongWorld. From its low-poly graphics to its strange beasts, a player may think this game to be a bit of a joke, but it's oddly well put together. Behind its silliness is a well-thought-out survival game that will have the player's Ewok-like character crafting and building to survive against the possible dangers out in the world.
WrongWorld has no right being so fun to play and yet players will find themselves laughing more than stressing in this survival game.
5 Block Story
Going on an epic quest to save the world from ever-growing darkness, Block Story combines the graphics of Minecraft with an adventure you'd expect to find in Dungeons and Dragons. This open-world sandbox emphasizes that the player is in control of the world.
With the possibility to defeat dragons as well as other foes, gamers will need to mine for better resources to upgrade their gear in hopes of surviving these encounters. Alongside this is the freedom to build their own sky-high kingdoms to reign from, making the possibilities endless.
4 Crashlands
Survival games don't always have to be dreary and miserable, Crashlands prove that they can be colorful and chaotic. Crashing on an alien planet, the player must fight or even tame aliens in hopes of surviving.
Building has never been so convenient, players simply click on the ground to paint their base into existence, making it incredibly easy to learn. There's more, as the player isn't alone in this world, allowing them to meet strange and funny characters along the way with their own problems that they need help solving.
3 Wayward
Putting together the elements of a roguelike, turn-based game with a survival makes for an interesting top-down experience in a beautiful 2D world, with graphics that remind players of retro gaming.
Combining crafting with defeating monsters in a randomly generated world makes Wayward a game that players can pick up over and over again to survive in different landscapes. There are many ways for players to customize how they play through custom difficulties that allow the player to make the game harder or easier for themselves.
2 Cattails – Become A Cat
Playing as a simple person is fine in survival games, but what if a gamer could transform themselves into a cute cat and live in the wild? Ever since the release of Stray, players have shown their enjoyment of stepping into the shoes of other species, and Cattails allows them to do exactly that.
Being part of three clans of cats out in the wilderness, surviving through the seasons, and eventually having their own kittens, Cattails is an adorable title to play while relaxing, as long as food is stocked up for the winter.
1 Necesse
Designed like a top-down version of Terraria, Necesse has both the exciting bosses and intense survival that match games similar to it. Farming, building, and crafting are only a few of the possible tasks players can complete during their time in Necesse as they dig deeper and upgrade their materials to better their survival.
The detailed pixel art game is also only in early access and has already made great strides to become a promising game. With the most recent update being in June, there is still plenty being worked on to keep fans of survival looking forward to its full release.