Survival

Dead by Daylight is a wildly popular asynchronous 4v1 multiplayer horror game released in 2016 that has become the ultimate hall of fame for the genre. Developed by Behaviour Interactive, the game places players in a nightmarish realm ruled by an ancient, malevolent force known as The Entity. In each …

Farthest Frontier is a beautifully intricate, hardcore medieval city-builder and survival simulation game released in early access by Crate Entertainment. The narrative follows a resilient band of settlers who have fled oppression to start anew on the ragged edge of the known world. As their leader, you are tasked with …

Kingdoms and Castles is a charming and highly addictive city-building simulation game released in 2017 that tasks you with growing a tiny, vulnerable hamlet into a sprawling, prosperous medieval empire. Developed by Lion Shield, the gameplay revolves around a delicate balance of resource management, strategic city planning, and defense grid …

Stranded Deep is a tense, open-world survival game released in full in 2023 that drops players into the ultimate test of endurance. Following a mysterious plane crash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, you are left stranded as a lone survivor. To stay alive, you must explore vast, procedurally …

RimWorld is a brilliant, sci-fi colony simulator and story generator released in 2018 that has achieved legendary status among PC gamers. Developed by Ludeon Studios, the game begins with three shipwrecked survivors stranded on a chaotic, procedurally generated planet at the edge of known space. Rather than forcing a fixed …

Valheim is a phenomenal, Norse-inspired open-world survival and crafting game released in early access in 2021 that took the gaming world by storm. Developed by Iron Gate Studio, the narrative casts you as a slain Viking warrior whose soul is ferried to the tenth Norse realm. To prove yourself to …

Don’t Starve Together is a brilliant, uncompromising multiplayer survival game released in 2016 that expands the haunting, gothic wilderness of the original standalone title into a chaotic cooperative experience. Developed by Klei Entertainment, the game drops players into “The Constant”—a bizarre, unforgiving alternate dimension controlled by shadowy forces—where the primary …

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising, darkly whimsical wilderness survival game released in 2013 that has become a definitive classic of the indie genre. Developed by Klei Entertainment, the game plunges you into a bizarre, unexplored dimension controlled by a shadowy antagonist named Maxwell. Playing as Wilson, an intrepid gentleman scientist, …

Oxygen Not Included is a brilliant and deeply complex space-colony simulation game released in 2019 by Klei Entertainment. The game drops you into the harsh interior of an alien asteroid, where you must manage a group of cloned survivors called “Duplicants.” Your primary objective is simply to keep them alive …

Don’t Starve Hamlet is a brilliant, punishing single-player DLC expansion released in 2018 for Klei Entertainment’s beloved wilderness survival game. The narrative begins when Wilson discovers a portal hidden deep in a tropical jungle, transporting him to a lost plateau inhabited by the Pigmen. Instead of encountering savage enemies, he …