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survival games are a common delight of many gamers. With plenty of great titles that have been named the best survival, such as no man heaven or don’t starveit is difficult for the genre to expand further.



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However, there is still room to grow as the digital distribution service known as Steam offers many hidden gems when it comes to games, and that includes Survival. Only older games with less than 3000 ratings or new games with a total of less than 500 ratings are considered for this list to make it titles worth giving some love and attention to.

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10 Brigand: Oaxaca

Players looking for a challenge need 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 skills to unlock, players can specialize their character in any way they see fit.

Not only are there multiple endings and characters to meet, the crafting takes a lot of inspiration from the Anarchist cookbook. This allows the player to create grenades from cans and other materials that they can find in this wasteland.

9 comfort crafts

Although the game is in early access and has a long way to go before it is fully released. comfort crafts is a great open world game that players can try when they try to fulfill the urge to grind in order to survive.

Although the game was created by only one person, it holds great promise with an already established crafting and building system and the power for players to build their own functioning cities. But this world is not meant to live alone as multiplayer is available for others to survive together.


8 feel the snow

Tiny Snowmen have a fate that not many players know, feel the snow hopes to reveal this with its cute pixel art style and interesting sandbox world gameplay. Building a house for themselves and up to four players that they can protect from monsters is just one of the many things available.

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In this snowy landscape, although survival is part of the game through crafting, the main charm is the battle minus the beautiful story. With a variety of weapons to craft and magic to learn, the bosses are in feel the snow can be a big challenge.


7 Atrio: The Dark Wild

Survive in Atrio: The Dark Wild is easy, isn’t it? Combining automation with survival is a fascinating concept that has been done a few times before. Not only learning to live, but also having the knowledge to build such structures can be an added challenge in avoiding the dangers of the game, especially in the dark.

By capturing creatures to use in the player’s machines and working through hazards to make sure everything works, there is always something new to learn or a new problem to solve Atrio.

6 Wrong World

There is definitely something very wrong with it Wrong World. From its low-poly graphics to its strange beasts, a player might think this game is a bit of a joke, but it’s oddly well put together. Behind its folly is a well thought out survival game in which the player’s Ewok-like character crafts and builds to survive against the possible dangers in the world.

Wrong World has no right to play so much fun and yet in this survival game players will laugh more than stress.

5 Block story

Embark on an epic quest to save the world from the ever-growing darkness, Block story combines the graphics of Minecraft with an adventure you would expect to find in Dungeons and Dragons. This open-world sandbox emphasizes that the player is in control of the world.

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With the ability to defeat dragons and other enemies, gamers will have to mine for better resources to upgrade their gear in hopes of surviving these encounters. In addition, there’s the freedom to build their own towering kingdoms to rule from, making the possibilities endless.


4 crash land

Survival games don’t always have to be gloomy and miserable, crash land prove that they can be colorful and chaotic. The player crashes on an alien planet and must fight or even tame aliens in the hope of survival.

Building has never been easier, players simply click on the ground to bring their base to life, making it incredibly easy to learn. There is more, as the player is not alone in this world, allowing them to meet strange and funny characters along the way with their own problems that they need to solve.

3 quirky

Combining the elements of a roguelike, turn-based game with a survival game makes for an interesting top-down experience in a beautiful 2D world, with graphics that remind players of retro gaming.

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Combining crafting with beating monsters in a randomly generated world makes quirky a game that players can pick up again and again to survive in different landscapes. There are many ways that players can customize their game through custom difficulties that allow the player to make the game more difficult 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 himself into a cute cat and live in the wild? Since the release of strayedhave shown players that they enjoy stepping into the shoes of other species, and Cattails allows them to do just that.

Be part of three clans of wild cats, survive through the seasons and eventually have their own kittens, Cattails is a cute title to play while relaxing as long as food is stored for the winter.

1 Necessary

Designed as a top-down version of Terrariums, Necessary has both the thrilling bosses and intense survival that match similar games. Farming, building and crafting are just some of the possible tasks players can complete during their time in Necessary as they dig deeper and upgrade their materials to improve their survival.

The detailed pixel art game is also in early access only and has already made great strides towards becoming a promising game. With the most recent update coming in June, a lot of work is still being done to keep survival fans looking forward to the full release.

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