Survival – that means suffering, danger, eating disgusting things, no solid roof over your head and somehow getting through. And that’s exactly what millions of PC gamers do to themselves every day! Survival games are more popular than ever and the range of suitable games on Steam and Co. is correspondingly large.

Many of the best survival games have been in Early Access for years, so they are not yet fully developed and are often riddled with errors. Some can still be accessed without hesitation, while others should be left on the virtual shelf. In our top list you will find the most exciting survival games in which the fight for survival is already really fun .

This list is a personal selection that is intended to cover many facets of the genre and does not claim to be exhaustive. The battle royale genre, a kind of PvP offshoot of survival with representatives such as PUBG , Fortnite or Ring of Elysium , is left out in this article.

To do this, we go into the »classic« survival games, in which the struggle for survival is mostly composed of PvE and PvP elements, but like Frostpunk or Rimworld , for example , can sometimes come in a very unusual guise. Have fun with the Top Survival Games 2020!

7 Days to Die

Subgenre: Zombie Survival | developer: The Fun Pimps | Release: December 2013 (Early Access)

How does it work? At first glance, 7 Days to Die is a classic zombie survival game in the style of DayZ, but just like in Minecraft , the entire game world consists of voxels and can be changed. We mine resources, build a base, grow food and craft our own weapons in order to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Suitable for 7 Days to Die dares a mix of genres. If you don’t just farm, build and fortify during the day, but also want to test your self-created security against ever stronger hordes of undead at night, you will find it here. For single, co-op and PvP players.

How active is the community? High player numbers: 7 Days to Die had an average of 17,900 concurrent players on Steam in October 2020.