Best Survival Games

The best Survival games ranked by Belly Score. See what The Belly thinks of the top Survival titles.

Looking for the best Survival games? This list ranks every Survival title The Belly has scored, from the highest verdicts down to the lowest. Survival is one of the core genres in the Belly Score database, and each game here has been evaluated on fun factor, gameplay, controls, creativity, presentation, staying power, and that hard-to-define Belly Factor. Use the rankings to find your next Survival obsession — or see where your favorites landed.

9.8

Resident Evil 2

Horror · Survival · Action

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Windows · Nintendo Switch · Amazon Luna · iPhone · iPad · Mac

ZombiesMonstersPsychological+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.7

Dead Space

Action · Survival

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.7

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

FPS · RPG · Survival

Windows PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiCyberpunkSpace+1

AtmosphericCreepyEerie+3

9.7

SIGNALIS

Survival · Horror · Adventure

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiDystopianPsychological+1

EerieUnsettlingTense+3

9.6

Silent Hill

Survival · Horror · Adventure

PlayStation

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.5

Fear & Hunger

RPG · Adventure · Survival

Windows · MacOS · Linux

Dark FantasyDark / GrimPsychological+1

CreepyDarkBleak+3

9.5

Fatal Frame

Survival · Horror · Action-Adventure

PlayStation 2 · Xbox · PlayStation 3

SupernaturalOccultGothic+1

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.4

Murder Mystery 2

Survival · Horror · Action

Roblox

CrimeDetective / Mystery

SuspensefulTenseCompetitive+3

9.4

Decaying Winter

Shooter · Survival

Roblox

Sci-FiPost-ApocalypticDark / Grim+1

TenseIntenseChallenging+3

9.4

No Man's Sky

Action · Adventure · Survival

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · macOS · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.4

DOORS

Survival · Horror · Puzzle

Roblox

SupernaturalMonstersPsychological

CreepySuspensefulTense+2

9.4

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

FPS · Survival · Horror

PC

Post-ApocalypticSci-FiMonsters+1

AtmosphericGrittyTense+3

9.4

Spelunky 2

Platformer · Survival

PlayStation 4 · Microsoft Windows · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 5

Nature / WildernessFantasy

ChallengingBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.4

FORSAKEN

Horror · Survival · Action

Roblox

Dark / GrimPsychological

AtmosphericTenseIntense+3

9.4

BioShock 2

FPS · Horror · Survival

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

DystopianUnderwaterPsychological+1

AtmosphericDarkIntense+3

9.3

Siren

Survival · Horror

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

SupernaturalOccultMonsters+1

CreepyEerieScary+3

9.3

TerraFirmaCraft

Adventure · RPG · Survival

PC

PrehistoricNature / Wilderness

AdventurousImmersiveChallenging+3

9.3

The Evil Within

Survival · Action · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One

SupernaturalMonstersPsychological+1

CreepyEerieDisturbing+3

9.3

Don't Starve

Survival · Adventure · Simulation

Microsoft Windows · OS X · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Android · iOS · Nintendo Switch

Dark / GrimNature / WildernessMonsters+1

AtmosphericChallengingBrutal+3

9.3

Flood Escape 2

Adventure · Survival · Platformer

Roblox

Nature / Wilderness

Fast-PacedFranticChaotic+3

9.3

Guts & Blackpowder

Shooter · Action · Survival

Roblox

ZombiesWarAncient / Historical+1

AtmosphericCooperativeTense+3

9.3

Natural Disaster Survival

Survival · Action-Adventure

PC · Mobile · Xbox

Nature / Wilderness

ChaoticUnpredictableFast-Paced+2

9.3

Pathologic 2

Adventure · RPG · Survival

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Dark / GrimPsychologicalSurreal+1

CreepyDarkBleak+3

9.2

Michael's Zombies

Shooter · Survival

Roblox

ZombiesPost-ApocalypticMilitary

IntenseCooperativeMulti-Player+2