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The best survival games of 2020 for PC

We talk about the most popular survival games that are still relevant in 2020


Just think, more than 10 years have passed since the moment when Minecraft appeared like a bolt from the blue, many players got hooked on a genre completely unfamiliar to them. We recall with nostalgia those deadly nights and sinister opponents trying to break into your house. Since that time, we have been flooded with a wave of new survival games. There are a lot of them, so it will be quite problematic to independently determine the list of the best. Instead, I suggest you take a look at the list of the best survivors 2020 for PC, selected by the editors of our site. Be sure that in this selection you will definitely find a survival game for all your needs.

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When building a list of games, I used a fairly broad definition of the term survival. After all, the genre has successfully merged with other types of games in recent years, including RPGs, action games, sandboxes, space sims, management games, and so on. You will find many hybrids here, as well as classic survival games. In addition, I focused on the games that are most relevant today, but also remembered several of the founding fathers of this genre.

Below you will see the top 20 survival games for 2020.Don't see your favorite game on the list? Be sure to tell us about it in the simple comment form below! The content of the article is shown in the right column of the site.

20. Rust

The first hours in Rust will not be easy. Waking up completely naked, you will have to spend a lot of time destroying stones and cutting down trees, as if you were in some kind of stone age. There's a good chance that some wild animal will eventually bite your throat before you can build your first base.


But once you can protect yourself, Rust will open up to you in a whole new way. The expedition to collect resources will be much more interesting when there is a chance to engage in a firefight with other players. This competitive approach breeds predators and prey, unbalanced battles, and so on. But, believe me, it will be much more pleasant for you to resist and defeat a worthy opponent who has declared a hunt for your group.

Related Games : If you want to try out more survival games where characters often expose their genitals, check out Conan Exiles.


19. MOR. Utopia (Pathologic)

To say Pathologic is unlike any other survival game is an understatement. These will be superfluous words, since this title is not like any other game, regardless of its genre. It's roleft-handed survival game imbued with psychological fears and incredible surrealism. Controlling one of the three healers, you need to find the source of the plague that is slowly killing the otherworldly city. And everything about everything is given 12 days.

The city lives its own life. It has its own rhythm and schedule, so the planned events will happen regardless of whether you come to the right place or be in a completely different one. As the plague spreads, the inhabitants will begin to die, so you will lose sources of information or help. Streets are constantly closed, others are completely inaccessible until you select the desired character. And you generally won't learn anything if you yourself get sick or malnourished. Every action in Pathologic has consequences, although they are not always obvious. You can increase reputation by alleviating the suffering of the sick, but spending resources that could be useful later on more important tasks. The whole game is a dark, ethical puzzle.


Similar games : You can hardly find a game that would be similar to Pathologic, but other games Ice-Pick Lodge, The Void and Knock Knock are considered to be the closest.

18. 7 days to die

At first glance, 7 Days To Die seems like another zombie game, as if Minecraft and DayZ met at the same crossroads. But if you decide to abandon it because of the rough graphics and deformed landscapes, then deprive yourself of the title, mostclose to an interactive movie about zombies. Here zombies are real bags of meat in the spirit of George Romero's films ("Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead" and so on). These slow, shuffling bodies barely notice your presence as you venture farther and farther in search of some prey.


All this is done to lull you into a false sense of security. You set up a couple of traps before falling into a night's sleep, believing that they will protect you. But everything changes when a whole horde of the undead attacks you at night. This is a classic mistake that zombie movie characters make. You have to be taught everything, but every time you make the same mistake. Ultimately, 7 Days To Die knows how to apply pressure and keep players on their toes.

Related Games : If 7 Days To Die is too intense for you, then it's probably worth diving into classic Minecraft. But if you are interested in confronting the hordes of the undead, then The Forest and Project Zomboid are presented to your attention, which are also included in our selection (see below).

17. Minecraft

Minecraft is most popular among the creative category of gamers. This game inspires many to create something incredibly large-scale. For example, Middle-earth. But it also has elements of survival games, including deadly butchi filled with creepers waiting for their time: wanting to destroy what you've been languishing over for so long. You are accompanied by three obligatory aspects of any survival - thirst, hunger and death. And events unfold in endless, procedurally generated worlds full of monsters and dungeons.

Thanks to a great and extensive crafting system, you are given almost complete freedom in how you survive. You can create automated systems, enrich yourself in the mines, turning your base into a huge industrial center. Or maybe you enjoy the simple life of a farmer growing crops and livestock. The presence of a huge number of mods and several game modes means that you can create your own survival game or focus on something like building a flying ship of air pirates and go on an adventure with your comrades. There is also a hardcore survival mode, and if you die, the whole world will be deleted. But this item is not for the faint of heart.

Similar Games : The multiplayer Infiniminer started block-type survival games, but Terraria is also worth trying, which is presented in our article below in the course.

16.Kenshi

This is a strategy role-playing game with elements of survival. Where in many survival games ter?There is a goal, as soon as you deal with the food in Kenshi it will open up many other opportunities for you. This could be setting up a farm for which guards should be hired, or trying to become a skilled enough thief to satisfy your needs. Before you is a luxurious survival that favors any style of play.

Her world does not meet your needs and desires, but it cannot be said that it is opposed to you. In the end, the most common "robbers" are often groups of tritely starving people fighting for leftover food. All this gives our modest camp a sea of ambitions that go beyond personal interests.

Related games : RimWorld is a colony survival game with incredible story generation, but if you like Kenshi's RPG elements, we recommend Fallout 4, which has satellites, settlement building, and an incredibly atmospheric post-nuclear world America.

15. Starbound

Starbound has a well-trodden path, but it's very easy to get off track. It's all about this wide variety of activities and items for you to follow. In the end, you will realize how far you have come. Looking back, you will see your first forge built in a small clay house, while huge space stations and terraforming of entire planets await you ahead,battles in space and the construction of large-scale sci-fi cities.

This game has everything. Once on a random planet, you can stumble upon an anchor, and a flying pirate ship will soar above it. Plunging underground, you can discover ancient temples and research laboratories. You can even choose a casual difficulty where you don't have to worry about hunger, thirst, and there are no death penalties. Even without hunger, you will still have a lot of problems related to survival. Acid rain, extreme temperatures, hostile aliens. There are many ways to die!

Similar games : Oxygen Not Included is a completely different kind of space survival game, but if you like the idea of managing a space station and colonies, then maybe this one will come in.

14. Frostpunk

Every decision you make in Frostpunk raises questions. There is no one right way to help everyone. The world is about to freeze completely, and the last dregs of humanity are crowded around the titanic furnace, and their common goal is survival. For this, people need warmth and food. Easier said than done!

It is not enough to simply rebuild the necessary buildings and send people into the desert in search of supplies. You must raise a whole society that can withstand the ice age. And if for this you need to pass a law on emergency shifts, forcedworkers to stay in their jobs 24 hours a day and mine coal, then so be it. The workers will not be happy with this solution, but you can avoid a potential disaster.

Related Games : If you're into bad weather management, try Banished.

13. Oxygen Not Included

Origami creation can be seen in how the world of Oxygen Not Included expands after a few hours of play. From the usual white sheet, you get a certain masterpiece of engineering, of great depth and complexity.

You start your journey at the center of a 2D asteroid with three clones. You need to dig deep, trying to rebuild your base, gathering together sources of food and oxygen that will come in handy in the near future. Then everything is fixated on constant expansion and finding a solution to obtain renewable sources of survival. At times it will seem that you are spinning half a dozen cymbals at the same time, which at any moment can slip off your finger and break. Frightening feeling.

Related games : RimWorld - sort of like Oxygen Not Included , but with smarter human resources and less insanity. But Factorio is ideal for all lovers of the technical aspects of the production of such games.

12. Project Zomboid

The detailed simulation deserves the highest marks. Take, for example, cars: did they appear with??Recently, but are used as a full-fledged transport. You can close them, hack them, use the wiring, repair the thermostat, the radio, literally disassemble it into parts, and so on. There are practical reasons for all these actions, so you can benefit from a thermostat in extreme temperatures, and if you crash your car to get inside, you make it less resistant to zombies.

Related Games : There are plenty of zombie games out there, but if you want to dive deep into animated corpses, look no further than Dead Rising.

11. Darkwood

The game is saturated with fear and you will have to make your way through a gloomy forest. In fact, Darkwood is more of a 2D top-down horror game with a limited field of view and numerous monsters. You will never see the full picture, so a whole horde of chilling creatures may be hiding just a little further than your torch.

When the sun rises, you can take to the streets to explore and search for resources, but as night falls, you need to return to the relatively safe hut and be prepared for the worst. Board up the windows, move the furniture, and wait. At first it will be the usual noise - scratches on the walls, knocks on windows and doors. But this is only the beginning. In the end, the barricades you built will be destroyed. The forest in the game is surreal and changeable, and with each new day itfurther removed from reality. Therefore, you will not leave the feeling that you are losing. You cannot trust either the forest or the people living in it.

Similar games : Why don't you try Lone Survivor?

10 Raft

While most survival games pit you against hordes of the undead, Raft goes the other way and throws players into the sea. All alone (or in a group of survivors when playing in co-op mode), they are forced to roam on their small raft. However, over time, this saving place will grow and turn into a small floating settlement. But at first, everything resembles the famous film Life of Pi.

However, instead of trying to get along with a hungry tiger, a predatory shark will become your only neighbor. Moreover, these fish will eat literally everything that falls into their mouths. Luckily, the Raft isn't just about protecting your little raft. Hunger and thirst levels will constantly rise, Raft will allow you to create multi-story palaces by hanging trophies obtained in battles with sharks on their walls. This will have to be done with the help of resources mined in the ocean. Damn it, now everything that remains after the destruction of the world familiar to us is floating in the water. That is, everything that is needed will have to be caught from the surface of the ocean.

Similar games : if you like water survival games, pay attentionie on Subnautica. However, if you prefer to stay above sea level, then take a look at Flotsam - another survival raft, but without killer sharks.

9. The Forest

Years after first appearing in Early Access, I still vividly remember my first encounter with cannibal mutants in The Forest. I had just finished building the shelter when one of them showed up. He stood still and looked at me. And then he disappeared. I panicked, ran deep into the forest, while the mutants silently darted between the trees. It was impossible to say how many there were. Perhaps two or three, or perhaps an entire army. After losing consciousness, my character woke up in a cannibal storeroom, surrounded by flesh. human flesh.

The Forest takes on a completely different look at night. That's when the mutants become much bolder and more dangerous. If you see torches flickering in the distance, then look for a secluded place where you could hide. But you are not completely helpless. You can surround your base with traps and fortifications.

8. Terraria

At first glance it may seem that Terraria is a two-dimensional Minecrfat, but in fact this game absorbs elements of other genres, including action games and RPGs. You find yourself on the surface of a randomly generated world where you must kill monsters and collect loot. Each such world has a village with people to help you. You can even create your own villagesmissions, calling friendly NPCs there and creating workstations, which will allow you to make more ambitious sorties. Add to all this a lot of constantly coming updates.

Similar games : Grab your pickaxe and go to SteamWorld Dig 2.

7. Astroneer

Astroneer uses a brand new, crazy survival idea. What if the process of survival was not as difficult as in other projects? The only thing to worry about here is oxygen, but as long as you are at the base or in transport, it will never run out. Having created the necessary reserves, start expanding by going on long expeditions. You are not a survivalist in some post-apocalyptic world, but a real scientist exploring new worlds and creating scientific stations.

Similar games : Space Engineers is an exciting cooperative game in space.

6. This War Of Mine

Looking back at the work of 11 bit Studios, who created this game and Frostpunk described above, it becomes obvious that these people know how to create gloomy and sad, but at the same time intense survival games. Set in a fictional war, This War of Mine has you helping a small group of survivors stranded in a besieged city. During the day, survivors should hide in the house. At this time, you manage the shelter, expand and improve it. But at night, some go on sorties for supplies and resources,necessary for survival.

By killing enemies, survivors receive emotional trauma. Feelings of guilt and shame can weigh on them, causing appetite problems and subsequent illnesses. This War of Mine tells horror stories and challenges players to struggle with the ethic of survival. We can say that in some individual terms, this game is much more effective than This War of Mine.

Similar games : Sheltered draws some parallels, but your in-game family is trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic time.

Keeping you full is your constant goal in Don't Starve. However, the lack of food is far from the only threat that survivors will face when trapped in the Gothic desert. Killer bees, pigmen and giant one-eyed birds now and then strive to send the hero to the grave as soon as possible. But other threats are also palpable. Even your own mind can become an enemy, causing ghostly hallucinations that cause real damage.

Related Games : Check out the brilliant Don't Starve Together co-op mode, which lowers the bar in some ways but ups the game for food. And if you don't mind getting wet, check out The Flame in the Flood.

4 Neo Scavenger

Yes, the wastelands of Neo Scavenger hint at Fallout, but there is a lot more banal similarity with one of the best post-apocalyptic games here. Ifin Fallout you act in terms of strength, then Neo Scavenger reminds you over and over again how vulnerable you are. This is a game in which a small scratch can lead to the death of a character. The game is merciless, but if you stop viewing every death as a failure, you will realize that every time you get some completely new, self-sufficient story.

By killing a lot of mutants, you will not gain experience points or level up abilities that will make you more effective in the upcoming battles. Instead, through failure, you will learn how to deal with any in-game problem.

Related Games : Neo Scavenger is quite unusual, but if you like hex grids and exploration, you might find Renowned Explorers fun.

3. RimWorld

Stranded colonists must contend with wild animals, raiders, disease, drug addiction, and even other colonists. This is a harsh place, and a lot of effort will have to be made to save life. Sophisticated simulation means that the process of survival goes much beyond the banal concern for food. If one of the colonists has a serious quarrel with another, he may become depressed and refuse to eat. And then it doesn't matter if your freezers are full of food. And what if this colonist is also the only doctor of the colony? Now, when someone gets seriously injured, which is inevitableIf something happens, he won't be able to get the medical care he needs. Literally everything can end in the death of a colony - from stress to unseasonably hot weather.

Similar games : Oxygen Not Included.

2. Subnautica

In Subnautica, you find yourself on a flooded planet where you must dive underwater and explore the depths in search of food and resources that you need to build an underwater base and new submarines. Three-dimensional locations and lack of oxygen turn the usual collection of scrap metal into an intense adventure. Danger awaits you literally at every step. And if you linger under water for too long, you will receive an unpleasant reminder that you are a stranger in this world. Vehicles, pumps and oxygen tanks will allow you to stay underwater as long as possible. The more you get to know this world, the better you understand the ocean, which is gradually becoming your new home.

Related Games : If you want to test your survival skills on the waves instead of under them, then take a look at Raft.

1. The Long Dark

The vast, snow-covered wastelands of The Long Dark are a harsh and uncompromising place. Wintermute's episodic story mode is a gentle introduction to a harsh but beautiful world. However, it is the survival mode that is the real test of your character. You will find yourself alone in an icy world, where you will be forced to look for yourvenerable path. Need shelter, then expand the area to find supplies, keep the balance between calories and warmth.

We need to look after fundamental human needs. There are other little things. You have to figure out how far you can go on a full stomach, how long it will take before dark and freezing temperatures, and make plans for contingencies like snowstorms.

Related Games : Although this is not a survival game, I recommend Firewatch, which is similar to The Long Dark in many ways. Both games are incredibly beautiful and atmospheric, based on the feelings, fears and experiences that a person experiences at the moment of isolation.