271 survival games on Steam with co-op or multiplayer, ranked by how many people are playing right now and how well they review.
Survival games are the genre most people mean when they say 'we need a game to play together.' Rust and DayZ are the hostile end — other players are the threat. Valheim, V Rising, Enshrouded and Raft are the friendly end — a shared world, a base to build, bosses to fight, and a reason to log in every night for a month. Terraria and Don't Starve Together are the cheap, infinitely replayable middle. ARK, Palworld and Project Zomboid reward pairs who like systems and long saves; 7 Days to Die and Sons of the Forest add horror. The hub splits into survival craft, creature survival and sci-fi survival (Subnautica appears thanks to the Nitrox co-op mod), ranked by how many people are playing right now. If you both own several, the home page will tell you which ones you share and how many hours each of you sank into them — survival games are where mismatched hours hurt the most.
Narrow it down: Survival craft (180) · Zombie survival (55) · Creature survival (13) · Sci-fi survival (12) · PvP survival (11)
| Game | Modes | Type | Rating | Playing now | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rust | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 87% | 143,870 | $39.99 |
| DayZ | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 77% | 37,066 | $24.99 |
| Don't Starve Together | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 95% | 30,542 | $5.09 |
| Terraria | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 97% | 24,580 | $4.99 |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | Co-op, Single-player too | Creature survival | 84% | 22,170 | $9.89 |
| Project Zomboid | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 94% | 22,864 | $16.74 |
| Palworld | Co-op, Single-player too | Creature survival | 94% | 18,028 | $20.99 |
| 7 Days to Die | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 89% | 17,045 | $24.74 |
| Valheim | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 94% | 14,439 | $29.99 |
| No Man's Sky | Co-op, PvP | Sci-fi survival | 83% | 12,291 | $59.99 |
| Unturned | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 91% | 10,408 | Free |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | Co-op, PvP | Creature survival | 59% | 12,007 | $11.24 |
| V Rising | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 89% | 10,961 | $34.99 |
| Enshrouded | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 86% | 10,654 | $22.49 |
| SCUM | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 75% | 8,535 | $17.99 |
| The Planet Crafter | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 96% | 7,330 | $11.99 |
| Raft | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 93% | 4,701 | $13.39 |
| The Isle | PvP | Creature survival | 81% | 5,946 | $19.99 |
| Conan Exiles Enhanced | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 79% | 5,677 | $19.99 |
| Sons Of The Forest | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 88% | 4,450 | $8.99 |
| Space Engineers | Co-op, PvP | Sci-fi survival | 89% | 4,201 | $19.99 |
| Subnautica | Co-op, Single-player too | Sci-fi survival | 97% | 2,719 | $7.49 |
| Core Keeper | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 93% | 3,688 | $11.99 |
| The Long Dark | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 90% | 2,575 | $6.79 |
| Soulmask | Co-op, PvP | PvP survival | 81% | 2,760 | $19.49 |
| Grounded | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 89% | 2,394 | $19.99 |
| Myth of Empires | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 68% | 2,060 | $7.49 |
| Green Hell | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 86% | 1,656 | $2.79 |
| ICARUS | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 72% | 1,492 | $8.74 |
| Starbound | Co-op, PvP | Sci-fi survival | 92% | 894 | $7.49 |
| ASTRONEER | Co-op, Single-player too | Sci-fi survival | 92% | 988 | $7.49 |
| Abiotic Factor | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 96% | 1,458 | $27.99 |
| State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition | Co-op, Single-player too | Zombie survival | 83% | 1,281 | $7.49 |
| Medieval Dynasty | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 91% | 1,366 | $17.49 |
| Tinkerlands | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 85% | 1,543 | $12.99 |
| Scrap Mechanic | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 92% | 909 | $19.42 |
| 江湖客栈-The Jianghu | Co-op, PvP | PvP survival | 57% | 1,416 | Free |
| Bellwright | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 81% | 1,252 | $19.79 |
| Beasts of Bermuda | PvP | Creature survival | 71% | 1,143 | $19.99 |
| Subnautica: Below Zero | Co-op, Single-player too | Sci-fi survival | 91% | 698 | $7.49 |
| RuneScape: Dragonwilds | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 84% | 851 | $29.99 |
| WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 98% | 869 | $29.99 |
| HumanitZ | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 75% | 740 | $12.99 |
| ATLAS | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 47% | 468 | $29.99 |
| Will To Live Online | PvP | Survival craft | 70% | 542 | Free |
| Outward Definitive Edition | Co-op, Local / split-screen | Survival craft | 73% | 469 | $39.99 |
| Necesse | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 94% | 507 | $14.99 |
| Sunkenland | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 82% | 472 | $13.99 |
| Dead Island Definitive Edition | Co-op, Single-player too | Zombie survival | 82% | 410 | $19.99 |
| Stranded Deep | Co-op, Local / split-screen | Survival craft | 74% | 256 | $9.99 |
| Undawn | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 54% | 451 | Free |
| DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 92% | 425 | $49.99 |
| DYSMANTLE | Co-op, Local / split-screen | Zombie survival | 94% | 431 | $6.99 |
| Cubic Odyssey | Co-op, Single-player too | Sci-fi survival | 72% | 429 | $24.99 |
| Night of the Dead | Co-op, PvP | Zombie survival | 78% | 368 | $8.99 |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | PvP, Single-player too | Survival craft | 95% | 185 | $19.99 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 83% | 370 | $29.99 |
| Just Survive | Online multiplayer | Zombie survival | 59% | 1 | |
| Smalland: Survive the Wilds | Co-op, Single-player too | Survival craft | 83% | 338 | $34.99 |
| TerraTech | Co-op, PvP | Survival craft | 91% | 261 | $6.24 |
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