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The highest-rated Survival games on Steam, ranked by review quality — percentage of positive reviews weighted by how many people reviewed them.
Quality ranking · last reviewed July 17, 2026
The best Survival games on Steam in 2026 are Terraria, Subnautica, Abiotic Factor — ranked by Steam review quality (% positive, confidence-weighted by review count), not by hype or short-term follower growth. The full ranked list is below, last reviewed July 17, 2026.
# Game % Positive Reviews 24h Peak Similar
1 Terraria 97% 720,770 79,876 similar → 2 Subnautica 97% 190,886 4,824 similar → 3 Abiotic Factor 96% 33,580 3,530 similar → 4 Valheim 95% 295,764 29,593 similar → 5 The Forest 95% 208,122 5,457 similar → 6 Palworld 95% 169,231 45,983 similar → 7 Don't Starve Together 95% 128,097 42,824 similar → 8 Kenshi 95% 53,662 5,464 similar → 9 Barotrauma 95% 39,635 4,049 similar → 10 Core Keeper 95% 29,470 20,116 similar → 11 Project Zomboid 94% 188,892 30,713 similar → 12 Raft 94% 147,916 9,863 similar → 13 Rain World 94% 43,137 5,822 14 Don't Sleep With The Fishes 97% 188 — 15 A Plague Tale: Innocence 93% 59,008 1,684 16 Days Gone 92% 48,040 2,796 similar → 17 Trailmakers 92% 31,561 3,340 18 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days 92% 2,539 935 similar → 19 Subnautica 2 91% 109,282 7,548 20 SurrounDead 91% 14,585 1,971 similar → 21 VEIN 91% 6,684 1,108 similar → 22 V Rising 90% 64,321 5,935 similar → 23 Cozy Cleaner 92% 536 282 24 A Game About Digging A Hole™ 89% 18,414 282 25 Sons Of The Forest 88% 125,968 9,217 similar → 26 Windrose 87% 44,034 14,546 similar → 27 7 Days to Die 85% 181,233 27,850 similar → 28 Green Hell 85% 32,542 10,516 similar → 29 Aloft 86% 2,086 369 similar → 30 Grounded 2 85% 11,381 3,178 similar → 31 The Last Caretaker 85% 5,745 2,212 similar → 32 Road to Vostok 84% 7,965 764 similar → 33 No Man's Sky 83% 225,629 18,197 similar → 34 MISERY 83% 6,658 478 similar → 35 RuneScape: Dragonwilds 81% 19,953 1,300 similar → 36 ARK: Survival Evolved 80% 328,116 28,241 similar → 37 Soulmask 80% 6,405 2,040 similar → 38 Once Human 79% 79,457 16,603 similar → 39 The Isle 77% 58,524 9,517 similar → 40 Whisper of the Swallows 86% 69 48 similar → 41 ICARUS 76% 33,669 8,631 similar → 42 Romestead 76% 3,686 4,869 similar → 43 DayZ 74% 205,808 54,540 similar → 44 SCUM 73% 46,152 15,648 similar → 45 Room Craft 94% 16 23 46 Backrooms Lost Runners 76% 408 144 47 Nightingale 71% 11,819 1,316 similar → 48 Blossom: The Seed of Life 90% 20 1,095 similar → 49 Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit 86% 28 98 50 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 66% 441,900 649,040 similar →