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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 June 29, 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 June 29, 2026.
# Game % Positive Reviews 24h Peak Similar
1 Terraria 97% 720,770 79,876 similar → 2 Subnautica 97% 307,420 4,824 similar → 3 Abiotic Factor 96% 37,141 3,530 similar → 4 Don't Starve Together 95% 362,502 42,824 similar → 5 Valheim 95% 295,764 29,593 similar → 6 The Forest 95% 208,122 5,457 similar → 7 Palworld 95% 169,231 45,983 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 Among Us 92% 636,103 10,583 similar → 14 Days Gone 92% 48,040 2,796 similar → 15 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days 92% 2,539 935 similar → 16 Subnautica 2 91% 109,282 — 17 SurrounDead 91% 14,585 1,971 similar → 18 VEIN 91% 6,684 1,108 similar → 19 V Rising 90% 64,321 5,935 similar → 20 Sons Of The Forest 88% 262,428 9,217 similar → 21 Windrose 87% 44,034 14,546 similar → 22 Rust 86% 612,154 — 23 7 Days to Die 85% 181,233 27,850 similar → 24 Green Hell 85% 70,850 10,516 similar → 25 Aloft 86% 2,086 369 similar → 26 Grounded 2 85% 11,381 3,178 similar → 27 The Last Caretaker 85% 8,612 2,212 similar → 28 Road to Vostok 84% 7,965 764 similar → 29 No Man's Sky 83% 225,629 18,197 similar → 30 MISERY 83% 6,658 478 similar → 31 RuneScape: Dragonwilds 81% 21,861 1,300 similar → 32 ARK: Survival Evolved 80% 328,116 28,241 similar → 33 Soulmask 80% 14,178 2,040 similar → 34 Once Human 79% 79,457 16,603 similar → 35 The Isle 77% 58,524 9,517 similar → 36 Whisper of the Swallows 86% 69 48 similar → 37 ICARUS 76% 33,669 8,631 similar → 38 Romestead 76% 3,686 4,869 similar → 39 DayZ 74% 205,808 54,540 similar → 40 SCUM 73% 46,152 15,648 similar → 41 Nightingale 71% 11,819 1,316 similar → 42 Blossom: The Seed of Life 90% 20 1,095 similar → 43 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 66% 441,900 649,040 similar → 44 The Gold River Project 69% 337 66 similar → 45 Echoes of Elysium 67% 286 69 similar → 46 ARK: Survival Ascended 60% 55,698 30,046 similar → 47 Here Comes The Swarm 80% 5 204 similar →