Best Survival Games on Steam (2026)
Every game on the site tagged Survival on Steam, ranked by popularity and current follower momentum.
Updated daily · June 29, 2026
The best Survival games on Steam right now are PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, ARK: Survival Evolved, Terraria. We rank every game carrying the Survival Steam tag by a popularity-and-momentum blend — total Steam reviews, follower count and 24-hour peak players, with extra weight for 7-day Steam follower growth so currently-rising games surface higher. 77 Survival games tracked, updated June 29, 2026.
| # | Game | Reviews | 24h Peak | 7d Growth | Similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS ▲ | 66% (441,900) | 649,040 | +2,046 | similar → |
| 2 | ARK: Survival Evolved ▲ | 80% (328,116) | 28,241 | +1,525 | similar → |
| 3 | Terraria ▲ | 97% (720,770) | 79,876 | +1,716 | similar → |
| 4 | DayZ ▲ | 74% (205,808) | 54,540 | +867 | similar → |
| 5 | The Forest | 95% (208,122) | 5,457 | +566 | similar → |
| 6 | Palworld ▲ | 95% (169,231) | 45,983 | +1,345 | similar → |
| 7 | Valheim | 95% (295,764) | 29,593 | +388 | similar → |
| 8 | Project Zomboid ▲ | 94% (188,892) | 30,713 | +1,387 | similar → |
| 9 | Raft ▲ | 94% (147,916) | 9,863 | +1,271 | similar → |
| 10 | Subnautica | 97% (190,886) | 4,824 | +523 | similar → |
| 11 | 7 Days to Die | 85% (181,233) | 27,850 | +762 | similar → |
| 12 | Sons Of The Forest ▲ | 88% (125,968) | 9,217 | +1,281 | similar → |
| 13 | Among Us | 92% (420,072) | 10,583 | +503 | similar → |
| 14 | Oxygen Not Included | 96% (50,778) | 12,891 | +646 | similar → |
| 15 | ARK: Survival Ascended ▲ | 60% (55,698) | 30,046 | +1,865 | similar → |
| 16 | Once Human | 79% (79,457) | 16,603 | +383 | similar → |
| 17 | Kenshi | 95% (53,662) | 5,464 | +247 | similar → |
| 18 | Green Hell | 85% (32,542) | 10,516 | +263 | similar → |
| 19 | The Isle ▲ | 77% (58,524) | 9,517 | +961 | similar → |
| 20 | ICARUS | 76% (33,669) | 8,631 | +284 | similar → |
| 21 | Days Gone | 92% (48,040) | 2,796 | +307 | similar → |
| 22 | Core Keeper | 95% (29,470) | 20,116 | +195 | similar → |
| 23 | Don't Starve Together | 95% (128,097) | 42,824 | — | similar → |
| 24 | RuneScape: Dragonwilds 🔥 | 81% (19,953) | 1,300 | +4,067 | similar → |
| 25 | Barotrauma | 95% (39,635) | 4,049 | +235 | similar → |
| 26 | Abiotic Factor | 96% (33,580) | 3,530 | +412 | similar → |
| 27 | Grounded 2 | 85% (11,381) | 3,178 | +376 | similar → |
| 28 | VEIN | 91% (6,684) | 1,108 | +553 | similar → |
| 29 | Road to Vostok | — | 764 | +482 | similar → |
| 30 | SurrounDead | 91% (14,585) | 1,971 | +260 | similar → |
| 31 | The Last Caretaker | 85% (5,745) | 2,212 | +636 | similar → |
| 32 | Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days | 92% (2,539) | 935 | +192 | similar → |
| 33 | SCUM | 73% (46,152) | 15,648 | — | similar → |
| 34 | God Save Birmingham 🔥 | — | — | +3,483 | similar → |
| 35 | MISERY | 83% (6,658) | 478 | +246 | similar → |
| 36 | V Rising | 90% (64,321) | 5,935 | — | similar → |
| 37 | Space Engineers 2 | 76% (2,809) | 300 | +234 | similar → |
| 38 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | 77% (53,357) | 6,322 | — | similar → |
| 39 | Romestead ▲ | — | — | +1,684 | similar → |
| 40 | BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2 | — | — | +229 | similar → |
77 Survival games tracked · 41 currently gaining Steam followers · data via Steam & SteamDB · all tags · trending by genre · all trending games →