- #1 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
97% matchVery Positive83% of 704 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Survival 20.2%, Crafting 17%, Horror 11.2%, Co-op 9.9%, Realistic 9.6%
- #2 Silicon Gate
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicholas Piscioneri
Windows
Explore a deadly prehistoric jungle concealed inside an arcade machine in this co-op survival horror game. Evade horrific creatures, complete dangerous quests, and extract with resources to expand your desert laboratory, solo or with friends, all while uncovering the secrets of Project Silicon Gate.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 14.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Co-op 9.3%, First-Person 9.2%
- #3 Forlorn
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Rainmade Games
Windows
Forage, craft, build, hunt, explore. Tackle the wilderness and anything lurking in the shadows in this single-player survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Perma Death 22%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 13.8%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #4 Once Upon a Time… After the End
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Elder's Tower
Windows
Manage a fairy tale survivors' shelter, explore dangerous regions, and make decisions in a collapsed fantasy world.
Why similar: Perma Death 23.3%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 13.7%, Loot 13.1%, Inventory Management 11.8%
- #5 Midway accident
94% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Tactical penguin
Windows
This is a multi-person survival and escape game. You need to find what you need in the game. You can choose to leave immediately after finding what you need, or explore what happened in this area.
Why similar: Crafting 15.1%, Survival 13.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Realistic 10%, Inventory Management 8.9%
- #6 Backrooms Lost Unit
94% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: JD Archives
Windows
Find yourself lost in the Backrooms in this co-op journey for 1 to 4 players. Explore eerie levels, solve puzzles, and find your way out using scavenged items. Entities lurk everywhere, and the deeper you go, the deadlier it gets.
Why similar: Loot 15.6%, Crafting 14%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 12%
- #7 Together After Dark
93% matchMixed51% of 497 reviews2025
Dev: RedForge
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Together After Dark is a co-op horror psychological game with a survival touch for 1-4 players. 4 Teens are stuck in the forest and need to find a way out but they are not alone
Why similar: Perma Death 27.1%, Horror 10.8%, Survival 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Realistic 9.1%
- #8 Dead Hospital
92% matchMostly Negative27% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Phantom Studio
Windows
Horror. The action takes place in a hospital where people are dying. You're the only survivor... in addition... you need to solve the mystery of the hospital, but be careful, because something unimaginable and very scary may be hiding around the corner.
Why similar: Perma Death 26.9%, Realistic 14.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 12.1%
- #9 Forgotten Grounds
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TTG Games
Windows
Forgotten Grounds is a top-down pixel-art survival game where daylight is deadly. Scavenge, craft, and manage your needs while searching for shelter, safer weather, and another night to survive.
Why similar: Perma Death 28.3%, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 14.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Loot 9.9%
- #10 Blu Caligo
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eostrix Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of a nameless exile left to die on a Mediterranean island in this first-person horror adventure. Explore an open world of haunting beauty, craft your weapons, and confront threats emerging from the depths of the island at dusk.
Why similar: Crafting 17.4%, Survival 15%, Inventory Management 13.5%, Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.8%
- #11 Nian Monste
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 百香风味
Windows
Spring Festival, a holiday rumored to have been born to suppress monsters, is now gradually aging in the current of the new era. The traditions passed down have become a "burden" to young people, while those ancient monsters have long been waiting for this moment for a thousand years...
Why similar: Perma Death 35%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Exploration 12.9%, RPG 10%, Crafting 9.6%
- #12 Evil Next Door
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ensk Studio
Windows
Evil Next Door is a game about survival in a small post-Soviet town called Ensk suffering from a deadly epidemic. Switch between characters, go out for supplies and build a shelter for your people.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.8%, Loot 17%, Survival 15%, Crafting 14.2%, First-Person 8.8%
- #13 BROTHER WAKE UP
89% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: SVSdGAMEs
Windows
Help your little brother get rid of the "Clockmaker's" curse.
Why similar: Perma Death 24%, Survival 20.3%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 10.6%
- #14 The Killing Rooms
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tukyo Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where hidden odds shape every procedural run. Choose between unknown doors, evade relentless horrors, and survive an endlessly re-playable challenge.
Why similar: Survival 21%, Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Perma Death 13.7%, Realistic 9.6%
- #15 Escape War
86% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Fungi
Windows
You are the last person to evacuate a city that is being bombed. Survive and escape.
Why similar: Destruction 30.1%, Survival 24.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #16 Chains of Reality
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: The Files of Reality
Windows
Chains of Reality is a survival horror game focused on a story-driven single-player narrative, where you traverse a multitude of liminal environments and alternate dimensions in search of fulfilling your end of a deal, a deal made with someone you never should have trusted.
Why similar: Crafting 22.4%, Survival Horror 15%, Survival 14%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 7.5%
- #17 Noclipped
86% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: MateussDev
Windows
Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Survival 16.6%, Loot 14.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Exploration 10%
- #18 盗墓者手记 The Tomb Raider’s Journal
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XTGame
Windows
This tomb adventure game mixes combat, farming, survival and crafting. Venture into dangerous tombs, fight feral creatures and undying sentinels. Hunt for ancient relics and rare treasures, gather resources, and craft supplies to survive these perilous wilds.
Why similar: Crafting 29.1%, Survival 26.3%, RPG 16.8%, Combat 8.7%, Exploration 7%
- #19 Outage: Trespass
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Paul BrunnerPub: Daniel Potocki
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a dark mansion, you must escape a violent hunter, his deadly traps, and the mutant creatures inside the mansion. Explore, loot supplies, craft weapons, hide, and fight your way out alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.5%, Crafting 15.3%, Horror 14.7%, Survival 13.7%, First-Person 11%
- #20 Silverlake
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: FuturePark
Windows
Guide your survivor in this exploration game with random generation, where every moment could be your last.
Why similar: Perma Death 31.9%, Survival 18.7%, Exploration 12.5%, RPG 12.1%, Inventory Management 7.9%
- #21 Violent Nature
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shady Rift
Windows
Violent Nature is an open world survival game set in a small town after an interdimensional invasion. Manage your status and limited resources as you fight weaponized creatures and push back the spread of cracks to the other side.
Why similar: Survival 16.9%, Loot 16.5%, Perma Death 15.7%, Inventory Management 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #22 Red Frost
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
A story-driven, first person perspective, post-apocalyptic survival adventure set in the rough winter climates of last century’s Russia.
Why similar: Crafting 18.7%, Survival 17.6%, RPG 11.3%, Realistic 10.5%, Simulation 10.1%
- #23 Night at Grandma's
81% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: ToQlyPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
A single-player experience where your grandma got possessed by a demon. Search her house to find torn pages from an ancient book and items needed to free your grandmother’s soul from a sinister force. P.S. Remember, demons don’t like salt.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.1%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Horror 11.7%, Inventory Management 10.8%
- #24 Missing Plane: Survival
82% matchMostly Negative36% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: SU Games
Windows
You survived a plane crash, and now you will need to find a way to be rescued, for that you will be building an SOS signal and wait for a rescue. In the meantime you will need to eat, drink and build stuff to stay alive
Why similar: Crafting 21.9%, Survival 15.7%, Exploration 11.7%, RPG 9.7%, Loot 9.6%
- #25 Bad Pig House
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team GZ
Windows
A CRAZY HORROR GAME INSPIRED BY “THE THREE LITTLE PIGS”! GATHER RESOURCES, BUILD BEFORE SUNSET, AND SURVIVE THE NIGHT WITH THE WOLF!
Why similar: Crafting 21.3%, Survival 18.4%, Destruction 17.6%, Horror 10.1%, Survival Horror 8.7%
- #26 Apartmental
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justicus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Apartmental is a survival crafting game set in the depths of a massive procedurally generated apartment complex. Wake up on the top floor with no way out but down. Make your way forward by tearing apart the environment around you piece by piece.
Why similar: Crafting 23.1%, Destruction 21.6%, Survival 20.2%, Horror 8.4%, Exploration 7.7%
- #27 Until the Fire Dies
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Cloud Games
Windows
A first-person survival horror game where you chop trees and split logs by day, then keep the fire alive through the night as horrors close in beyond its light.
Why similar: Crafting 22.5%, Survival 21.1%, Survival Horror 15.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Realistic 6.9%
- #28 Ship Graveyard Simulator 2: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive86% of 788 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.
Why similar: Destruction 25.7%, Realistic 13.2%, Inventory Management 11.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Crafting 8.7%
- #29 Kappa's Asylum
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Henriques
Windows
Kappa's Asylum is a survival horror game in which you control a YouTuber in an abandoned asylum to record a video.
Why similar: Survival 16.2%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Perma Death 10.1%
- #30 Chernobylite Complete Edition
76% matchVery Positive82% of 15,629 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Horror 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Realistic 8.3%
- #31 LiveMeat活肉
77% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 做阴游的林某
Windows
This is a first person single player horror adventure game. You need to sneak or run in the scene to avoid monsters, search for resources to survive, and find a way to leave.
Why similar: Perma Death 22.7%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 9.7%
- #32 Frontier: Dark Wilds
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: C2B Studios
Windows
The year is 1809, and you have set out to find your fortune on the new frontier! But beware: the cryptic creatures of legend are more than just campfire stories out here... Wendigos, Skinwalkers, Yetis and more are all too real in this newfound wilderness. Build, craft, and fight to survive!
Why similar: Crafting 20.4%, Survival 17.4%, Survival Horror 14%, Horror 12%, Realistic 9.2%
- #33 ThroughHelltoHeaven
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: OpticalPurgeStudios,LLC.Pub: OpticalPurgeStudios
Windows
Help Amy survive the Vile Demons in Hell in order to find the Portal and Ascend to Heaven.
Why similar: Survival 20%, Simulation 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Exploration 12.9%
- #34 BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows
A year after the Aurora’s appearance & the world went dark, the people of Harmont & its vast wild environs struggle to survive the Quiet Apocalypse. Survive alone or with others against a host of new hazards & a fresh new survival sandbox from a pioneer of the genre. Live together. Die alone.
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Perma Death 13.4%, Co-op 10.2%, Exploration 10%
- #35 Anomalous zone
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Zimka2024
Windows
You will have to visit an anomalous zone from which there is no exit unless you possess an artifact with which you can open a portal, an exit from the zone
Why similar: Perma Death 29.8%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 13.1%, Action 11.8%
- #36 The Forest of Black Eden
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZEREF
Windows
Stranded on an island crawling with terrifying creatures, you must survive, build, and uncover its dark secrets. Escape or be one of them with lost dream.
Why similar: Crafting 19%, Survival 17.7%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.9%, Co-op 10%
- #37 Pole of Cold
75% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Farkhutdinov M
Windows
Pole of Cold is a sci-fi survival horror game set at a research station somewhere in Antarctica. Explore it and find a way to escape death.
Why similar: Perma Death 33.3%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Survival 16%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 8.7%
- #38 Voldark
72% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: OzbalHan
Windows
Voldark is an open-world survival crafting game set in a dangerous forest filled with mutant creatures. Gather resources, craft tools and weapons, level up your character, build and defend your base while surviving relentless nighttime attacks.
Why similar: Crafting 20.3%, Survival 17.2%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Destruction 11.4%, Inventory Management 10.2%
- #39 SPAGHET 2: Al Dente Chapter
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: HeyImKeelee
Windows
You just couldn't keep your hands to yourself... could you?
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Crafting 21.5%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Horror 18%, Action 11.4%
- #40 Survival: Lost Way
73% matchMostly Negative36% of 301 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 22.6%, Survival 18.7%, Loot 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #41 Hauntsville
71% matchMixed63% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Michael JanischPub: indie.io
Windows
You're a nameless traveler, stranded in a ghost town in the Cursed West. Use your wits, elbow grease, and the iron on your hip. Build a homestead, work the land, and survive against unspeakable monsters in this unique Western horror survival game - alone or with friends!
Why similar: Survival 15.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.6%, Inventory Management 9.3%
- #42 Inferno Protocol
69% matchVery Positive80% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Tektonic Interactive
Windows
A survival horror set in a massive maze. Play solo or 6-player co-op. Scavenge resources to craft gear and survive against terrifying enemies. Unlock unique abilities and find the exit.
Why similar: Crafting 16.9%, Survival 16.3%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.8%, Co-op 9.5%
- #43 The Seekers: Survival
72% matchMostly Negative36% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: BIGYBOX Games
Windows
After a plane crash, you are the only survivor. You will quickly find out that you are in a remote place, surrounded by unknown creatures.
Why similar: Loot 16.5%, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 14%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Realistic 10.2%
- #44 The Escape from Bungalow
73% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: cursorstudio
Windows
A horror escape game where a mysterious woman explores a mansion that wanders around from a first-person perspective The sense of urgency that sudden strangeness appears. Silent BGM, scary even in empty places
Why similar: Perma Death 38.6%, Survival Horror 20.8%, RPG 13.4%, Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8.4%
- #45 Don't Be Afraid
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,016 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Survival 15.9%, Inventory Management 13.8%, Survival Horror 13%, Horror 12.2%, Realistic 10.8%
- #46 Everstill Valley
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Army Games
Windows
Explore a decaying wilderness haunted by silence, hunger, and shadow. Forage by day. Fear the night. In Everstill Valley, something follows.
Why similar: Crafting 19.6%, Survival 16.3%, Inventory Management 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #47 Dreadveil
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Inkarian Designs
Windows
Dreadveil is an atmospheric horror shooter where you desperately scavenge for resources while avoiding terrible monsters. Balance scarce resources to solve one of many issues. Make short-term decisions to solve a more pressing problem which will then come back and bite you in the future.
Why similar: Perma Death 31.6%, Crafting 20.8%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Realistic 8.5%
- #48 Dark DieMansion
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tempus Rift Games
Windows
A fast paced survival horror game: Escape a dark, randomly generated mansion where creatures stalk you in the shadows. Outsmart them by manipulating the environment, restoring the power, and scavenging supplies to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Horror 21.5%, Perma Death 15.1%, Survival 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%
- #49 Into The Haze
71% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: MSOFT
Windows
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Survival 15.3%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Realistic 11.4%
- #50 InHouse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mdrakynho
Windows
A survival horror game where you scavenge, craft tools, barricade doors, and make bullets to fight off a relentless entity hunting you in your grandfather’s abandoned house. Will you survive the night?
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Crafting 13.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 11.3%
- #51 JOIN US
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wolf Haus Games
Windows
Start a doomsday cult of your very own! Recruit followers, build your compound, customize your cult’s beliefs, and defeat enemies in this 1-4 player co-op, action-packed, open-world survival experience. Can you survive the Apocalypse?
Why similar: Perma Death 22.8%, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 13.5%, Realistic 10%, Horror 9.1%
- #52 ESCAPE THE NEST
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alice Games
Windows
Survive deadly creatures across tense, level-based challenges. Use unique mechanics, manage limited resources, and don’t get caught.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.1%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.4%, Survival 13.2%, First-Person 8.5%
- #53 Last of Ass
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: SSP Games
Windows
LAST OF ASS - is a horror game in which the protagonist survives horrible events by just turning the wrong way on the highway.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.8%, Survival 17.8%, Horror 17.7%, RPG 15.7%, First-Person 10%
- #54 Werewolf Hunter: Night of Horror
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CROWFORGE Games
Windows
Werewolf Hunter is a survival horror game about tracking a deadly predator in a hostile wilderness. Manage hunger and thirst, collect DNA to uncover its weakness, set traps, and barricade shelters. Hunt a regenerating beast that grows more dangerous with every night.
Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #55 MaskuLand Survival
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DR_Godot_Dev
Windows
You are Masku, an explorer who crash-landed in an unknown world carrying a rare cure for your son! To breathe you need special Masks, each one grants you a unique ability! Repair your balloon and get supplies, fight you way back home! His life depends on you! You need to SURVIVE!
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Survival 23.1%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 12%, RPG 11.3%
- #56 Sons Of The Forest
65% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 24.3%, Crafting 17%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Co-op 11.3%, Horror 10.7%
- #57 Feed The Fire
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magellan Tide Games
Windows
Feed The Fire is an online co-op survival horror game for up to 4 players. Search the woods for your missing sister. During the day, hunt for food, craft tools, and fortify your camp. When night falls, only fire can protect you from whatever took her.
Why similar: Survival 19%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Exploration 12%, Crafting 11.8%
- #58 Skeleton Island
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riabets Artem
Windows
# Short Description Survive on a mysterious island, gather resources, craft weapons and explore dangerous locations while uncovering the dark secrets hidden within. Fight enemies, survive the island and prepare yourself for the final battle.
Why similar: Crafting 20.2%, Survival 15.9%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Action 12%, Horror 11.2%
- #59 Humanity Remains
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HB Studios
Windows
A free-to-play 2D sandbox MMORPG inspired by classic old-school MMOs. Train skills, battle powerful bosses, master combat styles, trade in a player-driven economy, and grind your way to greatness on PC and mobile.
Why similar: Crafting 22.7%, Survival 17.1%, Inventory Management 15.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Loot 7.8%