Top Survival Games
60+ survival games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Multiplayer, Action, Open World, Adventure.
Recommended Survival Games

Don't Starve Together
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Rust
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
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- #1 Don't Starve Together98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 531,653 reviews2016Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.0hMean: 64.7h≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
- #2 Rust98% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018Developer: Facepunch StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 52.5hMean: 421.6h≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
- #3 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS98% matchMixed60% of 2,714,988 reviews2017Developer: PUBG CorporationPublisher: KRAFTON, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 30.9hMean: 229.0h≥1hr: 91%
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
- #4 The Forest93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018Developer: Endnight Games LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 37.2h≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
- #5 ARK: Survival Evolved90% matchVery Positive83% of 767,761 reviews2017Developer: Studio WildcardPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.2hMean: 201.1h≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
- #6 Raft90% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022Developer: Redbeet InteractivePublisher: Axolot GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.6hMean: 37.3h≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
- #7 Project Zomboid90% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013Developer: The Indie StonePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 15.0hMean: 83.6h≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
- #8 Terraria89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011Developer: Re-LogicPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 33.5hMean: 150.1h≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
- #9 Z1 Battle Royale85% matchMixed56% of 203,316 reviews2018Developer: Daybreak Game CompanyPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 79.2h≥1hr: 71%
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
- #10 Don't Starve81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,640 reviews2013Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 28.2h≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
- #11 Sons Of The Forest80% matchVery Positive88% of 304,972 reviews2024Developer: Endnight Games LtdPublisher: NewnightPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 15.1hMean: 32.5h≥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.
- #12 Palworld79% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024Developer: PocketpairPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 34.5hMean: 70.8h≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
- #13 Valheim79% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021Developer: Iron Gate ABPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 25.8hMean: 76.9h≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
- #14 The Long Dark79% matchVery Positive89% of 121,879 reviews2017Developer: Hinterland Studio Inc.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.3hMean: 46.9h≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
- #15 7 Days to Die79% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024Developer: The Fun PimpsPublisher: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLCPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 16.9hMean: 108.3h≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
- #16 DayZ78% matchMostly Positive78% of 461,119 reviews2018Developer: Bohemia InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 39.8hMean: 275.7h≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
- #17 Subnautica77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 13.0hMean: 39.3h≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
- #18 This War of Mine77% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.3hMean: 16.7h≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
- #19 Left 4 Dead 275% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,422 reviews2009Developer: ValvePlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 12.9hMean: 98.5h≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
- #20 Among Us75% matchVery Positive92% of 730,360 reviews2018Developer: InnerslothPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.0hMean: 30.8h≥1hr: 93%
An online and local party game of teamwork and betrayal for 4-15 players...in space!
- #21 Muck74% matchVery Positive93% of 183,134 reviews2021Developer: DaniPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.4hMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 70%
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
- #22 Grounded73% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022Developer: Obsidian EntertainmentPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.3hMean: 41.5h≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
- #23 Oxygen Not Included73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 68.0h≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
- #24 Dead by Daylight72% matchMostly Positive79% of 899,134 reviews2016Developer: Behaviour Interactive Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 34.9hMean: 360.4h≥1hr: 95%
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
- #25 Frostpunk72% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.2hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
- #26 Conan Exiles Enhanced72% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018Developer: FuncomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 17.1hMean: 111.9h≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
- #27 Unturned71% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017Developer: Smartly Dressed GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.2hMean: 72.1h≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
- #28 No Man's Sky71% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016Developer: Hello GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 20.2hMean: 70.4h≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
- #29 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition70% matchVery Positive83% of 68,064 reviews2020Developer: Undead LabsPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.0hMean: 39.1h≥1hr: 90%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
- #30 The Isle70% matchVery Positive80% of 112,383 reviews2015Developer: Afterthought LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.8hMean: 122.7h≥1hr: 90%
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
- #31 Green Hell69% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019Developer: Creepy JarPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.1hMean: 18.6h≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
- #32 RimWorld69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018Developer: Ludeon StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 59.8hMean: 262.8h≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
- #33 ARC Raiders68% matchVery Positive84% of 396,707 reviews2025Developer: Embark StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 41.4hMean: 93.6h≥1hr: 97%
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
- #34 Kenshi68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018Developer: Lo-Fi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.8hMean: 71.1h≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
- #35 Dying Light68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 487,201 reviews2015Developer: TechlandPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 21.6hMean: 61.1h≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
- #36 V Rising67% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024Developer: Stunlock StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 21.0hMean: 57.2h≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
- #37 ASTRONEER67% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019Developer: System Era SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.5hMean: 44.2h≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
- #38 Fallout Shelter67% matchVery Positive88% of 81,107 reviews2017Developer: Bethesda Game StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.8hMean: 32.0h≥1hr: 77%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
- #39 NARAKA: BLADEPOINT66% matchMostly Positive73% of 299,759 reviews2021Developer: 24 EntertainmentPublisher: NetEase GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 123.7h≥1hr: 76%
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
- #40 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl66% matchMostly Positive80% of 132,906 reviews2024Developer: GSC Game WorldPublisher: GSC Game World (worldwide)Platforms: WindowsMedian: 29.4hMean: 55.6h≥1hr: 95%
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
- #41 Subnautica 265% matchVery Positive91% of 98,787 reviews2026Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.8hMean: 10.7h≥1hr: 93%
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
- #42 Days Gone66% matchVery Positive93% of 114,079 reviews2021Developer: Bend StudioPublisher: PlayStation Publishing LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 19.0hMean: 43.8h≥1hr: 94%
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
- #43 Stranded Deep66% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 reviews2022Developer: Beam Team GamesPublisher: Beam Team PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.4hMean: 20.9h≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
- #44 Enshrouded65% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024Developer: Keen Games GmbHPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.7hMean: 45.6h≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
- #45 ARK: Survival Ascended66% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023Developer: Studio WildcardPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 27.6hMean: 196.8h≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
- #46 R.E.P.O.63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 393,063 reviews2025Developer: semiworkPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.0hMean: 23.3h≥1hr: 95%
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
- #47 Resident Evil 464% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 250,763 reviews2023Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 27.5hMean: 51.1h≥1hr: 96%
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
- #48 Barotrauma64% matchVery Positive94% of 86,224 reviews2023Developer: FakeFishPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 54.8h≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
- #49 Subnautica: Below Zero64% matchVery Positive90% of 105,645 reviews2021Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 15.3hMean: 29.4h≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
- #50 Miscreated65% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018Developer: Entrada Interactive LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 38.3h≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
- #51 Scrap Mechanic64% matchVery Positive92% of 117,481 reviews2016Developer: Axolot GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.2hMean: 58.2h≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
- #52 Once Human63% matchMostly Positive78% of 173,391 reviews2024Developer: Starry StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 50.9h≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
- #53 My Summer Car63% matchVery Positive95% of 113,843 reviews2025Developer: Amistech GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.5hMean: 47.1h≥1hr: 85%
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
- #54 Hurtworld64% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019Developer: Bankroll StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.8hMean: 63.5h≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
- #55 Factorio63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020Developer: Wube Software LTD.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 44.9hMean: 190.4h≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
- #56 Far Cry® Primal64% matchVery Positive86% of 39,924 reviews2016Developer: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.1hMean: 26.2h≥1hr: 88%
The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.
- #57 Fallout 7664% matchMostly Positive72% of 138,534 reviews2020Developer: Bethesda Game StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.2hMean: 114.3h≥1hr: 91%
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
- #58 No More Room in Hell63% matchVery Positive90% of 75,922 reviews2013Developer: No More Room in Hell TeamPublisher: Lever GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.2hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 67%
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
- #59 Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition63% matchMostly Positive79% of 213,299 reviews2022Developer: TechlandPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 31.7hMean: 63.2h≥1hr: 97%
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
