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survival indie games (73)

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7.3New
Eden Crafters
Terraform, automate, survive — with quirks.
May 7, 2026
8.7New
Devil of the Plague
Co-op ritual horror with tense pacing.
May 1, 2026
8.3
Zombiehood
Quirky, brutal roguelite where ammo is scarce and builds matter.
Apr 30, 2026
7.2
Into the Radius 2
Great guns, messy launch — love it and hate it.
Apr 23, 2026
8.6
Tides of Tomorrow 🌊
Asynchronous storyplay meets beautiful, messy worldbuilding.
Apr 22, 2026
8.9
CAPTURED 2
Analog horror meets survival loop.
Apr 22, 2026
8.1
The Ember Guardian
Kingdom meets roguelite shooter with a loyal dog.
Apr 17, 2026
6.8
Alaska Gold Fever
Chill mining survival with rough edges
Apr 14, 2026
8.4
Windrose
Pirate survival with great sailing and crafting
Apr 14, 2026
7.2
DarkSwitch
Vertical city builder with fog, light and moral choices.
Apr 9, 2026
7.8
Soulmask
Ambitious survival crafting with powerful tribe automation.
Apr 9, 2026
8.2
Spark in the Dark
Grim dungeon crawling with atmosphere and teeth.
Apr 7, 2026
7.8
Lay of the Land
Beautiful voxel survival, physics-first but raw.
Apr 8, 2026
7.6
Road to Vostok
Hardcore, atmospheric singleplayer survival FPS.
Apr 7, 2026
7.4
ENDALOR
Soulslike survival with crafting and co-op.
Mar 30, 2026
8.3
Wasteland Bites
Chaotic post‑apocalypse cooking with dark humor
Apr 3, 2026
8.3
ALL WILL FALL
Physics-driven vertical city-builder with survival depth
Apr 3, 2026
8.2
Darkwater
Co-op submarine extraction with tense combat
Mar 26, 2026
8.3
Everwind
Skyborne survival RPG with airships and crafting.
Mar 17, 2026
7.3
Going Medieval
Creative castle-building meets messy AI and occasional performance woes.
Mar 17, 2026
8.6
Bootstrap Island
Gorgeous yet punishing VR survival roguelike.
Mar 12, 2026
7.8
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
Faithful remake with gorgeous horror, divisive combat.
Mar 11, 2026
6.9
Cargo Hunters
Solo extraction shooter with style, problems and potential
Mar 9, 2026
8.2
Blossom: The Seed of Life
Cozy terraforming adventure meets modular rovers.
Mar 9, 2026
7.3
Machine Mind
Modular rovers, base defense and messy early-access charm
Mar 5, 2026
6.0
AETHUS
Cozy base‑building meets voiced sci‑fi narrative.
Mar 6, 2026
8.2
DYSPLACED
Cozy smash-'n'-craft action with familiar Dysmantle DNA.
Mar 5, 2026
7.8
The Walking Trade
Quirky zombie shop sim mixing management and action.
Mar 5, 2026
8.6
Icarus: Dangerous Horizons Expansion
Big map, bigger threats — more Icarus to lose your sleep over.
Mar 5, 2026
7.8
The Legend of Khiimori
A horse-first courier sim with gorgeous Mongolian vibes
Mar 3, 2026
7.2
Nested Lands
Grim base-building survival with strong atmosphere and rough edges
Feb 25, 2026
8.3
Ghost Janitors
Co-op horror where cleaning gets terrifying
Nov 8, 2025
8.7
Dead in Antares
Tense survival meets tactical RPG.
Feb 19, 2026
7.6
KLETKA
Hungry elevator, spooky floors, chaotic co-op fun
Feb 19, 2026
7.6
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
Nostalgic Star Trek strategy with deep ship management.
Feb 18, 2026
8.2
Poppy Playtime - Chapter 5
Creepy new DLC with stronger scares, great polish, and some launch hiccups.
Feb 18, 2026
7.5
Dino Crisis 2
Retro dinosaur action with modern port quirks
Feb 12, 2026
8.4
HumanitZ
Isometric open-world zombie survival.
Feb 6, 2026
8.4
UMIGARI | ウミガリ
Chill fishing meets subtle cosmic dread.
Feb 4, 2026
7.4
CURE - A Hospital Simulator
Co-op hospital sim with charm and rough edges.
Nov 20, 2025
8.4
WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition
Realistic wolf-life sim with heart and teeth
Jul 22, 2025
6.3
Occupy Mars: The Game
Ambitious Mars survival, buggy but oddly addictive.
Jan 30, 2026
7.8
Folklore Hunter
Co-op cryptid hunting with handcrafted scares
Jan 30, 2026
6.0
Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
Gothic base-builder with vampire thrills
Jan 30, 2026
7.0
Cairn
Realistic climbing meets survival and story.
Jan 29, 2026
8.4
Terraformental
Time‑loop incremental with exploration and mystery
Jan 28, 2026
7.4
HELLMART
Creepy supermarket sim that needs more time.
Jan 28, 2026
7.4
Dead by Daylight: Stranger Things Chapter 2
Nostalgic but glitchy Stranger Things crossover.
Jan 27, 2026
7.8
R.I.P. - Reincarnation Insurance Program
Loot-driven bullet-hell roguelite.
Jan 25, 2026
8.2
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
Frost, rot and woolly mayhem.
Jan 22, 2026
7.0
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
Tense checkpoint sim mixing screening, base-building, and moral choices.
Jan 12, 2026
7.2
Storebound
Goofy, tense co‑op horror — best with friends, rough around the edges.
Nov 17, 2025
8.0
StarRupture
Factory automation meets survival and firefights.
Jan 6, 2026
8.8
Grimshire
Cozy farming with real stakes and emotional weight
Jul 22, 2025
8.3
Abiotic Factor
90s sci‑fi survival crafting in a sprawling lab
Jul 22, 2025
6.8
Grounded 2
Promising sequel with fun mounts and tougher combat — playable with friends, but buggy in Early Access.
Jul 29, 2025
7.5
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
Faithful remake with stellar visuals, patchy performance.
Aug 28, 2025
7.6
Voyagers of Nera
Cozy ocean survival‑crafting with magic and co‑op
Sep 16, 2025
7.6
Necesse
Top‑down sandbox: craft, build, recruit, and fight.
Oct 16, 2025
7.4
RV There Yet?
Janky, hilarious co-op RV physics game.
Oct 21, 2025
7.2
Escape the Backrooms
Creepy co‑op horror — atmospheric, messy, very replayable with friends.
Oct 23, 2025
7.1
MISERY
Gritty co‑op survival: brilliant vibe, rough edges.
Oct 23, 2025
7.8
Farthest Frontier
Deep, cozy city builder with rough edges
Oct 23, 2025
8.3
My Winter Car
Nail‑biting winter survival, car building and chaotic driving.
Dec 29, 2025
8.2
VEIN
First‑person Project Zomboid‑style sandbox survival.
Oct 24, 2025
7.2
ARC Raiders
Stunning audio/visuals and ARC combat, marred by toxic PvP.
Oct 30, 2025
7.5
The Last Caretaker
Addictive ocean survival-crafting with human-seed story.
Nov 6, 2025
6.5
Voidtrain
Chill train-survival with charm, repetition and rough edges.
Nov 7, 2025
6.5
Winter Burrow
Cozy, story-driven survival with great vibes — rough edges included.
Nov 12, 2025
7.2
Becastled
Cozy castle-builder with tense nightly sieges.
Oct 22, 2025
6.0
PIONER
Huge Soviet-inspired MMO-FPS with promise — currently unstable.
Dec 16, 2025
7.6
Wartales - Expansion: The Curse of Rigel
Dark, tactical expansion with risky alchemy.
Dec 11, 2025
7.6
Flotsam
Cozy floating colony sim: scavenge, build, explore — pretty, but a little rough.
Dec 4, 2025