Survival video games pose a serious challenge for players, and that is why together with Battle Royale they are becoming one of the genres most demanded by the youngest gamers on the market. We cannot blame them, the reality is that we have a great time with this type of video game.
In this case we have a good variety of typologies, and the environment is as important as the story behind these video games. Stay with us and discover which are the best survival games for PC that are available in the market, have a great time playing them.
Minecraft
Let's start with one of the most popular, the successful Microsoft-owned video game is still today a real madness in places like YouTube or Twitch where it harvests hundreds of thousands of visits daily, and is that the "gamers" of Minecraft never go out of fashion.
Minecraft has several servers and is also highly customizable, this helps us to create our own history and even 'roles' within the community In order to establish a base of daily life in the game that makes us return one day after another, better impossible.
The game is designed for all audiences, it is essentially based on item crafting and the possibility of building infrastructures at will. However, at any moment we can be invaded by enemies of the CPU and even other hostile users who do not seem to care about all the work that we have developed.
Ark: Survival Evolved
We now go to one of the most popular in recent times, this video game began with a "beta" phase that attracted a good number of curious at the same time it garnered strong criticism for the presence of important errors that did not allow to enjoy it comfortably.
However, it is enormously curious since the environment is basically a dangerous island full of dinosaurs, something like a "reinvention" of Jurassic Park , why deny it. We will have to adapt to sudden changes in temperature, ensure our subsistence with food and water, all without forgetting that any dinosaur can tear us apart.
It is important to build shelters, otherwise when we are not playing they could annihilate us, since the character is still on the island. From there the special is extracted importance of socializing with other inhabitants and forming tribes that allow us to create crops and survive in favorable conditions.
DayZ
With this video game, which has been on the scene for many years, this story of survival games began practically. This time we opted for the classic "Zombie Apocalypse" that generates so much curiosity among lovers of the genre, however, as is often the case in these cases, our main enemy will be ordinary humans.
It is true that in DayZ we can form a group with friends so that we can stand up to both the zombies and the rest of the characters, so cooperation is once again a fundamental pillar in this type of genre.
As negative points, we found a good handful of "hackers" with the intention of tarnishing the user experience, and despite the longevity of the game and the fact that it was never "free", development is notably stagnant, making it difficult at times to enjoy the experience consistently.
The Forest
The story is slightly more worked in this case, at least when it comes to getting into the role of a survivor. You have to look for your life shortly after a plane crash, and so far everything normal, but it could not be that easy, things are extremely complicated.
After the accident we will be immersed in a huge forest that is full of mutant cannibals whose sole purpose is to feast on us. This generates a feeling of quicksilver in the user that few games of the genre are capable of imitating. What's more, the CPU ensures that we are never too calm.
At any moment it is necessary to fight, and if it does, sometimes it is better to simply flee. We can mail to create rudimentary weapons, build camps and fight the weather. The adventure becomes difficult even for the most expert, without a doubt an interesting challenge that we highly recommend.
Conan Exiles
Conan "The Barbarian" and a survival video game ... what could go wrong? The atmosphere is clearly focused on the character and features perhaps a bit more of a breakthrough factor than mere survival. Activity is essential in this game and any mistake can make us give up.
We will have to fight against the weather, both hot and cold. We can attack other clans and try to rule the maximum number of territories possible, This being the final reason that can guarantee our subsistence. For this we will have to fight both humans and creatures managed by the CPU, you are never completely safe.
The game may seem basic compared to others on this list, but the battles, sieges and constructions will make us think more than we imagined. However, it is clearly aimed at those users who have a special attraction to the character in question.
Subnautica
Without a doubt the strangest of the games included in this list, but we always have a little space for weird things, it would be missing more. As if that were not enough an alien planet, in this case we are going to immerse ourselves in the depths of its seas.
If the seas and oceans of Earth are dangerous, imagine an alien planet. Our purpose is none other than to survive all dangers, especially the varied fauna whose only intention is to have a snack. Of course, the game is colorful and interesting, so much so that it can even be childish considering the alternatives.
The positive part is that we can rest in the refuge, a refuge that we will build by crafting all over the map. So we can build our vehicles adapted to our needs, measures to avoid death and a host of events that can end up making us have a pretty bad time.
Rust
Another classic of the genre this Rust. Try to be a bit more realistic in terms of adversity gameplay, since since we started, totally naked and unarmed, we must progress before a terrain that may be "familiar" to us, taking into account the alternatives that we have seen previously in this list.
You have to look for elements such as stones and wood to progress in life, we have no other way in the absence of a Leroy Merlin to go to. However, as often happens, other users are precisely the greatest of our problems, whose sole intention is to steal everything possible, the law of the strongest makes sense in this survival video game.
Fighting, crafting, construction and strategy are the fundamental pillars of this video game with which we can also have a good time. We can form cooperative alliances with other players, something that may or may not be a guarantee of success.
Astroneer
We leave planet Earth again, and this survival video game is based on an intergalactic environment, basically there are seven planets from another solar system very different from our Milky Way. We can modify the environment, navigate through other planets and of course take everything we can.
Crafting is decisive when building new ships to explore more plants and even bases where you can rest, that we also deserve it. In addition to the surface of these worlds, we will also be able to enter caverns where there are more interesting treasures, as well as dangers that can put us in a bad mood.
The possibility of playing cooperatively will undoubtedly increase our chances of normal survival, something that as we have said previously in other video games, is a fundamental pillar, do you prefer to make war for yourself? How far you can go will depend on you.
Green Hell
We return to pure and simple realism, and it is that Green Hell is set in the dense and dangerous jungle of the Amazon, are you prepared for what is coming your way? The landscape may seem idyllic if we allow ourselves to be guided by the vegetation, but it hides many dangers that we will realize very soon.
Our task will be to fight to survive, and they are not going to make it easy for us. From creating fire to looking for materials in order to create a shelter will take us most of the time. If you are more daring you can always enter a cave, but watch out for the consequences.
Performer quickly begins to have psychological problems, something that can be understood given the situation. For its part, we will have to look for food, ways to heal the wounds we suffer and much more. It is especially focused on exploration and healing.
As in other video games we can enjoy both alone and in a mode cooperative, It will depend on our desire to go hand in hand with a partner, although This is unequivocally going to mean an exponential increase in our chances of survival.
We hope you liked our list of the best survival video games for PC.