The Long Dark is a thoughtful exploration-survival game where you have crash-landed in the icy Canadian wilderness after a global disaster and must find a way to survive.

The Long Dark is a thoughtful exploration-survival game where you have crash-landed in the icy Canadian wilderness after a global disaster and must find a way to survive. Through exploring, crafting and fighting you must look after your body temperature, caloric intake, hunger, thirst and fatigue.

Holstin is a survival horror adventure set in an isolated 90’s Polish town infected with an ominous presence.

Holstin is a survival horror adventure set in an isolated 90’s Polish town infected with an ominous presence. Play involves exploring the town, talking to locals and fighting the zombies.

Unturned is a strategy survival game where you are in a Minecraft and Roblox-style world filled with zombies.

Unturned is a strategy survival game where you are in a Minecraft and Roblox-style world filled with zombies. You have to carefully explore the world, gather resources and craft weapons.

Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure simulation game that offers hunting-and-harvesting gameplay in a primal setting.

Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure simulation game that offers hunting-and-harvesting gameplay in a primal setting. Although not as polished or streamlined as a game like Horizon Zero Dawn, this is a more ambitiously open world where you can choose your own way to survive.

Rust (also, Rust: Console Edition) is an online survival game set in the wilderness.

Rust (also, Rust: Console Edition) is an online survival game set in the wilderness. You explore, gather and craft materials to manage hunger, thirst, health and protection.

Raft is a survival game where you work to build a raft while stranded at sea.

Raft is a survival game where you work to build a raft while stranded at sea. You start the game on a small raft with only a hook made of old plastic, which you use to pull in floating barrels and planks of wood.

Go Vacation is a resort exploration adventure where 50 mini-games can be discovered and played.

Go Vacation is a resort exploration adventure where 50 mini-games can be discovered and played. The mini-golf, skating, surfing, volleyball, car racing, tennis and other games use the Wii and Switch motion-sensitive controllers and are simple fun for youngsters.

Don't Starve is an open-world survival game where it’s the environment and enemies, rather than other players, that you have to work with.

Don't Starve is an open-world survival game where it’s the environment and enemies, rather than other players, that you have to work with. You need to find and develop food, weapons and shelter to survive.

Alien: Isolation is an adventure horror game set in space, remastered in 2019 from the 2014 game due to its popularity.

Alien: Isolation is an adventure horror game set in space, remastered in 2019 from the 2014 game due to its popularity. You play Amanda who is trying to find out the truth behind her mother's disappearance.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a heist simulation game.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a heist simulation game. You control a crew of robbers who escape from jail and take on a series of increasingly complex robberies.

Smalland: Survive the Wilds is a survival adventure where you are a tiny character in an overgrown wilderness.

Smalland: Survive the Wilds is a survival adventure where you are a tiny character in an overgrown wilderness. You work with other players to make your way in the living breathing world full of hazards and opportunities.

Stranded Deep is a survival game set in the Pacific Ocean.

Stranded Deep is a survival game set in the Pacific Ocean. Taking a cue from films like Cast Away, you survive a plane crash and face life-threatening scenarios in a large open world.

The Forest is a survival horror game where you are the only passenger to live after a plane crash.

The Forest is a survival horror game where you are the only passenger to live after a plane crash. You explore a mysterious forest to find food, shelter and safety but soon have to battle strange cannibalistic people.

The Red Lantern is an adventure with a team of husky dogs in the alaskan wilderness.

The Red Lantern is an adventure with a team of husky dogs in the alaskan wilderness. You and a team of sled dogs head into the wilderness and traverse the ever-changing events of the Alaskan bush to find your way home.

Grounded is a survival game where you are tiny and find yourself in someone’s back garden.

Grounded is a survival game where you are tiny and find yourself in someone’s back garden. It’s like Honey I Shrunk The Kids meets Fortnite.

Starbound is an action-adventure game from the developer of Terraria about the exploration of space.

Starbound is an action-adventure game from the developer of Terraria about the exploration of space. It's a world viewed from side-on, with simple visuals that enable it to offer complex systems and hundreds of items for players to discover their own adventures.

Dwarf Fortress is a longstanding strategy game set in a fantasy world where you control a group of dwarves wanting to construct a wealthy fortress.

Dwarf Fortress is a longstanding strategy game set in a fantasy world where you control a group of dwarves wanting to construct a wealthy fortress. It's unusual not only for it's text-based appearance but for it's expansive scope, and intricately modelled characters, psychology, politics, landscape, creatures, minerals and vegetation.

Scavengers is a strategy survival game with an emphasis on team work and shooting.

Scavengers is a strategy survival game with an emphasis on team work and shooting. Squads of three compete to survive in open worlds with harsh environments, computer enemies and periodic missions.

Evil Genius 2 is a tongue-in-cheek strategy game where you play the evil villain.

Evil Genius 2 is a tongue-in-cheek strategy game where you play the evil villain. You must build a detailed, functional lair from where you can take control of the world.

DayZis a post-apocalyptic open-world survival game.

DayZis a post-apocalyptic open-world survival game. The population are infected with an unknown virus and you play as one of the few who are immune.

This War Of Mine is a narrative strategy game inspired by the 1992–96 Siege of Sarajevo, this is a war game where you play the civilian trying to survive during the fighting.

This War Of Mine is a narrative strategy game inspired by the 1992–96 Siege of Sarajevo, this is a war game where you play the civilian trying to survive during the fighting. You face tough decisions on how to spend time and resources each day to maintain health, hunger and mood levels until a ceasefire is declared.

Beholder is a detective game where you spy on tenants in a building, discover their secrets and report violations of laws to the authorities.

Beholder is a detective game where you spy on tenants in a building, discover their secrets and report violations of laws to the authorities. As the game unfolds and you see more of the controlling totalitarian state, an uneasy tension develops between your conscience and your mission.

Nira is a survival game where pixelated characters explore the primitive world to find resources.

Nira is a survival game where pixelated characters explore the primitive world to find resources. It's unusual not only because of its basic art style but because its simplicity gives rise to emergent and open play.

Rooted is an open-world survival game where you eke out an existence in a post-apocalyptic America where nature has retaken the cities and villages.

Rooted is an open-world survival game where you eke out an existence in a post-apocalyptic America where nature has retaken the cities and villages. You construct a base, scavenge for resources, and infiltrate the territories of rival survivors and groups.

Cult Of The Lamb is a god-sim strategy game, where you are a cult leader rather than an actual god.

Cult Of The Lamb is a god-sim strategy game, where you are a cult leader rather than an actual god. You play a lamb and start your own cult as you venture out into the world of woodland worshippers.

Project Winter is a multiplayer survival game.

Project Winter is a multiplayer survival game. Up to 8 people work to survive the winter by gathering resources, repairing structures, and braving the wilderness dangers together.

Project Zomboid is a zombie-infested open-world strategy game.

Project Zomboid is a zombie-infested open-world strategy game. It's a survival game that's designed to be really hard.

Days Gone is a survival adventure game set in a post-pandemic Oregon.

Days Gone is a survival adventure game set in a post-pandemic Oregon. You roam an open world pulsing with life (and zombies).

Fallout Shelter is a time management simulation game.

Fallout Shelter is a time management simulation game. Set in the Fallout wasteland after a nuclear war, you play as an Overseer of an underground bunker.

1 Bit Survivor is an adventure survival game about driving your car across a country in the aftermath of an unstoppable virus.

1 Bit Survivor is an adventure survival game about driving your car across a country in the aftermath of an unstoppable virus. It stands out for its limited colours and simple-to-play hard-to-master playstyle.

Dead Space: Extraction is a shooting game where you only control the aiming, like a light gun game.

Dead Space: Extraction is a shooting game where you only control the aiming, like a light gun game. It's a spin-off prequel from the main Dead Space series and follows survivors of a mining colony as it is overrun by deadly monsters.

Ashwalkers is an adventure survival game where you play a small group facing the aftermath of an apocalyptic volcano.

Ashwalkers is an adventure survival game where you play a small group facing the aftermath of an apocalyptic volcano. You journey through a wild landscape, encountering dangers and strangers.

Darkwood is a survival horror role-play where you must scavenge the forest to fortify your cabin ready for the strange and disturbing attacks of each night.

Darkwood is a survival horror role-play where you must scavenge the forest to fortify your cabin ready for the strange and disturbing attacks of each night. You play by exploring the grotesque open world that changes each day then get back to hunker down in your hideout and pray for morning.

Death Trash is a role-play game set in a post-apocalyptic, horror open world.

Death Trash is a role-play game set in a post-apocalyptic, horror open world. Humans travelled to the stars, but unearthed machines and killer worms so had to flee into enclosed habitats.

Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive is a point-and-click adventure set after a cataclysmic event that left the Earth struggling with the environmental fallout.

Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive is a point-and-click adventure set after a cataclysmic event that left the Earth struggling with the environmental fallout. You play through just 4 days and must discover how to fortify your home against each night's new danger.

Heat Signature is a tactical shooting game where you break into spaceships on missions to hijack them, steal important technology, assassinate crew members and rescue captives.

Heat Signature is a tactical shooting game where you break into spaceships on missions to hijack them, steal important technology, assassinate crew members and rescue captives. With simple visuals, viewed from above, you can approach this in many ways using the game's in-depth simulation of combat.

Signalis is a puzzle, shooting and survival game with horror elements where you search a desolate alien planet for your missing partner.

Signalis is a puzzle, shooting and survival game with horror elements where you search a desolate alien planet for your missing partner. You gather resources and weapons and use them to defeat robotic enemies and solve puzzles to advance through the nightmarish landscape.

Zero Sievert is a retro shooting and survival game where you scavenge a wasteland to find gear and supplies to stay alive in a hard devastated world.

Zero Sievert is a retro shooting and survival game where you scavenge a wasteland to find gear and supplies to stay alive in a hard devastated world. You play by stealthily exploring buildings and forests to find and modify weapons.