Year
|
Title
|
Developer
|
Original platform(s)
|
1982 |
Survival Island |
Starpath |
Atari 2600
|
1985 |
The Oregon Trail (1985 video game) |
MECC |
Apple IIe, DOS
|
1986 |
Wilderness: A Survival Adventure |
Titan Computer Products |
DOS, IBM, Mac OS
|
1992 |
UnReal World |
Enormous Elk |
Microsoft Windows
|
1993 |
SOS[1] |
Human Entertainment |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|
1994 |
Robinson's Requiem |
Silmarils |
Microsoft Windows, Atari Falcon, Atari ST, Amiga
|
1996 |
Deus |
Silmarils |
Microsoft Windows
|
1996 |
Tail of the Sun |
Artdink |
PlayStation
|
1999 |
Schiffbruch |
Dirk Plate |
Microsoft Windows
|
1999 |
Survival Kids |
Konami |
Game Boy, Game Boy Color
|
2000 |
Survival Kids 2: Dasshutsu!! Futago Shima! |
Konami |
Game Boy, Game Boy Color
|
2001 |
Survival: The Ultimate Challenge |
Techland Sp. z o.o./Techland Publishing |
Microsoft Windows
|
2002 |
Disaster Report[2] |
Irem |
PlayStation 2
|
2003 |
Stranded |
Unreal Software |
Microsoft Windows
|
2004 |
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
Konami |
PlayStation 2
|
2005 |
Lost in Blue |
Konami |
Nintendo DS
|
Pathologic |
Ice-Pick Lodge |
Microsoft Windows
|
2006 |
Raw Danger! |
Irem |
PlayStation 2
|
2007 |
Lost in Blue 2 |
Konami |
Nintendo DS
|
Lost in Blue 3 |
Konami |
Nintendo DS
|
The Sims 2: Castaway |
Electronic Arts |
BlackBerry , Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows Phone
|
Stranded II |
Unreal Software |
PC
|
2008 |
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked |
Konami |
Wii
|
The Sims Castaway Stories |
Electronic Arts |
macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
2009 |
Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta |
Irem |
PlayStation Portable
|
2011 |
Minecraft |
Mojang |
Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Raspberry Pi, Windows Phone, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Universal Windows Platform
|
Terraria |
Re-Logic |
Microsoft Windows
|
2012 |
I Am Alive |
Ubisoft Shanghai and Darkworks |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
|
Infestation: Survivor Stories |
Hammerpoint Interactive |
Microsoft Windows
|
Miasmata |
IonFX |
Microsoft Windows
|
2013 |
7 Days to Die |
The Fun Pimps |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead |
Kevin Granade |
Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
Day One: Garry's Incident |
Wild Games Studio |
Microsoft Windows
|
DayZ (mod) |
Dean Hall |
Microsoft Windows
|
Don't Starve |
Klei Entertainment |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
How to Survive |
EKO Software |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
|
Project Zomboid
|
The Indie Stone
|
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Java, Macintosh operating systems
|
2015 |
Dyscourse |
Owlchemy Labs |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
Empyrion: Galactic Survival |
Eleon Games Studios |
Microsoft Windows
|
Forsaken Isle |
Smoodlez |
Microsoft Windows
|
Life is Feudal: Your Own |
Bitbox |
Microsoft Windows
|
Novus Inceptio |
McMagic Productions |
Microsoft Windows
|
Stranded Deep |
BEAM Team Games |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
2016
|
CrossWorlds: Escape |
Another Reality |
Microsoft Windows
|
The Culling |
Xaviant Games |
Microsoft Windows
|
Force of Nature |
A.Y.std |
Microsoft Windows
|
H1Z1: Just Survive |
Daybreak Game Company |
Microsoft Windows
|
H1Z1: King of the Kill |
Daybreak Game Company |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|
No Man's Sky |
Hello Games |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
|
Osiris: New Dawn |
Fenix Fire Entertainment |
Microsoft Windows
|
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
Bluehole |
Microsoft Windows
|
RimWorld |
Ludeon Studios |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
Starbound |
Chucklefish |
Microsoft Windows
|
Vintage Story |
Anego Studios |
Microsoft Windows, Linux
|
Wayward |
Unlok |
Microsoft Windows
|
We Happy Few |
Compulsion Games |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
|
The Wild Eight |
Eight Points |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|
2017
|
Ark: Survival Evolved |
Studio Wildcard / Instinct Games |
iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|
Conan Exiles |
Funcom |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|
Planet Nomads |
Craneballs |
Microsoft Windows
|
Ylands |
Bohemia Interactive |
Microsoft Windows
|
2018 |
The Forest |
Endnight Games |
Microsoft Windows
|
Keplerth |
TARO |
Microsoft Windows
|
The Long Dark |
Hinterland |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
|
Miscreated |
Entrada Interactive |
Microsoft Windows
|
Raft |
RedBeet |
Microsoft Windows
|
Rising World |
JIW-Games |
Microsoft Windows
|
Rust |
Facepunch Studios |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|
SCUM |
Gamepires |
Microsoft Windows
|
Subnautica |
Unknown Worlds Entertainment |
macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
|
Unturned |
Smartly Dressed Games |
Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
|
Vigor |
Bohemia Interactive |
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
|
2019 |
Green Hell |
Creepy Jar |
Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|
2021 |
Valheim (early access) |
Iron Gate Studio |
Linux, Microsoft Windows
|
Wanderlost (announced) |
Eli Segal |
|