8 Survival Games You NEED To Try in 2023! 

What is the BEST survival game? 🪓

Calling rust toxic is an understatement

"Rust is a toxic-" Me: Likes the video

I would love a Project Zomboid series / stream on this channel.

I just feel like DayZ will forever hold the crown for a true gritty survival game, you’ll have experiences and encounters you just can’t make up or find anywhere else

Valheim is a goated game I’d recommend

I physically jumped out my seat when I saw project Zomboid get noticed.

Another good survival game is Green Hell. Stuck in the amazon, you have to keep an eye on your water, protein, fats and carbohydrate levels. You have to deal with hostile natives, pumas/jaguars, snakes, spiders, scorpions, and centipedes. You also have to deal with many different injuries. Venom, rashes, food poisoning, scrates/aberrations, lacerations, wound infections, worms, leeches and more.

Green Hell and Stranded Deep are also some great survival games that I highly recommend, both games can be played in Online Coop and green hell has an engaging story mode and DLC expansion, there is also a sandbox mode where you can play in the open world without the main games story. Stranded deep offers a nice challenging gameplay loop of looting uslands for supplies, eventualy you can find a aircraft carrier with a plane that you can fix to "beat the game". Both games are solid for a coop survival game and i highly recommend checking both games out.

I can testify to the brutality of Zomboid. I mean, after creating your character, the game outright tells you that survival is hopeless and you're playing the story of how your character inevitably died

7 days to die deserves a mention!

Nice, youtube gave me a 1min old short from my fav dayz short maker. Im happie!

DayZ would have huge potential if it had single player story mode for the players that don't want the stressing pvp and just wanna enjoy the game mechanics alone

Rule 1: trust no other rust players, not even your friends.

A very honourable mention is Unturned. While oversimplified style may draw some players away, the game is awesome to play both alone and with friends. It's like a mix between Rust, Project Zomboid and Garry's Mod. And what's the best part about it? It's totally free!

The fact that he nailed that Rust description so well tells me that he definitely nailed the other ones.

a hidden gem of a game that i dont see anyone else mention is called Catacalysm: Dark Days Ahead. it's just a less graphically intense version of zomboid, however FAR more complicated gameplay wise. I think the reason people dont mention it is because of how brutal it is to learn, but if you get the hang of it, it becomes fun. there's endless content, it feels so packed with stuff it feels modded! I actually think zomboid was based off of cdda! please at least give it a look!

Actualy about Sons of the forest is a sequel to the forest. The forest Cost about 15 Euro and is a very good game too. Check it out!

State of Decay 2 is also worth a massive shout and is one of the best Zombie games just, period. State of Decay 1 was a classic but 2 just brings the series into a nice little bow. Got back into it and i just cant put it down!

You'll love rust until you repeatedly get offlined by a Chinese clan led by "你死定了"

Its not really exactly a survival game but give zombi and zombiu the love it deserves, its a story/survival game set in london, Ubisoft forgot and abandoned it, the only possible way to maybe get a sequel is to bring attention to it.

Icarus is fantastic! I also highly recommend Valheim & Grounded they should've been on the list! Especially over scum and deadside (imo)😅

If new to Ark, either play solo or pve if going to official. Official pvp is not worth learning the game on, you’ll likely end up getting bullied by the alpha tribes and not be allowed to advance beyond a certain state. Play solo or official pve for a while (up to like metal structures or something), and if you start feeling a competitive itch, then go ahead at that point. You could also play on a private server that has increased rates, but I wouldn’t recommend learning the game there simply because of how easy it is.

Grounded, stranded deep, minecraft have left the chat

"Love to Hate." Most valid Rust description. Also Icarus is fun with people but still decent alone.

I would love to see you make a video were you play raft together

fun fact: SCUM was made and takes place in croatia, which is proven by place names

I wanna see you guys play project zomboid

You nailed it on the rust breakdown

If you like Ark you should try their newer game Atlas. It's like if Ark and sea of thieves were mixed, it's developing but able to play.

Cool to see Icarus mentioned. 👍🏻

For me, 7 Days to Die is by far the best survival game. You have basebuilding, crafting, roleplaying, tons of loot, weapons, zombies, traps, zombies, mining, you can create your own maps, etc

Dayz is amazing id recommend it

If you want a more unique spin on survival games, try out the Long Dark. Terrific game, next chapter is planned to come out within the next couple of months, plus tales from the far territory is amazing.

DON'T get Ark. It will suck your life away. Ark is rotten to the core, the community is toxic, the developers are unreliable, and the publishers have been known to cheat on the servers and there are rumors from goof sources that they also engage in illegal activity. Again, DON'T get Ark: survival evolved. From: an Ark player.

If you want a completely solo game, I recommend The Long Dark. It’s just you and the cold Canadian winter. It’s free on game pass iirc

Valhiem is a beautiful Viking themed survival and building game. Boss fights, base raids. Up to 10 players a server. Build longships, outposts, giant Viking settlements if you want. explore the world. One of my favorite games of all time.

Thanks for all the recommendations

I’m so glad they included SCUM, it doesn’t get enough credit honestly

Scum is something else,was in middle of a heated fight and my character just squats and proceeds to shit. 10/10

7 days to die is my all time favorite survival game

A duo, Zomboid play through would be fun to watch. You couldn't get up to your funny shenanigans with other "survivors", but the stars of the show are you two, so nothing or nobody else needed.

Don't forget The long dark

When youve played a good amount of dayz theres things you experience and situations you wouldn’t have in any other game i know of

Sons of the Forest is the best from this list, without crap that will raid you every fucking day and with a good atmosphere and a FUCKING SO GOOD soundtrack

I slept on Project Zomboid for the longest time. I never expected this isometric game could actually make me jump.

I’ve been playing SCUM for years, I love the game. The community is great, the visuals are stellar, the Devs are very vocal and transparent with what they’re doing. Highly, highly reccomend the game. Especially with friends. And just as a bonus, if you ever get too stressed with the game or need a break. There’s an event mode for the game where it gives you end game equipment and armor to mess around with and blow holes in your friends over a cacophony of laughter and flash bangs

ive just bought project zomboid and im starting to learn EVERYTHING, like i know how to kill small hordes with a bat, i know how to cook, i know that guns are useless

Rust is fun on highly modded servers, maybe you'll like a 2x server, or 4x. Booth of those are still casual, servers that have minigames and battleground type stuff can also be fun. But if you want the real rust experience then go on an official vanilla server and you'll be treated with lethal toxicity, from roof campers, offline raids, cheaters being a normal occurrence, and doorcampers plus a lot more

Zomboid has been kicking my ass for weeks I love it

So nice you mentioned deadside because the player base is dying down, the game definitely needs more recognition, it’s very good for a cheap hardcore survival looter shooter game

Issue is you put the best game first. Nothing else compares if you're in it for the survival feeling.

"The Front" is a twist on ARK,Rust.and 7 Days to Die

Project Zomboid: you will die in 10. Me: What? PZ: 9 Me:…

What about escape from tarbob? Where a cheater kills you from spawn or a rat gets you while extracting? Or that scav that trained with the navy seals shoots you head eyes from 600 meters? FUN❤❤❤

Great watching a full stream again yesterday, boys 🧡🧡🧡

you can't forget about the og who everyone have played aka 7 days to die.

I will love if you make Project Zomboid shorts, such a amazing game

With Rust, emphasis on the “Toxic” part. That game is a bully simulator first, and survival game next.

Play Ark if you like being raided and banned by devs repaying for dlcs and over all getting scammed

Funny how i got every Single one of these in my library and still watching this short, hoping there is a better survival game out there

It's nice to see Ark Survival Evolved on this man's channel

"7 days to die" is also great on PC, on Console is ok but they stopped the updates 😭

you gotta put green hell on there! one of my favorites! gotta give it a try 😊

The long dark will forever be my favourite survival game

DayZ, Sunkenland, The Front, Greenhell, Mist Survival. That's my Top Survival Games.

SunkenLand should definitely be on this list

“With Ark 2 on the rise…” lmao that was funny man

Honourable mention The Long Dark. Do you like Canada? Do you like freezing your nuts off? Do you like fretting over your matches? Do you want to be in the Canadian Yukon and constantly be in fear that the frozen corpses will stand up like white walkers?

already playing half of these, a spot on list

Vigor is a really good game too. Made by Bohemia Interactive (same devs as DayZ) and it's a f2p looter shooter and 2 multiplayer modes, And It's on pretty much any modern gaming device

Using toxic as the first descriptir for Rust was spot-on. I've learned that the only PvP I enjoy in games is PvP with toxic people. I don't win often, but whether it's Rust, Souls games, or EVE Online, on the rare occasion I do win, it's the most rewarding feeling you can have in gaming.

rust described as a game "youll love to hate" is the best description i have ever heard

You forgot a really good one. Muck, it's free, derpy as all hell, but a lot of fun with a bunch of friends as you frantically try to gather resources each day, and fend off monsters at night to build a boat to escape the island and fight a dragon.

God I've love a VR open world survival game with beautiful graphics. An easy learning guide at the start to help you know how to craft basic things and how to reload guns; and then maybe even a tab in the game to show you the things you can craft but only if you have crafted them before. Though the main focus is the same feel of Dayz but in VR, if you get hurt you bandage your arm by sitting down, if you get sick you'll have to puke, looking down will trigger the puking holding it in will only make more puke come out, so u gotta find meds to cure your sickness. I'd love the realistic guns from Dayz like having to reload mags on the go with a backpack system with slots. Or the type of backpack from Ghosts of tabor or Saints & Sinners.

Finally, someone who respects ark as a good survival game

FreshSpawns: We are going to show 8 survival games. Also FreshSpawns: *shows 9 games*

The rust description reminds me of honest game trailers describing dark souls 😂

Also try: 7 Days to Die, if you like the idea of minecraft with gritty survival elements, guns, crafting, and advanced base building that uses things like structural integrity, also with A21 now out, more zombies use the newer advanced gore system. Don't Starve Together is a fun little survival game where the objective is the name of the game. To see how long you can survive in a brutal and harsh world. 60 Seconds! Reatomized, if you prefer a text based adventure with endearing hand drawn visuals and a heaping splash of comedy. Death Road to Canada, if you prefer your Project Zomboid to be Oregon Trail-ified The Long Dark, if you're less into building big bases and more into seeing how long you can survive a freezing cold climate in the middle of a blackout before you die to anything from the cold to a bear attack (Mostly its cause you run outta matches)

Yeah he was definitely had beef with rust. But honestly, who doesn’t?

All dayz hold outs. It's really good. It's a different feeling. Give it ten hours Try a few strategies Like killing randoms. Making friends Playing solo in the woods survival off the land is underrated you can make almost everything you need out of sticks and rags lol

Dayz best interactions getting shot in the head from 50 miles away

Thank god someone recognizes project zomboid and it’s awsomenes

One that should also be mentioned is Green Hell. A brutal survival game.

Hey what about 7 days to die?

“The isle” evrima branch. You can thank me later. They are adding humans soon. Dayz arma type style.

If there is one thing I have learned is that Project Zomboid shows no mercy when it comes to surviving

unturned is good for like beginners id say. like the people who dont want to get hardcore with survival games yet still wanna have fun

I would love to see some Sons of the forest videos on this channel

One should only try rust if you have nothing in your life you have to do, no job, no pets to look after, no family commitments, no school,etc. Inorder to succeed you must dedicate your life to it, if you can't log 12 hours on day 1 of the wipe don't even think about if as if you log off without a stone base with metal doors and keypad locks you will never see your base again. The average player will sit there with 57 spears and stab open anything wooden to enter your base. Not to mention the upkeep mechanic forcing the player to play continually or lose everything

Rust brings out the inner bastard in every person. Amazing game and the most fleshed out of all those games.

i better find some friends. *in my mind*(wait i dont have friends) me: sht i hate my life

Great list

I would enjoy an Ark series on the channel… personally I really love ark and have played it for years… I recommend it!

kenshi is debatably survival, more of a sandbox than anything especially with its workshop support

ARK is literally over 100 GB, just wait until Ark 2

Right now, Green Hell is a contender for top 8 in 2024.

Sons of the forest is truly underrated, I'm glad you put it in this video, It's populatity has unfortunately dropped since the release, but I'm pretty sure it will be on it's peak when it leaves early acces like the forest did.

Yknow, rust is only toxic if you feed toxic behavior, I’ve only met chill people on rust. Not to mention it’s replay ability.

Proud to say that after having Dayz for 2 weeks I convinced an online friend to get it as well. I recommend him your channel and that’s where we both are learning about the game. Even though we haven’t been able to find each other in game yet simply getting in a party and finding each other has been awesome. Thanks for the help!