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19 Best Survival PC Video Games That Rocked 2019

Survival PC Video Games
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There seems to be no limit to making survival video games more interesting, challenging, and more appealing to gamers. Developers always try to place a unique spin on this genre in hopes that they can replicate the success of the most popular game titles.

But to stand out in the already saturated field of survival titles, the game should incorporate new gameplay mechanics and interesting visual elements. If you’re interested in the coolest games, here are 19 Best Survival PC Video Games for 2019:

Volcanoids

one of the best Survival PC games

Volcanoids is one of the best survival games on PC developed and published by Volcanoid. It was released for on the 30th of January, 2019. In this game, you will embark on an expedition to a now forsaken island that you once called your home. To survive this game, you have to outsmart the creatures causing the volcanic eruptions and attempt to get control over their drillships.

This game is a base-building game of survival using as it’s setting the steampunk era where technology and humans meet. It’s a first-person game where you can explore the volcanic island, operate huge drills, and endure eruptions that mechanical beings trigger. Here, you deal with a race of robots that’s very hostile and use the power of volcanoes as their source of resources and energy.

Just the thought of surviving volcanic eruptions that transform the island into a wasteland of apocalyptic proportions is already an experience of tension and thrills. The most important resource you have is the time allotted between each eruption as this gives you time to explore the island to gather materials, find new technologies, and utilize production.

Last Oasis

Last Oasis

Last Oasis is an upcoming nomadic survival MMO game developed and published by Donkey Crew. Its release was delayed but it’s set to come out this 2020. Here, you will traverse the game’s world using walking machines inspired by the strandbeests of Theo Jansen. You can adapt these for different purposes like transportation, harvesting, travel, combat, and more.

The premise of this game is a cataclysmic occurrence that has stopped the Earth’s rotation. This, in turn, split the planet into two deadly and extreme environments. The only area that has conditions to support life is a narrow band located between the cold and hot halves. Making things more difficult for survival, this narrow band moves along with the planet’s rotation. This means that for life to thrive, it should migrate with the movement.

The main objective of Nomadic Survival MMO is to keep moving or perish. You have to create mobile bases for walking and explore new lands. To make the game more challenging, you have to create clans then defend your territory. Since there are very limited resources that deplete quickly, you have to take arms and either scavenge, trade or pirate to survive.

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey makes it on our list of 19 best survival PC video games for 2019. It was developed by Panache Digital Games and published by Private Division. It was released on the 27th of August, 2019 for Microsoft Windows and on the 6th of December, 2019 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

This survival game has a third-person’s point of view. You control a primate clan where you manage the health of your characters by eating, sleeping, and drinking. As the game progresses, there are new areas that you can open and explore. The main objective of the game is to make sure that the primate clan survives so it can evolve to become a new species.

You can also switch to playing other characters as your clan grows. You can take the roles of characters like children, adults, elders, and even mothers carrying their children. The clan’s expansion allows you to perform social tasks such as calling other clan members to go hunting together.

Fade to Silence

Fade to Silence

Fade to Silence is an action-adventure survival game developed by Black Forest Games and published by THQ Nordic. It was released on the 30th of April, 2019. In this game, you will constantly have to move for the sake of your health and stamina while trying to manage your tiredness, warmth, and hunger.

The setting of Fade to Silence is in the deadly and cold world of an apocalyptic winter. This is another one of the best survival games on PC where you take the role of the main character Ash. He is a tormented but natural-born leader who explores a frozen post-apocalyptic wasteland in order to gather resources needed to build a refuge to survive.

The search for these limited resources requires the navigation of a large territory where you might run into Eldritch monsters in the unrelenting winter weather. Freezing temperatures are already a constant threat for survival but the deadliest occurrence is a blizzard. If you get caught in a blizzard, you need every ounce of luck, skill, and determination to overcome this threat.

Subnautica: Below Zero

Subnautica: Below Zero

Subnautica: Below Zero is an underwater survival game developed and published by
Unknown Worlds Entertainment. It was released on the 31st of January, 2019. The first major update released for this game was very exciting. It included new sea-life, new areas, and a huge submarine truck you can use to explore.

The setting for this survival game is the freezing underwater world on an alien planet, a year after the first game. You have the challenge to survive a disaster in one of the research stations on Planet 4546B. For this, you should create tools, look for supplies, and access the next chapters in the storyline.

Subnautica: Below Zero is a new chapter of the successful franchise. This is an underwater game that takes place in an alien ocean world. To help you survive, the Vesper space station that orbits the planet will send supplies and instructions to you. It also receives samples that you will launch from the surface. Should disaster strike the space station, you have to improvise to survive the challenges.

Days Gone

Days Gone

Days Gone is an action-adventure horror survival game developed by SIE Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released on the 26th of April, 2019.

Players in Days Gone is one of the 19 best survival PC video games for 2019 that you would just love. It’s where you can use melee weapons, improvised weapons, and firearms together with stealth, to combat hostile human beings and cannibalistic monsters called “Freakers.” Like many other games of the genre, you will play from a third-person perspective.

For this game, you assume the character of Deacon St. John, a former US Army veteran who has turned into a bounty hunter and drifter. He loves life on the road rather than wilderness encampments. One main game mechanic that you will depend on is the drifter bike, the character’s main mode of transport.

Outward

Outward

Outward is an open-world fantasy RPG developed by Nine Dots Studio and published by Deep Silver. It was released on the 26th of March, 2019. This game offers a brilliant magic system and survival elements for you to enjoy. Here, tasks that are traditionally mundane become complicated and all the choices you make have an effect on the outcome of the game.

All remarkable journeys usually entail a lot of great effort. In Outward, you will constantly get exposed to threats like cold nights, infected wounds, predators lurking in the shadows, and more. All the challenges happen in the huge world of Aurai which you will explore as you embarks on incredible adventures on your own or with friends.

Aside from delivering an immersive experience, this game also offers survival gameplay with deeply-rewarding challenges where you won’t just hide and defend himself against threatening monsters, but you will also confront hazardous environments while protecting yourself against diseases.

Green Hell

Green Hell

Green Hell is an open-world survival game developed and published by Creepy Jar. It was released on the 5th of September, 2019.

For Green Hell, the setting is the Amazonian rainforest. You will constantly get subjected to challenges where you cling to life. This journey of endurance involves solitude which can toll heavily on your body and mind. Can you survive the perils of the unknown?

Expect no help from the rest of the world when you embark on the Green Hell journey. The only equipment you can use is your hands. Here, you will learn actual survival techniques. Use these to build shelter, create tools, and make weapons that you need to defend yourself or hunt prey. Plus there is always the threat of tropical diseases and wild animals.

Pine

Pine pc game

Pine is an action-adventure simulation game developed by Twirlbound and published by Kongregate. This is one of the coolest survival PC games that was released on the 10th of October, 2019.

This open-world adventure game occurs in a world where humans can never reach the top of the food chain. As the main player, you assume the role of Hue. This character is a smart kid living in the beautiful world of Albamare. Here, you will trade, explore, and fight your way through a world inhabited by creatures who are much smarter than human beings.

You will look for a new abode where your tribe can settle. In doing so, you can engage yourself in Albamare’s large-scale ecology. You will explore, barter, talk, craft, and fight in six biomes with and against different species.

Satisfactory

Satisfactory

Satisfactory is a simulation survival game developed by Coffee Stain Studios and published by Coffee Stain Publishing. It was released on the 19th of March, 2019.

The main objective Satisfactory is to create the Space Elevator then start supplying your company with increasingly complex and numerous components. Many have described this factory-building part of the game as Factorio’s first version.

To achieve the main objective of this game, there should be a continuous construction of buildings. Then you would link them together with Conveyor Belts for the factory to handle the whole item construction process. This includes transport, mining, generating power, and delivery to keep the factory running.

Surviving the Aftermath

Surviving the Aftermath

Surviving the Aftermath is one of the best survival horror PC games developed by Iceflake Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on the 19th of October, 2019.

Surviving the Aftermath has consistency in following the storyline of its predecessor. This means that you have to create a colony for human beings in a very inhospitable environment. But this time, the game takes you back to Earth with a new developer at the helm.

Although the survival management genre is fairly new, the game does have a conservative start. If you recall, its predecessor depended highly on speculative fiction and sci-fi using drones, domes, and other future tech. With Aftermath, the game evokes more familiar management games and city builders but still offers some enticing twists.

Astroneer

Astroneer

Astroneer is another one of the 19 best survival PC video games for 2019 developed and published by System Era Softworks. It was released on the 16th of December, 2016.

This game should is perfect for outer space explorers as you get the chance to reshape and explore new worlds. Set in the 25th century in the Intergalactic Age of Discovery, Astroneers explores the frontiers of outer space. You would risk your life in the harshest environments to uncover rare discoveries and even unlock some of the mysteries of the Universe.

One feature of the game is the space sandbox adventure. Here, you can cooperate together in building custom bases below or above ground, creating vehicles to explore the solar system, using terrain to build anything you want, and more. The key to survival lies in your creativity and ingenuity.

World War Z

World War Z

World War Z is a shooter video game developed by Saber Interactive and published by Mad Dog Games. It was released on the 16th of April 16, 2019.

Just like the movie, this game deals with battling zombies. It’s a cooperative third-person shooter game where you work together to fight massive armies of zombies. You can select from six different classes each with their own skill sets. As the game progresses, you can unlock new weapons and perks for each of these classes.

The game supports up to 1,000 zombies who can appear on the screen simultaneously, climbing onto each other to get to the players on higher levels. You can collect various items in the war zones although your positions are procedurally generated. Aside from fighting zombies, you also need to complete various objectives in each of the locations.

Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus is also a shooting video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It will be released on the 15th of February, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 and on the 19th of November, 2019 for Stadia.

This is one of the coolest survival PC games with Russia as its setting. Here, you would flee the ruins of Metro Russia and embark on a continent-spanning adventure across the post-apocalyptic wilderness of Russia.

You might even lose yourself in an immersive experience following a thrilling story-line spanning a whole year. The game is an epic first-person shooter game. It blends deadly stealth and combat with survival and exploration horror in an extremely immersive experience.

Last Year: The Nightmare

Last Year: The Nightmare

Last Year: The Nightmare is one of the spookiest asymmetric survival horror PC games developed and published by Elastic Games. It was released on the 18th of December, 2018.

Last Year: The Nightmare is an asymmetric horror game that pits 5 survivors against a single killer. Set in 1996, the game involves survivors who explore the map as they complete different objectives that enable them to escape.

It also involves a killer who tries to hinder them from fulfilling their objectives. The killer has the ability called “predator mode” to de-spawn and re-spawn outside your line of sight. This same mode allows the killer to set traps for the unsuspecting survivors.

A Plague Tale: Innocence

 

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a horror stealth game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. It was released on the 14th of May, 2019.

In this game, you assume a third-person perspective of Amicia de Rune, the main character. Throughout most of the game, you need to use stealth so you don’t run into hostile encounters. When enemies catch you, they will kill you instantly.

The main character comes with a sling to stun guards, create distractions, throw rocks, and more. A Plague Tale: Innocence is a series of puzzles that consist mostly of ways to distract or scare hordes of rats away. In doing this, you can either direct the rats toward your enemies or gain access to new areas in the game.

A Plague Tale: Innocence

The Sinking City is an action-adventure game developed by Frogwares and published by Bigben Interactive. It was released on the 27th of June, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 and on the 12th of September, 2019 for Nintendo Switch.

This is one of the most compelling survival PC games out there. It’s an open-world detective game that features a system of investigation. The outcome of your guests will often come from how observant you are while investigating different pieces of evidence and clues. Throughout the game, you can assemble your own arsenal of weapons and tools. Use these to dispel hallucinations and kill otherworldly enemies.

The setting of this game is the town of Oakmont that consists of 7 districts. All of these districts got affected by varying degrees of flooding. As the main character, your goal is to use a boat to travel through the flooded streets safely until you find dry areas. If needed, you can also swim through the flood, but the water is highly infested. This means that swimming can cause fatal damage to your sanity and health.

The Beast Inside

The Beast Inside

The Beast Inside is one of the most gripping survival horror PC games developed by Illusion Ray Studio and published by Movie Games S.A. and PlayWay S.A. It was released on the 18th of October, 2019.

This game is unique as it has an interesting twist on survival and thriller horror. In this game, you will immerse yourself in a story filled with madness, long-buried secrets, and personal tragedies. You will play the game as two characters bound by a dark heritage.

The Beast Inside combines a truly unnerving survival horror experience with an intriguing adventure. All throughout, you will solve riddles, combat enemies, and experience genuine terror in a realistic environment.

Close to the Sun

Close to the Sun

Close to the Sun is the final entry in our list of the best survival games on PC. It was developed by Storm in a Teacup and published by Wired Productions. It was released on the 31st of December, 2019.

This enthralling game will take you on a one-of-a-kind adventure where you explore all of the implications of Nikola Tesla’s reality. Here, the wild and ambitious ideas of Tesla which are often deranged come to life. While there are a few inconsistencies and errors in this game, you will still get lost in its captivating world.

Close to the Sun has a “walking simulator” adventure game style that hasn’t been in the limelight for quite some time now. The developers did a wonderful job of combining different elements to create this thoughtfully-designed game. Sometimes, you may encounter a slow pace and some obtuse puzzles, but you’re sure to get hooked from start to finish.

 

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