Dark survival crafting games

When you want survival crafting with little light to spare, these bleak open worlds make you gather, build and hold out against hunger, cold and things in the dark.

Valheim

Valheim

Valheim drops you in a procedurally generated tenth world inspired by Norse myth, with an axe in hand and nothing built.

93% of 476,812 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 55,467$29.99
Subnautica 2

Subnautica 2

Subnautica 2 drops you on a new alien ocean with a broken colony mission and a pushy ship AI.

91% of 119,148 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,019$29.99
Enshrouded

Enshrouded

Enshrouded is a survival action RPG in the fallen kingdom of Embervale, where a corrupting fog called the Shroud eats the land.

86% of 99,710 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54,521$39.99
Whisper of the Swallows

Whisper of the Swallows

Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where devastating storms and creatures of the shadows relentlessly hunt you down.

88% of 209 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$15.99
OxyRail

OxyRail

Wake up in a world short on oxygen with nothing but a bare train frame, then chop, mine, and gather your way to a rolling kingdom.

80% of 1,203 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 107$14.99
Permafrost

Permafrost

Permafrost is a story-driven survival sandbox set on a near-future Earth locked in endless winter after the moon shatters.

71% of 2,014 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,050$24.99
Abiotic Factor

Abiotic Factor

Trapped miles underground in the GATE research facility after a containment breach, you survive as a scientist with a PhD, not a soldier.

95% of 42,999 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,131$34.99
REKA

REKA

REKA is a cozy witch-apprentice builder set in Slavic folklore, where your home walks on chicken legs.

83% of 3,456 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,557$12.99
Lucid Blocks

Lucid Blocks

Lucid Blocks is a first-person voxel sandbox where you wander an endless procedural dreamscape, fend off manikins, gels and colossal spiders, and…

93% of 4,911 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$9.99
Breathedge 2

Breathedge 2

A humorous space survival adventure where you play an Ordinary Man hunted by an army of Coffinbots.

86% of 1,821 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$19.99
The Last Caretaker

The Last Caretaker

You are the last working Caretaker, a machine with one job: save humanity from a drowned Earth.

86% of 14,060 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,169$34.99
HumanitZ

HumanitZ

A zombie outbreak left humans as an endangered species, and you are one of the holdouts.

74% of 11,586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
EverRail

EverRail

EverRail is a survival crafter where your base is a train crossing a frozen exomoon.

69% of 398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
Bootstrap Island

Bootstrap Island

Shipwrecked as 17th-century merchant Daniel, you learn a tropical island the hard way: find food and water by day, hold fire against the dark by…

81% of 1,411 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Sons Of The Forest

Sons Of The Forest

Sent to find a missing billionaire, you crash on a remote island full of cannibals and mutants.

88% of 289,007 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21,238$29.99
The Last Plague: Blight

The Last Plague: Blight

A slow, strict medieval survival sim in a procedurally generated world sick with the Blight. Best for survival crafters who like realism with teeth.

88% of 1,434 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$16.99
No One Survived

No One Survived

No One Survived is a co-op open-world survival sandbox where you scavenge towns and forests, track hunger, water, health and mood, and build a…

64% of 7,018 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 102$16.99
Away From Life

Away From Life

After a helicopter crash leaves you stranded, you hunt, gather, craft tools, and build shelter across remote islands and the waters around them.

67% of 237 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$12.99
Voidtrain

Voidtrain

You are an engineer lost in the Void with an empty trolley and a hammer.

73% of 8,839 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 284$29.99
Human Host

Human Host

Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game in an endless procedural world where terrain, trees and buildings are fully destructible.

82% of 1,053 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 105$16.88
Project: Mist

Project: Mist

Project: Mist is an open-world survival horror on a strange island, built for survival crafters who want dread with their dinner.

72% of 319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51$17.99
Vampires: Bloodlord Rising

Vampires: Bloodlord Rising

Awaken as a weakened Vampire Lord in gothic Sangavia, feed on blood, rebuild your castle stone by stone, and grow a dominion of loyal thralls.

70% of 1,722 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$19.99
MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!

MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!

A survival horror with a simple setup: sea behind you, a towering gate ahead, and a maze in between.

82% of 622 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$9.99
ENDALOR

ENDALOR

An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world.

70% of 268 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99

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