Popular scary survival crafting games
Shadows press in while you still need to eat and keep warm in these popular scary survival crafting games. Subnautica 2 drags you into deep alien seas, Enshrouded sends you into misty ruins, and Permafrost leaves you to scrape by in an icy urban waste. Around you collect supplies, prepare food, make gear and raise hideouts while creatures stalk and cold closes in.
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Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 drops you on a new alien ocean with a broken colony mission and a pushy ship AI. You swim, scan strange creatures, gather materials, craft tools and shape custom bases, alone or with up to three friends. Leviathans patrol the deep, ruins wait in the dark, and every trip out tests how far you dare go.
91% of 119,496 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,818$29.99Enshrouded
Enshrouded is a survival action RPG in the fallen kingdom of Embervale, where a corrupting fog called the Shroud eats the land. You hunt, farm, fish, mine, craft gear, and raise a settlement from a hut while fighting through forests, dunes, peaks and ruins, solo or in co-op with up to 16 players.
86% of 100,480 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33,379$39.99Whisper of the Swallows
A brutal open-world survival game in a frozen land the gods abandoned. Read the sky, hunt, craft and build a refuge before nightfall, alone or with up to six friends, then push back the darkness one region at a time.
88% of 213 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99Abiotic Factor
Trapped miles underground in the GATE research facility after a containment breach, you survive as a scientist with a PhD, not a soldier. Scavenge offices and labs, craft oddball weapons and traps, build a base, and push through portals and labs with up to five other survival crafters.
95% of 43,099 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,131$34.99Grounded 2
Shrunk to ant size in a park turned wilderness, you craft weapons and armor, raise rideable insect buggies, and build bases from shelters to underwater outposts. Big predators, co-op survival, and mysteries under the grass make it worth a look for survival crafting games fans.
82% of 22,468 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,555$29.99Permafrost
Permafrost is a story-driven survival sandbox set on a near-future Earth locked in endless winter after the moon shatters. You play a Rook engineer following a friend's radio signal through frozen cities and wilderness, scavenging, hunting, crafting, and building a network of shelters to outlast the cold, alone or with up to 3 friends and a loyal dog.
70% of 2,081 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 764$24.99REKA
REKA is a cozy witch-apprentice builder set in Slavic folklore, where your home walks on chicken legs. For survival crafters, it keeps the gathering, crafting, cooking, and base-building loop, but drops hunger meters, combat, and pressure. You forage herbs, brew potions, cook old recipes, and slowly turn one wooden room into a warm multi-story hut.
83% of 3,610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,413$19.99Lucid Blocks
Lucid Blocks is a first-person voxel sandbox where you wander an endless procedural dreamscape, fend off manikins, gels and colossal spiders, and learn a strange crafting system that can make almost anything. Built for survival crafters who like slow exploring, odd discoveries and building with hundreds of blocks.
93% of 4,946 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 107$6.99Core Keeper
Awaken in a vast underground cavern and dig your way outward from the ancient Core. You mine ores, craft tools, cook meals, farm, fish, and build a base, then take on legendary Titans to push further. A relaxed, colorful mining sandbox for 1-8 survival crafting games fans.
92% of 51,251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6,593$19.99Breathedge 2
A humorous space survival adventure where you play an Ordinary Man hunted by an army of Coffinbots. You scavenge wreckage, craft and upgrade tools with duct tape, watch your oxygen and temperature, and untangle a galaxy-wide mess with an AI in your suit and an immortal Chicken.
86% of 1,832 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$19.99EverRail
EverRail is a survival crafter where your base is a train crossing a frozen exomoon. Keep it moving to keep its battery alive, stop to raid robot-held facilities, then craft, expand the wagons, and rescue passengers. Every death costs you one of them.
69% of 403 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$14.99HumanitZ
A zombie outbreak left humans as an endangered species, and you are one of the holdouts. Scavenge ruined cities or live off the land by hunting, fishing, and farming, then craft gear, fortify a base, and push toward the island hiding the outbreak's truth. Solo or co-op, with PvE and PvP servers.
74% of 11,630 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
