Survival and sandbox

Representative games

Catalog games in this genre and its subgenres, sorted by concurrent players from highest to lowest.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

Shooters, Battle Royale, Action, Adventure, Open-world survival

2017Average concurrent players315,000

Rust

Action, Adventure, RPG, Open-world survival

2018Average concurrent players84,100

ARC Raiders

Shooters, Extraction Shooter, Action

2025Average concurrent players69,300

Delta Force

Shooters, Extraction Shooter, Action, Adventure

2024Average concurrent players64,000

Dead by Daylight

Action, Survival Horror, Open-world survival

2016Average concurrent players47,600

Palworld

Action, Adventure, RPG, Open-world survival

2024Average concurrent players40,300

DayZ

Shooters, Action, Adventure, Open-world survival

2013Average concurrent players34,100

Don't Starve Together

Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy, Simulation, Open-world survival

2016Average concurrent players26,800