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 players312,000

Rust

Action, Adventure, RPG, Open-world survival

2018Average concurrent players88,800

Delta Force

Shooters, Extraction Shooter, Action, Adventure

2024Average concurrent players63,500

Dead by Daylight

Action, Survival Horror, Open-world survival

2016Average concurrent players52,600

DayZ

Shooters, Action, Adventure, Open-world survival

2013Average concurrent players34,900

Don't Starve Together

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

2016Average concurrent players26,900

Escape from Tarkov

Shooters, Extraction Shooter, Looter Shooter, Action, RPG, Simulation

2025Average concurrent players24,700

ARK: Survival Ascended

Early access

Action, Adventure, RPG, Open-world survival

2023Average concurrent players23,200