Most played survival games on Steam

The survival games with the most people playing on Steam right now, from Steam's own live player counts, refreshed every ten minutes. The top ten have 1,170,045 players between them.

Every kind of game Most played overall

The most played of the survival games right now

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

688,421 at its 24h peak

636,589

playing now

Ranked by players right now

Players in game this minute, with each game's peak over the last day.

Current24h peak

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

636,589 playing · 688K peak

636,589688,421 2

Valheim

132,622 playing · 195K peak

132,622195,154 3

Rust

105,174 playing · 111K peak

105,174111,127 4

Palworld

65,070 playing · 66K peak

65,07065,834 5

Project Zomboid

48,487 playing · 53K peak

48,48753,369 6

Don't Starve Together

44,435 playing · 44K peak

44,43544,435 7

Terraria

44,108 playing · 44K peak

44,10844,108 8

DayZ

33,298 playing · 45K peak

33,29845,165 9

RimWorld

31,623 playing · 32K peak

31,62331,623 10

7 Days to Die

28,639 playing · 29K peak

28,63928,639 11

ARK: Survival Ascended

22,248 playing · 22K peak

22,24822,248 12

The Isle

20,145 playing · 22K peak

20,14521,828 13

ARK: Survival Evolved

17,440 playing · 18K peak

17,44017,712 14

SCUM

9,767 playing · 10K peak

9,76710,474 15

Oxygen Not Included

9,155 playing · 9,155 peak

9,1559,155 16

Raft

8,617 playing · 8,617 peak

8,6178,617 17

Sons Of The Forest

8,127 playing · 8,699 peak

8,1278,699 18

Enshrouded

5,822 playing · 8,391 peak

5,8228,391 19

Among Us

5,494 playing · 8,086 peak

5,4948,086 20

Green Hell

5,314 playing · 6,137 peak

5,3146,137 21

Kenshi

4,777 playing · 5,029 peak

4,7775,029 22

The Forest

3,858 playing · 4,304 peak

3,8584,304 23

Barotrauma

3,832 playing · 3,933 peak

3,8323,933 24

Scrap Mechanic

3,385 playing · 4,420 peak

3,3854,420 25

The Long Dark

2,765 playing · 2,835 peak

2,7652,835 26

Subnautica

2,655 playing · 2,665 peak

2,6552,665 27

Frostpunk

2,518 playing · 2,568 peak

2,5182,568 28

Don't Starve

2,038 playing · 2,038 peak

2,0382,038 29

Grounded

1,979 playing · 2,375 peak

1,9792,375 30

Fallout Shelter

1,654 playing · 1,929 peak

1,6541,929 31

Days Gone

1,461 playing · 1,947 peak

1,4611,947 32

ASTRONEER

1,442 playing · 1,559 peak

1,4421,559 33

This War of Mine

985 playing · 990 peak

985990 34

Deadside

689 playing · 926 peak

689926 35

Starbound

626 playing · 728 peak

626728 36

Subnautica: Below Zero

553 playing · 583 peak

553583 37

Banished

415 playing · 527 peak

415527 38

Surviving Mars

310 playing · 353 peak

310353 39

The Long Drive

288 playing · 306 peak

288306 40

Dawn of Man

282 playing · 298 peak

282298 41

WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition

264 playing · 451 peak

264451 42

DYSMANTLE

210 playing · 210 peak

210210 43

Infestation: The New Z

191 playing · 226 peak

191226 44

ATLAS

181 playing · 202 peak

181202 45

Day of Dragons

172 playing · 226 peak

172226 46

Z1 Battle Royale

166 playing · 210 peak

166210 47

Killing Floor

154 playing · 247 peak

154247 48

CRSED: Cuisine Royale

104 playing · 110 peak

104110 49

Mist Survival

75 playing · 92 peak

7592 50

Endzone - A World Apart

68 playing · 83 peak

6883

A game is in this list when its Steam players voted “Survival” as one of its defining tags. Counts are Steam players only, from Steam's player API, and exclude creative software.

Frequently asked

What is the most played survival game on Steam?

Right now it is PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, with 636,589 people playing on Steam, followed by Valheim (132,622) and Rust (105,174). The ranking uses Steam's own live player counts and refreshes every 10 minutes.

How many people play survival games on Steam?

The ten most played survival games have 1,170,045 players on Steam between them right now. These are Steam players only: games that also run on their own launcher or on console have players this number cannot see.

Which games count as survival games?

Games whose Steam players voted "Survival" as one of their defining tags: among the game's five most-voted tags, with at least half as many votes as the top one. A game that merely has a few Survival votes does not count, which keeps the list to games that are survival games, not games with a Survival moment in them.