The Best Survival Games for Xbox One
By John Johnson
Update : Palworld added at rank #36.
Here are our 10 Best Survival Games for Xbox One:Valheim (2021)
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Valheim is an epic, Viking-tinged survival-creation game with blocky graphics and a modern twist. You are dropped in a wild forest with runes to guide you on your mission to conjure and defeat supernatural beasts. Players must craft weapons and armor, puzzle out how to summon the beasts, and build structures for shelter along the way.
What we like:
- Simple default building system
- Instant rebuilding/repairing
- Randomly generated 3D universe
- Easy-to-read color highlights for structural integrity
- Level up abilities by repeating actions
- Robust physics engine underlies all actions
- Wonky battling system
- Limited traversal over rivers and oceans at this point
- survival
- crafting
- open-world
- cooperative
- boss
Grounded (2020)
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PC Windows Android Xbox One Xbox Series X
Grounded is an exciting survival game that sees you playing as one of four teenagers who find themselves miniaturized and exploring the backyard of Dr.Tully, the inventor of the SPAC.R shrinking device. You'll need to hunt for resources, craft tools and armor and build shelters in order to survive the hostile creatures that inhabit this new world. With a great variety of biomes to explore, landmarks to discover and surprises around every corner, Grounded provides an epic adventure in a surprisingly small space!
What we like:
- Unique setting
- Varied biomes to explore
- Visually impressive sights
- Great character development and story telling
- Challenging yet accessible difficulty levels and accessibility options
- Occasional glitches and bugs
- Lacklustre quest design at times
- Quests requiring backtracking
- survival
- crafting
- sandbox
Medieval Dynasty (2020)
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PC Windows Android Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5
Medieval Dynasty is a survival/crafting and town management adventure game set in a picturesque valley in medieval Europe. You play as Racimir, the last surviving member of a slaughtered family, and must build your own home and dynasty from scratch. You can help the commonfolk with their errands, uncover mysteries about your uncle and his band of vagabonds, or simply create your utopia.
What we like:
- Immersive sound design
- Beautiful and lush environments
- Deep systems
- Long-term payoffs
- Active developer support
- Repetitive quests
- Resource discrepancy
- Lack of motivation to build more structures
- Difficulty travelling around the world
- survival
- medieval
- empire
- farming
- crafting
- management
- simulation
- rpg
Stranded: Alien Dawn (2023)
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Xbox One PC Windows
Stranded: Alien Dawn drops you into an unknown alien world, where you'll lead survivors, build a high-tech outpost, and make tough decisions to survive. With engaging gameplay, a variety of planets, and a peaceful non-combat option, you'll experience a unique, unpredictable journey. But beware, time may slow and crafting can get repetitive in this thrilling survival sim.
What we like:
- Engaging gameplay
- Variety of planets and moons
- Non-combat peaceful option
- Customizable difficulty settings
- Beautiful graphics
- Time can feel slow
- Crafting becomes repetitive
- Lack of depth in some systems
- Requires internet connection to play
- survival
- base-building
- simulation
- colony
- management
- crafting
- hunting
- farming
- cooking
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Subnautica: Below Zero (2019)
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Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS
Plunge into the icy depths of Subnautica: Below Zero! Unravel the mystery of your sister's disappearance while braving the alien arctic. Craft, explore, and survive in a world teeming with otherworldly wonders. Each discovery propels you through a story rich with adventure and intrigue. Are you ready to uncover the secrets beneath the ice?
What we like:
- Stunning alien underwater environments
- Engaging narrative with a personal quest
- Diverse biomes filled with unique creatures
- Streamlined survival mechanics
- Inviting to both series veterans and newcomers
- Some resources can be challenging to locate
- Exploration may be hindered by confusing terrain
- survival
- underwater
- crafting
- exploration
- open-world
The Eternal Cylinder (2021)
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Xbox Series X/s Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Playstation 5
The Eternal Cylinder is a deep narrative-focused game that pushes the creativity of game design to its limits. You play as a species known as the Trebhum, which have an ability to rapidly evolve by consuming certain items. You must explore the strange foreign world and find a way to stop the Eternal Cylinder from destroying everything.
What we like:
- Over 50 unique mutations
- Gorgeously detailed visuals
- In-depth story
- Creative puzzles and challenges
- Helpful accessibility options
- Linear progression limits player choice
- Some puzzles can be difficult or frustrating
- survival
- puzzle
- exploration
- surreal
- platform
- narration
- open-world
- story
Endling (2022)
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Playstation 4 Android IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch
Endling puts you in the role of the last fox on Earth. Driven from her forest home by a devastating fire (started by humans), our poor vulpine heroine is forced to find a makeshift den in which to deliver her pups, while simultaneously trying to track down her kidnapped baby. As each night falls, you'll need to venture forth from your makeshift den and forage or hunt for food, while also protecting your brood from trappers and other opportunistic humans.
What we like:
- Heart-wrenching story
- Stunning visuals
- Powerful soundtrack
- Adorable fox pups that grow and learn skills as they explore with you
- Tough decisions between food or rescuing pup
- Can feel like stuck in a rut without making much progress
- survival
- skill
The Riftbreaker (2021)
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Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Android
The Riftbreaker is a base building, survival game with action RPG elements that borrows from a lot of other games. Play as Ashley S. Nowak and enter the hostile planet Galatea 37 in your powerful Mecha-suit to build a base and defend yourself against thousands of creatures trying to eliminate you. The Riftbreaker offers high-quality graphics, great sound and music, flexible custom difficulty settings, varied biomes, and hours of gameplay that provides endless replayability.
What we like:
- Good storyline and rewarding gaming experience
- Customizable gameplay options
- Hours of gameplay with almost endless replayability
- Exciting and balanced base building, resource gathering, and combat
- High-quality graphics, great sound and music
- Fairly demanding on PC
- Lacks gameplay depth in research and weaponry
- Cumbersome weapon and armor upgrades
- survival
- base-building
- tower-defense
- resource-management
- mech
- real-time
- strategy
- rpg
- bullet-hell
- aliens
- top-down
- action
- resource
- shooter
- arpg
Rust (2018)
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Rust is a hardcore survival game. You are pitted against other players, the environment and wild animals as you struggle to survive. With items such as storage boxes and locks, safe zones and crafting options, you can build a base of operations to take on whatever Rust throws at you.
What we like:
- Three distinct biomes with unique flora
- Fauna and resources
- Crafting options to make your character more suited for the environment
- Storage boxes and locks to protect your most valuable items
- Safe zones that don't allow any hostile actions
- Poor graphics
- Hard crashes
- Constant attempts on your life by other players or wild animals
- survival
- crafting
Pathologic 2 (2019)
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Pathologic is an incredibly interesting game that dares to do things and go places most games, and media in general, are afraid to even mention. You can take on the role of one of three souls; the Bachelor, the Haruspex, or the Changeling. As you explore the town-on-Gorkhon you will have to manage various meters such as health, hunger, exhaustion and immunity/infection levels. You will also have to make difficult decisions about who or what you should prioritize when time is limited.
What we like:
- Unique storytelling mechanics with heavy philosophical concepts
- Interesting characters with great writing
- Fun exploration elements
- Lots of decisions to be made
- Poor combat mechanics
- Passive survival mechanics can feel tedious
- No full voice acting
- survival
- horror
- cult
- remake
- narrative
- survival-horror
- first-person
- atmospheric
- mystery
- difficult
- psychological
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