Once a fledgling niche genre with a very limited scope of appeal outside its hardcore fans, survival games have been experiencing a massive surge in popularity thanks to the industry-shifting ...

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Presenting The Escapist’s definitive list of the best survival games to play in 2026 across all platforms and genres.

Grounded 2 is finally out in Early Access, and already we can't get enough of the bug-filled title. The sequel to Obsidian's 2022 survival adventure was first revealed during the Summer Game Fest 2025 ...

Build a base with friends on an alien planet. Is it just me or do we ring in each new gaming year with a smash-hit co-op game, usually one that's pretty reasonably priced? Maybe it's that January ...

Like a bespectacled boffin dangling a piece of cheese over the cage of a two-headed lab rat, Abiotic Factor has been teasing me with its 1.0 release for a while. Developer Deep Field Games initially ...