Best Free Survival Games for PC in 2024!

Battle the odds in a 100v1 death match in PUBG: Battlegrounds, the classic free-to-play battle royale experience.

Play Fortnite in a totally new way, in Fortnite: Battle Royale, the free-to-play spinoff of Epic Games' builder/shooter. Like other classic BR games, you'll be dropped into the world and forced to scavenge and survive.

The former Cuisine Royale has a new name, but the free-to-play battle royale action is just as crazy as before! CRSED: F.O.A.D.

Survive on the edge of civilization in Stay Out, a free-to-play post-apocalyptic MMORPG from Mobile Technologies LLC. Become a "stalker," exploring the vast and hostile Alienation Zone in search of artifacts, but tread carefully -- dangerous creatures lurk in the dark, and you'll need all your wits, and a quick trigger finger, to survive.

Chimeraland is a free-to-play sandbox MMO that has so many character customization options that some of you may be in the creator for hours… no joke

Go it alone or team up with friends (or enemies you decide to spare) in this cross-platform, survival shooter.

MY.GAMES and friends take to the real world for a more realistic take on military FPS combat.

Realm of the Mad God is a free to play 2D browser based cooperative MMO shooter with RPG elements and retro styling straight from the 8-bit era. Fight monsters in groups of up to 85 players!

Fight to survive and protect your allies in a post-apocalyptic open world MMO, all while being guided by the Fresh Prince himself.

Dive into hyper-realistic battle royale action in Landfall's Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, now free-to-play. Up to 60 players compete to be the last man wobbling, using weapons like the balloon crossbow, inflatable hammer to achieve their murderous goals.

Stalk the night and use the powers of vampirism to eliminate your foes in Bloodhunt (Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt), a free-to-play battle royale from Sharkmob.

Listen up all of you 8­bit lovers out there! As the name would suggest, 8BitMMO is a free to play retro­style 2D massively multiplayer game!

Free-to-play PvPvE, team-based treasure hunting, puzzle solving, and sharp shooting.

An "old school MMORPG" that pays tribute to those that came before it.

Fight against the zombie hordes and other desperate souls in Infestation: The New Z, a free-to-play survival game from the people who brought you Infestation: Survivor Stories. Explore a vast, open world, either on official servers or on a moderated server with its own rules set.

Formerly known as H1Z1, Z1 Battle Royale was one of the first battle royale games on the market, and now it's come back to its roots and gone free-to-play! Scavenge and survive along with up to 150 other bloodthirsty competitors to come out on top.

Hunting simulation is brought to new depths with theHunter, a free to play realistic hunting game where players can hunt 22 different animals in various locations inspired by real world reserves. theHunter pushes the boundaries of in-game depth, immersing players in the thrill of the hunt without actually killing live animals.

Take on the zombie hordes in Dead Maze, a free-to-play 2-D massively multiplayer cooperative game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Players will have to work together to hunt and survive and to rebuild society.

The undead prowl the maps in search of flesh in Codename CURE, a free to play MMOFPS with objective based missions set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse. Taking a leaf from Team Fortress 2’s book, Codename CURE gives players access to five different classes to play as, each with their own strengths and weakness against the zombie hordes.

Unturned is a first person survival FPS in which players must scavenge for supplies as they traverse a zombie-filled environment. Players may choose to play offline by themselves or join others on community hosted servers in either PvE only or PvP configurations.

Shotguns and sorcery collide in Line of Sight, an unconventional free-to-play first-person shooter from BlackSpot Entertainment and Game & Game. When conventional weapons aren't enough, take down your enemies with fireballs and tornadoes.

Face down hordes of bloodthirsty aliens -- and fellow humans fighting for survival -- in turn-based tactical combat with Bad Pixel's UFO Online: Invasion. In the near future, aliens attacked Earth and a deadly virus decimated the human population.

Set in the distant future, when humanity is on the brink of extinction, StarBreak is a free-to-play platformer MMO with loads of exploration and fast-paced combat. Choose your class and follow your allies into combat in confusing mazes that are different every time you play, but watch out -- a boss lurks at the end of these zones, and if you die, you'll have to start completely over!

In Creativerse, a free-to-play building game from Playful Corporation, you can explore, mine, craft, and build to your heart's content in a lush and vibrant 3-D world. Many elements will be familiar to players of similar games, but Creativerse streamlines much of the gameplay, making it easy to jump right in and start building the structure of your dreams!

MechWarrior Online is a free to play 3D simulation style multiplayer FPS mech game that captures the feeling of piloting a gigantic BattleMech. Players take control of one of a variety of towering Mechs which weight dozens of tons.

Mixing a little horror into your classic social deduction gameplay formula.

No More Room in Hell is a free to play cooperative FPS survival horror mod for the Source Engine, and focuses on survival in an “of the Dead” type universe loosely based on Romero’s famous work. The multiplayer co-op game play has been likened more to a survival horror game than a typical first person shooter, but the game relies on typical first person mechanics.

Get creative and build the world of your dreams in Ylands, a free game-builder from Bohemia Interactive.

Join a Cartel and blast your way to success in a free-to-play side-scrolling interpretation of "FPS" type fun!

Experience a fresh perspective on the battle royale experience with Darwin Project, a free-to-play game that takes the "game show" concept to a whole new level. As a contestant, you'll need to craft and kill your way to the top, as usual -- but the Show Director can make your life easier, or more difficult, and spectators can also weigh in, influencing the Director to aid or hinder players of their choosing.

Take on all comers in Nimble Neuron's free-to-play MOBA/survival/battle royale mash-up Eternal Return: Black Survival. The scientific organization AGLAIA is creating a race of advanced humans with amazing powers and putting them to the test in experimental battles against one another to see who comes out on top!