Check out our list of the best survival games for Android. The genre consists of games where you need to farm items, build equipment, shelters and whatever else your character needs to survive. Below you'll find the 20 best games of this type to play in 2022. We've tried to keep the list as varied as possible in terms of free games and paid games. Check out!
Minecraft: Pocket Edition
Minecraft Pocket Edition is the same Minecraft on PC, but in a smaller world, fewer monsters and fewer tools. Even so, the game offers the same fun that the original version has.
In Minecraft, everything is made up of blocks that can be regrouped to form other things. In Survival mode especially, everything you want has to be built block by block, meaning you have to find, transport and place the blocks in the right place.
Don't Starve: Pocket Edition
Don't Starve is one of the most popular survival games on the market. In it you wake up on an island where you can interact with practically everything. The goal, of course, is to gather items to survive as long as possible.
Despite the simple concept, Don't Starve is a relatively difficult game. That's because every time you die and start a new game, a new map is generated completely randomly, so don't expect to walk to the same place and find the same things.
Also, the number of possible combinations and uses for each item is very large, so you will still die many (MANY) times until you learn the right method of surviving.
It is possible to unlock new characters as you gain experience from your defeats. Each one has specific advantages and disadvantages that you need to know about in order to try to get ahead in the game.
Terraria
There's no way to suggest Minecraft and not suggest Terraria. For those who don't know, the game is known as "Minecraft 2D" and it also offers a huge level of freedom, a lot to explore, bosses to defeat, items to collect and scenarios to build and destroy. Even for a game so full of content and options, Terraria manages to maintain a very fluid and pleasant gameplay.
Ark: Survival Evolved
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Ark: Survival Evolved is the best looking (and heaviest) game on this list. Here you also find yourself on an island full of dinosaurs and you have to do everything to survive. The difference is that the game mixes prehistoric elements with modern equipment.
Ark: Survival has a good offline solo campaign with bosses and quests to complete and also an online mode where you can join tribes of up to 50 players to share items, resources and experience.
Last Day on Earth: Survival
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Last Day on Earth is a kind of The Sims mixed with zombie apocalypse. Here you need to find items, build shelter, arm yourself, kill zombies and still save time to eat right and take care of hygiene.
The great differential of the game is that all this happens in an online MMORPG style platform. That's why in Last Day on Earth: Survival, your enemies are not just zombies, but other players as well.
Fallout Shelter
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Fallout Shelter is an award-winning 2D survival game based on the highly successful Fallout franchise. Here we take control of an underground nuclear shelter and we need to manage the roles of each resident, as well as ensure their well-being by providing energy, food and water.
Life after
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Lifeafter is an open world survival game. In terms of graphics, the game is among the best of the genre as the scenarios and visual effects are very well worked. The game also has a wide variety of missions, environments and monsters, and combats involve firearms and a lot of action.
Dark Days
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Another game with impeccable graphics, Dark Days combines survival with action in the best way possible. The game is very much inspired by Last Day on Earth but with a slightly greater focus on weapons and combat, as we face hideous and gigantic creatures more often. Even so, the game still has a strong emphasis on survival, and it is necessary to build and fortify your base wisely.
Day r survival
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Another post-apocalyptic zombie survival game. Day R Survival is an RPG with a lot of content, a huge map and a lot to explore. In addition, the game follows an interesting story that unfolds over time.
Day R Survival can be played with or without internet. In online mode, the player who dies loses everything and has to start over. In offline mode, the game is a normal RPG, with lots of text elements and little action, but with good content and intriguing story.
Ocean Horn
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Oceanhorn is a survival game with many exploration and RPG elements. As with other games in the genre, you must collect and build items while fighting hunger, thirst and fatigue. During the game you can complete side quests to learn new skills and learn how to build new equipment. Also, your character has attributes that can be improved to fight the monsters in the game.
Prey Day: Survival
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Prey Day: Survival is a survival MMORPG game. The setting, once again, is a world full of zombies. The only difference that Prey Day: Survival has from other games in the genre is the community. The game has a good active audience that definitely makes a difference.
crash Lands
In Clashlands you control an intergalactic truck driver who is stranded on a planet and needs to find ways to complete his deliveries.
At first glance Crashlands might look a lot like Don't Starve, but Crashlands trades some survival elements for action. In it you need to worry more about combats than with inventory space (which is infinite), for example. The game is very captivating and full of side quests for you to pass the time.
The Galaxy: Survivor
The Galaxy: Survivor is a typical survival game, but it varies a little because it has a futuristic theme. The game offers a lot of freedom of actions, a lot of space (5 planets) to explore and many options for items to build.
This War of Mine
This War of Mine is a survival game that focuses much more on drama than adventure. Here we control a group of people who find themselves trapped in a house in the middle of a besieged city. The objective is to overcome the shortage of food and medicine while trying to survive the snipers who aim to kill everyone. The game is inspired by real events and has a much heavier tone than most games in the genre.
Utopia: Origin
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Utopia: Origin is a survival MMORPG in a fantasy setting full of colors and charismatic characters. In addition to the typical survival elements, here you will find quests, mounts and the entire visual identity of the game is flashy and has a somewhat "anime" style,
X-Survive
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X-Survive is a futuristic-themed survival sandbox game. Here we control a character equipped with laser weapons that needs to collect resources to build and strengthen their bases and vehicles. Unlike most games of the genre, here we do not build tents with wood and stones, but metal structures and technological equipment. The visual identity and gameplay reminds a bit of Fortnite, especially when it comes to building.
Radiation Island
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Radiation Island is a fully 3D open world survival game with very immersive settings and graphics. The game has all the typical elements of the genre and requires you to explore, build, battle and, of course, survive. The gameplay takes place in a parallel reality full of the most varied enemies such as zombies, magical beings and normal animals.
Grim Soul: Dark Fantasy Survival
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Grim Soul: Dark Fantasy Survival is a survival MMORPG in the best Dark Souls style. Here we control a character who tries to survive in a world taken by darkness with dead scenarios and full of plagues. Despite being a predominantly survival game, it has many RPG elements such as mounts, dungeons, guilds and quests, in addition to the classic characteristics of scenarios, weapons and equipment.
Ocean is Home
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Ocean is Home is a survival game par excellence. Here you control a protagonist on a deserted island and you must collect resources and build your tools to survive. The big difference here is that even though it is a deserted island, the scenery is still full of “urban” elements such as cars, firearms, transmission antennas, buildings, etc.
Jurassic Survival Island 2
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Jurassic Survival Island 2 puts you on an island full of dinosaurs with only an ax in your hand. The game doesn't have a tutorial so you have to figure out the game mechanics by yourself.
During the game you must build weapons, collect resources, build things, all while trying to survive the dinosaurs attack. At least you can learn to tame some beasts to help in combat.
See also:
- Discover the best survival games for PC!
- Weak PC Survival Games You Can't Miss
