Do You Have What It Takes To Survive in these Brutal Multiplayer Survival Games?
We all talk about what we would do in a zombie apocalypse. Will we shack up in a large store, for the supplies, weaponry, and stable walls? Will we leave the city limits and try to build a safer home there for the chance of better survival? Or will we travel to find other human civilization to increase our numbers as much as possible? With these best multiplayer survival games you and your friends can put it to the test. Who will live longer, and who will fail miserably by having their limbs torn off? Live out and practice your survival tactics in 20 of these best online survival games.
1) Friday The 13th
We’ve all seen at least one version of the movie “Friday The 13th”. However, now you can live the experience in the online, multiplayer game also named “Friday The 13th”. You are placed in the infamous Camp Crystal Lake that is occupied by a brutal killer, Jason Voorhees.
There is no mercy when it comes to Jason Voorhees, so get up and make your escape.
In the game you will take on the role of a camp counselor or Jason Voorhees. As a camp counselor you are placed with six other real players. This allows you to all decide on whether to hide, escape, or take on the bloodthirsty Jason. As Jason though, your only goal is to track and kill those annoying camp counselors. Will you die in a cabin, or drown in a lake? Or maybe you will even do the drowning, no one knows but you.
Being smelly for a little while is ok when a deadly killer out for revenge is seeking to kill you. Avoid the lake, because no one wants to be drowned.
2) Killing Floor 2
The sequel online game “Killing Floor 2” is an optional multiplayer first person shooter. The entire world has now been contaminated with an unknown hazardous substance originating from a biotechnology company, Horzine. This substance changes people into zombie-esque creatures (Zeds). You and your optional teammates (real players) will have to push back waves of these Zeds with the hopes of making it to the boss fight. You won’t know which boss it is or what mechanics he wants to crush you with.
Your team counts on you to live, destroy, and show those zombies what you got.
Hold on to your healing syringes, because if your entire team dies, you fail. And if for some reason all of this isn’t just sparking your interest, there is also a game mode where you can be a Zed and attack the mercenaries. So, what side are you on?
Wave after wave you must stay strong and healthy. Giving up is not an option.
3) Left 4 Dead 2
In “Left 4 Dead 2” you live a rugged, dangerous life in the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic with 3 other people to aid you (multiplayer/cooperative play style). Everyone else nearby are infected, which causes them to act like ravenous zombies. You and your allied companions must complete 5 campaigns, with sparse safe area left. What’s your goal in these campaigns? Escaping alive and uninfected (good luck with that).
A team of misfits, coming together to show the world what they got. You can be a part of this.
This multiplayer game follows the first-person shooter genre, with some melee fighting included. You are given the opportunity to carry various weapons (like chainsaws) and items (like adrenaline shots, and first aid kits. As a bonus, at the end of the campaigns the game will rank you based off of how you performed. Become the best zombie killing machines in “Left 4 Dead 2”.
An epic battle is waiting for you around every corner...literally, be careful.
4) Project Zomboid
“Project Zomboid” is just like it sounds- a zombie survival game. Instead of being handed your defenses against the zombie army, you’ll have to craft and build everything. This means in order to avoid starvation, you’ll have to go search food...while avoiding and killing zombies. Hey they are hungry too.
Starving, hurt, and cold...all of these things at once can lead to your collapse.
Your character will progress, but be careful not to bore them too much since Project Zomboid has some Sims like qualities. There are intricate storylines, great maps to explore (safely!), and plenty of user created servers to join. This way you don’t have to run for your life alone. Shouldn’t be a problem as long as you can outrun them.
An impossible moment could just work with the right tactics.
5) No More Room in Hell (NMRiH)
Based off of the series “Of the Dead”, the pc game “No More Room in Hell” was created. The world has been thrown into utter chaos due to an unknown disease, with no current cure. If you perish to the disease, it won’t be for long. You will rise again and kill others to join you in your curse (basically zombies). There are few survivors, but for now you are one them.
Keep the living race alive by arming yourself with deadly weapons.
“No More Room In Hell” is a multiplayer game allowing up to 8 players. You must protect your shelter while also searching for supplies and ammunition, until hopefully you can be extracted to safer ground. There are no unlimited ammo supplies in NMRiH, or easy targetable kills. Choose your weapons carefully, or you may just be infected in the process. It’s up to you to decide if you tell your teammates you’ve been bitten. Who knows, maybe you’ll find the cure...though it’s doubtful.
They may seem lifeless, but their desire is strong for your organs.
6) How To Survive 2
“How To Survive 2” is another sequel where a massive pandemic has occurred. You start the game in Louisiana, USA, with the goal of making a shelter. Although staying stationary wouldn’t seem like a good idea, you have the ability to invite up to 16 people to visit your camp.
Divide and conquer, just don’t divide too far...because there’s always more hiding.
Like a lot of survival games, you got to craft to live. Scavenge for abandoned weapons, or materials to make some deadly tools. Make sure to find some measly food while you are out searching, because no one can realistically fight on an empty stomach. Take on elite quests to prove your resilience and zombie killing skill to your friends, upgrade your camp to allow more safety and crafting stations. Best of all, you have some insane gory finishing moves when tackling it out with a zombie enemy.
Once a lively place for trade and market, now a stronghold for your enemies.
7) DayZ
“DayZ” by far is one of my favorite first person shooter survival games. The most unique and exciting thing about DayZ, is that if you die….you lose everything. If Zombies were to take over the real world, and you died in real life, there would be no going back. That’s how it works in DayZ. If you are up for the challenge will, continue reading.
Every action can cause your last, leading to the loss of everything.
The world has been taken over by this infection turning people into zombies, and you need to try and stay alive for as long as possible. Who are your enemies? Since DayZ is a horror, survival, MMO...everyone can be your enemy. Besides zombie npc’s, there are tons of other players throughout the multiple servers you can choose to play on. You could be out in search of some medicine, and run into someone else looking for it as well. Who needs it more, and who will kill for it?
Hide in the shadows and watch your prey for the perfect time to kill them.
DayZ is also known for its unique free will to players. You could handcuff an enemy player, throw them in a pit and bury them neck high, and then force feed them bleach until they die and lose everything. You can use whatever you find, even if that’s a plane, car, or tank. Customize, innovate, and most of all, kill everything that moves before they get you.
8) H1Z1: Just Survive
“H1Z1: Just Survive” is a mmo survival fps (first and third person) game that follows the typical zombie storyline, of a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. You will have to do anything and everything to survive, even if that means killing another player. If you don’t watch your vitals, track down weapons and food, or build forts for safety you will die.
Zombies aren’t friendly, so you may want to use weapons when facing off.
Your enemies aren’t easy kills either. “H1Z1: Just Survive” have created the npc enemies to be diverse, and unpredictable. Don’t be cocky when running into battle, because it could be your last. Everyone is out to find the best resources and gain the upper hand. Start practicing your head shots.
The zombies will eat your source of food too...as long as it was alive and ready to be eaten.
9) H1Z1: King of the Kill
“H1Z1: King of the Kill” use to be a part of the Just Survive portion, but the developers found that in order to give their players everything they wanted it needed broken up into two different games. In contrast to the survival build and fortify version of H1Z1, “King of the Kill” is extremely fast paced and pvp oriented. There are epic massive battle royals where you can lay in wait for a kill or run out guns blazing. There’s a King of The Hill game mode, where only one can win (and this is large scale).
Become the King of the Hill by eliminating your enemies first.
One game mode has you on an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle. That will explode with time. You and everyone else will have to race from safe zone to safe zone in hopes of staying alive and winning the race. Watch your time, because as soon as it hits zero you die. Finally there are live tournaments held with glorious prizes, fame, and honor. Whether you become king of the hill, or a dead body making that hill you will surely enjoy “H1Z1: King of the Kill”.
Begin the race of your life, because if you lose or slow down at all, you will explode.
10) Rust
Rust works the same way as DayZ, in the fact that if you die….you start over. It can be very frustrating to combat this type of gameplay, but very rewarding if you do it right. You have to collect resources as a naked starter in order to make a weapon, build your fort, and try and live. There are animals for you to kill and eat...and people to kill and eat. Meat is meat, right…?
Out of ammo? High tail it out of there before they kill you for everything you got.
The biggest threat in this game, are the other survivors. They want your resources for their clan and city fortifications. If you’re lucky enough to escape death by man, you may just die from hypothermia. If you can’t build a fire now, you better learn fast because in “Rust” you die from the cold. Imagine braving out the night, naked, open to all enemies, and trying to put together your only chance of survival: a fire.
The car may look old, but with a little time put into it, it could spring to life.
11) Survarium
“Survarium” tells the story of a world devastated by an ecological disaster and how the remaining humans work to survive in such a destroyed world. However, they never really tell you how or why this destruction occurred, so as you play you kind of shape the history by your choices. In order to follow this main storyline you will join up with friends on a map and attempt to solve the mystery behind the apocalypse.
What treasures may be waiting for you in this all too quiet town of ruins.
There are also a couple of different pvp gaming modes where they pit factions against each other. There are currently four factions available, and a planned nine total. There are also free maps that you zone into and use as a chance to make profit. There will be a limited amount of players in this instanced zone, and all of you will be hunting for tools and weapons to aid you in your battles. Everything you find in there can be brought outside, as long as you find an exit in time. In time? Before you are killed and ported out with nothing but shame.
Scope out your next adventure through sniper rifles and eagle eye vision.
12) 7 Days to Die
“7 Days to Die” was released on June 28th, 2016 and quickly became a very successful game in the survival genre. This is partly due to the fact that while it is a survival game it also has aspects of the following genres: RPG, Tower Defense, FPS, and Horror. There is of course, an intricate crafting system, sandbox building qualities, and plenty of exploring and collecting.
Look amazing while you blow the heads off of some zombie scum.
So why are we trying to survive? Well, a Third World War escalated to the point where nuclear bombs were used. All of the world collapsed to ruin, except for a country called Navezgane, Arizona. The nuclear explosions caused creatures to become mutants, and of course zombies make a big presence in “7 Days to Die”. Any food you catch or cook will attract these vicious zombies, making every meal your possible last. Oh, and by the way, the zombies are at their best during the night, so hopefully you can make a decent shelter and effective traps. Because these zombie can hop walls, tear down doors, and dig underground just to get to you.
Your enemies won’t be pretty, careless, or weak. They will be bloody, strategic, and strong.
The main goal in this game is to survive (with or without other players). There’s no time to try and dissect how everything happened, or if there's a way to reverse it. Survival is key, and there are many threats waiting for you. Hope you aren’t afraid of the dark.
13) Fallen Earth
With “Fallen Earth” we have a MMORPG/FPS survival game with a tragic story. We start with the USA getting hit by multiple natural disasters, and while they struggle to recover a cutthroat business man invests a lot of money into a corporation called GlobalTech. With their base at the Grand Canyon, a powerful mini state is created...just in time for political paranoia to take place. A virus from India began to spread country to country, and while people began to die, all the leaders could discuss were whose fault it was.
People can do their best work when cornered by the enemy.
This lead to nuclear war and in the end only 1% of the world survived. With the human population thought to only survive at the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam Garrison. Everyone has their own idea on how the world should be recreated, if even possible. Do you favor total anarchy, or maybe you have a totally new image for the world? There are six factions each with different views on how the human civilization should precede (also all are open for recruitment).
They can smell your lunch, your fear, and your flesh.
Explore the vast Grand Canyon, join up with a faction, and level the skills on your character so you can combat the mutant creatures lurking in the shadows.
14) Hurtworld
“Hurtworld” offers a hardcore survival experience through its entire gameplay. Since it’s on our list it is multiplayer, and also a typical fps (first and third person viewing available). Survival game. Of course you get to build a protective city, find/craft tools and resources, and even farm for food. In “Hurtworld” you can even begin a career as a mechanic. While there are no degrees involved, you will have a chance to find parts and get a vehicle running again.
Use your weaponry to conquer these vehicles from other players, as long as they work.
It won’t all be safe and relaxing. Some areas will be filled with other players searching for rare and limited resources. If killing them will help your survival, than that is what has to happen. The explorable zones in “Hurtworld” offer various biomes, different challenges to your health, and hidden relics waiting to be found. All of this will aid you in your battle of survival.
A cute wild creature, is also material for food, clothing, and shelter.
15) Out of Reach
Out of Reach is a survival game that doesn’t have zombies (finally!). You are crash landed after a ghastly storm on the sea, onto a once deserted island in an archipelago. First off, and foremost, you are going to need to find shelter in this stormy driven climate, and then food and drinkable water. Once you have started to adjust, you’ll need to consider your enemies.
Don’t end up as food for the animals like this guy.
You are not alone on this island. So your goal is to find enough material to build a boat and make it to another island, or build your home anywhere on this map. It could be by the mountains, the shore, the hot desert, or the humid forest. With your fort you will need to craft weapons, like trebuchets and ballista’s, to help defend yourself from the enemy's scouting you out. Keep moving or you will die to nature’s hidden forces.
A wooden fortress built piece by piece from your tired hands. Now weaponize it.
16)Unturned
Ever want to play Minecraft with some zombies? Well “Unturned” is kind of like that. It follows the graphic style of the beloved online game, Minecraft. However, it gives you all the staple gameplay of a zombie apocalyptic world. You get to build intricate safe buildings, fish, farm, and gather for food, and of course craft almost everything.
Clearly, zombies play golf so be careful when playing a few holes.
Most games kind of force you to pit yourself against the other players, however with “Unturned” you can join a pve or pvp server. This way you don’t have to risk being raided or killed by other players. The developers have put a lot of work into the game so it caters to the community and their reaction to the gameplay. Decide now if they are doing a good job by playing is multiplayer online survival game, “Unturned”.
No one is safe….for long.
17)Life is Feudal: Your own
While there is an MMORPG “Life is Feudal” on the rise, “Life is Feudal: Your Own” is a more open world player driven online multiplayer game. You end up creating or joining a server that can hold up to 64 people. And you can really modify almost everything. The developers wanted control of a “Life is Feudal” game so they are doing that with the mmorpg version. But what do you do in the game, you may be wondering?
Resources need gathering, and a home needs built. From mountain to sea, where will you go to forge your survival?
You are living in a medieval themed timeline, where in order to survive you will have to build fortify, hunt, and craft every single thing you do. You don’t level up in this multiplayer rpg game, but instead gain skill points. These skill points are lost when you die, and are gained through the professions you start to master. Attack other players fortresses, but make sure you don’t leave yours too unprotected in the process. Good luck conquering the world while also trying to keep your character alive. Life is feudal though, right?
Conquer the town, or burn it to the ground…?
18) Dead Frontier
A noteworthy mmorpg of zombie infested magnitude is “Dead Frontier”. You will not be alone as you take on the hordes of zombies itching to take a bite out of you. A hundred different weapons wait for you to master them. If you don’t, you will surely die to the zombies or other players.
Every corner may hold great reward, or terrible risk for your life.
In any apocalyptic world, there will be more fighting amongst the living. Since there are less of you alive, it just seems logical to kill each other off. Whoever said more the merrier, was clearly referencing the undead. But, if you aren’t picking fights with the other survivors you can buy and trade items in the safe zones, start building a new safe zone, and work on your chosen professions. There’s a large, but infected, world out there for you to explore.
The aftermath of such a devastating pandemic...and you must search through these ruins to survive.
19) Shattered Skies
“Shattered Skies” holds an interesting tale of an exploding moon impacting planet Earth. Yes, the moon explodes by the force of a great comet. Chunks of the comet and moon rained down and impacted the planet in multiple locations. Monsters lurk in the shadows surrounding these crystals, guarding the power they bring. Humans, however, crave power so they are drawn to these odd crystals.
To find the best loot, you must venture into enemy territory and push back the waves of enemies.
This shooter mmo offers plenty of difficult challenges with highly desirable loot. Monsters will try and hunt you down, thirsty for your body. There are solo, co-op, and massive battles (pvp and pve) available in “Shattered Skies”. On the side you can continue to progress your character through weapon mastery, and a staple leveling system.
Zombie and Alien like creatures will lunge for the living at first glance.
20) Dead by Daylight
Survivor vs Killer. This is where you will stand in the online, multiplayer game “Dead by Daylight”. Besides the title being intimidating enough, the game also offers a horror driven game direction. You are trapped in a medium sized map, with only two gates as possible escape. It doesn’t help that it’s also super dark and creepy looking.
Your friend has been captured, and the killer now tracks you down. Do you seize this moment to attack and exact your revenge?
As a survivor you will need to escape through one of those gates. However, it isn’t that easy. There are generators sprawled amongst the town and you and your team need to turn four of those puppies on in order to open one of these gates. If that’s not enough pressure, you are also given optional Daily Rituals (quests). There is no time limit, but there will be a killer tracking you down while you try and complete both objectives as a survivor. While you are running around, don’t forget to search for obtainable items hiding from plain view (they will come in handy).
As a killer you will also have daily rituals, an overlying goal of stopping the survivors from escaping. You will need to hang the survivors on disgusting meat hooks after catching them however you can. On the plus side, you can’t die if you’re the killer.
The eyes of the killer show his lust for more bodies to hang from his meat hooks on display.
All of this is ranked gameplay, so if you feel like having a silly match (unranked) they offer you a “Kill Your Friends Mode”. Perfect for when your friends really piss you off.
Put your knowledge to the test in these live or die online games. Combat hordes of zombie-like enemies, build a home for safety, and hunt for your food and supplies. If you don’t do these things, you will die faster than you ever imagined. Do you have what it takes to survive against all odds?
All of these games offer one method of survival practice and thrill. If you have a weak stomach, like myself, than these games may not be your best fit. If so go ahead and check out the articles below for other gaming options.
