Ever fancied yourself as a hardy Bear Grylls-type? A gritty apocalypse survivor? Or even a zombie-conquering B-movie hero?

Then one of these survival games is sure to tickle your fancy.

Set in a post-nuclear wasteland, Fallout Shelter sees you in charge of an underground vault. Keep your dwellers happy by matching them up with suitable jobs and ideal partners, so that the community continues to grow and thrive.

But don’t get too comfortable – a raider attack, a fire or a shortage of resources could suddenly put your success (and survival) on the line.

The zombie apocalypse is here, but luckily you’re in command of a well-fortified base with plenty of willing soldiers.

To survive you send bowmen, snipers, melee fighters and bikers into battle while gathering the resources to build a shiny new civilisation. No biggie: it’s just the future of all human life in your hands. Easy.

You awaken on a desolate shore, armed with nothing but your own two fists. Yikes!

In this immersive first-person game your first tasks are to find food and craft tools. But that’s only the beginning, because (typical!) enormous dinosaurs are roaming this wilderness too.

Will you manage to train them as fearsome steeds and loyal protectors, or will you end up as lunch?

Shipwrecked, you and your surviving crew make it to a deserted island. Help your crew hunt for food, gather resources and craft weapons to protect yourselves against the beasts that attack in the night.

It’s a game of trade-offs – will you prioritise having plenty of guards on duty at the cost of productivity, or risk it a little by having fewer guards but more workers?

Life-and-death scenarios don’t get much more real than in This War of Mine.

In this thought-provoking game you’re a civilian in a war zone, trading and scavenging to keep your shelter safe – and its inhabitants alive.

Though bleak at times, this game has won a hatful of awards – and deservedly so.

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