Genres

AI-made survival games

A survival game is an action-game subgenre set in a hostile environment where players start with minimal equipment and must survive by finding resources to manage hunger, thirst, disease and mental state. The core loop is to gather resources, craft tools and weapons, build shelter and fend off threats. Minecraft, Don't Starve and Rust are well-known examples.

Survival games need crafting recipes, tool durability, an inventory and meters for needs such as hunger and health. They also need a persistent world that players can save and return to, and multiplayer versions run on game servers for cooperative or competitive play.

On the web, IndexedDB can store a large persistent world, and online play with other survivors needs a server connection such as a WebSocket.

games
14
phone friendly
79%
online multiplayer
36%
top AI tool
Cursor
top engine
Three.js

All 14 AI-made survival games

How AI-made survival games are built

Counted from the 14 games above. A game can name more than one tool or genre, so a list can add up to more than 14.

AI tool

  1. Cursor 536%
  2. Claude Code 429%
  3. Bolt 214%
  4. ChatGPT 17%
  5. Claude app 17%

Engine

  1. Three.js 1286%

AI family

  1. Claude 536%
  2. GPT 214%
  3. Gemini 17%
  • 79% play on a phone, against 63% of all 404 games we list.
  • 36% have online multiplayer, against 43% of all 404 games we list.
  • Cursor made 36% of them, against 21% of the catalog.
  • Three.js runs 86% of them, against 66% of the catalog.
  • Median placement in the 2026 Vibe Coding Game Jam: #239 for the 13 ranked games here, against #277 for all 367 we list.