Survival Minecraft Servers

Survival servers are Minecraft the way it was made to be played, but with other people. You start with nothing, punch trees, build a shelter before night and slowly work up to iron, diamonds and netherite. Most survival servers add a few helpful extras, like land claims so nobody can break your builds, homes you can teleport to, a server shop and events. Some keep things close to vanilla, while others add jobs, custom items or seasons. Read each server’s page to see how much it changes the game.

Players today 98,814 -19% vs yesterday
Last 7 days -4.3% vs the 7 days before
Last 30 days +53% vs the 30 days before
Rank by players #2 of 82 categories
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Minecraft Server Results

MineCove Minecraft server icon

MineCove
SMP
+0.6%change ?
44players
CitrusSMP Minecraft server icon

CitrusSMP
SMP
-5.9%change ?
117players
BoxMC Minecraft server icon

BoxMC

BoxMC Minecraft server banner
SMP
-11%change ?
68players

Survival servers right now

  • Each block is one Survival server. Bigger block, more players.
  • Green is growing, red is shrinking. Daily compares today so far with yesterday; Weekly and Monthly compare with the period before.
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  • Survival servers down 5.7% this week. Survival servers averaged 131,416 players at a time over the last 7 days, fewer than the week before.
  • No Survival giant. The busiest, DonutSMP, has just 17% of Survival players. The crowd is spread over 1,150 servers, so there is plenty of choice.
  • 165 busy Survival servers right now. Each has 100 or more players on at this moment, so finding a lively Survival server is easy.

Best Survival Minecraft Servers (October 2026)

Ranked by average players over the last 30 days. Only servers that answered at least 90% of our checks are included.

  1. 1
    MCHub

    A competitive network with Skyblock, Prison, Dungeons and Survival where teams race up the leaderboard and every map starts fresh.

    7,229 players on average · 99.9% uptime · mp.mchub.com · Bedrock too
  2. 2
    HugoSMP

    Streamer LetsHugo's busy German-speaking survival server with an economy, auctions, bounties and clans for Java and Bedrock.

    5,099 players on average · 99.4% uptime · hugosmp.net · Bedrock too
  3. 3
    ForsCraft

    ForsCraft is a big Russian Java network where you can play Survival, Anarchy, SkyBlock and Duels, plus quick games like BedWars and SkyWars.

    4,334 players on average · 99.3% uptime · mc.forscraft.net
  4. 4
    MineLegacy

    A Russian-language Minecraft server with Survival, BedWars, Anarchy and Skyblock, plus clans, a clan battle arena, parkour and a fishing spot.

    3,743 players on average · 99.6% uptime · mlegacy.ru
  5. 5
    Complex Gaming

    One of the oldest big networks, with Skyblock, Survival, Factions and Prison for Java and Bedrock plus Pixelmon and Cobblemon servers with ready-made modpacks.

    3,641 players on average · 100.0% uptime · org.mc-complex.com · Bedrock too
  6. 6
    MineBerry

    A Java network where you can play Survival, lawless Anarchy, relaxed OP Survival, or jump into BedWars, SkyWars and KitPvP matches.

    2,309 players on average · 99.9% uptime · go.mineberry.org
  7. 7
    ManaCube

    ManaCube is a Java and Bedrock network where you can play Skyblock, Survival, Parkour, Olympus Prison, Earth towns, KitPvP and Creative.

    1,978 players on average · 99.6% uptime · play.manacube.com · Bedrock too
  8. 8
    FreshSMP

    A Java and Bedrock network where you can build in calm Survival, steal hearts in Lifesteal, practice fights in Duels or grow a OneBlock island.

    1,328 players on average · 99.9% uptime · play.freshsmp.fun · Bedrock too
  9. 9
    Netherite

    A Java and Bedrock network with Lifesteal, Skyblock, Survival towns and Prison, where top clans and towns win weekly gift card prizes.

    1,321 players on average · 97.5% uptime · netherite.gg · Bedrock too
  10. 10
    MinePeak

    A Java network where you can play seasonal Survival, steal hearts in Lifesteal, rush into OP Survival, or jump into BedWars, SkyWars and Duels.

    1,250 players on average · 99.9% uptime · play.minepeak.org

Survival servers: questions

What is the best Survival Minecraft server right now?

MCHub has had the most players over the last 30 days, about 7,229 online on average, and answered 99.9% of our checks. HugoSMP and ForsCraft come next.

How many Survival servers are there?

We list 1,458 Survival servers. 1,297 are online right now with 150,936 players between them.

Can I play these Survival servers on Bedrock?

6 of the top 10 also accept Bedrock players (phone, console and Windows). Check the Bedrock address and port on each server page.

How is this list ranked?

By average players over the last 30 days. A server needs at least 20 days of history and must have answered at least 90% of our checks. The list updates every day.