Best Minecraft Survival Maps (2024)

Survival maps add extra excitement, tasks, bosses, and more to Minecraft without the restrictions of more story-driven Adventure maps.

This list contains six survival maps ranging from classic survival challenges to more unique ones that rely on command blocks, custom-made maps, and more. They're all high-quality and engaging, so the only thing you'll need to worry about is which to try out first.

6 Best Minecraft Survival Maps for Bedrock and Java

6 - Void Hero

Download Page: MinecraftMaps

Version: 1.20.2

Codzilla's Void Hero feels like a reimagined version of Skyblock. The world begins on one singular block of Bedrock with nothing else in sight. Instead of starting with resources or bridging toward them, you'll need to collect and toss fragments to generate new parts of the world around you. I was lost at first, but after jumping from the Bedrock block it's easy to find your first fragments and get the world started. Since you never know what kinds of things each fragment will spawn, the entire world is a fun game of fragment roulette! Just be careful not to spawn a pool of lava around yourself like I did.

5 - World 2D

Download Page: CurseForge

Version: 1.21

Minecraft takes a retro 2D twist in this Survival Map. In this world, you're trapped in a one-block-wide strip covered in trees, ores, and more. The layers act similarly to those in a regular Minecraft world. You start with grass and trees, digging down to find stone layers and then the deepslate layer with ores in-between. It's perfect for players who want a simplified, more grind-focused version of Minecraft. After all, you won't need to do intensive building or material hunting when you live in a straight line.

4 - After Impact: Wasteland Survival

Download Page: MinecraftMaps

Version: 1.20.4

After Impact: Wasteland Survival is a post-apocalyptic hardcore survival map created by the LGSC Team, the same people who created the Delta 2160 adventure map. This is one of the few survival maps I've seen that is only available for Hardcore. You'll begin at a small tent with a bed and a chest holding a few essentials. Take only what you can carry and venture across the horizon to find the time machine that can return you to a better world. If you're a fan of Fallout and similar stories, this map should be right up your alley.

3 - Raft Survival 2

Download Page: 9minecraft.net

Version: 1.19.4 to 1.20.2

This Minecraft map leaves you stranded at sea with nothing but a raft, the clothes on your back, and a few materials stored within a chest. In one direction lies an Ocean Monument, with the other containing a mysterious underwater structure. You'll have to use your materials carefully while diligently scouring the seas for anything else you may need. Become the king of the high seas by conquering this world!

2 - Deserted Map

Download Page: 9minecraft.net

Version: 1.19.4 to 1.20.2

Deserted starts you off in an empty desert with a campfire, a tent, and some beets and rotten flesh. What sets it apart from any regular desert seed is all of the unique features added by creator Lesumrat. There are multiple custom structures and bosses, unique player items, and more to uncover while playing! Gather resources, strengthen your weapons and armor, and take on every boss to survive this crazy desert.

1 - Tiny

Download Page: minecraftmaps.com

Version: 1.20

Tiny feels like a combination of a survival map and an adventure map due to its approach to playing a tiny person in a regular-sized world. It starts you off in your cottage home filled with plenty of plants and animals. You can explore around the house freely, and when you're ready to leave you can exit out of the nearby fence gate. However, stepping out of the gate will shrink you down to two pixels! Will you be able to survive in a world much bigger than you, especially with the problems that come from being so small?

Want to play a new kind of Minecraft that doesn't require survival? Check out our Best Minecraft Puzzle Maps (2024) here on Pro Game Guides to try out a new kind of Minecraft.