Madd Vladd is a gaming content creator best known for survival-focused gameplay, particularly through his long-running content around The Forest. As the creator and host of TheOuterMiddleShow on YouTube, he has built a strong audience around immersive survival experiences, exploration gameplay, and story-driven playthroughs. He launched his YouTube channel in March 2015, uploading his first video, “In The Beginning,” shortly after. Since then, his channel has grown to 800K+ subscribers, and he has also expanded into live streaming on Twitch. In addition to The Forest, Madd Vladd has covered other survival titles including Stranded Deep and Subnautica, appealing to audiences who enjoy exploration-heavy survival gameplay and long-form progression content.

Fooster is a YouTube gaming creator known for content centered around survival, horror, and multiplayer games, while occasionally exploring unexpected titles outside the genre. He originally launched his channel in 2014, beginning with The Forest while it was still in Alpha, building an audience early within the survival gaming community. Based in the UK, Fooster started creating content while working a full-time job, producing videos in his free time. Since then, his channel has grown to over 1.75 million subscribers, establishing him as one of the leading creator voices in the survival and horror space. Fooster is especially known for his distinctive voice, natural humor, and highly engaging commentary style, with fans frequently highlighting his personality and authentic reactions as key reasons they follow his content.

MadMavn is a YouTube gaming content creator known for humorous, story-driven survival gameplay, with a strong focus on long-form challenge and cinematic-style content. With 170K+ subscribers, he has built a dedicated audience through highly edited survival series and extended challenge formats. He is best known for survival titles such as Project Zomboid, including large-scale challenge projects like his notable “300 Days” movie-style series, as well as other survival-focused gameplay and “100 Days” style content. His videos emphasize storytelling, entertainment, and immersive progression, often presented in documentary-style edits.

Temreki, better known as the creator behind Guns, Nerds, and Steel, is a survival RPG-focused gaming creator recognized for high-quality, deeply tactical gameplay and tutorial-driven content. The channel has built a strong reputation within the survival gaming community through detailed strategy breakdowns, advanced mechanics explanations, and long-form playthroughs across titles such as 7 Days to Die and other survival RPGs. Known for its professional-level production quality, the channel often incorporates cinematic-style recording setups, collaborative multiplayer storytelling, and highly polished editing.

Glock9 is an American gaming creator best known for his long-running survival gameplay content, particularly focused on 7 Days to Die. He began creating content in 2016 (originally under the name PSVRGamer) before rebranding and building a dedicated audience around survival sandbox “let’s play” series, challenge runs, and creative base-building concepts such as his popular Horde Every Night series. Based in New Jersey, he combines a background in sales and marketing with content creation, treating his channel with the structure and consistency of a full-time media brand. His content resonates strongly with core survival and sandbox audiences who value long-form gameplay, progression storytelling, and high replay-value challenge formats.

Neebs Gaming is a cinematic-focused YouTube gaming collective best known for comedic, story-driven gameplay within survival and sandbox titles. The channel is recognized for its high-production-value “cinematic gameplay” format, blending roleplay, improvisational comedy, and edited narrative storytelling rather than traditional skill-based play. The team, which includes Neebs, Appsro, Simon, Doraleous, and Thick44, brings unique, and often, hilarious, personalities to the games. Building on its roots from the Battlefield Friends animation series, Neebs Gaming has developed a distinctive style that emphasizes character dynamics, chaotic problem-solving, and long-form episodic series across games such as Subnautica, 7 Days to Die, ARK: Survival Evolved, The Forest, and others.

Fisk is a gaming content creator focused primarily on survival and horror games. He’s known for exploring and reviewing new and upcoming survival releases, giving his audience early looks through gameplay, first impressions, and commentary. Based in Norway, Fisk creates content that resonates with core PC audiences who enjoy tense, immersive experiences, challenging survival mechanics, and discovering new genre-specific releases. He plays a wide range of solo horror games, while also regularly diving into multiplayer horror experiences. He frequently collaborates with fellow creator Fooster, with the two often teaming up for co-op survival and horror gameplay that highlights genuine reactions and strong on-screen chemistry.

Floydson is a popular YouTube gaming creator best known for long-form “100 Days” challenge videos and full completion playthroughs across survival, sandbox, simulation, and cozy games. His content focuses on deep progression gameplay, showcasing step-by-step advancement through games over extended time-based challenges. He regularly covers titles such as Raft, Don’t Starve, Subnautica, Graveyard Keeper, Satisfactory, Factorio, and Subnautica: Below Zero, among others. His videos are known for balancing calm, methodical gameplay with high-energy challenge moments, often delivered with his recognizable Australian tone and humor. Based in Australia, Floydson has built a strong audience around structured challenge gameplay and long-form survival progression content.

GameEdged is a popular gaming streamer and YouTuber known for survival, sandbox, and open-world crafting gameplay. His channel primarily features survival and crafting titles such as 7 Days to Die, Rust, ARK: Survival Evolved, ICARUS, The Forest, Subsistence, and ECO Global Survival. GameEdged is known for long-form gameplay series, progression-focused survival playthroughs, and community-driven multiplayer experiences. Beyond content creation, he runs dedicated community game servers, including Patreon-supported servers for games like 7 Days to Die, Rust, and ARK, helping foster a highly engaged player community.

Kage848 is a YouTube gaming creator best known for long-form Let’s Play content focused on survival, sandbox, and simulation games. He frequently covers early access survival titles such as 7 Days to Die, Empyrion, Raft, Mist Survival, and The Forest, as well as established genre hits like Valheim, ICARUS, Stranded: Alien Dawn, Medieval Dynasty, and Rust. Known for his approachable, personality-driven style, Kage848 blends entertainment, teaching moments, and humor throughout his content. Based on the U.S. East Coast, Kage848 is recognized for his consistency in covering early access survival titles and providing viewers with deep, progression-focused gameplay experiences.

ThatGuyPredz is a gaming content creator best known for his survival, sandbox and horror gameplay, with a strong focus on deep, long-form survival experiences. He gained recognition through his Project Zomboid content, including high-performing challenge and full-series videos that have helped establish him as a key voice in the survival gaming community. He launched his YouTube channel in 2021 and has since grown to 325K+ subscribers, alongside an active 10K+ member Discord community. In addition to Project Zomboid, he also covers survival titles such as Valheim, SurrounDead, and other genre-adjacent games. Based in the United States, ThatGuyPredz is known for balancing entertainment, useful gameplay insight, and high-quality production for core survival game audiences.

JaWoodle is a popular Australian YouTube creator and streamer best known for high-energy, personality-driven content centered around the zombie survival game 7 Days to Die. He has built a large and dedicated following through in-depth base building, high-difficulty challenge runs, and creative approaches to surviving the game’s mechanics. Beyond gameplay, JaWoodle has built a strong community around his content, often jokingly referred to as fans of his “muppetry”, and is widely respected within the 7 Days to Die community for both his knowledge of the game and his willingness to help players learn and improve. He is also known for his charity work, including multiple fundraising streams supporting organizations such as Cure Cancer Australia, helping raise over $120,000 for charitable causes.

Farket is a YouTube gaming creator best known for in-depth tutorials, building guides, and gameplay analysis focused on The Forest and Sons of the Forest. With 430K+ subscribers, he has built a strong reputation within the survival gaming community for helping players understand game mechanics, AI behavior, and advanced building techniques. While primarily known for The Forest franchise, Farket also covers a range of survival titles including Green Hell, 7 Days to Die, Valheim, ARK: Survival Evolved, and Stranded Deep, further reinforcing his position within the broader survival game ecosystem.. Born in Australia, Farket continues to be a leading creator voice for players interested in mastering survival mechanics and advanced building strategies.

Fresh Spawns is a popular YouTube gaming channel and creator duo, John and George, known for survival PvP gameplay and high-stakes content centered around DayZ and other hardcore survival titles. With 720K+ subscribers, they have built a large and dedicated audience through a mix of tactical gameplay, educational content, and entertainment-driven survival storytelling. John and George have been playing video games together for over 10 years, with DayZ becoming their primary focus. Their content covers the full player journey, from beginner guides and tips to advanced survival strategies, helping viewers progress from new players to highly skilled PvP survivors. Their channel frequently showcases base raids, trap bases, PvP encounters, and emergent survival scenarios, while also appealing to fans of similar hardcore survival games such as Rust, Escape from Tarkov, and Deadside.

Z1 Gaming is an American gaming YouTuber and streamer best known for energetic, positive Let’s Play gameplay and tutorial-style content focused on sandbox, exploration, and survival-driven indie games. With 600K+ subscribers, he has built a large audience through consistent coverage of early access, alpha, and pre-alpha titles. Z1 Gaming is particularly known for content around games such as Astroneer, No Man’s Sky, Hydroneer, Satisfactory, and Subnautica, alongside a wide range of indie and experimental sandbox titles. His content often blends entertainment-driven gameplay with helpful explanations of mechanics, making his videos accessible to both new and experienced players. He is especially recognized for early support of emerging indie titles and helping audiences understand complex systems through gameplay demonstrations and tutorials.

FloppySword is a Canadian gaming content creator known for survival-focused gameplay across YouTube and Twitch, with a strong emphasis on early-access, indie, and emerging survival titles. He regularly covers games such as Subsistence, SurrounDead, Sunkenland, Grounded 2, and experimental survival projects, alongside lesser-known and upcoming titles across the survival and indie PC ecosystem. His content typically focuses on long-form survival progression, discovery-focused gameplay, and showcasing new or under-the-radar survival experiences. FloppySword appeals strongly to core PC survival audiences who enjoy early-access development journeys, niche indie survival projects, and community-driven gameplay experiences.

Kamz 25 is a South African gaming YouTuber known for his high-energy, challenge-driven survival gameplay, particularly within the Ark: Survival Evolved universe. With over 124,000 subscribers and more than 25 million views, Kamz has built a dedicated audience through his cinematic “100 Days” survival challenges, hardcore permadeath runs, and modded playthroughs across some of the genre’s most demanding maps. He also explores other survival titles such as Subnautica, Stranded Deep, and Raft, delivering immersive storytelling and intense survival scenarios. Kamz 25 continues to be a leading voice in the survival gaming community, offering content that appeals to both hardcore survival enthusiasts and casual gamers seeking engaging and entertaining gameplay experiences

Rayofpandas is a gaming YouTuber and streamer best known for long-form “100 Days” survival challenge content across survival and sandbox games. With 230K+ YouTube subscribers, they have built a loyal audience through immersive, progression-driven gameplay and strong viewer engagement. Their content primarily focuses on survival titles such as Subnautica, Terraria, Grounded, and Project Zomboid, alongside other survival and sandbox experiences. Rayofpandas is particularly known for detailed, story-driven long-form videos that follow extended survival challenges from start to completion. Their content is centered around community building, entertainment-driven survival gameplay, and highly engaging challenge formats.

CrypticFox is a YouTube gaming creator and streamer known for commentary-driven gameplay focused on survival, simulation, colony management, and open-ended creative games. His channel, CrypticFox Gaming, regularly features titles such as Grounded, 7 Days to Die, Oxygen Not Included, Valheim, State of Decay 2, DayZ, and other survival and systems-driven simulation games. He is particularly known for detailed gameplay breakdowns and tutorial-style content, including high-performing guides such as his Oxygen Not Included build and systems tutorials. Known for a relaxed, commentary-driven style, CrypticFox appeals strongly to players who enjoy learning complex systems, optimizing gameplay, and exploring open-ended survival and management experiences.

PartiallyRoyal is an American gaming content creator best known for survival game adventures, multiplayer gameplay, and personality-driven Let’s Play content. He built his audience through survival and shooter titles such as H1Z1, ARK: Survival Evolved, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and The Forest, often combining gameplay with sarcastic, entertainment-focused commentary. He launched his YouTube channel in 2013, initially creating content around Minecraft before transitioning heavily into open-world survival and multiplayer gameplay. His survival series, particularly The Forest, helped establish him as a recognizable creator voice in the early survival YouTube ecosystem. PartiallyRoyal has also participated in major creator and competitive survival events, including the H1Z1 Invitational at TwitchCon 2015 and ARK: Survival of the Fittest: The Last Stand tournament, further solidifying his presence in the survival and online multiplayer creator space.

Capp00 is a long-time gaming content creator and Twitch streamer known for in-depth, survival-focused gameplay, with a strong emphasis on long-form tutorials, creative builds, and progression-driven survival series. He is best known for covering titles such as 7 Days to Die, The Infected, Jaws of Extinction, and Minecraft, while also exploring other survival and sandbox experiences. Often referred to as the “Bob Ross of Gaming,” Capp00 is known for his relaxed, instructional presentation style and calm, methodical approach to gameplay. His content appeals strongly to players who enjoy learning through long-form playthroughs and detailed explanations of game systems. He has cultivated a dedicated community known as “CappNation,” built around educational gameplay, creativity, and survival game mastery.