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The Great Graduation: Why Every Survival Game Is Racing to 1.0 in 2026

Valheim leaves Early Access in September. Enshrouded follows in October. Grounded 2, Subnautica 2, and a dozen others are pushing hard toward their finish lines, most of them onto consoles at the same time. After years of the genre living in permanent beta, 2026 is the year survival games are finally graduating. Here is why it is happening now, what 1.0 actually means anymore, and what it means for you.