Some clarification: All of these (except for H1Z1) are wildly(ish) different games, with differing origins.
DayZ and Battlegrounds both share their origins as Arma mods. DayZ was a mod that made Arma into a persistant world multiplayer zombie survival game. The big point about DayZ is that it has some elements of roguelikes, in it that you have only one life and you hope to find good weapon spawns. There really is no end goal in DayZ except getting good stuff and then griefing other players.
Battlegrounds on the other hand is based on the Battle Royale mods. They're death matches where each player has only one life. It's just basically one death Arma with randomization. So it's a more realistic, slower paced shooter with lots of players on the server.
Both of H1Z1's games are just unsuccessful knock off versions of those. Don't really recommend trying them.
Rust on the other hand started as a DayZ clone, but the current Rust has more in common with Minecraft than DayZ, I'd say. It is sort of chasing both the DayZ money and the Minecraft money simultaneously. By Minecraft I mean that there is a big emphasis on crafting and building stuff, instead of just looting.
Steam is full of survival games, but most of them are middling at best and I don't think any of them have escaped Early Access.
As for which one to play? If you want intense death matches, try Battlegrounds. If you want survival? Honestly, I'd say try playing Minecraft.
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