Games like Volcanoids
by Volcanoid
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
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11 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Survival · Building · Crafting
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
5 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Survival · Co-op · Crafting
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
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2 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Base Building · Survival · Building
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
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$24.99Anymaker
2 days ago · Geometa
Both: Sandbox · Building · First-Person
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
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6 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Base Building
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
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10 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Building
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
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2 days ago · Dzedou
Both: Sandbox · Survival · Building
Biovoid is a creature-building roguelike game where you slay hordes of hostile aliens. Combine a variety of cells and mutations to create game-breaking builds and evolve from a fragile hatchling to a deadly predator.
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