Games like Outbreak Island
by Tiny Magicians
Sons Of The Forest and The Long Dark play most like Outbreak Island. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its survival and open world; 3 came out in the last year, 1 is free or under $10 and 5 have co-op. The best known is Rust, with 1,170,509 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
Sons Of The Forest
Feb 22, 2024 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorBase BuildingHorrorCraftingBuildingFirst-Person👍 285,230The Long Dark
Aug 1, 2017 · Hinterland Studio Inc.
Both: Survival · Open World · Exploration
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldExplorationAtmosphericSingleplayerFirst-PersonAdventureCraftingSandbox👍 111,888PolyZ
Oct 5, 2024 · Thirteen37 Games™
Both: Survival · Base Building · Exploration
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Early AccessSurvivalBase BuildingActionExplorationShooterPvPOpen WorldPost-apocalypticCharacter Customization👍 221The Forest
Apr 30, 2018 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Horror · Open World
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalHorrorOpen WorldCraftingAdventureBuildingSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonAction👍 581,896Rust
Feb 8, 2018 · Facepunch Studios
Both: Survival · Crafting · Open World
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
SurvivalCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingPvPSandboxAdventureFirst-Person👍 1,170,509Starsand
Nov 17, 2022 · Tunnel Vision Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · First-Person
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldRealistic3DFirst-PersonExplorationCraftingBase BuildingInventory Management👍 808DYSMANTLE
Nov 16, 2021 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
SurvivalOpen WorldCraftingZombiesBase BuildingRPGAdventureExplorationActionDestruction👍 11,036Stranded Deep
Aug 10, 2022 · Beam Team Games
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldCraftingFirst-PersonAdventureExplorationRealisticBuilding👍 43,652Project Castaway
Mar 17 · Mardonpol Inc.
Both: Exploration · Survival · Sandbox
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpExplorationSurvivalSandboxFirst-PersonOpen WorldMultiplayerBase Building👍 1,821Mist Survival
Aug 14, 2018 · Dimension 32 Entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftZombiesOpen WorldSingleplayerBase BuildingCraftingSandboxAdventureEarly Access👍 13,685Sunkenland
Aug 25, 2023 · Vector3 Studio
Both: Survival · Base Building · Crafting
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftCo-opSurvivalUnderwaterMultiplayerBase BuildingCraftingOpen WorldExploration👍 20,582ZombUs
Apr 25 · Gaia n' Games, ZombUs
Both: Base Building · Open World · Survival
A 3rd-person survival tragicomedy open world game. Unlike anything you've played before. Hard, demanding different survival techniques. Build a mobile base to survive against hordes of zombies and other threats. Unravel the secrets and find out what happened, because nothing is ever what it seems...
Early AccessAction-AdventureIndieBase BuildingOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingExplorationStylizedPost-apocalypticLongvinter
Feb 21, 2025 · Uuvana Studios
Both: Survival · Crafting · Open World
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
MultiplayerSurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxPvPCo-opBuildingAdventure👍 6,951DESOLATE
Jan 17, 2019 · Nearga
Both: Survival · Open World · Horror
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
SurvivalOpen WorldHorrorZombiesFirst-PersonAdventureActionGoreAtmosphericSingleplayer👍 6,229Fade to Silence
Apr 30, 2019 · Black Forest Games
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftRPGOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpBase BuildingSingleplayerLovecraftianThird Person👍 1,032Len's Island
Jun 19, 2025 · Flow Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalFarmingBuildingDungeon CrawlerOpen WorldNatureCraftingSandboxExploration👍 5,955Survival: Fountain of Youth
May 21, 2024 · Odinsoft Inc.
Both: Survival · Base Building · Exploration
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingExplorationCraftingSingleplayerSimulationViolentAdventureRealistic👍 4,107Winter Survival
Nov 19, 2025 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World · Exploration
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldCookingAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
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