Games like Sky: Children of the Light
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Outbound and Hello Kitty Island Adventure play most like Sky: Children of the Light. Of the 13 closest games below, most share its exploration, cozy and open world; 3 came out in the last year, 7 are free or under $10 and 4 have co-op. The best known is Nightingale, with 15,337 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
Outbound
May 11 · Square Glade Games
Both: Cozy · Exploration · Online Co-Op
Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.
CozyExplorationOnline Co-OpBase BuildingRelaxingDecoratingOpen WorldBuildingCraftingNature👍 1,819Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Jan 30, 2025 · Sunblink
Both: Cozy · Open World · Exploration
Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.
CozyOpen WorldAdventureCuteSimulationLife SimExplorationCasualColorfulRelaxing👍 9,689Night Stones
Nov 11, 2024 · Advance Nine
Both: Exploration · Cozy · Open World
You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night. Explore winding paths or venture into the wilds with your trusty glider and sailboat. To return home, you must befriend quirky townsfolk, discover hidden treasures, master magic, and face enemies in clever puzzle combat.
FantasyMagicExplorationCozyOpen WorldFlightRelaxingPuzzleNatureCute👍 263Smushi Come Home
Jun 10, 2023 · SomeHumbleOnion
Both: Open World · Exploration · Cozy
Play as a tiny lil' mushroom who's lost in the forest and can't find its way home. Explore unique areas freely at your own pace, chat with friendly inhabitants, and take on different adventures to get back home!
CuteOpen WorldAdventureNatureExplorationRelaxingCozyWholesomeFunny3D Platformer👍 2,103Little Kitty, Big City
May 9, 2024 · Double Dagger Studio
Both: Exploration · Wholesome · Cozy
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
CatsCuteExplorationWholesomeCozyFamily FriendlySandboxFunnySimulationIndie👍 10,442Huglings
Sep 17 · Cuddlecados
Both: Open World · Cozy · Online Co-Op
Huglings is a cozy adventure for 1-4 players where you can help the huglings restore their village, which was damaged by the goblins. Create peace as you farm, craft, and decorate your dream home. No pressure, just a peaceful world to explore and a heartwarming journey of friendship and helpfulness!
CasualOpen WorldAdventureCraftingCharacter CustomizationCozyCuteMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpMeadow - A Shelter Game
Oct 26, 2016 · Might and Delight
Both: Open World · Exploration
Explore the vast and open landscape as a wild animal. Meadow is an online fable experience that lets old and new fans of the Shelter game series come together and explore a peculiar and wondrous world together.
CuteMassively MultiplayerOpen WorldRelaxingAdventureMultiplayerIndieAtmosphericExplorationGreat Soundtrack👍 5,064Into the Emberlands
Jan 20, 2025 · Tiny Roar
Both: Cozy · Wholesome · Exploration
Venture out into the Emberlands and uncover an ever-changing world filled with surprising encounters and mystical creatures! Save villagers who got lost in the Miasma, collect resources and rebuild your village to create a safe haven for your people.
CozyWholesomeExplorationCuteAdventureIndieCasualRoguelikeRelaxingEarly Access👍 253Nightingale
Feb 20, 2024 · Inflexion Games
Both: Open World · Online Co-Op
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingCraftingBase BuildingCo-op👍 15,337A Webbing Journey
May 19, 2025 · Fire Totem Games
Both: Cozy · Exploration · Wholesome
Adorable spider chaos! Swing around the house, weave crazy structures, play with physics-based objects, and pull off chores with nothing but your webs and your wits in this madcap sandbox adventure.
Early AccessCozyExplorationPhysicsCuteSandboxWholesomePuzzleColorful3D Platformer👍 1,281Otterly Lost
9 days ago · Soulworks Interactive
Both: Open World · Cozy · Exploration
Swim, dive, and explore as a curious sea otter far from home. Meet charming animals, discover hidden places, use tools, and solve light challenges as you make your way back with your favorite rock by your side.
CuteAnimalsOpen WorldUnderwaterAdventureCozyRelaxingExplorationWholesomeCasual👍 114Lost Skies
Sep 17, 2025 · Bossa Studios
Both: Online Co-Op · Exploration
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
AdventureOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpBase BuildingActionVehicular CombatSandboxExplorationShooterCharacter Customization👍 2,477Villagers and Heroes
Apr 17, 2014 · Mad Otter Games
Both: Cozy · Open World · Exploration
The Cozy MMO where adventure and home share the same world. Explore a vast fantasy realm, battle monsters, master crafting and gathering, build a home, and grow a village with friends old and new—free to play.
MMORPGCozyCharacter CustomizationCraftingOpen WorldFree to PlayPvEExplorationRPGFantasy
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Starbound
Jul 22, 2016 · Chucklefish
Both: Online Co-Op · Open World
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvivalSpaceAdventureCraftingPixel GraphicsOnline Co-OpMultiplayerOpen World👍 120,661Enshrouded
Jan 24, 2024 · Keen Games GmbH
Both: Open World · Online Co-Op · Exploration
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Open WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCraftingRPGAdventureExplorationBuilding👍 93,672The Planet Crafter
Apr 10, 2024 · Miju Games
Both: Online Co-Op · Open World · Exploration
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Base BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpCo-opBuildingCraftingSpaceOpen WorldExploration👍 69,100The Elder Scrolls® Online
May 22, 2017 · ZeniMax Online Studios
Both: Open World · Exploration
Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.
RPGMMORPGOpen WorldFantasyAdventureMultiplayerExplorationSingleplayerMassively MultiplayerAction👍 134,473ICARUS
Dec 3, 2021 · RocketWerkz
Both: Online Co-Op · Open World · Exploration
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerBase BuildingOnline Co-OpCraftingOpen WorldExplorationCo-opBuilding👍 56,105
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