Games like Project: Mist
by Chicken Launcher
Sons Of The Forest and The Forest play most like Project: Mist. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its open world and open world survival craft; 2 came out in the last year, 10 are free or under $10 and 8 have co-op. The best known is The Forest, with 581,896 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.
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Sons Of The Forest
Feb 22, 2024 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Open World · Survival Horror · Horror
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 Forest
Apr 30, 2018 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Open World Survival Craft · 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👍 581,896Romero's Aftermath
Sep 24, 2015 · Free Reign Entertainment
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Shooter
Play with your friends in a Zombie Infested World as you face the remnants of zombie hordes & rebuild society in a truly massive sandbox world. Choose how you want to play with hundreds of items, skins, weapons, character customizations, base building, crafting, zombies & more!
Free to PlayZombiesSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen WorldActionShooterFirst-PersonCrafting👍 1527 Days to Die
Jul 25, 2024 · The Fun Pimps
Both: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Post-apocalyptic
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
SurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingPost-apocalypticOnline Co-OpVoxelBuilding👍 279,668Stranded Deep
Aug 10, 2022 · Beam Team Games
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Building
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👍 43,652XERA: Survival
Sep 26, 2021 · Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Post-apocalyptic
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Base BuildingMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftFree to PlaySurvivalCraftingOpen WorldPost-apocalypticRobotsBuilding👍 1,889Osiris: New Dawn
Jan 18, 2023 · Fenix Fire Entertainment
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Horror · Open World
Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.
Open World Survival CraftHorrorSurvivalSpaceOpen WorldMultiplayerSci-fiBuildingAdventureCrafting👍 13,080Project Zomboid
Nov 8, 2013 · The Indie Stone
Both: Open World · Open World Survival Craft · Post-apocalyptic
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSandboxPost-apocalypticCo-opCraftingBuilding👍 366,202Radiation Island
Nov 29, 2016 · Atypical Games
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftAdventureActionIndieZombiesOpen WorldSingleplayerCraftingMultiplayer👍 586Grounded
Sep 27, 2022 · Obsidian Entertainment
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Horror
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
SurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingOpen WorldAdventureOnline Co-OpHorror👍 75,866Raft
Jun 20, 2022 · Redbeet Interactive
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Building
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opCraftingOpen WorldBuildingBase BuildingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 323,786Winter Survival
Nov 19, 2025 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World
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👍 595Just Survive
Jan 15, 2015 · Daybreak Game Company
Both: Open World · Post-apocalyptic · Survival Horror
Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic survival game that immerses you in a world where humanity is fighting to take back control from the zombie hordes.
ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerCraftingPost-apocalypticActionSurvival HorrorCo-op👍 62,775SurrounDead
Jun 24, 2022 · Zurvivor
Both: Open World · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldPost-apocalypticSingleplayerLootExplorationShooterBase BuildingOpen World Survival Craft👍 24,672Plains of Pain
Feb 17, 2023 · Cobra Byte Digital
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Post-apocalyptic · Open World
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftPost-apocalypticSandboxBase BuildingProcedural GenerationSurvivalExplorationOpen WorldMultiplayer👍 970Green Hell
Sep 5, 2019 · Creepy Jar
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingActionBase BuildingSingleplayerCo-op👍 79,747No One Survived
Dec 27, 2025 · Cat Play Studio
Both: Open World · Survival Horror · Post-apocalyptic
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesMultiplayerCraftingSurvival HorrorPost-apocalypticExplorationBuildingCo-op👍 6,978Fragmented
Aug 15, 2017 · Above and Beyond Technologies
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Building
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldActionCraftingSandboxRPGIndieBuilding👍 1,583
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