Games like The Long Dark
by Hinterland Studio Inc.
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.
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$10.99Mist Survival
Aug 14 · Dimension 32 Entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World
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👍 13,676
$19.99Stranded Deep
Aug 10 · Beam Team Games
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World
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👍 43,637
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Survival · 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 CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
$19.99Starsand
Nov 17 · Tunnel Vision Studio
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World
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👍 807
$19.99The Forest
Apr 30 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · 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👍 581,565
$9.99Don't Starve
Apr 23 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Crafting
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCraftingAdventureIndieSandboxSingleplayerPerma DeathMultiplayerOpen World👍 97,019
$14.99Don't Starve Together
Apr 21 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerCo-opOpen WorldAdventureCraftingOnline Co-OpSandboxDifficult👍 376,215
$24.99Len's Island
Jun 19 · Flow Studio
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World
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👍 5,936
-50%$19.99Rust
Feb 8 · 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👍 1,168,491
$14.99Escape The Pacific
Feb 23 · Gamers4Gamers Team
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldCraftingFirst-PersonImmersive SimExplorationRealisticSingleplayerBuilding👍 719
FreePlanet Explorers
Nov 8 · Pathea Games
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Open World
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalMultiplayerAdventureCraftingRPGExplorationBuilding👍 5,114
$24.99The Wild Eight
Oct 3 · Eight Points
Both: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen WorldCo-opMysteryAdventureCraftingOnline Co-OpSandbox👍 6,753
$11.99Dig or Die
Jul 10 · Gaddy Games
Both: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftSandboxCrafting2DOpen WorldIndieTower DefenseStrategyAction👍 3,864
$29.99Fade to Silence
Apr 30 · Black Forest Games
Both: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World
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 BuildingLovecraftianSingleplayerThird Person👍 1,032
$19.99Longvinter
Feb 21 · 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👍 6,951
$9.99Blockscape
Jul 3 · ioneo
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Open World
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingBuildingIndieMultiplayerSimulationCasual👍 727
Osiris: New Dawn
Jan 18 · Fenix Fire Entertainment
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · 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👍 13,081
-90%$2.49Green Hell
Sep 5 · Creepy Jar
Both: Survival · 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👍 79,478