Games like The Culling
by Xaviant
Battle Royale is back! In a remote island paradise, 16 contestants have 25 minutes to explore, scavenge items, craft weapons, build traps, hunt and kill each other. Only one will be crowned the winner, do you have the guts to survive?
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$34.99V Rising
May 8 · Stunlock Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
VampiresSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingMultiplayerCraftingOnline Co-OpPvEBuildingPvP👍 110,532
-60%$9.99Deadside
Dec 5 · Bad Pixel
Both: Survival · Crafting · PvP
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
SurvivalCraftingPvPOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerBase BuildingFPSOpen WorldPost-apocalypticSandbox👍 34,563
$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
$29.99Sons Of The Forest
Feb 22 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
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👍 284,737
$29.99Soulmask
Apr 9 · CampFire Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
SurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingPvEPvPHuntingSandboxAdventureSingleplayer👍 18,451
$44.99ARK: Survival Ascended
Oct 25 · Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerDinosaursBase BuildingCraftingBuildingAdventureSandboxAction👍 106,877
$44.99SCUM
Jun 17 · Gamepires
Both: Open World · Survival · Crafting
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Open World Survival CraftOpen WorldSurvivalMassively MultiplayerNudityZombiesCraftingSingleplayerActionRealistic👍 98,571
-60%$5.99DUCKSIDE
Sep 25 · tinyBuild Riga
Both: Survival · Crafting · PvP
Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons.
Early AccessSurvivalMultiplayerCraftingOpen World Survival CraftPvPShooterThird-Person ShooterPost-apocalypticSimulation👍 2,693
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Open World · Survival · 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.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$39.99Enshrouded
Jan 24 · Keen Games GmbH
Both: Open World · Survival · Crafting
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👍 93,460
$34.99Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Feb 15 · Max Ent Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingBuildingCo-opExploration👍 8,088
$14.99Blazing Sails
Nov 13 · Get Up Games, Iceberg Interactive
Both: Battle Royale · PvP · Open World
Fight for survival in Blazing Sails, a fast-paced pirate PvP game! Create your own unique pirate and ship. Band together with other players to command your mighty vessel! Explore different game-modes, maps, weapons, ship types and more while eliminating other crews in epic battles on land and sea!
Co-opNaval CombatOnline Co-OpPiratesBattle RoyaleCharacter CustomizationPvPFPSOpen WorldHistorical👍 8,360
$16.99No One Survived
Dec 27 · Cat Play Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
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👍 6,970
$29.99Bellwright
Apr 23 · Donkey Crew
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
SurvivalOpen WorldCity BuilderMedievalCraftingOnline Co-OpMultiplayerBuildingSimulationRPG👍 20,141
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Survival · Crafting · Open World
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$9.99OPG: Clan Wars
Jul 18 · Anarchy Games, Street's Game
Both: PvP · Open World · First-Person
OPG: Clan Wars — a multiplayer action game with survival elements. Arena shooter, open world, crafting, and resource battles — fight, evolve, and survive alone or with your team.
PvPCo-opOpen WorldRealisticFirst-PersonSurvivalFPSCraftingMultiplayerArena Shooter👍 101
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Survival · Crafting · Open World
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👍 68,913
FreeLegend Battles
Jan 16 · Hanxiang
Both: First-Person · Battle Royale · Survival
Free-to-play UE 5.6 Extraction Battle Royale in 500 km² neo-futuristic world with destructible environment and vehicles, massive ET-ACUs, armored Aliens, ferocious Monsters, heavily armed MetaHumans, complete missions to attack, defend, loot, extract facing dynamic weathers.
Early AccessActionFirst-PersonThird PersonBattle RoyaleStealthSurvivalShooterThird-Person ShooterMultiplayer
-20%$11.99Strayed
Apr 19 · Crustacean Interactive
Both: Survival · Crafting · Open World
Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftLootVRSurvivalMultiplayerCraftingOpen WorldPvPBuilding👍 404
$19.99HumanitZ
Feb 6 · Yodubzz Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerBase BuildingCraftingSandboxIsometricPost-apocalypticShooter👍 11,166
$44.997 Days to Die
Jul 25 · The Fun Pimps
Both: Survival · Open World
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👍 279,474
$24.99Survive the Fall
May 22 · Angry Bulls Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
SingleplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPost-apocalypticStealthActionRPGCrafting👍 592
$24.99Len's Island
Jun 19 · 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👍 5,936
$6.99Another Try 2
Apr 17 · Hoki Wolf Studio
Both: Survival · Crafting
The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.
Early AccessSurvivalAdventurePost-apocalypticZombiesExplorationLootCraftingDrivingAction👍 1,002
$27.99Survival: Fountain of Youth
May 21 · Odinsoft Inc.
Both: Survival · Crafting
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👍 4,097
GREED IS GOOD
Nov 5 · The Fool's Studio
Both: PvP · Battle Royale · First-Person
In GREED IS GOOD, a PvPvE game, you will enter the mysterious dungeon as a Bounty Hunter. In the game, you need to cooperate with your teammates to fight against enemies and fears. Be aware of the toxic gas and be sure to escape before you are drown out.
Early AccessExplorationTactical RPGPvPBattle Royale3D PlatformerRPGAction RPGCharacter CustomizationFirst-Person👍 667
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Open World · Crafting · Survival
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalSandboxSimulationFarming SimBuildingCity BuilderBase Building3D👍 951
$1.99TRAPPED
Jun 16 · Cheap Fun Games, Forthright Indie Team
Both: Open World · Survival
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
ActionAdventureIndieStrategyOpen WorldSurvivalViolentMultiplayerEarly AccessCo-op👍 248
$29.99Night of the Dead
May 31 · Jackto Studios
Both: Open World · Crafting · Survival
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Open World Survival CraftZombiesTower DefenseMultiplayerSingleplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingSurvivalBase Building👍 10,381
$19.99ZERO Sievert
Oct 23 · CABO Studio
Both: Survival · Open World
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Extraction ShooterSurvivalPost-apocalypticLooter ShooterPixel GraphicsTop-DownShooterOpen WorldSingleplayerAction👍 14,387
$19.99Spirit Animal Survival
8 days ago · TRUEFX GAMES
Both: Survival · Open World · Crafting
SAS is an Open World Multiplayer PVP and CO-OP Survival Game. Set in a vast environment that features Building, Crafting, Taming, Riding, Flying and Exploring Wildlife, Dinos and Dragons as well as Horrific Creatures and Instances with the ability to Morph into Spirit Animals.
SurvivalOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingNudityMultiplayerCraftingExplorationSandboxOnline Co-Op
$19.99Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Aug 19 · Longplay Studios
Both: Survival · Open World
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
SurvivalZombiesRoguelikeOpen World Survival CraftTurn-Based StrategyOpen WorldSandboxRPGPixel GraphicsExploration👍 4,341
$19.99Last Remains
Feb 17 · Earn Alliance
Both: PvP · Battle Royale
"Last Remains" is a highly challenging multiplayer zombie survival game. Players must survive in a city overrun by the undead, scavenging for food, arming themselves, avoiding zombies, searching for loot, plundering other survivors, and finding any possible way to escape.
ActionZombiesPvPMOBAOnline Co-OpBattle RoyaleThird-Person ShooterPost-apocalyptic3DMassively Multiplayer👍 914
A Twisted Path to Renown
Dec 17 · Game-Labs
Both: Survival
Try to survive the wilds of 1899 America. Join intense raids, craft vital items, and make deals with others. Build and expand your Homestead - a cradle of your farming, mining, prospecting and uniting your lands into businesses and production. Forge your legacy and build your path to renown.
Extraction ShooterWesternSurvivalHuntingOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCombatStealthMultiplayerHistorical👍 435
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World · First-Person
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
FreeReign of Guilds
Nov 26 · Atlant Games ltd
Both: Open World · PvP · Crafting
Reign of Guilds — the spiritual successor to the old-school fantasy where steel, magic, and skill decide your fate. Inspired by the legacy of Ultima Online and EverQuest.
RPGOpen WorldMedievalMultiplayerPvPFantasyCraftingExplorationAdventureMMORPG👍 533
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Crafting · Open World · Survival
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$29.99Age of Water
Jan 16 · Three Whales Studio
Both: Open World · Crafting
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
NavalOpen WorldPost-apocalypticAction-AdventureCraftingMassively MultiplayerActionPiratesMMORPGShooter👍 2,883
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Open World · Survival
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$12.99Tinkerlands
May 23 · CodeManu, Endless Coffee
Both: Survival · Open World
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvivalPixel GraphicsOpen WorldIndieMultiplayer2DAdventure👍 3,626
$11.99Collision Course
May 29 · Crynosaurs
Both: Survival · Open World · First-Person
An asteroid is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury!
AdventureActionIndieDinosaursSurvivalEarly AccessOpen WorldFirst-PersonMultiplayerFPS👍 302
FreeVigor
Sep 18 · Bohemia Interactive
Both: PvP
Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.
Looter ShooterMultiplayerPost-apocalypticFPSShooterThird-Person ShooterPvPActionRealisticMilitary👍 1,277
FreeMini Royale
Mar 27 · IndigoBlue
Both: Battle Royale · PvP
Brace yourself for an action-packed shooter experience in Mini Royale! Battle as green army toy soldiers in a massive kids' bedroom, fighting for survival in modes like Battle Royale, Deathmatch, and more—where only the strongest players or teams claim victory.
Battle RoyaleMultiplayerShooterFree to PlayPvPActionThird PersonMilitaryAdventureFPS
$16.99The Last Plague: Blight
Oct 3 · Original Studios
Both: Crafting
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Early AccessRealisticOpen World Survival CraftMedievalBase BuildingThird PersonImmersiveCraftingTop-DownDifficult👍 1,402
$6.99Nuclear Nightmare
Oct 20 · BG Productions
Both: First-Person · Open World
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Online Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorCo-opFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericExplorationOpen World👍 15,409
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$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Crafting · Open World
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
$9.99ANEURISM IV
Mar 11 · Vellocet
Both: Crafting · PvP
A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.
Dystopian Immersive SimPsychological HorrorCraftingPvPRPGLife SimSandboxSurrealFPS👍 5,695
Free江湖客栈-The Jianghu
Aug 31 · 『風林火山』工作室
Both: PvP · Survival
Hey,you! This is not a place where the Beggar's can come in and beg for help! Without 100k silver coins, never think you can use our "Jianghu Inn" sign. what? Surprisingly, we managed to get together! Do you really want to give it a try?
PvPExplorationAction-AdventureHeistSurvivalActionHack and SlashBase BuildingPixel GraphicsMartial Arts👍 1,360
OutlawZ : Headhunter
Jul 22 · Gaming Insight
Both: Survival · PvP
Just remember, if you mess up big time, you could lose everything, even your life. So, for safety's sake, always make sure to keep your valuables in the safe zone.
Early AccessSurvivalShooterPvPExplorationPost-apocalypticZombiesLootMassively MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
$19.99UNDYING - "KINGDOM"
Dec 7 · Vanimals
Both: Survival · Crafting
As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…
Story RichMultiple EndingsAction RPGSurvivalAdventureZombiesFemale ProtagonistPost-apocalypticCraftingTop-Down👍 1,688
-20%$11.99Backpack Battles
Jun 13 · PlayWithFurcifer
Both: PvP
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Auto BattlerInventory ManagementStrategyPvPRoguelike DeckbuilderAsynchronous MultiplayerMultiplayerRoguelikeIndieTactical👍 18,938
$4.00Zort
Dec 7 · Londer Software
Both: First-Person
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Early AccessHorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opFunnyPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEAtmosphericAction👍 11,741

