Games like Survival Project: Island
by Sweet Water Studio
The Survivalists and Don't Starve play most like Survival Project: Island. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its survival, crafting and exploration; 2 came out in the last year, 11 are free or under $10 and 4 have co-op. The best known is Raft, with 323,786 Steam reviews.
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The Survivalists
Oct 9, 2020 · Team17
Both: Crafting · Survival
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
CraftingSurvivalOnline Co-OpAdventureMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSingleplayerBase BuildingPixel GraphicsOpen World👍 8,115Don't Starve
Apr 23, 2013 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Survival · 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👍 97,041Stack Island - Survival card game
Jun 16, 2023 · Interestick
Both: Survival · Crafting · Exploration
Explore a mysterious island where everything is a card. Discover resources, experiment with combinations, craft what you need to survive, and find a way to escape.
SimulationCard GameSurvivalCraftingPuzzleCasualSingleplayerChoose Your Own AdventureIndieExplorationStranded Deep
Aug 10, 2022 · Beam Team Games
Both: Survival · Crafting · Exploration
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👍 43,652Card Survival: Tropical Island
Sep 16, 2022 · WinterSpring Games
Both: Survival · Crafting
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
SurvivalCard GameAdventureSimulationSingleplayerCraftingPerma DeathStrategyHand-drawnIndie👍 2,965Phantom Island
Mar 10, 2023 · DrTheBug
Both: Survival · Exploration
You are the only survivor of a plane crash and you find yourself on mysterious phantom island. Can you solve the mystery of the island and get out of it relying only on yourself and your survival skills?
AdventureSurvivalActionAction-AdventureExploration2DTop-DownBuildingAgricultureMiningCore Keeper
Aug 27, 2024 · Pugstorm
Both: Survival · Exploration · Crafting
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,242Longvinter
Feb 21, 2025 · Uuvana Studios
Both: Survival · Crafting
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👍 6,951Escape The Pacific
Feb 23, 2018 · Gamers4Gamers Team
Both: Survival · Crafting · Exploration
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👍 719Len's Island
Jun 19, 2025 · Flow Studio
Both: Survival · Crafting · Exploration
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👍 5,955DYSMANTLE
Nov 16, 2021 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Survival · Crafting · Exploration
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👍 11,036The Rule of Land: Pioneers
Jul 18, 2023 · Horgee Games
Both: Survival · Crafting
This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.
SurvivalResource ManagementInventory ManagementBase BuildingCraftingSimulationHuntingBuildingSingleplayerOpen World Survival Craft👍 301Survival: Fountain of Youth
May 21, 2024 · Odinsoft Inc.
Both: Survival · Exploration · 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👍 4,107One Hour One Life
Nov 8, 2018 · Jason Rohrer
Both: Survival · Crafting · Life Sim
A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.
IndieSimulationSurvivalMassively MultiplayerCraftingLife SimColony SimOpen WorldBuildingHand-drawn👍 4,145Awakeroots
Mar 18 · LukaszD
Both: Survival · Crafting · Exploration
Awakeroots is a 2D survival game set in a Slavic-inspired world where you must survive as long as possible. Build a settlement, farm the land, craft fortifications, and fight mythical creatures. Created by two brothers — an artist and a programmer.
Early AccessSurvivalCraftingBuildingSandboxExplorationCharacter CustomizationIsometricInventory ManagementCombatRaft
Jun 20, 2022 · Redbeet Interactive
Both: Survival · Crafting
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 Burrow
Nov 12, 2025 · Pine Creek Games
Both: Exploration · Crafting · Survival
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
CozyExplorationCraftingSurvivalCuteNatureBuildingBase BuildingLife Sim2D👍 2,895Floodland
Nov 15, 2022 · Vile Monarch
Both: Survival · Exploration · Crafting
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
StrategyPost-apocalypticColony SimSurvivalCity BuilderExplorationResource ManagementChoices MatterPolitical SimCrafting👍 927
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