Games like Sunset Rangers
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Experience the American Frontier as you traverse through unique landscapes, surviving unforgiving deserts and malevolent enemies along the way. Build a custom character, complete quests, collect and craft materials, build bases and take down enemies.
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New Frontier
Dec 27 · Free Reign Entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World · Western
New Frontier is a pvp free-to-play online survival game set in an alternate reality wild west world. Work with your friends, Build your base, Fight hellish monsters and forge alliances with other players to conquer the land.
Free to PlaySurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldWesternMassively MultiplayerRPGBase BuildingIndieViolent
$26.99Wild West Legacy
Aug 22 · Moon Punch Studio
Both: Western · Survival · Open World
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
WesternSimulationSurvivalOpen WorldCraftingBase BuildingBuildingRPGLife SimFirst-Person👍 1,705
$19.99Outlaws of the Old West
Mar 12 · Virtual Basement LLC
Both: Western · Survival · Open World
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Open World Survival CraftWesternSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerIndieAdventureEarly AccessStrategy👍 5,584
$39.99Grounded
Sep 27 · Obsidian Entertainment
Both: Survival · Co-op · Base Building
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👍 75,780
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Survival · Co-op
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👍 50,086
$13.99Subsistence
Oct 25 · ColdGames
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerCraftingOpen WorldBuildingBase BuildingSandboxCo-opSingleplayer👍 12,466
$39.99Fallout 76
Apr 14 · Bethesda Game Studios
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Join millions of players as you explore, build, quest, and triumph in a massive open-world multiplayer adventure.
Open WorldMultiplayerPost-apocalypticRPGDark ComedyCapitalismSurvivalBase BuildingCo-opShooter👍 78,375
$39.99Enshrouded
Jan 24 · Keen Games GmbH
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
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 · Base Building · Open World
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
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Base Building · Survival · Co-op
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
Immune - True Survival
Dec 9 · vidiludi games and entertainment
Both: Survival · Massively Multiplayer · Open World
Experience true survival with a wink in the world of Immune - the new open-world survival online game. Survive the wastelands with the help of your friends and your hand crafted weapons. Build your own fort to defend yourself and your hard earned loot from evil mutants, bandits or reckless players.
SurvivalAdventureMassively MultiplayerZombiesOpen WorldActionRPGIndieTop-DownEarly Access👍 678
$19.99Heat
Jun 25 · Code}{atch
Both: Survival · Western · Open World
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
SurvivalWesternOpen WorldMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftAdventureRPGActionIndieCrafting👍 2,612
-60%$5.99Open Country
Jun 10 · FUN Labs
Both: Open World · Survival · Co-op
Ok Scout, it's time to show us what you’re made of-break free from your city life and live like a real outdoorsman. The wilderness isn’t for the faint of heart, but if you work hard, learn how to use the environment and be one with nature, you too can become a Master Outdoorsman.
AdventureSimulationOpen WorldSurvivalExplorationMultiplayerAction-AdventureOpen World Survival CraftHuntingCo-op👍 322
-30%$20.99This Land Is My Land
Oct 20 · Game-Labs
Both: Survival · Open World · Western
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftStealthOpen WorldWesternRPGMultiplayerSimulationCraftingAction👍 4,247
$29.99Sengoku Dynasty
Nov 7 · Superkami
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
City BuilderSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingMedievalLife SimMultiplayerBuildingCraftingRPG👍 6,594
$34.99Medieval Dynasty
Sep 23 · Render Cube
Both: Survival · Co-op · Open World
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
BuildingCraftingMultiplayerMedievalSurvivalCo-opOpen WorldBase BuildingSandboxImmersive Sim👍 43,086
-50%$14.99The Survivalists
Oct 9 · Team17
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
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👍 8,115
$14.99Don't Starve Together
Apr 21 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Survival · Co-op · 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
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Co-op · Survival · Base Building
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
$24.99Survive the Fall
May 22 · Angry Bulls Studio
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
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
-60%$9.99Deadside
Dec 5 · Bad Pixel
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
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
$9.99Arctico
Feb 15 · Claudio Norori, Antonio Vargas
Both: Survival · Open World · Co-op
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldCo-opAdventureIndieExplorationNatureAtmospheric👍 2,208
$19.99Starsand
Nov 17 · Tunnel Vision Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
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
$39.99Outward Definitive Edition
May 17 · Nine Dots Studio
Both: Open World · Survival · Co-op
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
RPGOpen WorldSurvivalCo-opOnline Co-OpLocal Co-OpSplit ScreenFantasySouls-likeAdventure👍 24,641
theHunter: Primal
Mar 31 · Expansive Worlds, Avalanche Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Co-op
Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.
DinosaursSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerHuntingAdventureActionSimulationCo-opSingleplayer👍 2,964
$19.99Tribes of Midgard
Jul 27 · Norsfell
Both: Base Building · Survival · Co-op
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction RPGPvEBase BuildingVikingsSurvivalRogueliteCo-op👍 17,468
Wild West Online
May 10 · WWO Partners Ltd
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Western · Open World
Welcome to the emergent open world, Wild West-themed action PVP online game featuring non stop players vs player battles, world exploration, resource gathering, and much, much more.
ActionMassively MultiplayerRPGWesternIndieOpen WorldViolentPvP👍 403
$19.99Longvinter
Feb 21 · Uuvana Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Co-op
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
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
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
FreeWild Terra Online
Dec 18 · Juvty Worlds
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Survival · Open World
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Massively MultiplayerRPGSandboxSurvivalOpen WorldIndieFree to PlayIsometricAdventureCrafting👍 748
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
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
$24.99The Wild Eight
Oct 3 · Eight Points
Both: Survival · Open World · Co-op
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
$3.99Savage Lands
Dec 16 · Last Bastion Studios LLC
Both: Survival · Open World
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldOnline Co-OpMultiplayerCraftingFantasyDragonsRPGAction👍 4,172
A Twisted Path to Renown
Dec 17 · Game-Labs
Both: Western · 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
$19.99Plains of Pain
Feb 18 · Cobra Byte Digital
Both: Base Building · Survival · 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👍 962
$29.99Kenshi
Dec 6 · Lo-Fi Games
Both: Open World · Survival
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Open WorldSandboxSurvivalRPGStrategy RPGImmersive SimSimulationPost-apocalypticCraftingSamurai👍 98,503