Games like A Life Ashore

History remembers only the bones. Long before recorded history, humans lived beneath giants. Dinosaurs ruled the land, while scattered tribes fought simply to survive. Now those tribes are disappearing. Their settlements have fallen, their stories have been lost, and every trace of humanity is slowly being erased. You are one of the last survivors. Begin with nothing. Shape stone into tools, m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evolve - First Age.

A grounded open-world survival crafting game where you're stranded alone on Mars. Explore the red planet, extract resources, build a pressurized base, manage oxygen, power, and food, and construct the rocket that's your only way home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sol One.

Live Simply. Stay Longer.Vanlife: Down By The River is a cozy, grounded RPG about stepping off the road and building a life in a van parked beside a quiet river. Instead of chasing endless destinations, you focus on day-to-day survival, relationships, and the slow satisfaction of making a place feel like home. There’s no rush. No apocalypse. Just time, weather, people, and the choices you make ea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vanlife: Down By The River.

Everything on Grim Island is a card: the coconut on the sand, the stone beside it, your own two hands. Stack them to see what they can do together, and the island opens up one discovery at a time. Each action costs time, and time is your most precious resource, so you must choose what action is worth the hours you have left.Stack Cards on CardsStack a sharp stone on a fish to butcher it, a spear o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grim Island.

A cozy colony sim where you build a thriving colony in a forest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WildRoot.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

67% User Score Based on 428 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 3 reviews

Open world survival game set in a tropical environment. Meditate, base build, hunt, gather, explore and craft If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retreat To Enen.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

79% User Score Based on 67 reviews

You are a robot sent to a planet to set up a system to make it habitable for your creators: Design factories run by drones. Create bases to craft and shelter in. Upgrade your abilities and terraform to expand the area you can explore. You have both a health and charge meter that can get heavily upgraded over time.  Set up systems to monitor storms and deploy resources to protect building… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyformer.

Animal Rescue Network is a cozy sanctuary life simulation centered entirely around animal care, healing, and compassion. You arrive in the storm-torn town of Water’s Edge, where the beloved local sanctuary has collapsed, and the community is struggling to recover. As the new caretaker, you rebuild the sanctuary from the ground up and transform it into a safe haven for injured and abandoned animals… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Animal Rescue Network.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

88% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself in the wilderness with no tools or resources? In this PvE sandbox survival game, you'll need to rely on nature, bushcraft, and careful planning to endure. Every choice matters from maintaining your fire to managing food, water, and a roof top the head. Stranded on a deserted island after being betrayed by an accomplice, with no one com… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ember's Verge.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

78% User Score Based on 620 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALL WILL FALL.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

63% User Score Based on 134 reviews

About the game:You will survive as a survivor on an tropical island, a beautiful and mysterious tropical paradise with a rich ecological environment and a variety of magical animals. Cut down trees, collect resources, build your own home, hunt, grow crops, you can collect resources to trade with the aborigines, and you have to avoid ferocious beasts in the rainforest. In addition to tropical anim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Island.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

57% User Score Based on 68 reviews

A sci-fi base building survival game, featuring weather system, resource management, human needs, gunplay, agriculture, wave attacks, intelligent AI and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gaia.

The Tatra Mountains, 1930s. An old baca is ready to pass his trade on to you. From now on, the flock is your responsibility. Lead the sheep out to the mountain pastures, find the best grazing grounds, and make sure every last one returns before nightfall. Keep them fed and watered, treat the sick, search for those that wander off, and protect the flock from wolves, steep cliffs, and mountain weat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GORAL: Highlander Simulator.

WILL YOUR CITY SURVIVE 10,000 YEARS?Begin with a handful of people, a crackling campfire, and an untouched landscape beside the Seine. Lay the first paths, gather food, and give your little community a place to call home. Then watch it grow, one hut, one bridge, and one generation at a time, into a bustling modern Paris. A LITTLE SETTLEMENT WITH A BIG FUTUREYou create the conditions for your ci… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Metropolis.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

78% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Inspired by an existing indigenous tribe, where they live on an island called "North Sentinel Island". Native Hunter gives the player the possibility of living the experience in the body of an indigenous person completely isolated from society, just like the Sentinelese do. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Native Hunter.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

78% User Score Based on 98 reviews

Nurture a tree throughout the history of Earth in Evergreen. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evergreen.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

73% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Groundfall is a minimalist sandbox game where you fly bush airplanes in an open wilderness setting! Attempt to take-off and land your STOL airplane at rugged and remote locations as you complete missions to explore, camp, build, survive, and more. Fly aerial missions while working to keep yourself and your airplane in one piece. When you're not flying, you'll be busy surviving! Flight Featur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GroundFall.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

56% User Score Based on 190 reviews

The Game Arctic Anxiety is a survival simulator in extreme conditions. Actions take place in the Arctic Ocean. The main character of the game is a pilot of a cargo plane that gets into a storm and makes a hard landing on water. After several hours of sailing in the ocean, life raft with the character it turns out at small group of islands. To survive, you have to build a reliable raft. The playe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arctic Anxiety.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

75% User Score Based on 216 reviews

Northern Lights is a first-person survival experience in which you step into the shoes of a ranger, sent on a Siberian island to investigate the disappearance of the crew in charge with a secret facility, whose contact with homeland was lost due to abnormal weather conditions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Northern Lights.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,435 reviews

Evolve your primitive hunter gatherers through thousands of years of technological advancement. Feed, protect and grow your tribe, build towns and industry, and advance through the ages in this first person civilization builder for PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sapiens.

Shipwrecked and abandoned in an unknown land. Build, expand, and even influence a medieval world where every decision shapes your rise. Establish yourself, repel threats, and guide your people's progress and destiny from above and on the ground in this relaxing single-player city builder. Shipwrecked and Abandoned After your hopes are dashed and your fellow travelers decide to move on, just a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DawnWorld Founders.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

71% User Score Based on 224 reviews

Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nested Lands.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

91% User Score Based on 305 reviews

Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Experience what life would be like in the primordial forests of old. Carve out a home in a world teeming with beasts, spirits and monsters - where humans have yet to find their place. Key Features: Simple but deep System: A deep and detailed survival simulator in a v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

77% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Latest Major Update About the GameAfter surviving a helicopter crash, your main goal is to return home. Stranded on remote islands, you must endure as a castaway - gathering resources to find food, build shelter, craft essential tools, uncover the islands’ mysteries both on land and underwater, and fight to chart your way back to safety. In these islands and waters, you can’t do groceri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Away From Life.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 700 reviews

Endure an authentic survival experience unlike any other in The Last Plague: Blight. Carefully tend to your well-being, brave countless threats, and overcome daunting challenges within a disease-ridden procedurally generated open world. Delve into the heart of the Blight and bring it to an end. An obscure disease known as the Blight has descended upon the land. Barely escaping its devastating effe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Plague: Blight.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

63% User Score Based on 51 reviews

"As a solo developer, I’ve poured my heart into every detail of Short Snow, striving to create an immersive and challenging experience. From the howling winds to the crunch of snow underfoot, every element has been crafted with care and dedication to bring this frozen wilderness to life." It is up to you how you want to play. Choose your adventure with two distinct game modes Story M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Short Snow | Cold Survival Game.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

73% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Welcome to operation Honeycomb. EON Corp appreciates your contribution to Earth’s survival and would like to kindly remind you that all data you procure should remain strictly confidential. SURVIVE AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE Step into an unknown world as Hennessy, a bioengineer on a mission. Sota7 looks beautiful and peaceful, but don't let it deceive you, it's full of dangers! Discover alien plant… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Honeycomb: The World Beyond.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

68% User Score Based on 1,087 reviews

Survive, Build, Craft, Hunt, and Explore the pacific ocean solo, or with friends in this early access survival experience. Each island has its own unique resources with no two islands being the same. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Castaway.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

80% User Score Based on 460 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

Imagine that you don't have any modern technology. Use your mind to build from scratch your first primitive tools and constructions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tribe: Primitive Builder.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

62% User Score Based on 89 reviews

CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CrossWorlds: Escape.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

71% User Score Based on 425 reviews

You're on your own in the most advanced and complex survival game to date. Discover the cluster based endless world and face the most challenging weather system taken from the real Pacific! Master the realistic sailing and navigate using triangulation and a Sextant. Protect your fire. Fight for your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape The Pacific.

Your Island. Their Paradise. You've bought a neglected tropical island. Rubbish litters the beaches, the power is failing, and an old lighthouse watches over a resort that never quite got started. There is somewhere special beneath the mess. You just need to put in the work. Camp Paradise is a cozy island resort tycoon that combines hands-on first-person work with top-down management. Restore th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Camp Paradise: Island Resort Tycoon.

Forget civilization. Forget comfort. Your yacht has crashed and you find yourself the sole survivor on the deceptively beautiful Sunny Reef. Snow-white beaches and crystal clear water hide a ruthless struggle for survival, where danger comes not only from nature. Explore a dangerous world: In addition to lush jungles and shipwrecks, Sunny Reef is a grim reminder of civilization - a rusting car ju… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunny Reef.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

81% User Score Based on 2,217 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 4 reviews

Solarpunk is a survival game set in a technically advanced world of floating islands! Alone or together with your friends, construct buildings, grow food, create gadgets and guide your airship to new islands hidden in the sky! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solarpunk.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Nuclecard is a post-apocalyptic survival card game where every decision matters. Build your base across 30+ unique locations, craft 50+ items, cook 35+ foods, and master essential survival skills like farming, hunting, and water purification. The real challenge comes from the world itself. Radiation zones demand careful navigation, brutal winters punish the unprepared, and 30+ random events trigge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nuclecard.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Can You Survive the Wilderness?Step into a brutal, untamed world where survival is your only mission. Scavenge, craft, and hunt as you face the dangers of nature. Explore at your own pace, build shelter, chop down trees, mine for valuable resources, and fight to stay alive against the elements and wildlife. With every choice impacting your survival, can you rise above the odds? Features: •Open-Wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carpathian Survival.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

85% User Score Based on 1,207 reviews

Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world! Humanity Needs a New Home Choose your planet, and turn it into a habitable haven for humanity. Navigate t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Crafters.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 43,956 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 7 reviews

You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect ressources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Crafter.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

64% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Community About the Game Gifted a small and empty plot of land by the mayor, transform and manage the terrain as it blossoms into your own unique farm. From growing crops, planting trees and flowers, and raising your own animals, you are free to choose the life you want. Cooking As your farm grows, you are sure to harvest plenty of fruits and vegetables. Instead of selling your produce in f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A New Leaf: Memories.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

77% User Score Based on 192 reviews

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under A New Sun.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

75% User Score Based on 44,756 reviews

Critic Score 64%Based on 9 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stranded Deep.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

61% User Score Based on 1,190 reviews

Ancient Cities is a survival and strategy city builder game, based on ancient times. Starting in the Mesolithic era, you will have to guide your people through generations, discovering and improving technologies, managing resources and population, facing threats from raiders and Mother Nature herself. And, ultimately, building the most fantastic city of antiquity through the ages in a fully simula… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ancient Cities.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 2,937 reviews

This is a prologue for the full game "Planet Crafter".From Hostile to Habitable You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect resources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with enough oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet! Survive, Collect, CraftGather minerals an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

71% User Score Based on 1,840 reviews

Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Occupy Mars: The Game.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 1,700 reviews

A game designed to help improve mental well-being by helping players build a daily habit of meditation. Every day you meditate, the game world grows and transforms. Build resilience to stress, experience calm and relaxation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Playne.

About This GameSurvive. Explore. Craft. Build. Thrive. Stranded after a massive storm, you wash ashore on Paloma Island, an uncharted wilderness brimming with danger and opportunity. To survive, you must adapt, craft, build, and explore while uncovering the secrets hidden across this lush yet treacherous open world. Key FeaturesImmersive Survival Mechanics Manage hunger, thirst, stamina, and hea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paloma Island.

Shape a living volcanic archipelago in this relaxed god game. Guide autonomous islanders as they gather, build, forge lava-made paths, rescue distant communities, and face threats from hostile islands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isle Forge.

THE HUNTED is a brutal wilderness survival simulation set in the Alaskan backcountry. Build fires, craft essential gear, manage hunger, thirst, fatigue, and exposure, and survive an unforgiving wilderness where every decision has consequences. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hunted.

Desktop Reptiles is a cozy desktop idle reptile sim. Care for a leopard gecko, decorate and upgrade its enclosure, unlock gear and terrarium layouts, and let a quiet reptile habitat bring relaxing moments to your busy workday. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desktop Reptiles.

Villagers Who Actually Remember YouYou arrive in a village where no one knows your name. By the time you leave, they'll either call you friend or warn their children about you. Wanderfolk is a farming RPG where the villagers actually listen, remember, and judge. Every conversation matters. Every choice echoes through the community. Actually Talk to the VillagersThis isn't scripted dialogue. Ever… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wanderfolk.