Games like Around the Fire

"The Long Dark is an exploration-survival game set in a frozen wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster. Players must manage resources and face the challenges of harsh weather and dangerous wildlife to survive. The game features both a stand-alone Survival Mode and a story-driven Wintermute Mode."

"Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands" is an open-world, farming-and-sailing adventure game. After a shipwreck, you must explore nearby islands, grow crops, and manage resources to keep your crew alive. Solve puzzles and uncover secrets as you work towards repairing your ship and finding a way back home.

Wayward is a challenging, turn-based roguelike game set in a fantasy open world, with a focus on simulation, exploration, and discovery. The game features random environment generation, permadeath, and a wide range of items, creatures, and skills to interact with, craft, and combat. Its sandbox survival gameplay and complex skill system make it highly replayable and appealing to fans of the genre.

"Niffelheim is a platformer game with support for single-player, multi-player, and co-op modes. Survive in the underworld of Norse mythology, gather resources, craft weapons and armor, and defend your lands against enemies. Collect all pieces of the portal to Asgard while uncovering the mysteries of these lands and proving yourself to the Gods."

Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game. Explore, gather resources, craft tools, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals! In Winter Burrow, you play a mouse who returns from the big city to find their childhood home in ruins. To make matters worse, your Aunt (who was supposed to be looking after it) has gone missing. Restore your broken-down childhood burrow to its former glory s…

"Retreat to Enen" is a base building simulator and survival game that focuses on living in harmony with nature, rather than fighting. Explore three biomes, gather and craft over 160 unique items, and build your dream retreat using 50+ unlockable modules and various furniture pieces. Discover ancient ruins and meditation points to unlock the island's secrets.

"Eidolon is a single-player Adventure game set in a beautifully sculpted, post-apocalyptic Western Washington of 2400 C.E. Explore the landscape, discover over 150 documents revealing interconnected stories of past cultures, and interact with various flora and fauna in this immersive game with excellent story, gameplay, visuals, and music."

"Tenderfoot Tactics" is a modern tactical RPG inspired by classic games, featuring a deterministic combat system with no random miss chances or damage ranges. Manipulate the elements to turn the battlefield to your advantage and explore a vast open-world filled with ancient ruins, strange artifacts, and friendly spirits. Join a party of goblin adventurers on a mission to save their homes from the encroaching Fog.

"Wildmender is an open-world, single-player and multiplayer co-op game with outstanding story and mechanics, set in a deserted world. Craft tools, grow gardens, delve into mysteries, befriend creatures, and defend the land from wraiths. Despite its wonderful visuals, exceptional soundtrack, and immersive gameplay, Wildmender is poorly optimized and buggy, with lots of grinding required."

"Echo of the Wilds" is a top-down, open-world survival adventure game. Explore a mystical forest, gather resources, and craft tools to survive while uncovering the secrets of the land. Fight or avoid dangerous creatures, adapt to changing seasons, and make decisions that impact the world around you.