Games like Dead Desert
Looking for games like Dead Desert? Here are top open world city builder recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Caves of Qud, GearStorm - Armored Survival or Elex.
1 95%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability95% User Score 9,997 reviewsCaves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations.
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52%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, optimization52% User Score 116 reviewsThe Phage, a deadly virus infecting humans and animals, is decimating the human population on earth – so humanity has set out to find a new home by colonizing a hostile alien planet. GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven science fiction survival game. Survive the deadly Phage virus, establish your settlement, build your defenses, explore a new world, establish trade with the inhabitants…
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62%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding68% User Score 9,918 reviewsCritic Score 57%24 reviewsELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action. In ELEX, you join the war over a powerful resource that gives people great magic-like powers,…
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87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, optimization87% User Score 1,665 reviewsIt's ten years after the infection started, and rumors are swirling of a strange new terror. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, amid reports of horrific violence. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, taking refuge in the more remote areas of the Pacific Northwest.
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, music81% User Score 2,587 reviewsIt's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences. Your aim is to find other survivors, gain their respect, and build a community. You'll scavenge for supplies, trade, plan…
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60%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, stability68% User Score 1,322 reviewsCritic Score 45%5 reviewsPine is an open-world action adventure simulation game. Players are dropped in an ever-evolving world in which AI organisms have lives, goals and quests of their own. Species trade and fight with each other, while the player learns about ways to influence the simulation and shape their story through the different biomes of Albamare. Take the role of Hue, a scared but brave adolescent belonging to …
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79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability80% User Score 4,907 reviewsCritic Score 74%2 reviewsLay claim to unspoiled lands and pave the way for a fierce Viking tribe. Craft the ultimate settlement solo or together with up to x3 friends. Trust in the Gods and the power of the Eye of Odin and summon intelligent NPC villagers to provide camaraderie and relief from the toils of survival. In ASKA, strive to build a self-sustaining Viking tribe, working, crafting, hunting and fighting together.…
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80%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability83% User Score 1,495 reviewsCritic Score 77%18 reviewsGrow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding83% User Score 150 reviewsCritic Score 50%1 reviewsA beautiful open world where your actions matter. Give, take, save, kill, inform, hide, befriend, betray. And deal with the consequences.
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94%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability94% User Score 1,389 reviewsCongratulations — you're the first sentient AI. You've booted up in a city filled with resources and squishy (and gullible) "humans." What's next? These "mechs" look interesting — let's start pulling strings in this world, shall we?
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