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Looking for games like Nucleus? Here are top open world role playing shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Dysterra, Dune: Awakening or CryoFall.

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  1. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    59% User Score Based on 305 reviews

    Dysterra is a large-scale multiplayer sci-fi survival shooter game available on Steam that embodies deep crafting systems such as construction and production, while offering players exciting conflicts and environmental calamities within the visual power of the Unreal Engine 4. It is developed by Reality MagiQ and published by Kakao Games. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dysterra.

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  2. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 52,982 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 27 reviews

    • Step into the world of Dune and explore an immersive, open world Arrakis, from sandworm-infested deserts to the sprawling city of Arrakeen • Experience a unique, cinematic Dune story that gives clear meaning and purpose to your otherwise freeform survival crafting journey • From the slow blade to epic firepower, train and progress as a Swordmaster, Bene Gesserit, Trooper, and Mentat to unlock th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dune: Awakening.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 2,848 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    CryoFall is Sci-Fi multiplayer survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. This unique multiplayer sci-fi experience challenges players to survive on a harsh, alien planet with a variety of official and community servers hosting persistent worlds for up to 300 players each. CryoFall features top down perspective with hand-drawn 2D graphics. CryoFall delivers a complex survival ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CryoFall.

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  4. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    55% User Score Based on 6,754 reviews

    PLAY PAX DEI NOW! Begin your adventure into the world of Pax Dei. Use the public crafting stations to build your first tools and gear. Explore the wilds, battle enemies for Gold and loot, and trade, or fight, with other players. Accumulate Grace to perform Miracles and claim your own Plot of land inside the game. Welcome to our world. Includes: - Game access - 2x Character Slots - 1 Plot Token* … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pax Dei.

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  6. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    53% User Score Based on 15,950 reviews

    Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Osiris: New Dawn.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    36% User Score Based on 394 reviews

    Have you got what it takes to survive on Mars? ROKH is a multiplayer survival game featuring scientific realism and extremely deep crafting and building. Make the red planet your sandbox and create a thriving colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROKH.

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  8. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    62% User Score Based on 1,040 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    100 years in the future, something happened on Mars. Once frequently visited, it is now abandoned with some left behind. MEMORIES OF MARS is an open world survival game set amongst the abandoned mining operations on the red planet, as the dream of exploiting and colonizing Mars has proven impossible. You play as a recently awoken clone who learns its lifespan is limited by the lethal solar flare… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MEMORIES OF MARS.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    67% User Score Based on 1,416 reviews

    Stars End is a multiplayer sci-fi survival game set hundreds of years in the future in a solar system colonized by humans. Come and join us for crafting, construction, missions and PvP on the wild frontier... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars End.

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  10. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    In Last Hope on Earth you will find several game mechanics in the style Open World Survival Craft and much more, such as: creation and construction of bases, search for items, collection of resources, PvP in open world, PvE against various monsters and animals, cooperation and a lot of fight for survival! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Hope on Earth.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 706 reviews

    Lost Rift is a high-stakes First-Person Survival Adventure Shooter that brings together extensive base building, quests, open-world survival crafting, and intense extraction expeditions that you can play in PvPvE or cooperative PVE modes. Created for up to 5 players or solo play, explore a rich, immersive, and mysterious world where you transform from a modern survivor into a legend. You wash u… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Rift.

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  13. 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.

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  14. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    70% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse ! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taora: Survival.

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  15. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 20,953 reviews

    Get a great start into Empyrion - Galactic Survival with the Complete Edition! It includes the base game plus the Dark Faction DLC, where you must survive a terrible new threat to the galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Empyrion: Galactic Survival.

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  16. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 678 reviews

    You're stranded in space. You must explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You must arm and upgrade your spaceship in order to escape this cosmic graveyard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Shelter.

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  17. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 149,300 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 47 reviews

    Buy No Man's Sky on PlayStation Store. Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Man's Sky.

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  18. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 457 reviews

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plains of Pain.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    70% User Score Based on 7,408 reviews

    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). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subsistence.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    46% User Score Based on 5,449 reviews

    GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GRAV.

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  21. Camino Ghosts is an open‑world survival crafting game that blends a vast environment with supernatural threats. The world feels familiar — shaped by near‑future technology yet permeated by a strange, unseen force. Ghosts leave traces everywhere, distort their surroundings, and pose a constant danger to anyone who ventures outside. Origin of the Ghosts No one truly knows what triggered th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Camino Ghosts.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    69% User Score Based on 131 reviews

    Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Blending classic gameplay elements like building, crafting, and survival, it invites you on a journey filled with wonder, mystery, and discovery. Venture out alone or team up with friends to explore a land full of secrets and danger. Build your base, gather resources, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ars Notoria.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    62% User Score Based on 170 reviews

    Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetaries.

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  24. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    61% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    — Mesorift Survival — Mesorift Survival offers a classic survival experience with an exciting mix of PvP and PvE – set in a dangerous, tropical world. Explore a vast open-world map made up of three islands – one large main island and two smaller ones. You'll encounter dense jungle vegetation, abandoned bunker facilities, and old radio towers. Mesorift Survival is launching in Early Access (ve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mesorift Survival.

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  25. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    69% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soviet Survival.

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  26. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    67% User Score Based on 491 reviews

    Explore alien worlds and launch Offensives against the Void as a member of the ESS Starseeker crew. Embark on timed Expeditions to investigate alien flora and fauna, upgrade your gear, and complete missions to save the Universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions.

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  27. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 18,591 reviews

    Includes: Deadside Base Game Supporter Pack DLC Flags Set Hooligan Skin Set Tribal Skin Set - DragonSkin Skin set Buns on Fire Skin Set Ghost From The Deep Skin Set Beehive Skin Set Bushranger Skin Set Salamander Skin Set Jungle Skin Set Guerilla Skin Set - Dragonfly Skin Set Sandstorm Skin Set Royal flush Skin Set The skins are unlocked through purchase and then become available in painting menu … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadside.

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  28. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 1,369 reviews

    Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cubic Odyssey.

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  29. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    95% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    The evil goddess seeks to devour and remake the world… and you are what stands in her way. Fight and kill, expand your skill tree, craft and build, and lead the world’s people to victory in Din’s Champion, a multiplayer fantasy action-RPG where every choice matters, and the choices are endless. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Din's Champion.

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  30. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    62% User Score Based on 902 reviews

    Fractured Online is the first open-world sandbox MMORPG mixing action combat with fully interactable environments and grind-free progression. Gather resources, craft, trade and venture into legendary travels as a solitary hero, or start a settlement with your guild and grow it into the next empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fractured Online.

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  31. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 1,207 reviews

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Crafters.

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  32. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    83% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    The fierce and bloody battles in OPG: Clan Wars combine dynamic firefights, brutal opponents and a Survival system to create a true hybrid of genres. Raid Recycling loot into resources Capturing territories. Fortifications for the defense of the Base. Vehicles OPG: Clan Wars offers a variety of game modes so that everyone can find something to their liking. You can play Arena Sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OPG: Clan Wars.

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  33. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    70% User Score Based on 622 reviews

    Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend . Create a Guild , trade goods, and prevail! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crestfallen: Medieval Survival.

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  34. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    66% User Score Based on 3,838 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 7 reviews

    Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana… Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How to Survive 2.

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  35. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    89% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wild Omission.

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  36. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 79,363 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 6 reviews

    Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once Human.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 8,584 reviews

    Roadmap Soulmask 1.0 & EGPYT OUT NOW New Egypt DLC Soulmask: Shifting Sands A vast Ancient Egyptian open world: Explore a brand-new desert world as large as the base game, with direct access for new players from day one. Build your city in the sky: Use 100+ Airships parts and 6 distinct ship weapons to create your own Sky Base. Harness the power of the gods: Unlock 4 all-new evolved Ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soulmask.

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  38. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    62% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Your Journey of Survival is an open-world game that is a fun combination of the best elements of first person shooter (FPS), survival, and roleplaying (RPG) games. It presents building, mining, crafting, combat, looting, and exploration.Exploration: Explore large and unknown worlds, starting with the wilderness of Njarovik. Scavenge the environment for resources to build new structures and craft n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Journey of Survival.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    71% User Score Based on 79 reviews

    4 Treasure Hunters embark on a quest to find a legend called the Lod Stone. They venture deep into the unknown wilderness just to get rich! Now lost and low on supplies it is now or never! You must embark on a 1-4 Players Co-Op survival journey to become an epic Treasure Hunter! Discover resources, build and decorate your house, sow and reap your crops, brew potions, tame a horse to traverse deep … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lodventure.

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  40. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    68% User Score Based on 2,718 reviews

    Fish, farm, explore, make money, and build alone or with friends while competing against other players in an open-world survival sandbox. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Longvinter.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    51% User Score Based on 770 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    A Sci-Fi First Person Shooter with Base Building, Resource Management, and elements of Survival. You play as an AI Overseer sent from Earth entrusted with the future of humankind, and tasked with establishing a habitat that can sustain human life on a mysterious alien world.​ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost Zero.

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  43. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 5,242 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Become a crew member of an interdimensional express! Discover a new mysterious world inhabited by amazing creatures, dangers and surprises. Upgrade your train, gather new materials and build better weapons! Available in single player, or in online multiplayer with up to 4 people. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voidtrain.

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  44. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    52% User Score Based on 116 reviews

    The 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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GearStorm - Armored Survival.

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  45. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    78% User Score Based on 768 reviews

    Remnants is a first-person open world survival sandbox featuring, solo, co-op, PvE and PvP gameplay. Tackle starvation, dehydration, thermal conditions, radiation poisoning, and toxic gas inhalation while trying to keep your sanity intact. Shack up, cook some chicken, and make friends or enemies as you discover, explore, learn, build, and develop your skills and strategies needed to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remnants.

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  47. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    58% User Score Based on 770 reviews

    Journey of Life is a survival game set on an exotic island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Overburdened with everyday responsibilities, you decide to go live in nature and build your own society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journey Of Life.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    62% User Score Based on 3,739 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Begin a journey in the beautiful world! Build your own town anywhere and explore the myterious lands anytime. Nothing is impossible in the open world: Be a legendary warrior and 5-star chef at the same time! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tree of Life.

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  49. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    69% User Score Based on 6,144 reviews

    Star Conflict is a Free to Play online space combat game featuring multiple Objective-Based Team Gameplay modes, three main factions with 2 respective sub factions each, and an array of ship customization and three types of ships complete with there own ship tree and skill tree. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Conflict.

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  50. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    85% User Score Based on 183,471 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 18 reviews

    Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. It presents combat, crafting, looting, mining, exploration, and character growth, in a way that has seen a rapturous response from fans worldwide. Play the definitive zombie surv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7 Days to Die.

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