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You are part of the 15th expedition team sent to a barren, unforgiving red planet. Your mission is clear: survive the harsh environment, automate resource production, and terraform the dead world into a lush, green paradise. But there is a dark secret buried beneath the dust. The 14th team vanished without a trace. It is up to you—and your friends—to uncover their fate through hidden audio logs wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DUSTBLOOM.

The Fifth Sun is dying. Enter a cooperative survival world inspired by Mesoamerican mythology. Hunt, gather, build, and grow powerful enough to confront the creatures and forgotten gods that stand between humanity and the next dawn. Play alone or bring friends into a hostile wilderness where every expedition serves a larger purpose: strengthen your settlement, survive the turning calendar, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fifth Sun: New Fire.

On Lexing, you can develop and reshape this alien world through Planetary Control Modules. As they take effect, familiar places soon begin to look completely different. Black mist rolls in. Mysterious alien creatures pass through once-quiet skies, while enormous thorny vines burst from the ground, stretch across rivers and reach farther into the distance... As the old world begins to change, you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Huntian: StarTrace.

Survive the frozen wilderness and rebuild a life in a harsh northern frontier. Gather resources, craft tools, and upgrade your remote cabin while enduring cold temperatures, dangerous nights, and the quiet pressure of something watching from the forest. As you progress, ancient gateways begin to awaken, allowing travel to distant biomes such as deserts, swamps, and darker lands filled with new mat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eclipse Hollow.

Blind Descent is an open-world survival adventure that delves into the unknown realms of the Martian depths. A team of up to four pioneers has been sent for a reconnaissance mission, but what was supposed to be a routine expedition has become a fight for human survival. As exploration begins, the subterranean world reveals itself as a living, reactive ecosystem. It’s a survival and exploration mis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blind Descent.

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.

SpaceforgeYou are a lone explorer, marooned on a mysterious alien planet teeming with strange flora, deadly fauna, and untold secrets. Your mission? Survive, adapt, and dominate. Gather resources, build shelters, automate essential tasks, and uncover the hidden wonders and threats of this unfamiliar world. Features A Vast Alien Landscape to Explore Journey through stunning alien biomes, from lush… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space.

A sudden plane crash interrupts the journey of archaeologist and adventurer John Rudel, leaving him on a deserted and unexplored island, now he must use all his knowledge and skill to survive and return home. Explore, builds, hunts and fights as he tries to survive the mysteries of this island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mayday: The Survival Island.

Earth is collapsing. Resources are nearly gone, and the only hope lies beyond mysterious portals leading to undiscovered worlds. LootRun is a first-person exploration and survival game playable solo or online co-op for 2–4 players, where every mission sends you into unpredictable alien environments to gather what humanity needs to survive. Begin each expedition at a secure Earth base equipped wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LootRun.

Terra Crafter is a sci-fi first-person survival colony sim. Mine ore, craft equipment, and build a base. Recruit and provide for humans, robots, and aliens to grow your colony. Raise oxygen, heat, and pressure in order to turn a dead planet into a living one. Defend against enemy attacks and keep the base running. Three companies tried to wake this planet. All three left their people behind. The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terra Crafter.

Run your own little restaurant on the back of a sea dragon. A chance encounter leaves you in the care of an injured sea dragon. This ancient, gentle giant carries an entire seaside town on its back, along with your farmland, your restaurant, and the beginnings of a new life. To help the dragon recover, you will start over in this drifting home that travels across the ocean. Clear the land, grow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Windrest Chronicle: Dragonport Diner.

You're alone on Mars.The mission is over. Your crew left you behind. You've got a pressure suit, whatever you can pull out of the ground, and a long way to go before you see Earth again. There's a rocket between you and home. You just have to build it first. Sol One is a first-person open-world survival game that tries to get the science right. It's for people who like grounded, science-driven su… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sol One.

This game is a prologue to the full game "Project Canopy".PrologueExperience the beginning of learning how to survive in an alien jungle. Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore this first dense biome among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive. Learn the ropes, build a base, and craft essential tools to survive and start to unravel the planet's mysteries.HUMANITY NEEDS YOU!H… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Canopy: Prologue.

Mithril is a procedurally generated voxel mining survival game. Infinite caves to explore, where each world changes with you. Every stone you touch, every flow of lava you manipulate, all has consequence. Dig by hand. Build factories to process it for you. Survive what hunts you. Then trigger the Dormancy, a deep sleep, and watch a million years of geology reshape the cave around you. Every Sto… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mithril.

EverRail is a survival adventure set in the frozen world of Inara, where your train is humanity’s last refuge. Journey alone or in up to 8-player co-op as you explore a vast procedural world, scavenge abandoned locations, craft equipment, and expand your train into a massive moving fortress. Your train is your home, factory, and life support system. Keep the batteries charged, manage vital system… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EverRail.

Forage, craft and hunt to survive the harsh Wild West Battle brutal weather conditions and endure the unforgiving elements Build and establish camps Farm and harvest crops and grow food to survive Explore a vibrant but dangerous Wild West Play solo or in up to 4 player co-op multiplayer Red Rust Pioneers combines the survival mechanics of ARK: Survival Evolved, The Forest, 7 Days to Die… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Rust Pioneers.

You are a mountain rescue team. Your job is to bring people home. But the deeper you go into the Caucasus, the more you realize you aren't the only ones out there. Caucasus Rescue is a 1–4 player first-person co-op adventure set in the remote mountains of Georgia. Search for missing hikers, rescue injured survivors, navigate dangerous terrain, and work together to get everyone safely back. But n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mountain Rescue: Caucasus.

You were given a second chance at life. A mysterious letter led you to Elacoria, a vast world filled with endless lands, forgotten civilizations, and secrets buried deep beneath the earth. But this world is not what it seems. Somewhere in the shadows, an ancient being has spent billions of years setting a plan into motion. And somehow, you have become part of it. Dig DeeperElacoria is an open-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elacoria.

Digging Up is a relaxing yet rewarding digging adventure where every shovel strike uncovers new mysteries hidden beneath the surface. Start with basic tools, dig deeper into the earth, discover valuable resources, ancient artifacts, forgotten treasures, and strange underground locations waiting to be explored. Upgrade your equipment, unlock powerful drills, improve your backpack capacity, and dis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Digging Up.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 1,661 reviews

Immerse yourself in Astrometica, a space exploration and base-building survival game. After an explosion at a mining space station, you awaken inside an emergency pod adrift in the vastness of space. To survive, you must harness your skills, explore the endless universe, and search for other survivors’ emergency pods or outposts. Space Exploration: Experience the thrill of exploring the vastness o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrometica.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

90% User Score Based on 2,013 reviews

Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue.

Their star was dying, their homeworld confronted with a certain end. In a desperate move for survival, they boarded the Astraeus - civilization’s lifeboat. Decades earlier, an attempt was made to colonize a world in the distant Eos system. Endurus was identified as a promising candidate for a new home, but hope faded when communications fell silent shortly after arrival. Now Endurus stands as the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astraeus Odyssey.

Ignisia This is a magical world where majestic dragons live in harmony, protecting their lands from the forces of darkness. Each creature possesses unique abilities and a special purpose, and only together can they maintain the balance in these ancient lands. However, not all the secrets of this world are revealed at once — some of its inhabitants remain hidden in the shadows, waiting for their t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ignisia.

Descend into a breathtaking alien ocean and uncover secrets lost for over 11,000 years. In Sinking Eternity, you awaken from cryosleep alone on a small island with no memory, only the distant echoes of an ancient mystery waiting beneath the waves. You must explore a vast, dangerous, and beautiful underwater world to survive.. and to discover the truth. Explore the UnknownDive into sprawling biom… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sinking Eternity.

Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite is a first-person survival RPG on an alien world where there are no guns, and every encounter is decided by movement, timing, and survival skill. Before disaster struck, Earth’s nations launched one last desperate mission: send thousands of capable people to a habitable world. With the old systems collapsing, survival became the only currency. Those who b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite.

Begin with empty hands. End with a world-spanning factory powered by the atom. You awaken in a quiet forest with no tools and one extraordinary machine in your backpack: the Factory Engine. Gather your first wood and stone, forge a pickaxe, raise a boiler, and turn a patch of grass into the heart of an industrial network built entirely by you. 2D Factory is a top-down automation game about trans… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 2D Factory.

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.

Eden: Project New Earth lets you experience the adventure your way – in single-player or multiplayer mode. Play locally or on servers, with friends or strangers, together in PvE or against one another in PvP. Form alliances, build communities with others, or defend yourself against hostile adversaries. Transform from a bare clone of yourself into a pioneer, rediscovering technology and adapting it… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden: Project New Earth.

A signal lost in the darkAfter Silence is a 2D isometric sci-fi survival adventure set on a remote colony world locked in an endless night. You wake after a failed orbital descent with damaged systems, low oxygen, and no contact with Earth. The colony below has been silent for decades. Its roads are broken, its relays are dead, and the people who remain have learned to live without answers. Your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to After Silence.

Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game where you and your friends must bring a dead planet back to life. Dig deep, build smart, and fight to restore a world that has lost everything. After centuries of pollution and war, the surface is barren and toxic. But beneath the dust lies the potential for new life. Armed with shovels, machines, and raw determination, your team will c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Breath.

GreenMars: Expedition 744 is a sci‑fi survival and planetary engineering game where you reshape Mars. Explore a full planet, build the first systems of a new civilisation, and begin transforming a hostile world from the very first minutes. A Full Planet to ExploreThis is not a flat map. A fully explorable planet Seamless surface traversal Caves and underground networks to discover Large … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GreenMars: Expedition 744.

Bubble Chicken Farm Bubble Chicken Farm is a charming and creative simulator that blends pirate adventure with the magic of a farm, providing a unique and cozy experience. ‍☠️ Embark on Your Pirate Farming Journey ‍☠️ Leave the pirate life behind and settle into the farm of your dreams! Your mission is to transform vast, unknown lands into a rural paradise filled with wonders. Bubble Chic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bubble Chicken Farm.

Something Is Waiting Beyond the FogExplore a mysterious world alone or with your friends. Gather animals, collect resources, craft equipment, and prepare for the dangers hidden beyond the fog. As you push back the fog, you will uncover new regions, valuable resources, and increasingly powerful creatures. Gather Your AnimalsBring sheep, cows, and pigs back to your safe area. Build fenced enclosur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sheep Move Together.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

92% User Score Based on 98 reviews

Hostile EnvironmentYou have been sent alone to the dwarf planet Ceres. You must endure the harsh environment while you gather, craft, and build the basics required to stay alive. Build machines, facilities, and farms as you establish a foothold in this icy world. Don't Struggle Just AutomateNo tedious gathering of the same materials over and over. Once you acquire a material and locate deep d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving Ceres.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 44,980 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASTRONEER.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

89% User Score Based on 152 reviews

Penkura seamlessly blends a top-down base building system with immersive first-person survival exploration. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the game employs classic death mechanics that strip you of equipment upon demise. To overcome this, players can craft custom robotic companions, essential for base construction, resource gathering, and safeguarding settlements. It encourages pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Penkura.

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.

Vitality is a 2D survival and settlement sandbox where you don't simply unlock new crafting benches — you build a civilization. Explore a large simulated world alone or with friends, recruit settlers with unique skills, and lead your people through the ages as a living society emerges around you. Progress through three distinct eras — the Stone Age, Medieval Age, and Industrial Age — each intro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vitality.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2 is an open-world zombie survival game set after the dead have won, and the sequel to the award-winning Terminus: Zombie Survivors. Ahead lie a town to strip bare, a winter to outlast, and nights when the only light for miles is the one in your hand. What remains is a small town and the empty country around it – motels and diners gone quiet, supermarkets picked half-cl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2.

Finding Fairies is a cosy co-op fantasy investigation game where you and your friends use magical tools, teamwork, and deduction to discover which fairy is hiding nearby. For generations, fairies lived quietly alongside humans, hidden deep within forests, gardens, ruins, and forgotten magical places. Most people believed they were only stories, glimpses of glowing lights in the trees or strange s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Finding Fairies.

A new reality materializes. You find yourself on a solitary island, floating on a sea of liquid void and starlight, ringed by impassable mountains. This world is a mysterious place, yet strangely familiar. Welcome to Nightwater, where you must master a new reality. Transform raw resources from simple sticks and stones into an industrial factory. Progress your technology through the ages, from… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightwater.

You are part of a team of scientists on a deep-space expedition. After years of travel, your mission finally reaches its destination-a planet strikingly similar to Earth. But moments before touchdown, everything goes wrong. A critical system failure sends your ship spiraling out of control, crashing into the planet's surface. Most of your crew is missing. Communication is lost. Supplies are scarc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ReckFall.

Your awakening is the end of everything you thought you knew – and the beginning of something greater than yourself. You open your eyes. Cold. Wind. Earth. Beneath you: blue cracks stretch across the ground, from which light and energy pulse – as if the world has exposed its innermost secrets. You remember nothing. No name. No origin. No why. Only one thing is clear: You are alone. Naked. And t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liv: Nordic Survival.

Welcome to Elysium! Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, uncover the secrets behind its collapse, and survive in a world filled with corrupted machines. Build your base, craft new gear, tame powerful robots, and discover what happened to Elysium. Explore Elysium alone or team up with up to three friends. Share resourc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elysium.

JOIN OUR DISCORD About the Game Embark on an unprecedented journey in Moonshot, a game that masterfully blends survival and tycoon elements within the thrilling setting of space colonization. Set in the year 2027, where private global entities have ignited a new space race for resource acquisition, you are at the forefront of this interstellar venture. Your Mission: Begin by constructing your v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moonshot.

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.

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.

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.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

73% User Score Based on 1,530 reviews

Explore Arctico with your dog sled team, kayak, and parachute! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources, take care of your experiments in this peaceful island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arctico.

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.