Games like The Long Dark
Looking for games like The Long Dark? Here are top open world shooter recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Green Hell, Arid or The Wild Eight.
1 81%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability86% User Score 30,199 reviewsCritic Score 90%4 reviewsGreen Hell is a sweltering struggle for survival in the Amazonian rainforest. Clinging to life, the player is set on a journey of durability as the effects of solitude wear heavy not only on the body but also the mind. How long can you survive against the dangers of the unknown?
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87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, optimization87% User Score 1,344 reviewsArid is a gritty, exploration-survival experience that challenges players in surviving the most arid place in the world. By using your skills and adaptation, you must face the loneliness, the extreme temperatures, and mysteries of the Atacama Desert.
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding71% User Score 1,680 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsThe Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
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70%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, story70% User Score 7,408 reviewsSubsistence 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).
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67%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, grinding67% User Score 2,766 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsThis is your little wood cabin. Located in the heart of a lush forest, the cabin is expandable: build new rooms and unlock additional game mechanics, including food cooking, plant growing, and tool crafting. # EXPLORE Explore a living, colorful world, ranging from dense forests to dark caves. # BUILD Your cabin grows with you: build new rooms to unlock additional game mechanics, including cook…
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73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability73% User Score 1,530 reviewsExplore 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.
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78%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding75% User Score 39,742 reviewsCritic Score 90%2 reviewsAn alien world for the taking. Explore, survive and make your fortune if you dare. Icarus is a multiplayer co-operative survival game with persistent metagame progression.
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62%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, stability63% User Score 254 reviewsCritic Score 60%3 reviewsDive into the ultimate winter survival experience and see if you can survive long enough for rescue to arrive.
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding92% User Score 65,944 reviewsCritic Score 78%27 reviewsBuy Grounded on PlayStation Store. Explore, build and survive in the backyard in this cooperative survival-adventure game.
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64%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, optimization89% User Score 87,861 reviewsCritic Score 36%18 reviewsSet 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…
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