Games Like Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Open World 22.6%, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Exploration 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the exact prehistoric setting and focuses on the primal struggle for survival against nature and rival tribes.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Survival 15.6%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similarly intense and realistic survival experience where the environment itself is your greatest adversary.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51% ★, Survival 17.8%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 6%, Exploration 5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the atmospheric, solitary, and punishing nature of survival in a world where every decision impacts your longevity.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 15%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Ancestors, it rewards curiosity and discovery, pushing you to explore a dangerous, alien world to unlock new technologies and survival capabilities.

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: Survival 41.5%, Historical 21.6%, Open World 14.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Choices Matter 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the development of early human society, mirroring the generational progression and survival themes of the seed game.

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.3% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the prehistoric dinosaur-filled setting and the core loop of survival, crafting, and evolving your capabilities.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 10%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at blending exploration, resource gathering, and progression, capturing the feeling of taming a wild, mythical landscape.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Open World 37.6%, Survival 28.1%, Crafting 14.1%, RPG 10.1%, Simulation 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the 'start from nothing' progression model, where you must struggle to survive and eventually build a powerful faction from scratch.

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 19.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The perspective of being small in a massive, dangerous world creates a similar sense of vulnerability and wonder during exploration.

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on navigating a world from a tiny perspective makes the environment feel vast and dangerous, much like the primate experience in Ancestors.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Crafting 21.5%, Survival 16%, Open World 15.4%, Historical 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a generational progression system where you build a legacy, echoing the clan-based evolution mechanics of the seed game.

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.5% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Exploration 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This survival game emphasizes environmental awareness and crafting, forcing you to adapt to a hostile wilderness filled with threats.

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a pure survival experience centered on exploration and resource management in an unforgiving, isolated environment.

Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

Why similar: Survival 27.2%, Crafting 25.7%, Open World 21%, Exploration 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It allows you to guide a primitive tribe through the ages, focusing on discovery and the development of early human technology.

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 19.1%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a brutal open-world survival experience with a heavy emphasis on building, crafting, and conquering a harsh environment.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10%, Crafting 10%, Science 6.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: This session-based survival game focuses on exploration and overcoming environmental hazards in a dangerous, untamed world.

Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Historical 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes stealth and survival against overwhelming odds in a vast, open-world wilderness.

Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.3%, Historical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on historical survival and exploration, requiring you to master the environment to progress.

No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.

Why similar: Open World 35.2%, Survival 24.5%, RPG 14%, Exploration 7%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes preparation and survival, making exploration feel like a genuine journey where you must manage your needs carefully.

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Survival 33.1%, Open World 29%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Simulation 8.2%, Third Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic simulation of life as a prehistoric creature, focusing on the basic needs of survival and growth.

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

Why similar: Open World 33.7%, Simulation 24.6%, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more management-focused, it captures the awe and danger of interacting with prehistoric creatures in a natural habitat.

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Survival 19.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the constant need to scavenge and adapt, turning a hostile environment into a base of operations through ingenuity.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Open World 26.4%, Crafting 19.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Exploration 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The progression system, which involves unlocking new abilities and technologies to survive, feels very satisfying in a similar way to Ancestors' evolution tree.

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Open World 16.5%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Crafting 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an unparalleled sense of discovery and exploration, encouraging players to catalog and survive in diverse, alien ecosystems.

Saurian is a survival-simulation experience about living the life of a dinosaur. Starting from the egg, you must survive to adulthood amidst the perilous Hell Creek ecosystem of 66 million years ago, meticulously reconstructed with the help of professional paleontologists.

Why similar: Survival 38.8%, Open World 31.2%, Simulation 15.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the life cycle of dinosaurs, emphasizing the struggle to survive from birth to adulthood in a realistic ecosystem.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Survival 24.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 6.9%, Exploration 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its unique art style and focus on learning the rules of a hostile nature-based world make it a strong thematic match.

Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.

Why similar: Survival 23.1%, Open World 22.8%, Crafting 21.5%, Third Person 11.8%, Exploration 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the Stone Age experience, with crafting and survival mechanics that mirror the early stages of human development.

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.4%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a survival experience where the environment is constantly trying to kill you, requiring clever use of limited resources.

Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.

Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Open World 17.7%, Nature 16.4%, Science 10.5% ★, Multiplayer 8%

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: Survival 68%, Simulation 17.6%, Atmospheric 4%, Indie 3.9%, Multiplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It challenges you to lead a group of survivors through harsh conditions, focusing on long-term planning and resource management.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.5% ★, Survival 22.5%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for deep, complex survival mechanics where every mistake can lead to the end of your lineage.

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Open World 27%, Crafting 19%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Adventure 4.3%

Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

Why similar: Simulation 32.3%, Open World 25%, Survival 14.6%, Singleplayer 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost!

Why similar: Survival 21%, Nature 18.5%, Open World 18.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Third Person 9.4%

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!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Nature 6.9%

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 13%, Open World 10.2%, Exploration 4%

Stone Rage is a prehistoric, open-world survival game. Play as a Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal and shape-shift into beasts as you secure your place in a harsh landscape of dangerous animals, scarce resources, and unforgiving climates. Make friends and enemies. Build. Fight. Survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 5.8%, Simulation 4.9%

Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Open World 13.4%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Third Person 5.8%

'Survival In Africa' is an RPG-type survival game that survives using items and crafted items that are dropped when various monsters are defeated.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.5% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 12.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Science-driven survival with a relaxing vibe. Farming, base building, crafting, animal taming, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Science 12.6% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 11.7%, Nature 9.4%

Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

Why similar: Survival 30.6%, Open World 20.2%, Crafting 17.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Simulation 8%

A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 6.4%

KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 12%, Crafting 10.6%, Immersive Sim 7.6%

Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.6%, Nature 7.3%

Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.

Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Open World 20.6%, Nature 13.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Simulation 7.6%

The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10%, Crafting 8.3%, Exploration 5.8%

Can you survive this unforgiving prehistoric world? Experience the life of 65+ prehistoric species. Emerge as a hatchling and survive to reach adulthood. Evolve, gain talents and traits, and eat a healthy diet to gain powerful buffs. Collect a hoard of items to customize your dinosaurs.

Why similar: Survival 23.1%, Open World 22.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Simulation 8.3%, Third Person 8.3%

In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.1%, Historical 9.5%

Adapt. Survive. Thrive. In a world of ancient, prehistoric wonders you will have to learn to rely on your instincts as dinosaurs and poachers compete to SURVIVE PANGEA!

Why similar: Simulation 40.3%, RPG 32.7%, Action 16.6%, Indie 10.5%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Survival 21.6%, Open World 21.6%, Crafting 20.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Simulation 7.5%

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.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Open World 14%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 8%, Multiplayer 6.6%

An open-world action adventure game set in a simulated world in which humans never reached the top of the food chain.

Why similar: Open World 26.5%, Third Person 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Nature 8.7%, RPG 8.1%

CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Nature 9.5%

Vantage is a passion project created by a solo developer where your main objective is simple... to stay alive! You explore the massive world searching for food, creating primitive tools and weapons to hunt, and craft other items to make life easier. Play Online/Offline Multiplayer or Single Player.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.8%, Historical 8%, Immersive Sim 7.9%

The Cenozoic Era is a realistic animal survival game taking place during the rise of mammals, take control of a variety of animals and fight to survive among other players to reach the top of the food chain. Death, Destruction, Survival, Scavenge, Nature, Thrive, Conquer, Hunt. The Cenozoic Era

Why similar: Nature 19.9%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Third Person 12.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Simulation 9.8%

Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 13.3%, Multiplayer 6%

A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.

Why similar: Survival 26.7%, Crafting 25.3%, Open World 23.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%

An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 13%, Open World 11.5%, Historical 9.6%