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 33.7% ★, Open World 22.6%, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Exploration 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most direct thematic parallel to the prehistoric setting and survival mechanics of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Survival 16.4%, Open World 16.2%, Science 15.4%, Nature 14.1%, Immersive Sim 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deeply realistic simulation of life in the wild, mirroring the nature-focused survival aspects of the seed game.

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 29.1%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Third Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the raw, unforgiving nature of prehistoric survival from the perspective of the creatures themselves.

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 38.7%, Open World 31.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on a scientifically accurate prehistoric ecosystem, appealing to players who enjoy the realistic nature simulation of the seed game.

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 41.7%, Historical 21.6%, Open World 14.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the evolutionary progression and clan management themes found in the seed game through a strategic lens.

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 47.2% ★, Survival 15.7%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a hardcore, immersive jungle survival experience that matches the atmospheric tension of the seed game.

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 51.2% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 6%, Exploration 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at atmospheric, isolation-based survival where nature is the primary antagonist.

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 9.9%, Exploration 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and discovery-based survival in an alien environment, similar to the learning mechanics of the seed game.

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 21.4%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 15.5%, Historical 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the generational progression and survival-building loop found in the later stages 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 50.4% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 9.7%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a prehistoric world where players must master their environment and evolve through technology and taming.

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 37.7% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique perspective on nature-based survival, emphasizing the scale and danger of the wilderness.

As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.

Why similar: Survival 25.8%, Nature 22.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the struggle for survival and the protection of offspring in a harsh, unforgiving natural 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 27.5%, Crafting 25.5%, Open World 21.1%, Exploration 9%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the development of early human society and the struggle to survive in a primitive 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 42% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 8.4%, Historical 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on territorial survival and stealth, mirroring the clan-based conflict found in the seed game.

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 18.6%, Open World 18.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Third Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the life of animals in a survival-based environment, emphasizing natural behaviors and ecosystem interaction.

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 36.8% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.3%, Historical 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and discovery in a challenging, nature-driven survival setting.

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 23.3%, Open World 22.9%, Crafting 21.3%, Third Person 11.8%, Exploration 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on stone-age survival, crafting, and exploration in a primitive, open-world setting.

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 49.2% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic, isolated survival experience that tests the player's ability to adapt to a harsh environment.

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 33.8%, Simulation 24.3%, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Singleplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It allows players to manage and observe prehistoric creatures, appealing to the nature-simulation interest of the seed game.

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 44.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: It features atmospheric exploration and survival in a world inspired by mythology and nature.

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 21.6%, Open World 20.7%, Nature 13.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dedicated dinosaur survival experience that aligns with the prehistoric theme of the seed game.

Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?

Why similar: Survival 20.5%, Open World 19.5%, Nature 18.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Third Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a poignant look at nature survival and the instinct to protect one's family in the wild.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 10.1%, Exploration 4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines sandbox survival and crafting in an open world that requires constant adaptation.

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 41.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Nature 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and survival mechanics in an open world that encourages discovery.

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 35.3% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 12%, Crafting 10.5%, Immersive Sim 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward survival experience that emphasizes building and exploration in a natural setting.

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 30.7%, Open World 20.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the basics of primitive survival and crafting in an unforgiving, open-world environment.

Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Survival 19.2%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a primitive survival experience with a focus on building, crafting, and conquering a harsh world.

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: Nature 41.1%, Simulation 22%, Open World 18.5%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep simulation of animal behavior and habitat management for those interested in the nature aspect of the seed game.

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 43.3% ★, Survival 24.3%, Crafting 12%, Open World 6.9%, Exploration 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It presents a harsh, stylized survival experience where learning the environment is key to staying alive.

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%, Open World 25.1%, Survival 14.8%, Singleplayer 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.4%

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Open World 16.5%, Survival 10.6%, Exploration 7.7%, Crafting 6.2%

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 45.5% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 5.7%, Simulation 4.8%

Rule the prehistoric world as 67+ playable species. From hatchling to apex predator, survive a brutal ecosystem on land, sea, and air. Evolve with deep RPG talents, build your nest, and grow your legacy in the ultimate solo dinosaur sandbox. No lag, no griefers—just survival.

Why similar: Survival 23.1%, Open World 21.8%, Nature 17.7%, Exploration 9.6%, RPG 6.9%

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 38.7% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 6.4%

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 42.1% ★, Open World 14%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%

'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 56.7% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 12.4%, Adventure 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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 29.8%, Open World 27.2%, Crafting 18.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Adventure 4.2%

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.

Why similar: Open World 34.8%, Multiplayer 14%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Immersive Sim 7.3%

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 41% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 9.6%, Nature 7.3%

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 40.2%, RPG 32.7%, Action 16.8%, Indie 10.4%

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 36.8% ★, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.2%, Historical 9.5%

Science-driven exploration adventure on prehistoric Earth with a relaxing vibe. Farming, crafting, 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 42.6% ★, Science 15%, Nature 11.5%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 7.6%

Trail of Ayash is an innovative and exciting open world game focused on the indigenous people, their struggles. Our world is a unique version of the lands dominated by the myths and legends of Its Inhabitants. Various tribes interact with one another, engaging in diplomacy, war, and expansion.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Open World 12.4%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Historical 9.2%

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 36.6% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Nature 9.5%

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 49.9% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 8.3%, Atmospheric 3.9%

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 33.8% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Historical 7.9%, Open World 7.9%

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 39% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Science 6.9%

In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Open World 9%, Simulation 5.9%

Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Open World 13.6%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Third Person 5.8%

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 38.6% ★, Open World 14.5%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Multiplayer 6.2%

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 20.1%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Third Person 12.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Simulation 9.7%

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

Why similar: Open World 25%, Nature 19.9%, Exploration 10.4%, Third Person 10.2%, RPG 7.6%

An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Nature 10.3%

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 35.5% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 13%, Open World 11.5%, Historical 9.5%

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 25.5%, Open World 12%, Exploration 9.9%, Crafting 4.3%

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.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.8% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 5.1%

The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10%, Crafting 8.2%, Exploration 5.7%