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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Open World, Survival, First-Person, Open World Survival Craft.

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Survival simulator in extreme conditions. The game takes place in the Arctic ocean. The pilot of a cargo plane makes a hard landing on the water. To survive, the player will have to search for a cargo washed up on the shore.

Reviews: Mixed — 55% — of 290 reviews
Released: 2020-07-02
Developer: Arctic Studio
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
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    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 40.7%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Underwater 7.5%

  2. #2 Northern Lights
    96% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: MadGoat Studio
    Windows

    Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

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  3. #3 Winter Survival
    96% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
    Dev: DRAGO entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1%, Hunting 19.5%, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10%

  4. #4 Mist Survival
    95% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
    Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36%, Survival 22.8%, Open World 14.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 7.5%

  5. #5 Subsistence
    94% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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).

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9%, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10.6%, Base Building 9.5%

  6. #6 Survival: Fountain of Youth
    93% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
    Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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.

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  7. #7 Escape The Pacific
    94% matchMixed68% of 754 reviews2018
    Dev: Gamers4Gamers Team
    Windows

    Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!

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  8. #8 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
    91% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
    Dev: MubDev
    Windows

    A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.

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  9. #9 Under A New Sun
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
    Dev: New Horizon Games
    Windows

    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!

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  10. #10 Deadliest Catch: The Game
    90% matchMixed52% of 1,586 reviews2020
    Dev: 4FishingPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Enter the dangerous world of king crab fishing in the deadly Bering Sea! Take command of your own fishing vessel, use realistic equipment, combat hazardous Alaskan waters and become the world's best crab catcher!

    Why similar: Sailing 34.2%, Fishing 31%, Open World 12.6%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 5.6%

  11. #11 Arctic Awakening
    85% matchVery Positive87% of 312 reviews2025
    Dev: GoldFire Studios
    Windows · Mac

    A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.

    Why similar: Survival 28.1%, Open World 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 6.2%

  12. #12 Raft
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
    Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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!

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  13. #13 Sailing alone:Aftermath
    86% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: MLStudio
    Windows

    You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.

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  14. #14 Out of Reach
    87% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
    Dev: Space Boat Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    84% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
    Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
    Windows

    Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

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    83% matchVery Positive90% of 102,346 reviews2021
    Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Windows
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  19. #19 The Island
    82% matchMixed46% of 103 reviews2021
    Dev: Ibis Games
    Windows

    The Island - "Island") - a computer game with an open world and a first-person view in the genre of survival.

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  20. #20 Project Cobalt
    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: OxygenStudio
    Windows

    ⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

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  21. #21 Drive 4 Survival
    81% matchMixed65% of 303 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

    Why similar: Open World 22.5%, Survival 22.2%, Base Building 21.9%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 9.7%

  22. #22 Project Castaway
    77% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
    Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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  23. #23 The Long Dark
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
    Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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.

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  24. #24 Arctic alive
    80% matchMixed54% of 87 reviews2016
    Dev: TortPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  25. #25 Subnautica
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
    Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  26. #26 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
    78% matchMixed63% of 996 reviews2021
    Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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  27. #27 The Last Caretaker
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    Dev: UTW Team
    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
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    Windows · Linux
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    Windows
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    74% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,417 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    75% matchMixed68% of 574 reviews2017
    Dev: DistrictWare inc.
    Windows

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  33. #33 Survive on Raft
    74% matchMixed63% of 1,245 reviews2019
    Dev: Megame LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    72% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
    Dev: Animallica Games Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  35. #35 Hostile Planet: Survival
    73% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
    Dev: Aliens Developers
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    71% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  38. #38 INMATE: Survival
    72% matchMixed57% of 74 reviews2023
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    Windows

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  39. #39 Following Seas
    69% matchVery Positive81% of 110 reviews2025
    Dev: Whipstaff Games
    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,651 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 572 reviews2025
    Dev: Pangea Game StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows

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    66% matchVery Positive87% of 195 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,246 reviews2018
    Dev: Lavaboots Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  47. #47 Among Trees
    68% matchMixed68% of 2,216 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  48. #48 Alaskan Road Truckers
    67% matchMixed62% of 3,202 reviews2023
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    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
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  50. #50 Crabmeat
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2026
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  51. #51 Life Not Supported
    68% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
    Dev: YETIBYTES
    Windows · Linux

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    69% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
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    68% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
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  54. #54 Landless
    71% matchMixed44% of 194 reviews2017
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    Explore and conquer the high seas in this post-apocalyptic sandbox water world survival game where you must fight, build, and craft to survive.

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