Games Like Arctico

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 41.1% ★, Survival 13.5%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Open World 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Much like Arctico's focus on traversal, this game centers on building and expanding a mobile base while navigating an expansive, dangerous world.

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 54.7% ★, Survival 15.7%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 4.3%, Exploration 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive cold-weather survival game that perfectly captures the isolation and atmospheric tension found in Arctico.

The 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.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Survival 14.7%, Co-op 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game set in a frozen wilderness that emphasizes teamwork and resource management to survive the elements.

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 7.3%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a harsh arctic environment, this game combines exploration and base building with a strong focus on surviving extreme temperatures.

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 37.6% ★, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, exploration-heavy survival game that focuses on planetary traversal and modular base building.

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 41.4% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Crafting 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the psychological and physical challenges of surviving in a brutal, snowy landscape.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Co-op 11.3%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9.5%, Base Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique traversal experience with a customizable airship, blending exploration with base building in a ruined world.

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Co-op 10.8%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9%, Open World 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the satisfying progression of transforming a barren, frozen world into a habitable environment through exploration and crafting.

Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 6.6%, Base Building 6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, atmospheric survival game that prioritizes a peaceful connection with nature and quiet exploration.

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 37% ★, Survival 11.1%, Open World 7.9%, Co-op 7.9%, Base Building 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to explore and build in a variety of harsh, atmospheric environments.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on maintaining and upgrading your vehicle to survive a hostile environment mirrors the care required for your dog sled in Arctico.

The Forbidden Islands are Calling, Unlock their Secrets. Shipwrecked on an island, explore, adapt and navigate the land and perilous seas to stay alive.

Why similar: Survival 34.7%, Crafting 20.7%, Adventure 16%, Open World 10.4%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong emphasis on sailing and exploration across a beautiful, nature-filled archipelago.

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Co-op 10.1%, Survival 8.3%, Open World 7.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique train-based traversal system that serves as your mobile home and base of operations.

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 48.7% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Crafting 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival experience that focuses on island-hopping and managing resources in a vast, water-based world.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Open World 9.3%, Survival 9.2%, Co-op 8.4%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on a mobile, drill-based base provides a similar sense of traversal-based survival to Arctico's sledding mechanics.

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 48.3% ★, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 8.6%, Open World 6.7%, Crafting 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Often called the Subnautica of space, it features a similar loop of exploration and base maintenance in a hostile environment.

Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Co-op 9%, Open World 9%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Base Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, sandbox-style game that encourages exploration and creative building in a variety of biomes.

Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Co-op 10.1%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on building a mobile base to survive waves of enemies while traversing a dangerous landscape.

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 35.2% ★, Survival 10.2%, Co-op 9.1%, Open World 8.8%, Base Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique perspective on exploration and base building within a vast, nature-focused environment.

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 40.3% ★, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.7%, Co-op 7.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more combat-oriented, it offers a deeply atmospheric open world with rewarding building mechanics and exploration.

Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Open World 13%, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world exploration game that emphasizes sailing and discovering islands at your own pace.

Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Co-op 12.7%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique survival game where you build and maintain a base on floating islands, emphasizing vertical traversal.

Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.3%, Base Building 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game focused on island exploration and crafting that captures the feeling of being stranded in a vast ocean.

Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Co-op 11.6%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 6%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused adventure game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a stylized open world.

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 45.2% ★, Survival 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Open World 7.7%, Co-op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a jungle, it provides a deep, realistic survival experience that emphasizes environmental awareness and resource gathering.

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?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.6%, Snow 8.7% ★, Crafting 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in the arctic that focuses on the struggle against the elements and the beauty of the frozen north.

Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.3%, Co-op 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive, seamless open world with a focus on crafting and exploration without the pressure of constant combat.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 67.1% ★, Survival 18.5%, Co-op 4.3%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Open World 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, co-op survival game that requires careful planning and exploration to survive through the seasons.

Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%, Survival 7%

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 47.1% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Crafting 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that focuses on long-term base building and resource management in a realistic wilderness setting.

Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.4% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Sandbox 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that rewards exploration and creative building in a variety of distinct biomes.

Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Survival 11.4%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Open World 7.4%

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 40.2% ★, Open World 10.7%, Co-op 10.7%, Survival 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%

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!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 8.4%, Snow 8.2% ★, Open World 7.5%

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Co-op 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Open World 7.6%

Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.

Why similar: Co-op 17.9%, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Nature 11.2%, Sandbox 7.2%

Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Crafting 8.2%

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 34.5% ★, Co-op 10.6%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.7%, Base Building 7.4%

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Open World 8.4%, Survival 7.6%, Co-op 7.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%

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!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Survival 11%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 8.2%, Nature 7.2%

Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Open World 9.8%, Base Building 9.2%, Co-op 8.8%, Survival 8.7%

Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.9%

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.7%, Multiplayer 5.4%

Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.9% ★, Open World 12.5%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 6.5%

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 44.6% ★, Open World 13.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%

Grow veggies, go fishing, and meet cute animals! On this relaxing and lovely island, you can walk around and explore freely, unlock quirky and fun items, build your own secret base, and enjoy carefree, joy-filled days at your own pace.

Why similar: Open World 21.1%, Co-op 18.4%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Base Building 15%, Relaxing 9.1%

Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 6.6%, Base Building 6.6%

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Open World 13.1%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Co-op 8.3%

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 36.3% ★, Open World 11.4%, Survival 10.4%, Co-op 9.3%, Crafting 8.3%

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 40.5% ★, Survival 11.3%, Co-op 8.5%, Open World 7.9%, Base Building 6.9%

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 7.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Open World 12.7%, Co-op 12.3%, Crafting 9.2%

Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.8% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 8%, Crafting 7.9%

Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Co-op 9.5%, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 6.9%

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 45.9% ★, Survival 12.5%, Open World 10.6%, Base Building 7.2%, Crafting 6.7%

Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 8.6%, Base Building 8.3%