Games Like AREAZ

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 49.5% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 6.8%, Exploration 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for realistic, singleplayer survival where environmental management and cold-weather endurance are paramount.

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 44.3% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 9%, Open World 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep, realistic survival mechanics that require constant attention to physical health and environmental threats.

MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Survival 18.4%, Open World 12.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strong singleplayer-focused survival game that prioritizes realistic environmental threats and resource management.

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 33.4% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 8%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes realistic exploration and survival mechanics in a challenging, isolated island setting.

Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Nature 9.5%, Female Protagonist 7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival in a challenging, isolated environment with a strong emphasis on exploration.

Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a realistic survival experience set in a harsh desert environment that demands careful resource planning.

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 33.9% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.2%, Nature 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers high-fidelity survival mechanics focused on realism, including complex crafting and navigation.

Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.5% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a third-person perspective and a focus on surviving in a harsh, frozen wasteland, mirroring the atmospheric tension of the seed game.

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 37% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric singleplayer survival game that prioritizes exploration and a peaceful yet demanding wilderness experience.

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 48.4% ★, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 13%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival and crafting mechanics with a singleplayer-friendly focus on long-term base development.

MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.6%, Nudity 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that offers a large open world with a heavy emphasis on exploration and crafting.

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 31.3% ★, Hunting 15.5% ★, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cold-weather survival experience, requiring players to manage body temperature and resources carefully.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Hunting 20.5% ★, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers incredibly deep, realistic survival mechanics including detailed calorie, metabolism, and health management.

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 48.5% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.9%, Realistic 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival experience centered on island exploration, resource management, and overcoming the elements.

LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Survival 14.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A direct survival experience that focuses on open-world exploration and basic resource gathering.

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 37.1% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 14.8%, Nudity 13.6%, Crafting 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust third-person survival experience with extensive crafting and building systems in a vast open world.

Survisland is a super hardcore sandbox survival game that pays great attention to restoring the real survival experience. The character has rich and realistic actions and reactions to , and the process logic of making props is no different from reality.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 11%, Nudity 10.5%, Open World 9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers realistic island survival with complex crafting systems and detailed environmental simulation.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person survival game with a strong emphasis on exploration, crafting, and building in a vast, atmospheric world.

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 33.9% ★, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Open World 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy survival game that incorporates crafting mechanics within an open-world setting.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on base-building and crafting to survive against the elements.

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 37.8% ★, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 11%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on exploration and resource gathering in a varied wilderness.

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 24.4%, Base Building 21.3%, Open World 19.9%, Crafting 15.2%, First-Person 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern survival experience that builds on its predecessor with deeper crafting and more complex environmental interactions.

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 50.3% ★, Survival 16.1%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 9.8%, First-Person 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense survival mechanics and environmental interaction in a dangerous, open-world island setting.

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features base-building and survival mechanics in an open-world setting with a focus on long-term sustainability.

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.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric cold-weather survival experience that mirrors the isolation found in the seed game.

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 32% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Nature 10.3%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration and the freedom to navigate a large, open environment.

Survive on a deserted island with no modern tools or electricity. Gather resources, craft everything you need, and adapt to changing seasons including winter conditions. No zombies, no supernatural. Man vs nature survival. Your adventure, your choice.

Why similar: Hunting 16.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.1%, Nature 11.3%, Open World 11%

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 28% ★, Hunting 22.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 8.7%

Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.

Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Crafting 16.7%, Open World 14.1%, Nature 13%, Realistic 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cold-weather survival game that focuses on resource management and exploration in a harsh, snowy landscape.

Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 17.5%, Open World 13.7%, First-Person 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that balances crafting and exploration in a dangerous world.

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 10%

Survive a harsh, alluring open world in this 18+ survival RPG. Craft gear, build your home, customize your character, and command dragons! Explore deep dungeons and battle fierce monsters. Fight to win, or succumb to your desires with a fully integrated sex defeat and pregnancy system.

Why similar: Nudity 23.1%, Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Open World 17.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Survival 7.7%

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 35.5% ★, Hunting 20.9% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 6.2%

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 26.6% ★, Hunting 18.1% ★, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Crafting 7.5%

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Hunting 22% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.7%

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9.2%

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 36.1% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.4%, Third Person 6.2%

Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.

Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Survival 24.5%, Realistic 14.9%, Crafting 12%, First-Person 11%

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 26.3% ★, Hunting 18.7% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 8.5%

Survive in a realistic Tasmanian wilderness recreated with real‑world data. The land is beautiful, harsh, and indifferent to your survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Survival 10.3%, Open World 10%, Base Building 9.9%, Realistic 9.7%

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Survival 23.4%, Crafting 16.9%, Open World 13.6%, Nudity 6.6%

You are alone on an island, trying desperately to survive amongst the village tribes of savages. To do this you need food, water, and shelter. Hunt animals, plant crops, tame and breed animals, make weapons, armors and potions, raid villages, defend your base, fight with big creatures...

Why similar: Hunting 21.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.2%

Stay alive fighting with the bandits and zombies. Hunt animals, build houses.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.2%, Survival 17.6%, Simulation 17.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Third Person 11.5%

In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Open World 8.5%

You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.3%, Hunting 9.9% ★

The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Hunting 23.8% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.3%

The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Realistic 10.5%, Survival 9.5%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 16.9%, Open World 16.1%, Realistic 8.1%

Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Hunting 20.9% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 8.9%

Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Hunting 21.8% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 9.9%

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: Hunting 30.7% ★, Nature 13.5%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 10%, Realistic 8.6%

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 30.2%, Crafting 26.2%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Open World 8.5%, Indie 6.6%

This survival game is packed with features including crafting, exploring, building, excavation, farming, fishing, capturing creatures, torture, battle, and a story with many forks along the way. The objective is to escape the island, but is that really your only choice?

Why similar: Nudity 28.5%, Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 8.3%

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 42% ★, Survival 13.9%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 6.9%, Crafting 6.1%

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Nature 9.2%

Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.3%