Games Like Away From Life

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: Underwater 17.6% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.6%, Survival 8.3%, Building 7.7%

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: Survival 18.1%, Crafting 14.3%, Underwater 10.7% ★, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%

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: Underwater 18% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.8%, Building 8.9%

You have experienced the sudden loss of your wealth, which has compelled you to abandon your previous life and begin anew. By venturing into the game world, you can construct settlements and forge alliances with other players, ensuring that you will always have exciting challenges to undertake.

Why similar: Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 9.9%

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: Survival 17.6%, Crafting 16.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.6%, Open World 10.7%

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: Survival 16.8%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 11.9%, Open World 11.7%, Base Building 8.9%

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: Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.6%, FPS 9.4%

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: Underwater 24.3% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Co-op 9%

Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.

Why similar: Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 9.1%

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: Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.4%, Building 11.2%, Open World 9.6%

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: Crafting 17.4%, Building 16.7%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Co-op 11.2%

Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

Why similar: Crafting 13.8%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10%

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: FPS 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 9.9%

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Crafting 14.8%, Open World 14.4%, Building 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%

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: Underwater 21.2% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 10.9%

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Sandbox 15.1%, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11%

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: Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 10.2%

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: Survival 17.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Co-op 10.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10%

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: Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 15.7%, Building 13.9%, Survival 13%, Open World 10.6%

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: Survival 16.7%, Crafting 12%, Base Building 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%

A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?

Why similar: Crafting 15.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.5%

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 16.3%, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 12%, Crafting 11.2%, Co-op 10.2%

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: Base Building 14.7%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 10%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

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: Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 14.5%, Realistic 10.3%

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: Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 10.9%

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: Crafting 16.2%, Building 14.5%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 11.4%

You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...

Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Building 13.3%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 10.8%

Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?

Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 10.7%

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.2%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 10.4%

On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!

Why similar: Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 12.9%, FPS 12%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 10.3%

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: Base Building 20.2%, Sandbox 17.8%, Survival 17%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 8.6%

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: Survival 19.9%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 11.1%, Open World 10.4%, Sandbox 8.6%

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: Survival 27.4%, Base Building 18.3%, Open World 16.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 10.3%

Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.

Why similar: Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.3%, FPS 13.1%, Survival 12.4%, PvP 11.1%

Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.

Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Crafting 17.9%, Open World 14.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Multiplayer 7.8%

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: Underwater 29.5% ★, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.7%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 9.9%

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: Survival 14.8%, Crafting 14.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12%

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 13%, Building 9.8%

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 9.7%

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: Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.6%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 9.4%

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 10%

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

Why similar: Crafting 13.4%, FPS 13%, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 11.3%

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: Building 17.3%, Crafting 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 14.2%

You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.

Why similar: Crafting 14.2%, Survival 13.8%, Building 13%, Base Building 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11%

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: Base Building 15.4%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 8.9%

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: Building 16.8%, Crafting 16.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 9.5%

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: Base Building 16%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 11.2%

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 15.3%, Sandbox 11.4%

Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.

Why similar: Survival 21%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 11%

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: Crafting 18.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 15.7%, Open World 12.9%, Realistic 9.2%

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.

Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Co-op 15.5%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 7.6%

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Why similar: Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 12.1%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.8%

Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game. Dig through terrain, build powerful machines, and restore life to a dead planet. Work together to survive, automate, and reshape the world from the ground up, literally.

Why similar: Survival 15.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10%

You are a fallen Spartan, cast into the realm between the living and the Underworld. In this survival adventure inspired by Greek myth, hunt, craft and build a home worthy of legend with up to 3 friends. Raid the gods' temples, defeat legendary creatures and loot the iconic weapons of the Olympians.

Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, Survival 14.5%, Building 12.1%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 10.7%