Games Like Bootstrap Island

Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death

Why similar: VR 20.1%, Survival 13.4%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Nature 11%, Open World 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct comparison, offering a deeply immersive and punishing jungle survival experience built specifically for VR.

Using the power of virtual reality, Song in the Smoke puts your survival directly in your own hands. Enter this dangerous world outside of time, where you must craft weapons, make clothes, build fires, and brew healing elixirs to steel yourself against its vicious predators.

Why similar: VR 20.9%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Nature 12%, Survival 8.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the primal, nature-focused survival and crafting loop of Bootstrap Island with a strong emphasis on VR immersion.

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: VR 33.9%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 15%, Realistic 8%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the intense, atmospheric survival and roguelike progression systems that make Bootstrap Island so compelling.

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: Survival 39.2%, Open World 28.6%, Realistic 6.5%, Exploration 5.5%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Featuring a native VR mode, this game excels at the island-survival theme, tasking you with building shelters and defending against threats.

Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.

Why similar: VR 37.3%, Survival 25.5%, Open World 24.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A VR open-world survival game that focuses on the harsh realities of gathering resources and surviving in a hostile environment.

When the Esmeralda crashes on Tyson III, Robin is left stranded. He must rely on his wits – and HIGS, an AI unit from the ship – to survive. As he searches for the lost crew and comes face-to-face with dinosaurs, Robin discovers that Tyson III is not the paradise once promised.

Why similar: VR 50.5%, Survival 12.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Open World 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the classic Robinson Crusoe-style exploration of a mysterious, dangerous island filled with prehistoric threats.

Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.

Why similar: VR 32.6%, Survival 19.3%, Roguelike 15.6%, Perma Death 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes roguelike mechanics and intense VR atmosphere to create a sense of dread and survival that parallels the high-stakes nature of Bootstrap Island.

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: Survival 29.6%, Open World 24.6%, VR 16.4%, Exploration 11%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: While underwater, it provides the ultimate stranded-on-a-hostile-planet survival experience with a native VR mode that emphasizes exploration and resource 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: Survival 37.5%, Open World 25.5%, Realistic 11.8%, Exploration 7.1%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential island survival game that focuses on the struggle of living off the land and sea after a shipwreck.

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: Survival 22.7%, Open World 16.7%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Realistic 14.3%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the historical island-survival aesthetic and complex crafting systems that fans of the genre will appreciate.

If you’ve ever wondered what being stranded on an island might be like, this VR game is for you, buddy. Using the advice of a new friend, Carl the Crab, you’ve gotta find a way to keep yourself from starving and survive as long as possible.

Why similar: VR 43%, Simulation 30.7%, Survival 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: A more casual, arcade-style take on the island survival genre that keeps the core premise of staying alive on a deserted beach.

The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Why similar: Survival 31.4%, VR 25.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Open World 9.5%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused survival adventure that emphasizes the feeling of being stranded on an alien world while managing environmental hazards.

A VR rogue-lite shooter where you must survive waves of sea creatures while building your Super Raft Boat. Can you reach the Final Island?

Why similar: VR 41.7%, Roguelike 22.1%, Perma Death 16.1%, 6DOF 9.3% ★, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelike survival game captures the high-pressure, perma-death intensity found in Bootstrap Island.

Far Beyond: A space odyssey VR is the first hardcore Rogue-like in Virtual Reality with a Sci-fi atmosphere and AAA graphics. It features a hard but rich gameplay focused on resources management, craft and strategy.

Why similar: VR 46.1%, Survival 15.2%, Simulation 15%, Adventure 9.5%, Realistic 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar sense of isolation and environmental survival, albeit in a sci-fi setting.

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

Why similar: Roguelike 27.4%, Simulation 23.6%, Survival 20.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Perma Death 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a surprisingly deep simulation of island survival mechanics, focusing on the same resource management challenges.

Immerse yourself in a prehistoric ecosystem brought back from extinction. Survive and carve out your niche on islands teeming with danger and opportunity!

Why similar: Life Sim 19.5%, Nature 14.9%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the dangers of an island environment, including prehistoric threats.

Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.

Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Open World 31%, Nature 19.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core pillars of island survival, including base building, hunting, and resource gathering.

Detached is a suspenseful interstellar duel that demands tactics and skill to survive. Separated from your unit you must make smart decisions and race to safety in this visceral exploration of deep space. Strap yourself into your spacesuit for thrilling gameplay designed for VR headsets.

Why similar: VR 21.6%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 11%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Realistic 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A VR survival game that emphasizes the isolation and environmental hazards of being stranded in a hostile space.

Plunge into VR on a capsizing research ship, the Triton, where survival means outmaneuvering the water's lethal surge. Freedive through a sinking ship, overcome underwater chaos, and unlock your path to the surface, all while protecting your most precious resource: the breath in your lungs.

Why similar: VR 26.9%, Survival 15.6%, Physics 14.5%, Realistic 8.7%, Exploration 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intense, physics-based survival of being trapped in a dangerous, water-filled environment.

You and your crew have been shipwrecked on a tropical island in the late 1600s. At the beginning of the adventure, you find yourself with only a few basic supplies, including ropes, sticks, and stones. With skill and cunning, you can survive on the island and thrive as a pirate crew.

Why similar: Survival 36%, Open World 31.8%, Realistic 15.3%, Action 5.5%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the survival and building mechanics of the genre with a pirate-themed island setting.

Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.

Why similar: VR 43%, Survival 22.8%, Open World 8.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on zombies, its physics-based survival, scavenging, and crafting systems are some of the best in VR.

GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.

Why similar: VR 26%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 16.4%, Physics 12%, Simulation 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A VR survival game that emphasizes crafting and open-world exploration in a dangerous, untamed environment.

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: VR 28.5%, Survival 20.3%, Nature 15.9%, Open World 13.8%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a cold climate, it shares the core VR survival and base-building mechanics found in Bootstrap Island.

Virtual Hunter brings realistic hunting to virtual reality. Pack your gear and put your hunting skills and tactics to the test in the open wilderness.

Why similar: VR 19.6%, Life Sim 15.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Nature 11.7%, Open World 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the immersive hunting and tracking mechanics that are a key part of the survival loop in Bootstrap Island.

Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.

Why similar: Open World 33.4%, Survival 32.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox approach to the island survival genre, allowing for creative building and exploration.

After a freak storm over the Atlantic, you find yourself stranded on the shores of a mysterious island. Do you have what it takes to escape the Lost Sea?

Why similar: Perma Death 40.3%, Adventure 28.6%, Action 25.5%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure game that features a procedural island setting and the need to survive against various threats.

Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, choose self-preservation or alliances. Master base-building, farming, fishing, romance and pet taming in this morally-charged survival simulator that blends strategy with human drama. Forge bonds, conquer nature, and evolve your humanity.

Why similar: Open World 70.1%, Adventure 19.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Forest Doesn’t Care — you are alone in a real wild forest: with no hints, no GPS, and no goal except the one you choose. The forest doesn’t care — but you should.

Why similar: Nature 19.2%, Survival 15.1%, Life Sim 14.9%, 6DOF 12% ★, Realistic 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration and survival aspects of nature, emphasizing the player's interaction with the environment.

Open World, Multiplayer VR Pirate Game!

Why similar: VR 26.6%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, 6DOF 11.7% ★, Open World 11.6%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration and survival aspects of navigating the seas and discovering new lands.

Pirates VR Jolly Roger is a game alluding to old stories of the all-time most famous Pirates. The journey into the pirate world begins on a deserted island. Despite its extraordinary charm, the land hides a number of secrets and mysteries to be solved as well as obstacles and traps.

Why similar: VR 39.6%, Realistic 13.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Physics 10.6%, Adventure 8%

Get ready to paddle through some of the world's wildest, and most challenging rapids in breathtaking VR. With stunning graphics, realistic physics, and heart-pumping action, you'll race against the clock as you navigate through wild waters filled with obstacles and surprises.

Why similar: VR 24.2%, Nature 16.9%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Realistic 13%, Physics 8.8%

Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.

Why similar: Survival 39.9%, Exploration 17.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 14%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-adventure game that tasks players with managing resources to survive on a remote island.

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

Why similar: Survival 36.9%, Roguelike 19.5%, Perma Death 16.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Adventure 9.3%

Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.

Why similar: VR 35.4%, Open World 21.2%, Survival 19.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Simulation 6.6%

Island Paradise is a survival game where you build, upgrade, customize your own island and use nearby resources to create a home for generations to come!

Why similar: Open World 37.6%, Nature 27%, Exploration 16.1%, Simulation 8.5%, First-Person 5.6%

Wild island. Thirst and hunger. Dangerous animals and insects. The perfect place to test your survival skills, especially if you only have empty hands, especially if it is a hand simulator.

Why similar: Survival 30.8%, Realistic 19%, Simulation 13%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 8.2%

Storm Chasing Simulator

Why similar: Nature 20.6%, Open World 16.5%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Realistic 14.1%, Simulation 8%

Island 359 is a Virtual Reality survival game for the HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. Players will scrounge for weapons, upgrades, food, and other items they can find to survive for as long as they can against hordes of dinosaurs, as they explore the increasingly dangerous, beautiful, and expansive island.

Why similar: VR 56.4%, Adventure 22.4%, Action 21.2%

Virtual Battlegrounds is a VR Battle Royale built from the ground up for virtual reality. Battle to become the last warrior standing on this dystopian war-crazed island with tactical gun-play, an epic map, and physically controlled locomotion.

Why similar: VR 60%, Simulation 17.2%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 11.1%

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: Survival 35.3%, Open World 23.4%, Exploration 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Action 6%

Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

Why similar: Survival 66.3%, Adventure 18.4%, Action 12.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%

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: Survival 16.7%, Open World 16.3%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Nature 14.9%, Realistic 12.4%

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 41.7%, Open World 33.7%, Exploration 7.6%, Simulation 5.4%, Adventure 4.8%

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 35%, Open World 30.5%, Realistic 15.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 4.5%

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: Survival 27.4%, Open World 24.2%, Realistic 17.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Action 5.6%

⚗️ 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.

Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Open World 28.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Adventure 6.1%

How long do you survive on a small island in the middle of a flooded world?

Why similar: Open World 17.6%, Physics 14.5%, Survival 12.4%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, 6DOF 11.5% ★

Experience the wonder and majesty of the ocean through a series of habitats and come face to face with some of the most awe inspiring species on the planet.

Why similar: VR 34.1%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Nature 20.1%, Simulation 8.7%, 6DOF 7.5% ★

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: Life Sim 23.1%, Nature 17.6%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 15.7%, Realistic 7%

Rogue Islands is a fast-paced, first-person shooter with magic & monsters set in a procedural fantasy wilderness. Explore forests, deserts, caves and mountains. Gain in power as you eradicate a demonic horde and inch closer to the Lords of Torment.

Why similar: Adventure 33.4%, Action 31%, Perma Death 24.5%, First-Person 11%

You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.

Why similar: Survival 25.2%, Open World 21.2%, Realistic 16.2%, Exploration 13%, Simulation 8.9%

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 57.6%, Open World 28.2%, Adventure 5.4%, Simulation 3.6%, First-Person 2.3%

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: Survival 19.4%, Open World 19.1%, Nature 16.3%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Exploration 8.5%

How long would you survive in this unrealistic representation of the zombie apocalypse? Scavenge for supplies, find a base, and construct your defenses. Break down furniture and board up your home. Set bear traps, nail your axe to a gun, or find your own ways to fight off the undead. VR required.

Why similar: VR 54.2%, Survival 26.1%, Simulation 12%, Action 7.7%

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

Why similar: Survival 31.9%, Open World 29.8%, 6DOF 14.7% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Action 5.5%

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 30.9%, Open World 26.7%, VR 8.2%, Immersive Sim 6.7%, Exploration 6.5%

Immerse yourself in a lost paradise, with mystery beyond its pristine shores.

Why similar: Survival 27.4%, Realistic 25.7%, Exploration 15%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 10.3%

Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

Why similar: Survival 50.2%, Open World 25.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Action 10%, Singleplayer 2%