- #1 Rebirth of Island
97% matchMixed52% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Strategy 31.5%, RPG 30.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 13.1%, Action 8.5%
- #2 Forsaken Isle
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: RPG 37.4%, Adventure 27%, Action 19.7%, Indie 15.8%
- #3 Bootstrap Island
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,099 reviews2026
Dev: Maru VR
Windows
A Robinson Crusoe–inspired VR roguelike survival adventure set in the 17th century. Shipwrecked on a ruthless tropical island, you must survive without guidance. Trust your instincts as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe.
Why similar: Adventure 51.6%, Action 48.4%
- #4 Evertown
96% matchMostly Negative39% of 117 reviews2016
Dev: cg-imagine
Windows
Evertown is a RTS (real-time strategy) game with some survival elements. The goal is to raise your town to make it safe (the longest you can).
Why similar: Strategy 32.5%, RPG 27.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 13.4%, Indie 13.3%
- #5 Dead In Vinland
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,795 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: RPG 39.6%, Strategy 32.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 10.8%
- #6 Outbreak Island
92% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: RPG 53.3%, Action 25.1%, Adventure 21.6%
- #7 Lost Sea
93% matchMixed64% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Adventure 37.7%, Action 35.3%, Indie 27%
- #8 VRZ: Torment
91% matchMixed70% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: StormBringer Studios OU
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Be immersed into Purgatory Island of undead and dying. Solve mysteries to escape while trying to survive. The undead are rising, zombie skags are swarming the land, and your end is fast approaching! Arm yourself, uncover what you need to survive, and escape the inescapable.
Why similar: RPG 40.2%, Action 23.6%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 15.9%
- #9 Tanzia
91% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Arcanity Inc
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unravel the mystery of your grandfather's disappearance while preventing a terrible evil from destroying your island home. Tanzia is a single-player RPG that combines fast-paced strategic combat with elements of favorite classic RPGs in an open 3D world of magic and monsters.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Action 20.6%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 16.5%
- #10 Self-Isolation
90% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2020
Dev: Dymchick1
Windows
This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.
Why similar: Adventure 41.5%, Indie 35.3%, Action 23.2%
- #11 Rush to Adventure
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Digital Awakening
Windows
Rush to Adventure is a retro fantasy speedrunning adventure. Inspired by classic NES titles like Zelda, Mario and Castlevania. You awaken on the shore of a cursed island. Your only way off the island is to fight the monsters and lift the curse.
Why similar: RPG 41.1%, Adventure 21.4%, Action 20.8%, Indie 16.7%
- #12 Dead of Darkness
86% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
- #13 Motte Island
89% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2014
Dev: Gamebell StudioPub: One Aperture
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
This is a 2D top-down horror game. If you enjoy adventures, top-down game with a hint of horror in it, Motte Island is for you. It has numerous features including but not limited to various puzzles and mini games contained within. It is as exciting as exploring an actual paradise island.
Why similar: Indie 53%, Adventure 47%
- #14 Dissimilated Land
88% matchMixed61% of 180 reviews2018
Dev: Steel WingPub: Ggame Studio
Windows
Dissimilated Land is a roguelike-like action game. In this game, you will play the role of a survivor trapping in the Sedley's ruins. For some reason, you have to take an adventure in an unfamiliar environment, facing dissimilated monsters beyond imagination. Through fighting, you will learn the secret behind this land.
Why similar: RPG 48.6%, Action 25.8%, Adventure 25.5%
- #15 Never Forgotten
86% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: RPG 65.2%, Adventure 34.8%
- #16 Trench Face
84% matchVery Positive95% of 531 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
Why similar: RPG 39.4%, Strategy 37.1%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 5.5%
- #17 Egress
87% matchMixed59% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: FazanPub: Fazan
Windows
Fight for one of the many characters on the streets of Insmouth with monsters, obsessed with other adventurers! Keep your mind and stay alive on this madness island!
Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Action 31.4%, Indie 22%
- #18 Survival Is Not Enough
85% matchMostly Negative35% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Fixer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Survival Is Not Enough is an open world first person zombie survival game. You wake up in a mysterious island and find out that you're infected. To survive you need to: build a shelter; protect yourself from dangers of this island; kill animals for food; kill zombies for underblood to cure yourself from zombie virus; The better you're...
Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Action 29.9%, Adventure 23.5%
- #19 The Ritual on Weylyn Island
84% matchMixed65% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: zemaGamez
Windows · Mac
The Ritual on Weylyn Island is a First-Person Survival Horror Story set on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Inspired by classic horror movies, The Ritual on Weylyn Island is a weapons-free, story-driven action adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 34.8%, Indie 27.9%
- #20 BELOW
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,343 reviews2018
Dev: Capybara Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Why similar: RPG 42.1%, Action 31%, Adventure 26.9%
- #21 Eden Island
81% matchMixed61% of 254 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Studio
Windows
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: Adventure 51.2%, Action 48.8%
- #22 Familiar Stranger
80% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Indie 37.6%, Adventure 31.6%, Action 30.8%
- #23 Black River
83% matchMixed53% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Black River is a Survival-Horror RPG worth 3-5 hours of intense gameplay where you ultimately have to turn the table on those who want to harm you. It is not about escaping the village of Black River, it's about putting an end to its misery!
Why similar: RPG 29.8%, Strategy 28.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Action 14.7%, Indie 11.7%
- #24 iZolated
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: RPG 54.3%, Adventure 23.4%, Action 22.3%
- #25 Lex Mortis
82% matchMixed46% of 157 reviews2015
Dev: Denis Esie
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lex Mortis is an open-world horror game set on a fully explorable island. The game’s atmosphere is directly affected by the time of day. During the daytime you will study the island and it’s mysteries. But at night the enemies reveal themselves, and the worst nightmare becomes real!
Why similar: Action 63.9%, Adventure 21%, Indie 15.1%
- #26 pyramida
78% matchVery Positive84% of 743 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #27 Decarnation
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 34.9%, Indie 27.8%
- #28 STRANGER
77% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Lost Frame Development
Windows
STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support
Why similar: Strategy 68.7%, Action 31.3%
- #29 Krakatoa
78% matchMixed51% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Splint Games
Windows
Krakatoa is a single player Action-Adventure/Survival Horror game. Attempt to escape Siren Head by surviving its onslaught of attacks. Integrated with 3D audio you'll need to listen closely, act quickly and be aware of your surroundings to stay alive.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #30 鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure
73% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: 硅晶石工作室Sicrystal Studio
Windows
An action oriented shooting horror game, where players will be the hero GUILING from mysterious Eastern continent and engage in battles with demons to find ways to break curses, defeat zombies, and seal evil spirits. Can we fight against evil forces and escape from the cursed land?
Why similar: RPG 51.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Action 22.3%
- #31 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
Why similar: RPG 71%, Action 29%
- #32 Dark Fear
75% matchVery Positive94% of 232 reviews2016
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...
Why similar: RPG 52.4%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 19.1%
- #33 Invasion: Brain Craving
77% matchMixed45% of 346 reviews2016
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE!
Why similar: Indie 40.6%, RPG 24.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 7.9%
- #34 How to Survive
73% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: RPG 45.4%, Action 31.4%, Adventure 17%, Indie 6.2%
- #35 Three Days
75% matchMixed67% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: Lewis Bergin
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You are a lead scientist working for the SCP foundation on a super-secret project [SCP-2432]. Something goes terribly wrong and the ship you are on containing the SCP explodes, and you wake up on a distant island surrounded by a vivid environment. Get ready to survive, fight for your life and finally escape the horrors of the island.
Why similar: RPG 29.2%, Strategy 29.2%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 13%
- #36 Frozen State
74% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
Why similar: RPG 54.7%, Action 21%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 11.6%
- #37 Card Survival: Tropical Island
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,951 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Strategy 47.2%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 17.9%
- #38 Poly Island
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: EGAMERPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac
Poly Island is a low poly adventure game packed with beautiful graphics, simple mechanics and challenging levels.
Why similar: Strategy 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #39 Wraithslayer
73% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Devin ColePub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intense and challenging boss battle in an abstract horror world.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Adventure 33.7%, Indie 28.8%
- #40 Reborn In Wild City 迷城重生
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 424 reviews2018
Dev: 狼皮羊工作室
Windows
遊戲採用隨機演算法生成地圖以及室內房間,其中物資獲取、倖存者的出現、裝備的屬性均也為隨機產生,遊戲採用即時戰鬥讓節奏更加緊迫,在這末日之下的擁有更多倖存者,才可以讓你從容的活下去。
Why similar: RPG 35.5%, Strategy 32.8%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 13.4%
- #41 Frosty Nights
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Strategy 53.2%, Action 26%, Indie 20.8%
- #42 DarKnot
71% matchMixed59% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: DarKnot Team
Windows
In DarKnot, you’ll get to explore the streets of a foggy city, and exterminate the monsters within. Insidious opponents, dynamic battles, and challenging puzzles are waiting for you! Your fate is in your hands, the way you approach those challenges is up to you…
Why similar: Adventure 51.4%, Action 48.6%
- #43 Shipwreck
71% matchVery Positive82% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: Brushfire Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded.
Why similar: Adventure 43.3%, Indie 34.7%, RPG 22%
- #44 Crazy Islands
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Ge-Aivan
Windows
Welcome to "Crazy Islands", a 3D survival game for 1-4 players that takes you into a world full of mystery and challenges. On this isolated archipelago, you will face ancient gods, cruel natural environment and unknown dangers. Only wisdom and courage can help you survive in this unknown land.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #45 Town Of The Dead Life 死寂之城
70% matchMixed68% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Brew Studios
Windows
《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, RPG 36.4%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 4.1%
- #46 Island Tribe
71% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
You find yourself on a mysterious island in the middle of the ocean inhabited by a forgotten tribe. The islanders lived a carefree and quiet life and everything seemed to be perfect…
Why similar: Strategy 67.6%, Adventure 32.4%
- #47 Bear Haven Nights
70% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 48.5%, Adventure 18.4%, Action 17.9%, Indie 15.2%
- #48 FEROCIOUS
66% matchMixed64% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: OMYOGPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Immerse yourself in a survival FPS adventure. Stranded on a dangerous island, face mercenaries, dinosaurs, and a vibrant yet hostile ecosystem. Explore breathtaking environments and survive the onslaught of intense, fast-paced encounters.
Why similar: Action 52.9%, Adventure 47.1%
- #49 Brume
69% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A challenging action-adventure game. Explore a foggy abandoned island, fight knights, slugs and ghosts, and make your way to an old corrupted keep.
Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Indie 46.1%
- #50 Under The Island
64% matchVery Positive93% of 396 reviews2026
Dev: Slime King GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.
Why similar: RPG 62.5%, Adventure 21.4%, Action 16.1%
- #51 Hollow Island
68% matchVery Positive85% of 96 reviews2020
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Shape your own destiny: Explore, dig for riches, fish, grow crops, cook food, brew and sell potions, expand your property, fight monsters, build camps and hoard your treasures!
Why similar: Adventure 59.9%, Action 30%, Indie 10%
- #52 Radiation Island
68% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Adventure 40.8%, Action 33.8%, Indie 25.4%
- #53 Darkwood
65% matchVery Positive95% of 23,842 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: RPG 49.8%, Adventure 25.5%, Action 24.6%
- #54 Brighter Day
69% matchVery Positive89% of 100 reviews2015
Dev: girl software
Windows · Mac
Probably the most colorful horror game you've ever played. Hide from moaning disembodied eyeballs while facing existential dread, ambient music, and alternative medicine.
Why similar: Adventure 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #55 You Will Die Here Tonight
64% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Adventure 26.3%, Action 23.4%
- #56 Face It - A game to fight inner demons
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,250 reviews2017
Dev: Tlön StudiosPub: Gamestorming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Action 34.2%, Indie 29.7%
- #57 HORROR TALES: The Wine
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 470 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Indie 42.3%