- #1 Rebirth of Island
97% matchMixed52% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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: RPG 31.1%, Strategy 30.6%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 12.8%, Action 8.8%
- #2 Forsaken Isle
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Adventure 27.5%, Action 20.1%, Indie 15.1%
- #3 Evertown
96% matchMostly Negative39% of 119 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 31.5%, RPG 27.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 13.9%, Indie 12.9%
- #4 Dead of Darkness
94% matchVery Positive87% of 225 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.
Why similar: Action 51.1%, Adventure 48.9%
- #5 Carton
95% matchMixed67% of 139 reviews2016
Dev: Calepin StudioPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Enter a unique world where everything is made of cardboard, from the ground and trees to the characters themselves. Explore your own continent in search of the perfect place to build a town. Survive changing seasons and defend your settlement from nightly goblin attacks.
Why similar: RPG 28.5%, Strategy 27.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Action 15.8%, Indie 11.9%
- #6 Bootstrap Island
93% matchVery Positive82% of 1,448 reviews2026
Dev: Maru VR
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A highly realistic VR survival roguelike adventure set on a ruthless 17th-century tropical island. Shipwrecked and alone, you must survive without guidance as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe. Every decision is yours. Your survival is in your own hands!
Why similar: Adventure 52.1%, Action 47.9%
- #7 Outbreak Island
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,124 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 52.6%, Action 25.4%, Adventure 22%
- #8 Lost Sea
92% matchMixed62% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.5 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 38.3%, Action 35.8%, Indie 25.8%
- #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 42.9%, Action 21%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 15.8%
- #10 Dead In Vinland
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,838 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 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 40.2%, Strategy 31.7%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 10.6%
- #11 Bermuda Survivor
88% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch ModePub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Bermuda Survivor is a unique blend of bullet heaven and world exploration. Your goal is to survive the hordes of enemies and discover the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle. Each run will provide you with new unlockables, story bits, NPC-related quests, and optimal paths to achieve victory!
Why similar: Action 46.2%, Adventure 43.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #12 Self-Isolation
89% 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 42.4%, Indie 33.9%, Action 23.7%
- #13 VRZ: Torment
89% matchMixed70% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: StormBringer Studios OU
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
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%, Action 24.1%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 15.2%
- #14 Motte Island
87% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2014
Dev: Gamebell StudioPub: One Aperture
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 2.0 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 51.4%, Adventure 48.6%
- #15 Dissimilated Land
86% 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%, Action 26.2%, Adventure 25.8%
- #16 Never Forgotten
84% matchVery Positive89% of 55 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 64.6%, Adventure 35.4%
- #17 Egress
86% 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 32.2%, Indie 21.2%
- #18 Rush to Adventure
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 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 40.9%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 21.3%, Indie 16%
- #19 Dark Bone Prison
79% matchVery Positive96% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: Bunny Moon Shady
Windows
This is a dungeon-based game full of oppressive atmosphere. You will delve into the maze filled with monsters, collect, combine and upgrade weapons, and fight for a glimmer of hope in the successive waves of attacks.
Why similar: Strategy 34.5%, RPG 31.9%, Adventure 16%, Indie 9.8%, Action 7.8%
- #20 BELOW
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,372 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 41.4%, Action 31.3%, Adventure 27.2%
- #21 Survival Is Not Enough
84% matchMostly Negative35% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Fixer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 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 45.9%, Action 30.3%, Adventure 23.8%
- #22 The Ritual on Weylyn Island
83% 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 38%, Action 35.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #23 Eden Island
80% matchMixed61% of 257 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%
- #24 Trench Face
77% matchVery Positive93% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 42.4%, Strategy 34.3%, Action 12.2%, Indie 5.7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #25 Black River
82% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 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 30%, Strategy 27.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Action 15.2%, Indie 11.4%
- #26 Familiar Stranger
79% 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 36.1%, Adventure 32.3%, Action 31.5%
- #27 iZolated
78% matchMixed69% of 124 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 53.7%, Adventure 23.7%, Action 22.6%
- #28 Lex Mortis
81% 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 64.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 14.3%
- #29 STRANGER
76% matchMixed66% of 61 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 67.2%, Action 32.8%
- #30 Krakatoa
77% matchMixed53% of 62 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%
- #31 鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure
73% matchVery Positive95% of 60 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 50.8%, Adventure 26.7%, Action 22.5%
- #32 Nightmare Frontier
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 270 reviews2026
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Behold! The first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of Scavengers into a devastated West Coast City of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab the loot you can carry and get out. Alive.
Why similar: Strategy 69.6%, Indie 30.4%
- #33 pyramida
73% matchVery Positive84% of 762 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 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #34 Dark Fear
74% matchVery Positive94% of 235 reviews2016
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 29.2%, Indie 18.4%
- #35 Frozen State
75% 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 54.5%, Action 21.4%, Indie 12.3%, Adventure 11.8%
- #36 How to Survive
73% matchVery Positive83% of 17,106 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 44.9%, Action 31.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 5.9%
- #37 Card Survival: Tropical Island
71% matchVery Positive95% of 3,067 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 46.0 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 48.5%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 16.9%
- #38 Invasion: Brain Craving
76% matchMixed45% of 350 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 39.8%, RPG 24.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Action 8.2%
- #39 Three Days
75% matchMixed67% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Lewis Bergin
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 29.5%, Strategy 28.3%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 12.7%
- #40 Poly Island
74% matchMixed70% of 86 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 68.7%, Indie 31.3%
- #41 ShoreTiles
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Voxel StudiosPub: Noovola
Windows
Build your island around a fragile lighthouse in this Gloomy tile-placement strategy game. Balance growth, economy, and defense - because when night falls, THEY will rise from the depths.
Why similar: Strategy 80.4%, Indie 19.6%
- #42 Decarnation
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,131 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 38%, Action 35.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #43 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 70.4%, Action 29.6%
- #44 Reborn In Wild City 迷城重生
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 425 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 36%, Strategy 31.9%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 13.1%
- #45 Wraithslayer
71% 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 38.2%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 27.5%
- #46 Shipwreck
70% matchVery Positive83% of 261 reviews2015
Dev: Brushfire Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 44.5%, Indie 33.5%, RPG 22%
- #47 Crazy Islands
68% matchMixed69% of 75 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%
- #48 Brume
69% matchVery Positive82% of 169 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 55.4%, Indie 44.6%
- #49 Salt and Sanctuary
67% matchVery Positive89% of 21,932 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: RPG 55.7%, Action 23.1%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 9.1%
- #50 Bear Haven Nights
70% matchVery Positive87% of 106 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 47.3%, Adventure 19.1%, Action 18.7%, Indie 14.9%
- #51 Miller's Fantasy: PARTY
67% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: R3al Studios
Windows
Visit the city's most famous park and uncover dark secrets as you fight to survive. Find items and tools to escape locations, make choices to discover different perspectives, and decide your fate.
Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Action 35.6%, Indie 18.3%
- #52 Island Tribe
70% matchVery Positive81% of 54 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 66.1%, Adventure 33.9%
- #53 Purgatory Dungeoneer
67% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Cannibal InteractivePub: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Purgatory Dungeoneer is a townbuilding roguelite RPG about plundering a psychic hellmaw for personal closure, and the resources to build a village beyond the grave.
Why similar: RPG 44.6%, Strategy 40.8%, Indie 14.7%
- #54 Frosty Nights
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 281 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Strategy 52.7%, Action 26.5%, Indie 20.8%
- #55 Dead Weight
63% matchVery Positive82% of 618 reviews2026
Dev: Klukva Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.
Why similar: RPG 39.8%, Strategy 37.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 6.4%
- #56 FEROCIOUS
65% matchMixed63% of 892 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 52.8%, Adventure 47.2%
- #57 Town Of The Dead Life 死寂之城
68% 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 37.3%, RPG 36.9%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 4%