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Games Like Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Singleplayer, Adventure, Simulation.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 76% — of 76 reviews
Released: 2022-10-04
Developer: WinterSpring Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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  1. #1 Card Survival: Tropical Island
    97% 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: Card Game 18.7%, Open World Survival Craft 9.2%, Simulation 9%, Perma Death 8.8%, Survival 8.2%

  2. #2 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
    96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,083 reviews2025
    Dev: WinterSpring Games
    Windows · Mac

    Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6%, Card Game 20.3%, Simulation 12.6%, Roguelike 12.3%, Survival 9.3%

  3. #3 Wayward
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
    Dev: Unlok
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6%, Roguelike 17.4%, Crafting 15%, Survival 14.4%, Simulation 9.2%

  4. #4 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
    Dev: Longplay Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1%, Roguelike 18.4%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Turn-Based 8.8%

  5. #5 Don't Starve
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7%, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 15.2%, Perma Death 10.8%, Adventure 8.7%

  6. #6 Stacklands
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    Why similar: Card Game 46.7%, Survival 16.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%

  7. #7 Forsaken Isle
    92% 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: Crafting 34.7%, Survival 32.6%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%

  8. #8 Cube Life: Island Survival
    94% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
    Dev: Cypronia
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    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 Survival Craft 48.8%, Adventure 16.5%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13.5%, Indie 3.6%

  9. #9 Stranded Deep
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
    Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 45.7%, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 16.8%, Adventure 7.1%, Simulation 6.6%

  10. #10 Endless Road: Reborn
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 522 reviews2018
    Dev: DreamForge
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.

    Why similar: Card Game 46.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Roguelike 13%, Strategy 11.8%, Survival 10.4%

  11. #11 Dead In Vinland
    91% 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: Simulation 21.2%, Survival 17.6%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Strategy 15.4%, Adventure 14.1%

  12. #12 Temporian
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: ChallAcc
    Windows · Linux

    Trapped in the past, your survival hinges on your ability to adapt and innovate. From foraging for food to mastering the art of technology, every decision you make shapes your destiny. Will you return to your own time, or make the past your new future in this mind-bending survival game?

    Why similar: Card Game 43.2%, Text-Based 21.7%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  13. #13 Cards of the Dead
    89% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2021
    Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!

    Why similar: Card Game 26.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Roguelike 14.9%, Turn-Based 13.4%, Survival 10.6%

  14. #14 Card Cultivation
    86% matchMixed65% of 491 reviews2026
    Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
    Windows

    Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.

    Why similar: Card Game 31.7%, Roguelike 16.8%, Simulation 14%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Survival 12.3%

  15. #15 Last Resort Island
    88% matchVery Positive85% of 215 reviews2018
    Dev: rokaplay
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    As a castaway you strand on a remote island. And that's just the beginning of a survival adventure with a big helping of goofy slapstick fun! Build your own paradise resort and keep an eye on those ex tofu lovers who have a habit of working up the wrong kind of appetite...

    Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, Card Game 27.6%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 8.7%

  16. #16 Project Cobalt
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: OxygenStudio
    Windows

    ⚗️ 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: Open World Survival Craft 31.9%, Crafting 22.1%, Survival 17.1%, Simulation 16.3%, Adventure 10.6%

  17. #17 Bootstrap Island
    84% 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: Roguelike 31.5%, Simulation 25.9%, Survival 22.5%, Adventure 18%, Singleplayer 2%

  18. #18 Choice of Life: Wild Islands
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 343 reviews2024
    Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Conquer the jungle and prove that in any situation you - the master of your fate!

    Why similar: Card Game 33.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 10.4%

  19. #19 These Doomed Isles
    85% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
    Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!

    Why similar: Card Game 32.1%, Roguelike 19.7%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Survival 12.3%

  20. #20 Dead In Bermuda
    87% matchMostly Positive71% of 970 reviews2015
    Dev: Ishtar Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.

    Why similar: Simulation 25.6%, Survival 24.2%, Strategy 16.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Crafting 10.8%

  21. #21 Survival: Fountain of Youth
    80% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
    Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 34.5%, Crafting 18.8%, Simulation 18.2%, Survival 16.2%, Adventure 10.3%

  22. #22 Age of Survival
    82% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: Silky Sullivan
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

    Why similar: Survival 29.9%, Simulation 28.4%, Crafting 23.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 2.8%

  23. #23 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: Open World Survival Craft 42.8%, Crafting 24.2%, Survival 19.2%, Adventure 13.8%

  24. #24 Project Castaway
    77% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
    Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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: Open World Survival Craft 47.1%, Survival 19.7%, Crafting 19.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 2%

  25. #25 NEO Scavenger
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
    Dev: Blue Bottle Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

    Why similar: Survival 21.5%, Roguelike 18.9%, Perma Death 16.6%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Crafting 14.2%

  26. #26 Rebirth of Island
    81% 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 27.1%, Adventure 24.7%, Crafting 20.1%, Survival 19.9%, Indie 5.8%

  27. #27 Insurmountable
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 947 reviews2021
    Dev: ByteRockers' GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

    Why similar: Perma Death 17.8%, Text-Based 17.1%, Roguelike 16.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Survival 11.2%

  28. #28 Under A New Sun
    76% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
    Dev: New Horizon Games
    Windows

    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 40%, Crafting 19.7%, Survival 17%, Simulation 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%

  29. #29 Outbreak Island
    73% 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: Survival 41.5%, Crafting 39.4%, Adventure 19.1%

  30. #30 Island Time VR
    78% matchMixed59% of 124 reviews2018
    Dev: Flight School Studio
    Windows

    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: Simulation 71.4%, Survival 19.9%, Indie 8.7%

  31. #31 Stacks:Jungle!
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: Stacks:Engine
    Windows · Linux

    Stacks:Jungle is an engaging adventure card game set in the lush heart of the jungle. Unlock new cards with booster packs, combine them to uncover craft recipes, build amazing structures, venture into uncharted territories, make new friends, discover hidden treasures, and so much more!

    Why similar: Card Game 50.7%, Crafting 23%, Adventure 13%, Survival 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  32. #32 Radiation Island
    77% 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: Open World Survival Craft 45.8%, Survival 22.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Indie 3%

  33. #33 Stray Path
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 985 reviews2025
    Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!

    Why similar: Card Game 44.2%, Strategy 19.5%, Roguelike 19.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 1.7%

  34. #34 Betrayal Beach
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Jared Nolen
    Windows

    Crashed on a strange island, survivors must forage, craft, and complete objectives to stay alive. But ferocious beasts, harsh weather, and secret saboteurs seek to make sure they never escape. Betray your friends or survive the island in Betrayal Beach, a 4-8 player social deduction survival game.

    Why similar: Survival 28.4%, Card Game 26.3%, Strategy 26%, Crafting 15.6%, Indie 3.8%

  35. #35 ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2022
    Dev: Righteous Hammer Games
    Windows

    Using a deck of cards and turn based tactics, delve through a procedurally generated gauntlet of areas filled with dangerous beasts and hostile terrain. If you survive, scavenge what you can and make camp, where you can craft cards and upgrades to meet the growing dangers to come.

    Why similar: Card Game 40.8%, Crafting 18%, Survival 15.5%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 10.4%

  36. #36 Island Paradise
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 107 reviews2025
    Dev: GSG
    Windows

    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: Crafting 43.5%, Simulation 24.4%, Strategy 17.5%, Adventure 14.6%

  37. #37 Cardboard Town
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,136 reviews2023
    Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.

    Why similar: Card Game 45.7%, Simulation 23.3%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Strategy 14.3%

  38. #38 On My Own
    75% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2016
    Dev: Beach Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2%, Simulation 16.8%, Perma Death 16.1%, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 13.6%

  39. #39 Hand Simulator: Survival
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 9,917 reviews2019
    Dev: HFM Games
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    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: Simulation 39.4%, Survival 31.1%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 4.9%

  40. #40 My Island
    70% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
    Dev: SnowBaby Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    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 44.6%, Survival 17.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Adventure 8.9%

  41. #41 ToGather:Island
    72% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio KamiiPub: Todak Studios
    Windows

    ToGather:Island is an open world survival game set in a science-fantasy archipelago

    Why similar: Simulation 28.6%, Crafting 25.8%, Survival 22.9%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 4.4%

  42. #42 Pirates Journey
    70% matchMixed60% of 103 reviews2024
    Dev: 2MEDYA
    Windows

    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: Crafting 41.9%, Survival 41%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  43. #43 Sultan's Game
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,886 reviews2025
    Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

    Why similar: Card Game 43.1%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%

  44. #44 Island Notes
    66% matchVery Positive83% of 737 reviews2025
    Dev: KangBaoGame
    Windows

    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: Adventure 98%, Singleplayer 2%

  45. #45 The Long Dark
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
    Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 47.2%, Survival 22.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%

  46. #46 Desktop Tourney World
    69% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2024
    Dev: One leaf Games
    Windows

    Desktop Tourney World is a simulation construction, immortal cultivation survival game, you need to collect food, construct buildings, build equipment, and fight with all kinds of monsters.

    Why similar: Card Game 35.6%, Simulation 32.1%, Strategy 19.9%, Adventure 5.6%, Survival 4.8%

  47. #47 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Simulation 29%, Survival 27.3%, Crafting 23.8%, Strategy 18.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  48. #48 Brine
    74% matchMostly Negative26% of 383 reviews2016
    Dev: BrineTeam
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 15%

    Stranded at an Island, the Vessel is broked, do whatever it takes to survive.

    Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Survival 32.8%, Indie 11.7%

  49. #49 Lost Scavenger
    70% matchMixed54% of 242 reviews2022
    Dev: Rockbee
    Windows

    How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.

    Why similar: Perma Death 31.9%, Crafting 24.7%, Survival 23.5%, Roguelike 19.9%

  50. #50 Three Kingdom: The Journey
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 243 reviews2023
    Dev: Senmu StudioPub: 2P Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Craft a legendary deck and lead your troops to protect the Kingdom for the glory of the Han Dynasty in this fast-paced deck-building strategy roguelike. The Kingdom is on the verge of disaster against the Yellow Turbans rebellion, and only you – and your skills as a general – stand in their way!

    Why similar: Card Game 36.1%, Roguelike 23.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Hand-drawn 8.5%

  51. #51 Surviving Ceres
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Simulation 33.3%, Crafting 30%, Survival 23.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  52. #52 e-River Cabin Journal
    72% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2016
    Dev: Wilderness Journal Games
    Windows

    A real-time (with casual option) Diary Driven PC Game. Simulating homesteading and survival in your own Log Cabin, deep in the Alaskan Wilderness.

    Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Crafting 21.5%, Survival 21.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Adventure 10.2%

  53. #53 Island, Sex & Survival
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 200 reviews2024
    Dev: 無人島觀光促進會Pub: Alice Publication
    Windows

    You began a new life on the mysterious deserted island after drifting there due to a shipwreck, starting from scratch. Building a base, exploring different areas of the island, living alongside various female characters you encounter, and experiencing all sorts of miraculous events.

    Why similar: Strategy 79.3%, Indie 11.6%, Singleplayer 9.1%

  54. #54 Artist Life Simulator
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 189 reviews2022
    Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
    Windows

    Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.

    Why similar: Card Game 31.9%, Roguelike 17.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 10.8%

  55. #55 Pirates Outlaws
    68% matchVery Positive83% of 746 reviews2020
    Dev: Fabled Game
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    Why similar: Card Game 40.7%, Roguelike 20.2%, Turn-Based 18.2%, Strategy 13%, Adventure 4.6%

  56. #56 Frost
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 153 reviews2016
    Dev: Jérôme BodinPub: Le Studio des Ténèbres
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Frost is a Survival solo Card game. Inspired by deck-building board games like Dominion, Ascension and the like, it's an unique take on the genre as it puts you in charge of a group of people struggling against a restless, lethal storm.

    Why similar: Card Game 37.2%, Roguelike 17.6%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 12.4%

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