Games Like Don't Starve

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.7% ★, Survival 33.1%, Crafting 2.5%, Multiplayer 1.9%, Sandbox 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It preserves Don't Starve's exact strange-world survival, crafting, seasonal threats, and art style while adding cooperative play and content built around groups.

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 39.8% ★, Survival 24.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 6.9%, Roguelike 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based, tile-based survival roguelike emphasizes deep crafting, exploration, hunger, weather, and permadeath in a similarly unforgiving wilderness.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.6% ★, Survival 19.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Terraria offers the same compelling cycle of gathering materials, crafting better tools, constructing shelter, and venturing into increasingly dangerous biomes.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 22.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down pixel world combines resource gathering, boss-driven exploration, farming, crafting, and base building in a highly approachable survival sandbox.

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.7% ★, Survival 16.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful 2D sandbox structure expands Don't Starve-style crafting and exploration across procedurally generated planets filled with creatures and hazards.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.1% ★, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Necesse mixes top-down wilderness survival, procedural exploration, crafting, building, and dangerous nights with a strong solo or co-op progression loop.

Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 6%

Why You'll Like It: This humorous alien-planet survival RPG has extensive gathering, crafting, base building, and creature-filled exploration with a similarly whimsical tone.

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Open World 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: From the makers of Don't Starve, it features a charming hostile island, crafting, exploration, base building, and playful emergent systems involving trainable monkeys.

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 47.8% ★, Survival 28.7%, Crafting 6.4%, Open World 5.5%, Sandbox 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades fantasy for quiet realism but captures Don't Starve's lonely, punishing rhythm of managing cold, hunger, shelter, wildlife, and limited supplies.

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 24.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling survival game makes building practical defenses and carefully managing resources essential against increasingly dangerous nightly attacks.

Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 22%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 7.4%, Multiplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: It is a 2D pixel survival sandbox centered on gathering, crafting, building defenses, and surviving hostile snowy wilderness alone or with friends.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Survival 33.3%, Sandbox 8.4%, Crafting 7.5%, Open World 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its relentless hunger, injury, weather, scavenging, construction, and permanent-death systems deliver the same tension of trying to survive one more day.

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: Open World Survival Craft 47.7% ★, Survival 26.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 5.6%, Sandbox 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the urgent survival-crafting and base-defense loop, but places it in a first-person island horror setting with increasingly threatening enemies.

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: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 5.8%, Sandbox 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Subnautica turns the same gather-craft-explore-survive formula into a beautifully alien underwater world with strong environmental mystery and escalating danger.

The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Sandbox 19.7%, Moddable 15.7%, Roguelike 8%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This exceptionally deep roguelike survival sandbox offers brutal permadeath, huge crafting trees, scavenging, mutations, and unpredictable post-apocalyptic stories.

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

Why similar: Survival 62.8%, Crafting 16.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 3.4%, Exploration 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized roguelite journey through a hostile wilderness where hunger, thirst, injury, weather, and improvised crafting govern every expedition.

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Survival 63.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 4.2%, Difficult 3.4%, Multiplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Although it is a colony simulator rather than character survival, its intricate resource chains, harsh environmental pressures, and inventive science-heavy problem solving strongly echo Don't Starve's systems-driven appeal.

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Survival 31.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Open World 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Grounded offers a stylized hostile wilderness, resource-driven crafting, elaborate base building, and dangerous insect encounters in a more cooperative format.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45% ★, Survival 25.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Open World 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its demanding jungle survival systems make food, disease, injuries, shelter, and crafting feel as consequential as they do in Don't Starve.

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: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Survival 29.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Sandbox 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Raft builds a satisfying survival loop around scavenging floating resources, expanding a mobile base, crafting tools, and exploring dangerous islands.

The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Survival 21.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Perma Death 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This long-running wilderness survival roguelike is especially strong on hunting, shelter construction, foraging, seasonal survival, and emergent isolation.

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 23%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 6.9%, Open World 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Forager condenses the satisfying gather-upgrade-craft-expand loop into a cheerful, fast-moving sandbox with exploration and base-development elements.

A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 22.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 6%, Sandbox 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its atmospheric procedurally generated world rewards preparation, gathering, construction, exploration, and learning to survive increasingly perilous biomes.

Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!

Why similar: Survival 37.3%, Sandbox 19.4%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Exploration 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Keplerth pairs a top-down procedurally generated world with survival meters, crafting, farming, base building, taming, and dangerous exploration.

Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

Why similar: Crafting 28.3%, Sandbox 25.8%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This expansive 2D sandbox features procedural planets, crafting, building, survival-oriented exploration, and a broad variety of strange creatures and biomes.

Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.3% ★, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.7%, Multiplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful 2D crafting sandbox gives players ample reason to mine, build, farm, explore, and prepare for dangerous creatures in varied worlds.

Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Survival 19.3%, Crafting 7.9%, Sandbox 7%, Perma Death 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its bizarre creatures, handcrafted-feeling dangers, survival crafting, and deliberately strange humor make it a particularly offbeat alternative to Don't Starve.

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 21.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a methodical open-world survival game focused on scavenging, crafting, farming, base construction, weather, and defending against hostile infected.

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 46.6% ★, Survival 25.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 5%, Multiplayer 4.8%

Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Survival 26.4%, Crafting 16.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This accessible crafting adventure revolves around harvesting, building a homestead, exploring magical regions, and fighting unusual creatures.

“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: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Survival 36.2%, Crafting 14.6%, Multiplayer 3.7%, Open World 2.7%

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 23%, Crafting 8.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Open World 6.8%

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 77%, Crafting 17%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 2%, Simulation 2%

CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Survival 23.7%, Sandbox 8.6%, Crafting 8.6%, Multiplayer 4.5%

You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

Why similar: Crafting 32.3%, Sandbox 25%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Open World 11.4%, Indie 4.9%

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: Survival 53%, Open World 15.2%, Survival Horror 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 7.5%

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Survival 31.6%, Crafting 28.6%, Sandbox 21.7%, Open World 7.8%, Multiplayer 3.9%

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Survival 52.9%, Sandbox 26.5%, Crafting 5.1%, Simulation 3.7%, Moddable 3.5%

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Survival 35.3%, Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 6.8%, Open World 6.3%

Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

Why similar: Roguelike 27.3%, Survival 22.6%, Difficult 15.9%, Perma Death 11.2%, Indie 11.1%

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 28.2%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 4.9%, Sandbox 4.8%

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Survival 56.1%, Exploration 11.6%, Open World 7.7%, Roguelike 7%, Adventure 6.3%

Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

Why similar: Survival 36.3%, Crafting 20.8%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%

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 49.4% ★, Survival 30.1%, Crafting 6.9%, Open World 4.3%, Adventure 3.8%

Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 21.9%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 7.2%, Open World 6.3%

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 5%, Perma Death 4.3%

A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 23.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 7.7%, Open World 6.5%

Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Survival 24%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 6.5%, Sandbox 6.2%

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: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Survival 28.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Perma Death 11.6%, Sandbox 4.8%

CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Survival 21.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 6%

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Survival 30.1%, Perma Death 24.4%, Roguelike 17.6%, Difficult 8.5%, Indie 5.8%

Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 22.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.1%, Open World 6.1%

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Survival 24.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 5.1%, Sandbox 4.8%

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Survival 23.3%, Crafting 13%, Open World 6.5%, Sandbox 6%

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 49.7% ★, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 5.2%

Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Survival 23.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 7.1%, Open World 6.6%

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.6%, Sandbox 20.8%, Crafting 18.7%, Open World 11.9%, Roguelike 10.6%

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 8.3%, Sandbox 7.7%, Crafting 7.1%

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Why similar: Crafting 33.3%, Survival 28.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Difficult 5.9%, Multiplayer 4.4%