Games Like Far Cry® Primal

Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min.

Why similar: Open World 31.1%, Hunting 21.7% ★, Survival 8.2%, FPS 8.1%, Stealth 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Primal’s open-world outpost-clearing structure, wildlife-heavy wilderness, crafting from animal hunts, and first-person sandbox combat almost one-to-one.

Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.

Why similar: Hunting 29.6% ★, Open World 23.1%, Survival 13.1%, Stealth 8.4%, FPS 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Even with a modern setting, it delivers the same freeform Far Cry exploration, hunting, crafting, and emergent first-person encounters that make Primal so compelling.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.

Why similar: Open World 48.1%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.9%, Exploration 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest modern matches thanks to its Ubisoft-style first-person open world, strong emphasis on traversal, gathering, wildlife, and bow-focused combat in a lush natural setting.

Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!

Why similar: Open World 32.4%, Hunting 23.5% ★, FPS 9.9%, Stealth 7.6%, Survival 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its mix of open-world exploration, animal hunting, crafting upgrades, and first-person action makes it a foundational alternative if you want Primal’s DNA in a more conventional setting.

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Why similar: Open World 45%, FPS 12.9%, Survival 8.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Stealth 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the familiar Far Cry loop of scavenging, roaming, crafting, and taking on enemy camps, with a slightly more survival-leaning edge than the mainline entries.

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Open World 22.6%, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Exploration 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: If the prehistoric survival fantasy is what grabbed you most, this is one of the best games on Steam for living, exploring, and evolving in a primitive world.

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 39% ★, Survival 22.5%, Open World 16.7%, Crafting 8.5%, First-Person 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It trades Primal’s action focus for harsher survival, but its first-person jungle immersion, crafting, hunting, and constant environmental danger are an excellent fit.

Explore Ancient Egypt in this action-adventure game. Battle powerful enemies, unveil conspiracies, and discover the origin story of the Assassin’s Brotherhood.

Why similar: Open World 56.5%, Stealth 16.8%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 5.4%, Exploration 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its historical open world, heavy use of bows, animal hunting, crafting upgrades, and wilderness exploration make it feel surprisingly close to Primal from a different perspective.

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

Why similar: Open World 46%, Hunting 23.9% ★, Adventure 6.4%, Action 4.9%, Stealth 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although third-person, it captures a very similar thrill of tracking dangerous creatures through the wild, using bows and traps, and harvesting resources in a striking primal-feeling world.

Enter the adrenaline-filled world of a modern-day guerrilla revolution. With stunning vistas, visceral gunplay, and a huge variety of gameplay experiences, there's never been a better time to join the fight.

Why similar: Open World 38.3%, FPS 12.9%, Crafting 11.7%, First-Person 8.2%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the modern arsenal, it still offers the same roam-anywhere Far Cry loop of hunting, crafting, exploration, and open-ended first-person combat.

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World 35.1%, Survival 33.5%, Crafting 12.1%, First-Person 6.7%, Exploration 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on The Forest’s formula with stronger survival systems, more detailed crafting, and a similarly immersive first-person fight-to-survive feel.

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 39.7% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 19.7%, Crafting 7.8%, First-Person 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a great pick if you want the first-person survival side of Primal pushed further, with hunting, crafting, caves, and constant tension in a hostile natural world.

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 34.2% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 18.1%, Crafting 11.4%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This leans harder into survival, but its primitive crafting, hunting, exploration, and living-off-the-land progression are very much in Primal’s wheelhouse.

Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

Why similar: Open World 58.7%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Exploration 5.9%, Action RPG 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is more mission-based than Primal, but the core pleasure of studying, tracking, and taking down giant beasts for materials is a very strong thematic match.

Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

Why similar: Open World 62.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 6%, RPG 5.1%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person melee and archery, grounded wilderness exploration, and strong hunting component make it a strong match for players who loved Primal’s low-tech combat.

Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.

Why similar: Hunting 47.4% ★, Open World 20.8%, Survival 11.5%, Stealth 7.6%, FPS 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: If the stalking and hunting side of Primal was your favorite part, this offers one of Steam’s best large-scale wilderness hunting sandboxes.

Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Why similar: Open World 46.8%, Stealth 15.2%, Survival 10.2%, FPS 6.4%, Shooter 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same appeal of traversing a huge hostile map, scouting targets, and improvising attacks, even if it is more tactical and modern.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Open World 22.8%, Survival 16.6%, Stealth 9.8%, FPS 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person melee combat, scavenging, crafting, and predator-prey tension scratch a similar itch even though it swaps prehistoric wilderness for a zombie-infested city.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 22.6%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 10.6%, First-Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a first-person loop of gathering, crafting, hunting, and surviving in dangerous wilderness spaces that should appeal to Primal’s more survival-minded fans.

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Survival 21.8%, Open World 20.6%, Crafting 9%, First-Person 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival loop of crafting gear, hunting creatures, and taming beasts makes it a natural pick if you liked Primal’s animal-driven wilderness gameplay.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Open World 30.5%, Survival 19.1%, FPS 12%, Stealth 9.4%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive first-person exploration, crafting, and survival-oriented pacing make it a good fit if you liked Primal’s sense of being vulnerable in a hostile world.

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Open World 46.5%, Survival 11.5%, First-Person 7.1%, FPS 6.5%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This offers another strong first-person open-world mix of scavenging, crafting, exploration, and flexible combat, just with post-apocalyptic rather than prehistoric flavor.

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Open World 26.3%, Survival 25.7%, Crafting 10.2%, Exploration 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a heavier survival sandbox, but its primitive weapons, crafting, tribal atmosphere, and dangerous open world overlap nicely with Primal’s core fantasy.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Open World 30.5%, Survival 26.4%, Crafting 23.5%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is much slower and more simulation-focused, but few games match Primal’s feeling of building a life through hunting, crafting, and surviving in a pre-modern world.

Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.

Why similar: Open World 64%, First-Person 7.6%, Stealth 7.1%, Adventure 6.7%, RPG 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want first-person archery, melee combat, crafting, hunting, and freeform exploration in a wild open world, Skyrim remains an easy recommendation.

Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask

Why similar: Hunting 31.8% ★, Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Open World 17.4%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its tribal setting, primitive combat, taming systems, and survival crafting give it a lot of conceptual overlap with the clan-building side of Primal.

Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

Why similar: Open World 59.3%, Mature 6.9%, Adventure 6.8%, Action 6.3%, FPS 5%

Why You'll Like It: Its rich wilderness, excellent hunting systems, and strong sense of surviving in nature make it a solid choice if Primal’s world immersion mattered most to you.

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 38.8% ★, Survival 23.7%, Open World 18.9%, Crafting 5.3%, First-Person 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes survival over combat, but its first-person hunting, crafting, and lonely struggle against nature fit Primal’s harsher side very well.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Open World 22.3%, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Exploration 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Even from a different perspective, it offers a satisfying blend of low-tech combat, hunting, crafting, and dangerous exploration in a world that feels rugged and untamed.

A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.

Why similar: Open World 29.2%, FPS 24%, Stealth 12.6%, First-Person 9.7%, Action 8.5%

You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...

Why similar: Open World 45.4%, FPS 15.6%, Survival 8.7%, First-Person 6.9%, Stealth 6.2%

Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.

Why similar: Open World 43.6%, FPS 22.2%, Stealth 9.5%, Action 7.5%, First-Person 4.8%

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game in which you are a Viking warrior raised on tales of battle and glory. Explore a dynamic open world set in England’s Dark Ages. Raid your enemies and grow your settlement to earn your place among the gods in Valhalla.

Why similar: Open World 59.3%, Stealth 12.8%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 7.1%, Action RPG 3.4%

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Hunting 38.2% ★, Open World 28.7%, Survival 27.3%, Adventure 2.6%, Action 2.3%

Stone Rage is a prehistoric, open-world survival game. Play as a Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal and shape-shift into beasts as you secure your place in a harsh landscape of dangerous animals, scarce resources, and unforgiving climates. Make friends and enemies. Build. Fight. Survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Open World 24.6%, Survival 21.3%, Crafting 5.3%, Adventure 3.8%

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: Survival 29.3%, Stealth 15.4%, FPS 13.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 6.9%

Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Survival 18.4%, Open World 18.1%, Crafting 8.1%, FPS 4.7%

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 35% ★, Open World 20.3%, Survival 20.1%, Crafting 9%, First-Person 4.6%

Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!

Why similar: Open World 35.6%, Survival 35.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Adventure 6%, FPS 5.5%

The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.

Why similar: Hunting 57.6% ★, Open World 19.5%, Survival 8.2%, First-Person 3.4%, Stealth 2.9%

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Hunting 25.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Open World 17.3%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 7.4%

INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Hunting 22% ★, Open World 16%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 8.3%

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

Why similar: Open World 38.3%, Survival 35.2%, Crafting 14.9%, Adventure 4.5%, Action 4.1%

Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Why similar: Hunting 24.5% ★, FPS 18%, Survival 14.2%, Stealth 12.3%, Action 9.6%

Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.

Why similar: Open World 35.3%, FPS 13.3%, Survival 10.9%, Stealth 9.3%, Action 7.1%

A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Open World 19%, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 10.5%, First-Person 6.2%

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 40.4% ★, Survival 22%, Open World 18.8%, Crafting 10.9%, First-Person 2.3%

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 40% ★, Survival 22%, Open World 18.1%, Crafting 9%, First-Person 4%

Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Open World 22.7%, Survival 18.2%, FPS 7.8%, First-Person 6.3%

Dive into intense dinosaur hunting adventures with your friends. Complete hunting contracts for Preton Corporation. Gather rewards, improve your equipment and become a master hunter. Are you the hunter or the hunted?

Why similar: Hunting 40.7% ★, Open World 21%, Stealth 10.3%, FPS 8%, First-Person 5.9%

Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

Why similar: Open World 47%, Survival 23%, Singleplayer 9.7%, Action 5.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%

A savage online shooter, where players do battle as man or beast in class-based deathmatches and a frantic escape mode. Unleash your inner dinosaur!

Why similar: Open World 27.7%, Survival 19.5%, FPS 19.2%, Action 11.7%, First-Person 10%

Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.

Why similar: Open World 54.2%, Open World Survival Craft 19.7% ★, Crafting 10%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 5.4%

Master ancient tech to hunt down giant beasts. WILD HEARTS™ is a twist on the hunting genre where technology gives you a fighting chance against giant nature-infused beasts. Hunt alone or with friends.

Why similar: Hunting 68.1% ★, Crafting 8.7%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 5.8%, Exploration 5.4%

Experience the critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn™ with stunning new visuals and upgraded features. In a far future where colossal machines roam the Earth, pockets of humanity survive in unique tribes among the lush, overgrown ruins of our long-lost civilization.

Why similar: Open World 54.3%, Stealth 18.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 4.8%