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 21.8% ★, Survival 8.2%, FPS 8.1%, Stealth 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest overall match, with the same open-world outpost loop, animal hunting, crafting, and first-person sandbox action in a wild frontier 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 23.6% ★, FPS 10%, Stealth 7.6%, Survival 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its heavy focus on hunting, crafting upgrades, bow combat, and exploring hostile wilderness makes it one of the most natural alternatives to Primal.

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 29.8% ★, Open World 23.1%, Survival 13%, Stealth 8.3%, FPS 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same freeform first-person open-world combat and exploration, with hunting and emergent encounters playing a big role in the experience.

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 48.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Adventure 8%, Action 7.9%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This shares Primal’s first-person Ubisoft open-world structure while emphasizing wildlife, gathering, crafting, and immersion in a lush untamed world.

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 33.7% ★, Open World 22.6%, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Exploration 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: If the prehistoric survival fantasy is what grabbed you, this leans even harder into primal exploration, evolution, foraging, and surviving the wild.

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 45.8%, Hunting 23.9% ★, Adventure 6.3%, Action 4.9%, Stealth 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its tribal setting, constant creature hunting, resource-based crafting, and open-world exploration capture a very similar hunter-survivor rhythm.

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 39.2% ★, Survival 22.5%, Open World 16.7%, Crafting 8.4%, First-Person 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This pushes the survival side much further with first-person crafting, hunting, and staying alive in a hostile natural environment.

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 12.8%, Survival 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Stealth 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Though more post-apocalyptic than primal, it keeps the series’ open-world sandbox action, crafting, hunting, and companion-driven exploration.

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 39.6% ★, Survival 21.5%, Open World 20.3%, Crafting 8.8%, First-Person 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its primitive weapons, taming, crafting, and surviving among massive beasts make it a strong match for Primal’s prehistoric adventure angle.

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 40% ★, Survival 22.3%, Open World 19.7%, Crafting 7.7%, First-Person 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers first-person wilderness survival, crafting, hunting, and tense exploration with a strong sense of isolation and danger.

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 56.4%, Stealth 16.9%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Exploration 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its ancient setting, bow-heavy combat, animal hunting, and roaming a dangerous open world give it a similar adventurous wilderness feel.

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 35.2%, Survival 33.7%, Crafting 12%, First-Person 6.6%, Exploration 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Primal, it mixes exploration, crafting, hunting, and sudden brutal encounters in a richly detailed natural 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 39.1%, Crafting 13.6%, FPS 11.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Exploration 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the familiar Far Cry mix of open-world combat, exploration, hunting, and improvised crafting even if the tone is less primal.

Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.

Why similar: Open World 60.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Action 7.6%, Stealth 5.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the same tribal open-world hunting-and-crafting appeal as Zero Dawn, with even more creature tracking and environmental traversal.

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 58.8%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Exploration 5.8%, Action RPG 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The core loop of tracking dangerous beasts, harvesting parts, and crafting better gear strongly overlaps with Primal’s hunting focus.

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 20.7%, Survival 11.4%, Stealth 7.5%, FPS 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the purest hunting-focused recommendation here, emphasizing tracking, patience, and reading the wilderness.

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 63.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Action 6.7%, FPS 5.3%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is slower and more grounded, but its excellent singleplayer open world, hunting systems, and wilderness immersion make it a great fit.

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 35.2% ★, Open World 20.3%, Survival 20.1%, Crafting 8.9%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the aquatic setting, it captures the same feeling of exploring an unknown ecosystem, gathering resources, crafting tools, and surviving nature.

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Open World 41.9%, Survival 23.6%, Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Crafting 5.9%, Action 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This offers a strong singleplayer open-world survival-action loop with crafting, scavenging, hunting, and constant environmental pressure.

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 45.5%, FPS 15.6%, Survival 8.6%, First-Person 6.9%, Stealth 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is rougher and less focused on hunting, but its systemic open-world survival pressure and immersive first-person approach still connect well to Primal.

Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.

Why similar: Hunting 48% ★, Open World 15.9%, FPS 8.3%, Stealth 7.6%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Primal was stalking prey through beautiful landscapes, this delivers a more grounded version of that hunting experience.

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 30.6%, Survival 26.6%, Crafting 23.4%, First-Person 7.7%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a calmer but very compatible mix of first-person hunting, gathering, crafting, and living off the land in a premodern world.

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 28.5% ★, Open World 22.7%, Survival 16.6%, Stealth 9.7%, FPS 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person traversal, crafting, scavenging, and survival-driven open-world action will appeal if you liked Primal’s immersive perspective and constant danger.

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 37.2% ★, Open World 22.4%, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Exploration 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It trades first-person action for survival crafting, but the primitive gear progression, hunting, and exploration of a dangerous wild world fit well.

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 40.3% ★, Open World 20.7%, Stealth 10.1%, FPS 7.9%, First-Person 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is more focused on dinosaur stalking than story or adventure, but the prehistoric hunting theme makes it a natural niche match.

BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

Why similar: Open World 65.5%, Action 8%, Adventure 6.4%, Exploration 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its tribal aesthetic, open-world exploration, crafting, and creature-filled landscape echo Primal even though it plays more like an action RPG.

Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

Why similar: Hunting 64.6% ★, Open World 13.5%, Action 7.3%, Action RPG 4.7%, Online Co-Op 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: While less exploratory than World, it still scratches the same itch of hunting huge creatures and turning those hunts into better gear progression.

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 5.2%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person immersion, archery, hunting, and grounded life-in-the-wilderness feel make it a good pick for players who liked Primal’s realism-leaning side.

A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.

Why similar: FPS 32%, First-Person 16.3%, Action 16.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Shooter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more linear pick, but its first-person combat with primitive weapons against prehistoric creatures hits a similar primal action fantasy.

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 29.1%, FPS 24.1%, Stealth 12.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Action 8.6%

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 37.6% ★, Open World 28.1%, Survival 26.5%, Adventure 2.5%, Action 2.2%

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 42.8%, Survival 20.9%, Dinosaurs 9.2% ★, Singleplayer 8.6%, Action 5.2%

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 43.7%, FPS 22.3%, Stealth 9.5%, Action 7.6%, First-Person 4.8%

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 46.9%, Stealth 15.1%, Survival 10.2%, FPS 6.3%, Shooter 5.4%

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 28.8%, Stealth 15%, FPS 12.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 6.7%

Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Open World 26.3%, Survival 25.6%, Crafting 10%, Exploration 1.9%

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%, Survival 34.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Adventure 5.9%, FPS 5.4%

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 36.7% ★, Open World 24.5%, Survival 21.2%, Crafting 5.3%, Adventure 3.8%

Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!

Why similar: FPS 37.6%, First-Person 19.5%, Action 16.3%, Shooter 10.9%, Dinosaurs 6.4% ★

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 40.3% ★, Survival 21.9%, Open World 18.1%, Crafting 8.9%, 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 22.6%, Survival 18%, FPS 7.7%, First-Person 6.2%

Rule the prehistoric world as 67+ playable species. From hatchling to apex predator, survive a brutal ecosystem on land, sea, and air. Evolve with deep RPG talents, build your nest, and grow your legacy in the ultimate solo dinosaur sandbox. No lag, no griefers—just survival.

Why similar: Open World 40.4%, Survival 35.4%, Exploration 6.9%, Atmospheric 4.4%, Adventure 4.1%

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%, Survival 34.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Adventure 4.4%, Action 4%

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

Why similar: Hunting 24.7% ★, FPS 18.1%, Survival 14.1%, Stealth 12.3%, Action 9.6%

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 26%, Survival 18.3%, FPS 18%, Action 11.1%, First-Person 9.3%

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

Why similar: Open World 54.3%, Survival 18.4%, Singleplayer 7.4%, Dinosaurs 7.1% ★, Action 4.9%

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 35.8% ★, Survival 18.4%, Open World 18.2%, Crafting 8%, FPS 4.7%

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 57.7% ★, Open World 19.5%, Survival 8.2%, First-Person 3.4%, Stealth 2.8%

Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.

Why similar: Hunting 35.4% ★, Open World 24.9%, Survival 21.5%, Exploration 4.5%, Adventure 3.1%

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt is a first-person hunting simulator where you hunt the largest and most dangerous beasts to ever exist – DINOSAURS.

Why similar: Hunting 66.1% ★, First-Person 9.1%, FPS 8.2%, Action 7.7%, Shooter 2.7%

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 39.1% ★, Survival 23.6%, Open World 18.9%, Crafting 5.3%, First-Person 4.2%

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

Why similar: Open World 29.9%, FPS 24.1%, Action 12.1%, First-Person 9%, Shooter 6.6%

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 32.7% ★, Open World 19%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 10.4%, First-Person 6.2%

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 24.9% ★, Open World 17.3%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 7.3%

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 51.4%, Stealth 18.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 6.3%

An asteroid is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury!

Why similar: Survival 45%, Adventure 24.1%, Action 24%, Dinosaurs 7% ★

In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.

Why similar: Open World 62.5%, Stealth 13.1%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 5%

Adapt. Survive. Thrive. In a world of ancient, prehistoric wonders you will have to learn to rely on your instincts as dinosaurs and poachers compete to SURVIVE PANGEA!

Why similar: Action 56.9%, RPG 27.4%, Dinosaurs 15.7% ★