Games Like Grounded 2

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 20.3% ★, Survival 17.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Co-op 10%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it offers the exact same perspective-shifting survival gameplay and core mechanics.

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 7.9%, Co-op 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the tiny-perspective survival theme, tasking you with navigating a world where insects and nature are your greatest threats.

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the cooperative, science-facility-based survival feel with a heavy emphasis on crafting and base-building.

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 27.9% ★, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for environmental exploration and survival, offering a sense of isolation and discovery similar to the Grounded series.

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Base Building 18.2%, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The voxel-based building system and focus on exploration make it a top-tier choice for fans of Grounded's creative freedom.

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: Survival 20.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Co-op 13.4%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines intense survival-horror elements with deep base-building mechanics in a dangerous, open-world setting.

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 25.7% ★, Survival 18.8%, Co-op 11%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Base Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique cooperative survival experience where building and expanding your base is essential for navigating an open-world environment.

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 12.9%, Co-op 9.8%, Crafting 9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the rewarding progression of transforming a hostile environment, much like the terraforming and discovery aspects of Grounded.

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 23.5% ★, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels in cooperative base-building and boss-progression, providing a satisfying loop of gathering and crafting.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Survival 19.3%, Base Building 18.6%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a polished survival experience with a heavy focus on base-building and strategic combat progression.

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 49.2% ★, Survival 30.1%, Co-op 4.9%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Open World 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative survival game features a distinct art style and deep crafting mechanics that reward teamwork and preparation.

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 17.5% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 12.2%, Co-op 9.2%, Crafting 9%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game offers a compelling loop of mining, crafting, and boss-fighting in a mysterious underground world.

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 24% ★, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and crafting in a vibrant, alien world, emphasizing creative base-building and resource management.

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 23.7% ★, Survival 21.7%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game offers extensive base-building and a harsh environment that demands constant adaptation.

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 21.9% ★, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features session-based survival missions that require careful planning and base-building to survive the environment.

Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 12%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game emphasizes resource management and base-building in a harsh, iconic setting.

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique Victorian-fantasy setting with deep crafting and exploration mechanics.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Survival 20.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a premier choice for players who enjoy base defense and survival against waves of enemies.

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Survival 15.3%, Open World 12.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Base Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines creature collection with survival and base-building, offering a unique twist on the open-world survival formula.

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: Survival 25.7%, Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Open World 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Co-op 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more hardcore, it offers the deepest survival and base-building mechanics available for those who want a truly challenging experience.

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 27.3% ★, Survival 16.5%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Base Building 8.4%, Crafting 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is a highly realistic survival game that tests your ability to manage health and resources in a dangerous jungle.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 13.4%, Co-op 11.2%, Crafting 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on exploration and survival in a ruined world, utilizing a mobile base that you must maintain and upgrade.

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Open World Survival Craft 12.2% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.6%, Co-op 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: For players who love the base-building and automation aspects of survival games, this title offers a deep and rewarding experience.

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Survival 14.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Co-op 12.1%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a water-based survival experience with a strong focus on base-building and scavenging in a flooded world.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The unique mechanic of a mobile, drill-based base provides a fresh take on the survival and base-building genre.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Open World 15.7%, Survival 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Sandbox 7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an unparalleled sense of scale and exploration, with robust base-building and crafting systems across a vast universe.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a classic in the genre, offering endless exploration, crafting, and boss-progression that feels very similar to Grounded's gameplay loop.

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: Crafting 17%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Co-op 13.2%, Open World 11%

Why You'll Like It: It blends survival with settlement management, allowing you to build a thriving community from the ground up.

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 18.7% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a fun, cooperative survival experience with crafting and base-building set on a mysterious island.

On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 10.1%, Co-op 9.5%, Base Building 9.4%

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 10.8%, Co-op 9.8%, Crafting 7.6%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 12.2%, Co-op 9.5%, Crafting 8.5%

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Survival 16%, Base Building 12.7%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 7.1%

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 29.4% ★, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 8.5%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 7.9%

Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 12.1%, Co-op 9.6%, Crafting 9%

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 9.4%, Co-op 9%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

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 30.6% ★, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a pure survival game that emphasizes base-building and resource gathering against both AI and environmental threats.

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Base Building 14%, Survival 13.7%, Co-op 10.7%, Open World 9.3%

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 33.9% ★, Survival 19.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 9.6%

Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 11.2%

TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.4% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 12.1%, Co-op 10%, Crafting 9.5%

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: Survival 24.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Open World 15.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Multiplayer 12.1%

You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Open World 7.9%

A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Why similar: Survival 20%, Base Building 17.3%, Open World 13.6%, Co-op 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%

Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10.8%, Co-op 10%

The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 10.6%, Co-op 10.6%, Crafting 8.5%

Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.1%

KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Survival 13%, Base Building 12.6%, Co-op 10%, Open World 9.2%

Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 10%, Co-op 8.2%

GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Survival 16%, Base Building 13%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 7.4%

Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20% ★, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.1%

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.4%

Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 8.8%

Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Open World 7.9%

Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Survival 17.6%, Co-op 13.9%, Crafting 13.4%, Open World 9.3%

Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Co-op 13.9%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.4%

「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 12.1%, Co-op 9.6%, Crafting 9.4%

Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Survival 17.1%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 10%

Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.7% ★, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 8.3%