Games Like Ice World

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: Survival 47.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Survival Horror 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive cold-weather survival experience that captures the same desperate struggle against freezing temperatures and isolation.

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 41.5% ★, Survival 26.3%, Crafting 22.4%, Third Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, third-person multiplayer survival game that features complex crafting and base-building mechanics similar to Ice World.

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 39.2%, Crafting 26.5%, Building 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Adventure 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A premier multiplayer survival game focused on intense base-building and resource gathering in a hostile post-apocalyptic world.

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: Survival 30.6%, Building 22.3%, Base Building 21.5%, Crafting 20.7%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive multiplayer environment with robust base-building, crafting, and survival systems that mirror the core loop of Ice World.

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: Survival 38.8%, Building 31.9%, Crafting 25.3%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person survival game that excels in base-building and environmental survival, set in a harsh, unforgiving world.

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: Survival 30.7%, Crafting 25.2%, Base Building 22.4%, Building 19.9%, Adventure 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that emphasizes base-building and resource management from a third-person perspective.

MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Why similar: Survival 41%, Base Building 28.8%, Crafting 17.5%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a post-apocalyptic setting where players must build bases and survive against both environmental threats and enemies.

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: Survival 28.7%, Base Building 26%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Building 19.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines post-apocalyptic survival with extensive base-building and crafting mechanics in a destructible world.

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: Base Building 24.2%, Survival 20.9%, Mining 16.6% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Building 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and surviving in harsh, alien environments.

Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Survival 30.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Crafting 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Snow 9.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland that requires base management and third-person combat.

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: Hunting 26% ★, Base Building 19%, Survival 15.2%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 10%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated cold-weather survival experience that focuses on the mechanics of staying warm and gathering resources.

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: Base Building 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 15.6%, Building 15%

Why You'll Like It: A high-tech survival game that features unique base-building and exploration in a ruined world.

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: Base Building 24.5%, Survival 24%, Building 23%, Crafting 19%, Third Person 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, it offers some of the best base-building and survival mechanics available in a multiplayer-friendly format.

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: Survival 52.2%, Crafting 26.1%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on surviving a plane crash in a frozen wilderness, emphasizing crafting and cold-weather survival.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Agriculture 17.4% ★, Hunting 16.6% ★, Fishing 16.5% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and base-building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

Why similar: Agriculture 27.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Building 14.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A more relaxed take on the post-apocalyptic base-building genre, focusing on crafting and resource management.

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Survival 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Crafting 16.2%, Building 14.8%, Survival Horror 12%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes realistic crafting, base-building, and multiplayer interaction.

Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.

Why similar: Agriculture 19% ★, Hunting 17.2% ★, Mining 15.8% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: Features survival, base-building, and hunting mechanics in an open-world setting.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Survival 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 33.3%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential post-apocalyptic multiplayer survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base-building.

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Crafting 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Survival 17.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes action and crafting.

SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.3%, Survival 29.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Third-Person Shooter 11.4%, Third Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person survival game that focuses on looting, crafting, and building in a world overrun by threats.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Base Building 39.8%, Survival 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Third Person 4.2%, Atmospheric 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person post-apocalyptic game that centers on building and managing a base while surviving against threats.

Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.

Why similar: Survival 46.3%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Crafting 20.7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes scavenging and base construction.

Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !

Why similar: Hunting 17.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Third-Person Shooter 14.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that blends shooter mechanics with crafting and base development.

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

Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Building 17.3%, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Hunting 14% ★

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and open-world exploration in a hostile environment.

Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 53.1%, Third Person 13.1%, Survival Horror 12.4%, 3D 10%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cold-themed survival game that features third-person action and PVE elements.

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.8%, Base Building 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that pits players against threats in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

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: Survival 31.6%, Base Building 21.4%, Crafting 19.6%, Building 11.7%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a jungle, it provides a masterclass in survival, crafting, and base-building mechanics.

In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.

Why similar: Hunting 26.8% ★, Crafting 18.6%, Survival 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that features base-building and crafting in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.

Why similar: Snow 37.6% ★, Crafting 24.8%, Survival 23.9%, Adventure 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that adds a social deduction layer to the challenge of surviving in the freezing cold.

Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

Why similar: Fishing 18.5% ★, Hunting 18.5% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 13.3%, Snow 11.7% ★

The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Hunting 17.2% ★, Snow 14.2% ★, Building 12.8%, Survival 12.7%

Dinosaur World is a survival game about dinosaurs.

Why similar: Base Building 38.5%, Building 31.5%, Survival 27.2%, Mining 2.2% ★, Adventure 0.7%

Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.

Why similar: Snow 22.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 14.2%, Survival Horror 11.5%

Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!

Why similar: Agriculture 19.2% ★, Fishing 14.9% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Dog 11.7% ★, Crafting 10.8%

Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Survival 22%, Crafting 19.8%, Third-Person Shooter 14.6%, Third Person 6.1%

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: Survival 27.1%, Base Building 21.7%, Crafting 19.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.

Why similar: Agriculture 24.3% ★, Hunting 21.4% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 11.3%

Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.

Why similar: Fishing 19.9% ★, Snow 14.7% ★, Base Building 14%, Building 13.9%, Mining 12.5% ★

Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Base Building 18%, Building 15.6%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 14.4%

Lost World is a survival video game with single and co-op modes. Open world and first person view.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 15.1%, Base Building 10.9%

Survival simulator in extreme conditions. The game takes place in the Arctic ocean. The pilot of a cargo plane makes a hard landing on the water. To survive, the player will have to search for a cargo washed up on the shore.

Why similar: Fishing 24.6% ★, Hunting 18.2% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 14.6%, Building 13.6%

You suddenly enter a whole new world empty-handed. Start a whole new adventure all your own. Farming, fishing, building, cooking, alchemy and living a quiet life. Or is it fighting monsters, learning skills, building equipment and discovering the world's hidden secrets? Or maybe I want them all.

Why similar: Fishing 20.4% ★, Mining 20.1% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Agriculture 13.7% ★, Building 12.7%

Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.

Why similar: Agriculture 27.8% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Hunting 16.8% ★, Fishing 15.6% ★, Crafting 10.8%

A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.

Why similar: Snow 28.1% ★, Third-Person Shooter 24.8%, Mining 24.1% ★, Survival 14%, Atmospheric 4.9%

PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Fishing 14.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Hunting 12% ★

Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Survival 14.5%, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%, Crafting 14.3%

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: Building 22.4%, Agriculture 21.6% ★, Crafting 19.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 13.5%

Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Base Building 13%, Third-Person Shooter 12%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Base Building 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 17.7%, Building 16.5%, Crafting 16.2%

After a long night you wake up alone in the bunker as a bunker security guard. Hunt, kill, gather. Do anything to survive.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Base Building 21%, Building 17.6%, Crafting 16.9%, Survival 15.4%

Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.

Why similar: MMORPG 28.2% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Building 14.3%, Survival 12.5%

Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

Why similar: Survival 24.1%, Crafting 18.3%, Building 18%, Base Building 16.6%, Mining 15.8% ★

CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

Why similar: Agriculture 20.6% ★, Fishing 17.4% ★, Mining 17.1% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Building 10.8%

Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.5%, Survival 27.9%, Crafting 21.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 6.5%

Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Survival 17.7%, Building 15.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 12.9%

Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Crafting 24.7%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Adventure 3.3%