- #1 Rogue Frontiers
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Vector X Studios, LLC
Windows
A challenging game of adventure and survival for you and your friends, set in a beautifully hand-crafted world with a variety of locations, challenges, and creatures. Fight, craft, build, and survive through an adventure destined to be one of your favorites!
Why similar: Simulation 37.8%, Adventure 27.8%, Open World Survival Craft 19.7% ★, Survival 9.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #2 ROCK
97% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Ragnar
Windows
World ROCK is a Survival open game With a large craft building And the struggle for survival!waiting for you day A night cycle,Hunting animals,Furnace of smelting,and Zombie-Monsters"!
Why similar: Simulation 29.2%, Indie 19.3%, Survival 19.2%, Adventure 17.7%, Open World 14.7%
- #3 Demesne
96% matchMixed50% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Demesnegame
Windows
The main objective of the game is to survive in the taiga.
Why similar: Simulation 34.3%, Survival 23.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Open World 14.1%, Indie 13.7%
- #4 Jurassic Survival
95% matchMostly Negative29% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: Technical Entertainment
Windows
Jurassic Survival is an open-world survival game where players must cohabit with roaming dinosaurs.
Why similar: Simulation 39.8%, Adventure 24.7%, Survival 19.2%, Indie 16.4%
- #5 Inaccessible world
94% matchMostly Negative35% of 70 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
One week in the year, all comers are allowed to test themselves on the most dangerous hunting in the world.
Why similar: Simulation 44.6%, Adventure 24.5%, Survival 18.3%, Indie 12.6%
- #6 Before Nightfall
93% matchMixed61% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Pickle Drugs
Windows
It’s a small survival game, in which you will be tested for speed and prudence. Challenge the deadly cold
Why similar: Simulation 38.6%, Survival 26.5%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 14.6%
- #7 Last Wood
90% matchMixed67% of 583 reviews2022
Dev: JustUsGameLab
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In Last Wood, it is an oceanic world after the Fall. You will guide several survivors in the ocean from pieces of rafts, survive, build rafts, defense the threats, explore the unknown world, even have their offsprings, and find the truth of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 40%, Survival 24.8%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 14.6%
- #8 Escape Camp Waddalooh
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Falkrus
Windows
Falkrus® invites you to experience the thrill of immersive VR at camp Waddalooh. Keep your wits about you as you explore camp for an escape with nothing but a flashlight.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #9 Behind Walls
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: AnderShi
Windows
Behind Walls is a small, short game that focuses on the storyline, the player will reveal the truth of this world. The main idea of this game came from presentable liberty, and many similar features can be found throughout the game.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #10 Outpost Zero
91% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Simulation 19.2%, Survival 18.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Open World 10.1%
- #11 Survival Simulator 生存模拟器
89% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Yuyi StudioPub: East2West Games
Windows
Struggle to survive on a perilous and unknown planet. Environment, climate and creatures are threats all the time, but also may be your powerful boosts. Survival Simulator - How you survive on the last day?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Survival 22.5%, Open World 19.6%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 5.2%
- #12 Wasted World
88% matchMixed65% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Achrony
Windows
The apocalypse has come, brought by pollution, wars and disease! Your mission is to save your land... or what’s left of it. Alone or with your friends gather, recycle, craft, build, plant, explore, fight & help survivors.
Why similar: Simulation 35.6%, Adventure 19.6%, Open World Survival Craft 15.7% ★, Indie 15.2%, Survival 7.8%
- #13 SCS deORBIT
89% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2015
Dev: Zero DollarzPub: Zero Dollarz
Windows
SCS deORBIT is a non-linear, non-combat first person game with heavy reliance on exploration, a slight horror vibe, permadeath, limited saves and some puzzles. You can play the original or the updated version.
Why similar: Simulation 49.7%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 21.6%
- #14 Strange girl beside
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HanZhang
Windows
Why is a frustrated teenager always behind closed doors? Why do cohabitation girls always infiltrate into the middle of the night? What kind of sparks will boys and girls scream? In the visual novel "Strange girl beside"
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #15 Planta
87% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Jakub Klementewicz
Windows · Mac
Planta is a third-person open-world survival game with a procedurally generated terrain. It means the map is endless and expands while exploration! Planta throws you into an unrepeatable adventure in which you focus on gathering resources, building your base, exploring the world and... surviving!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Simulation 29.7%, Survival 18%, Adventure 17.2%
- #16 Wild Wolf
86% matchMixed46% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: Altai Game Studio
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Wild Wolf is a survival-based game about a wolf's life struggle. You have to face the hunter by carrying the responsibility of the wolf.
Why similar: Simulation 38.5%, Adventure 20%, Open World 15.6%, Indie 14.6%, Survival 11.2%
- #17 Arctic alive
86% matchMixed54% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: TortPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Arctic alive - a simulator with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in Siberia on the research station "Arctic". There was something in what is necessary to understand the player. The world is open for exploration.
Why similar: Simulation 42.9%, Survival 25.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 13.8%
- #18 Fatman Simulator
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Somehow Studios
Windows
Fatman Simulator is a simulation game in which you can experience the life of a overweight programmer. Try your best to lose weight and earn a better life!
Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 21.7%
- #19 ICED VR
85% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: AneaGames
Windows
The protagonist goes winter fishing on a lake and is caught in a snowstorm. He decides to wait it out in a tent and falls asleep. When the cold wakes him up, he finds his burner empty, his tent cold, and the ice outside broken, leaving him with no way back to the shore.
Why similar: Simulation 51.4%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 21.2%
- #20 The Legendary Blacksmith
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BelieVRs
Windows
Until now, it's always been unknown who crafts the magical weapons and armor for games. Now's your chance to use all of your wacky machines in your workshop to make weapons and armor to support the local village's troops in battle. Happy Crafting!
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #21 ALASKA
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: Wreck Tangle Games
Windows
'Alaska' gives players a week in the life of an Alaskan man living a simple life in a small community, but when a body is found, murdered, on the towns airstrip, everything changes for Blake. Go fishing, ice skating and hunting with your neighbors as you live your days in the Final Frontier.
Why similar: Simulation 51.4%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 21.2%
- #22 Our Feelings
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vazurea StudioPub: DEVGRU-P
Windows
Hiyoko searches for the truth when she is thrust three years into the past, to a parallel universe and surrounded by faces she has never seen before. Who did she replace, and what's behind her appearance in this world?
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #23 Cognizant Protocol
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Nilem Studio
Windows
Cognizant Protocol, a text based adventure game that brings player into the struggle of Aldis Farrell, an AI scientist who is unable to free himself from his emergency pod buried under crash landed space station.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #24 ArchaeologyX
82% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: khos85
Windows
Archaeology X is an open world Archaeology exploration game where you dig for ancient treasures, relics. Discover items hidden for 1000's of years, also explore long lost caves or tombs.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #25 RoomESC- Secret of the Hidden Room: the Collaborator
81% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: PuzzleSpace
Windows
a room escape adventure game that will touch your heart
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #26 The Crane Trials: Red Edition
84% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Liam Swetnam
Windows
After a harsh breakup you are locked in your own home and must escape.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #27 Oceans We Make
79% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Warrior9 VR Pte Ltd
Windows
Oceans We Make is a 5-minute, award-winning experience designed for impact. Using stunning visuals and straightforward gameplay, this underwater experience will leave you thinking about our beautiful oceans and what we can do to save them - all in under 5 minutes.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #28 7-minute HOP
80% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: VladProduction
Windows
Interesting jumping game with cute graphics and infinite gameplay.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #29 Roller Coaster Egypt VR
81% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: NetDinamica
Windows
Roller Coaster Egypt VR more than five minutes, with lots of excitement and speed. Enjoy the ride between pyramids, mummies and even spiders! Two rides included, day and night. Enjoy the night ride and have fun!
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #30 FORT
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: PanzerCatPub: RMSU
Windows
Fort is tycoon. The aim of the game is to properly manage the available resources and characters. There are many parameters that can affect the outcome of the game.
Why similar: Simulation 51.7%, Adventure 27%, Indie 21.3%
- #31 Memory of a Broken Dimension
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xra
Windows
You dredge the satellite transmission. Awash in static, harsh structures emerge. Trace a guide line through crushing atmosphere; phantom signals lead to encoded relics. Exhumed from a frozen void, fragmented ruins assemble. But when the stream thaws, no system can handle this overflow...
Why similar: Simulation 48.5%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 23.6%
- #32 Imaginarium
78% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Maint
Windows
Create your own story and your own world using only your imagination
Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 21.6%
- #33 Sonder. Episode ONE
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: KAMAi MEDIA
Windows
Something happened aboard Whittenoom Corp.'s routine crew delivery transport to station Cassandra-11. As the automatic on-board maintenance systems were unable to resolve the situation, company policy requires that crew members be reanimated from cryogenic sleep. One was...
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 20.8%
- #34 Dark Veer
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: HANNMADE StudiosPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Dark Veer - a game inspired by the classic jumpscares but with a twist! Play as a young child who must spend the night alone as its father works the late shift. Roam around your bedroom late at night and try to survive what lurks in the corners.
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #35 Wreck Poly Survival
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: FGS
Windows
Wreck Poly Survival is a low-poly survival and crafting game. Collect wood, stones and water, build shelters and hunt for food. Explore peaceful fields, light woodlands, and calm lakes as you craft tools and live at your own pace in a relaxing, minimalist world.
Why similar: Simulation 32.3%, Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Adventure 19.5%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 9.5%
- #36 Four Horsemen
76% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Nuclear Fishin' Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
An ambitious life sim about the parts of the immigrant experience everyone pretends to forget.
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #37 Kill The Monster
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Bon
Windows
Thousands of nasty insects have taken over our homes. The only thing we can do is to take up our weapons and destroy them
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #38 Easter!
74% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: FG
Windows
World "Easter!" big and mysterious, roam and explore it!
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #39 Mineval
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MinegamerFrance Studios
Windows
Explore, build, survive, and gather all the resources you need! Customize your hero with unique armor and outfits! Mineval listens to its community and will do everything to bring your ideas and suggestions to life!
Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 10.7%, Indie 5.7%
- #40 Through The Dust
73% matchMixed43% of 21 reviews2019
Dev: So Dank Studio
Windows
Through the dust is a survival game with sandbox elements. Overcome a hot, dusty canyon to survive.
Why similar: Simulation 52.4%, Adventure 26%, Indie 21.6%
- #41 Starquake Academy
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Lux Science
Windows · Mac
Starquake Academy is a science space-adventure game set in the year 2137. You have been recruited as a cadet for a elite training program on the Mars space station. You are currently en route to Mars and begin your training on the science behind atoms and lasers.
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Adventure 29%, Indie 20.7%
- #42 Birds Are Real
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: @ustinCameron
Windows · Mac
Are Birds Real? - Just another day flying over the city & monitoring the plebs. Welcome to the United States Department of B.I.R.D.S. Choose your drone then keep the peace and make sure everyone keeps Believing in Birds.
Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 21.6%
- #43 A Piece of Wish upon the Stars
71% matchVery Positive94% of 150 reviews2018
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Graduated from high school, Guang gave up the opportunity to enter college and began to work, making a living for him and his little sister. However, all things seem to change in this summer. The hidden wish of Guang's little sister leads the track of their lives to meet in one midsummer day.
Why similar: Simulation 49.3%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 22.3%
- #44 Disturbing Forest
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panteon StudioPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Disturbing Forest is a first-person adventure game set in a picturesque fantasy world filled with danger. Fight monsters, solve original puzzles, and get carried away by the rapid flow of the story that you co-create through numerous in-game choices.
Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Indie 28.9%, Simulation 17.6%, Open World 14.9%
- #45 THE FATE OF THE BULLY
70% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: MIGALOO GAMES
Windows
Let me introduce myself, I'm a mugger, a thief. Do not rush to turn away from me his "Holy" face. Every one of you could be in my place.
Why similar: Simulation 49.2%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 22.4%
- #46 21 Days
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Hardtalk Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
21 Days is a simulation adventure game in which you experience the life of a Syrian refugee. Though you escaped the war in Syria, your family still has a hard journey ahead of them. Over 21 days, you must manage money, time, hunger and mental status. For yourself, and for the hope of saving your family.
Why similar: Simulation 53.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Indie 20.4%
- #47 The Last Journey
74% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
The Last Journey is an ultimate post-nuclear exploration game in which you travel the universe to find a new planet suitable for mankind to live on after the Earth was destroyed in a nuclear war.
Why similar: Simulation 50.1%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 21.4%
- #48 Short Life
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: gametornado
Windows
Choose your hero and get to the finish without losing your head :) Avoid obstacles and try to complete the levels with all your body parts.
Why similar: Simulation 51.8%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 22.4%
- #49 Truants
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: True Ant Games
Windows · Mac
Scott Bowers has been mysteriously contacted by a young girl, who claims she's being forcibly treated for "video game addiction." Can he save the kids trapped in the behavioral center, and find out why he's being targeted by the dark forces who run it? Inspired by true events.
Why similar: Simulation 49.7%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 20.5%
- #50 Cross The World
60% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Redbeehive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, gather, craft, fight, and survive the fantasy world with persistent world simulation as an adventurer party. Every part of the world is persistently calculated, environment interacts and changes over time with season and progress. Play alone or play with your friends in multiplayer!
Why similar: Simulation 29.6%, Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 12.2%, Survival 10.6%
- #51 Story Teller
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Burned Paper
Windows
You play as a young writer, invent plots, and publish the text (with a bunch of mistakes). You are also trying to meet the father who left your family - a writer who wrote the best book - and learn about the past. Your goal is to earn money, and become world famous.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #52 Africa Help
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BoomBoom Development
Windows · Mac
Become a volunteer in the game "Africa Help". Build hospitals, help those in need, create new jobs and face many unexpected situations. Also, do not forget about the threats of this region.
Why similar: Simulation 48.2%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 19.9%, Open World 5.4%
- #53 Water Planet
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: The Revera Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Water Planet is a single-player first-person adventure set in a distant blue world. Gather resources to fuel an interstellar ship as your on-board A.I. Gemini guides you through sunken ruins and ocean depths while listening to the music of VIRGO.
Why similar: Simulation 49.4%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 21%
- #54 MADELA
68% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Habib AlejalilPub: A Plus Studio
Windows
MADELA is a short indie game which is inspired of one day living in Istanbul.
Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 21.1%
- #55 My Island
61% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 11.4%, Simulation 11%, Adventure 6.9%
- #56 PsyHotel Simulator
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GreenSt
Windows
Take on the role of the owner of a cosy hotel off the beaten path of civilization. Just remember that all your clients are criminals and psychopaths. Take care of them properly, starting with thieves and ending with fat fishes. You are the law here!
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Adventure 28%, Indie 21%
- #57 Lightman
72% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Eylen Games
Windows
Help Lightman through the levels, avoid traps by collecting the maximum amount of coins.
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 22.1%
- #58 Animallica
64% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Simulation 19%, Survival 15.9%, Adventure 12%, Open World 8%
- #59 How to shoot a criminal
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Pandorica
Windows · Mac
Plunge into the dark ambiance of the 30's through the memories of a journalist working under an out-of-control editor who has become dangerous. Find the videos, the records, the radio programs and the reporter's notebooks. Piece the story of a unique newspaper together. Unlock its secrets. Bring it down from the inside.
Why similar: Simulation 49.3%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 22.3%