Games Like Miasmata

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Survival 29.8%, Open World 9.4%, Exploration 6.4%, First-Person 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the intense focus on realistic survival, environmental navigation, and the feeling of isolation in a beautiful but deadly wilderness.

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 34.2% ★, Survival 25.2%, Open World 10%, Exploration 8.4%, Horror 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in atmospheric exploration and scientific discovery on a mysterious, isolated alien world.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Survival 30.8%, Open World 9%, Exploration 4.3%, Crafting 4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the brutal, immersive survival experience of being stranded in a hostile jungle environment where every step requires caution.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Survival 45.1%, Open World 17%, Atmospheric 13.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Miasmata, it features a plague-stricken protagonist struggling to survive while managing health and resources in a tense, atmospheric setting.

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Survival 28.7%, Open World 10%, Horror 4.9%, Exploration 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a grounded, intense survival experience on a mysterious island where exploration is key to uncovering the truth.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Survival 43.2%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Crafting 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes scientific mystery, vehicle-based navigation, and survival against anomalous environmental threats.

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Survival 34%, Open World 13.4%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Walking Simulator 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends detective work, survival, and atmospheric exploration in a remote, snowy setting that feels similarly lonely.

The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Why similar: Survival 45%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 7.3%, Open World 6.4%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a pure survival and exploration game set on a mysterious, hostile planet that requires constant vigilance.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Exploration 15.3%, Open World 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at building a sense of place and isolation through exploration, mirroring the atmospheric storytelling found in Miasmata.

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.9%, First-Person 22.7%, Adventure 21.1%, Mystery 6.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the scientific exploration of a mysterious planet, capturing the same sense of wonder and dread.

Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Survival 25.6%, Open World 12.4%, Exploration 7.3%, First-Person 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the exploration of vast, uncharted islands, mirroring the discovery-heavy gameplay of Miasmata.

Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 33.3%, Open World 7.9%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic island survival experience with a focus on exploration and uncovering the secrets of a mysterious location.

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 37.7%, Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 3.4%, First-Person 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the basics of survival and exploration in a world overtaken by environmental threats.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Exploration 18.9%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, First-Person 14.4%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 12%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a deep, atmospheric narrative centered on scientific themes and the psychological horror of isolation.

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 41.9% ★, Survival 29.6%, Open World 9.6%, Exploration 5%, First-Person 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of being stranded on an island and the necessity of managing resources to survive.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Exploration 28.9%, Open World 19.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the ultimate exploration game, focusing on piecing together a scientific mystery through observation and travel.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival 35.1%, Exploration 13.6%, Open World 11.8%, First-Person 11.5%, Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes vulnerability and environmental interaction, forcing players to navigate a dangerous space with limited resources.

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 24.6%, Open World 6.8%, First-Person 6.5%, Exploration 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a survival experience focused on scientific resource management and exploration in a dangerous, isolated environment.

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Survival 49%, Open World 21.2%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.7%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines survival mechanics with an eerie, atmospheric world that demands careful exploration.

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Open World 34%, Exploration 30%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on navigation and exploration in a vast, atmospheric world without the need for traditional combat.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Exploration 22.9%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a first-person exploration game that focuses on observation and environmental puzzle-solving.

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival 38.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Open World 12%, Horror 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a sandbox survival experience on a mysterious island that encourages exploration and investigation.

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: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Survival 24.7%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the harsh reality of surviving in a cold, unforgiving environment through exploration and resource management.

Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 18.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Indie 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a slow-paced, atmospheric exploration experience that prioritizes uncovering the history of a mysterious location.

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: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Survival 32.9%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 3.1%, First-Person 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a survival-focused experience with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.

Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Survival 30.6%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a survival-adventure game that places the player on a dangerous alien world where exploration is essential.

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: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Survival 23.8%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Walking Simulator 6%

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 32.4% ★, Survival 25%, Open World 11.6%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.2%

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Survival 26.6%, Open World 12.4%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 7.7%

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 41% ★, Survival 27.2%, Open World 10.5%, First-Person 5.3%, Crafting 4.1%

A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Survival 24.7%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 6.6%

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Survival 24.7%, Open World 11.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Crafting 5.3%

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 35.3% ★, Survival 22%, Open World 12%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 6.7%

Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Survival 27.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Open World 9.6%, First-Person 6.6%

Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Survival 24.6%, Open World 11.6%, Exploration 7.1%, Horror 5.3%

You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 29.8%, Open World 11.5%, Exploration 4.9%, Crafting 4.7%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Survival 42.3%, Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Open World 5.7%, Crafting 4.8%, Exploration 4.7%

Explore a mesmerizing alien world, filled with deep bioluminescent wonders and horrors alike. Old alien artefacts await uncovering, in your search for the lost crew of Lazarus, in the search for your family in the depths of planet Eo-III.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Survival 28.6%, Open World 14%, First-Person 6.9%, Horror 6.3%

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 33.5% ★, Survival 23.5%, Open World 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 6.3%

Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 20.5%, Open World 10.1%, Exploration 7%, Adventure 5.6%

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 30.2% ★, Survival 24%, Open World 11.1%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 6%

Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Survival 23.1%, Open World 10.8%, Exploration 9%, Walking Simulator 7%

Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Survival 24%, Open World 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 5.8%

Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 24.9%, Open World 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 7.2%

Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Survival 31.4%, Open World 10.3%, Exploration 3.8%, Crafting 3.6%

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 38.5%, Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Open World 9.1%, Exploration 7%, Horror 5.9%

The Glade is a beautiful open world survival set on a stylized island which has been struck all over from large and mysterious meteorites creating a bridge for evil creatures from another world to enter and destroy anything in their path.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Survival 27.3%, Open World 15%, First-Person 10.1%, Crafting 6.9%

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 35.3% ★, Survival 25.4%, Open World 12%, Exploration 10%, Crafting 4.3%

Explore, fight, and survive as an awakened sleeper, in a fallen utopian city ravaged by a horrific disease. With an array of hi-tech weapons, highly immersive UI, full-body awareness, and much more, P.A.M.E.L.A. delivers an intense and unforgiving survival experience.

Why similar: Survival 39.1%, Open World 15.5%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 8.4%, Horror 7.2%

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: Open World Survival Craft 40.5% ★, Survival 34.6%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 3.6%, Adventure 3.3%

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Survival 25.5%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Crafting 4.9%

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 34.1% ★, Survival 22.6%, Open World 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 6.5%

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 42.4% ★, Survival 37.9%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 4.6%, First-Person 2.4%

V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Survival 27.4%, Open World 12.4%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 6%