Games Like MISERY

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 24.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the scientific, anomaly-filled survival horror and co-op base building mechanics found in MISERY.

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 15.7%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 11.4%, Co-op 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a premier co-op survival horror experience with deep crafting and base-building systems in a hostile open world.

Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the atmospheric horror and survival elements of exploring a dangerous, mysterious open world.

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 21.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that captures the weird, supernatural post-apocalyptic aesthetic and large-scale co-op play.

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 21.4% ★, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Base Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential co-op survival game that excels at base defense and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 35.8%, Open World 27.6%, Horror 21.5%, Survival Horror 5.3%, Crafting 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a grim, post-Soviet wasteland, it perfectly captures the anomaly-hunting and survival-horror vibe of the seed game.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Open World 9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, co-op focused survival experience in a vast, desolate landscape filled with hostile threats.

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 24.3% ★, Survival 11.8%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that emphasizes team coordination, crafting, and surviving in a harsh, alien environment.

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: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 10.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more competitive, it is the industry standard for large-scale multiplayer survival, base building, and resource gathering.

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 39.7% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on scavenging and player interaction in a dangerous, ruined world.

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 38.2% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 8.4%, Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational survival horror game that emphasizes building defenses against terrifying threats with friends.

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 17.9%, Open World 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival Horror 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that prioritizes realistic crafting, base building, and scavenging in a zombie-infested world.

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 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.6%, Co-op 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival game that focuses on scavenging and base building in a realistic, post-collapse world.

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: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Survival 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Open World 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply complex survival simulation that captures the desperate struggle for resources in a decaying world.

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: Survival 20.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Open World 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on community management and base building within a post-apocalyptic world overrun by threats.

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: Survival 19%, Open World Survival Craft 18.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Open World 15%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of scavenging, looting, and surviving against hordes in an open-world environment.

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 25.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 8.3%, Open World 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, its co-op survival, building, and exploration loops are among the best in the genre.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 17.3%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep and hardcore survival experience in a post-apocalyptic setting with complex crafting systems.

HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Survival 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes cooperative play and base building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 34% ★, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Base Building 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that allows for large-scale multiplayer co-op and complex base management.

Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Survival 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox survival experience with a focus on post-apocalyptic exploration and base construction.

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 29.2% ★, Survival 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Co-op 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique co-op survival twist where players build and upgrade a train while navigating a surreal 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 29.7% ★, Survival 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Crafting 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival experience that emphasizes realistic resource management and environmental hazards.

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 24.8% ★, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Co-op 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished co-op survival experience with a heavy emphasis on crafting and base construction against hostile environments.

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 16.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Open World 13.9%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Crafting 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base building with a unique dark atmosphere and cooperative gameplay elements.

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: Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the co-op survival aspect, tasking players with navigating dangerous zones together.

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

Why similar: Survival 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that emphasizes multiplayer interaction and resource gathering.

Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.8%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Co-op 12.7%, Horror 11.9%, Open World 8.3%

Cooperative survival and horror genre. You and your family have returned to your native land, on which a terrible curse and darkness has fallen. Will you be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous environment and stop the evil? It depends only on you, on your skills and ability to help each other.

Why similar: Survival 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 11.5%, Co-op 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that emphasizes mystery and exploration in a hostile, multiplayer-focused environment.

Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Survival 12.1%, Co-op 9%

In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...

Why similar: Survival 19.6%, Co-op 14.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Horror 10.8%

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 33.6% ★, Survival 17.1%, Co-op 8.5%, Open World 8.5%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game centered on exploring a frozen, mysterious landscape and managing resources to stay alive.

A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.

Why similar: Crafting 21%, Online Co-Op 18.7%, Survival 17.6%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Survival 8.7%

KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.2%, Co-op 19.6%, Horror 16%, PvE 13.7%, Action Roguelike 12.9%

Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 11.7%, Co-op 11.5%

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 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Survival Horror 11%, Open World 9.5%

CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Survival 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 7.8%, Crafting 7.8%

A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Horror 14.8%, Co-op 13%

Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.9%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Co-op 13.9%

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 7.7%

4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.5%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Horror 13.9%, PvE 12.8%

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.4%

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 25.9% ★, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 8.8%

You're a nameless traveler, stranded in a ghost town in the Cursed West. Use your wits, elbow grease, and the iron on your hip. Build a homestead, work the land, and survive against unspeakable monsters in this unique Western horror survival game - alone or with friends!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 14%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.1%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 15.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%, PvE 10.5%

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Survival 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Open World 16.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Crafting 9.5%

Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Crafting 10.9%

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Base Building 13%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.3%

Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 7.6%

DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 9.4%

Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.8%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Crafting 15%, Horror 12.9%

PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.1%, Horror 22.1%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Co-op 8.3%, PvE 7.1%

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: Online Co-Op 15%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Co-op 11.1%, Open World 10.9%

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 27% ★, Survival 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 8.8%

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: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.4%

Pilgrim is a medieval-based, co-op horror, adventure. Can you and your friends make it to the end of The Road?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Horror 16.3%, PvE 14.9%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Survival Horror 11.6%