Games Like Niffelheim

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 25.1% ★, Mythology 11%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 8.5%, Base Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it is the premier Norse survival game that perfectly captures the atmosphere and progression loop of surviving in a harsh mythological realm.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9%, Co-op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the definitive 2D survival and crafting experience with deep exploration and boss-fighting mechanics similar to Niffelheim.

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8%, Survival 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and building across various dangerous environments.

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D survival game focuses on building defenses to survive nightly waves of enemies, which is a core mechanic in Niffelheim.

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Crafting 27.4%, Sandbox 23.1%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10.9%, Resource Management 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D side-scrolling game focuses heavily on managing a base and crafting resources, mirroring the base-building aspects of Niffelheim.

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 32.7% ★, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Co-op 7.4%, Base Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes base-building, crafting, and dungeon crawling with a similar progression style.

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Survival 31.5%, RPG 21.6%, Resource Management 18.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game set in a Norse context that requires careful resource allocation and exploration to survive.

A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Mythology 16%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Co-op 9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines Norse mythology with survival and base defense, focusing on protecting your village from constant threats.

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: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the dark, unforgiving survival atmosphere and crafting-heavy gameplay loop found in Niffelheim.

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: Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.6%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Survival 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that excels in base-building and exploration, offering a vast world to conquer and craft within.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Base Building 23.6%, Co-op 20.1%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Survival 15.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful 2D side-scrolling game that features a strong Norse-inspired aesthetic and a core focus on base defense and expansion.

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 8.1%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An addictive 2D crafting and exploration game that rewards players for expanding their base and gathering resources.

Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

Why similar: Mythology 73.7%, Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 6.8%, Action 4.6%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn 2D game captures the essence of Norse mythology through exploration and massive boss battles.

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 24.7% ★, Mythology 18.4%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration within a world inspired by Greek mythology.

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 34.3% ★, Survival 13.8%, Co-op 10.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on exploration and crafting in a harsh, frozen environment similar to the setting of Niffelheim.

An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

Why similar: RPG 47.6%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 15.1%, 2D 14.2%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-adventure game that focuses on dungeon exploration and gathering resources to upgrade your character.

A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation game with survival elements that tasks players with building and managing a Viking settlement.

Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes realistic crafting and base-building in a medieval setting.

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: Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 11.8%, Online Co-Op 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base-building with a top-down perspective, emphasizing progression through combat and resource gathering.

Vikings – Wolves of Midgard takes you to the Shores of Midgard, a world based upon the mythology and history of the Vikings, but with a fantasy twist. Battle the fearsome Jotan, hordes of terrifying undead monstrosities and the beasts of Ragnarok, as you strive to survive the growing cold of Fimbulwinter.

Why similar: Mythology 34.7%, Co-op 14.5%, Action RPG 13.1%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, RPG 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action RPG that focuses on combat and exploration within a Norse mythological setting.

A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that features base-building and exploration in a land filled with mythological threats.

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

Why similar: RPG 26%, Co-op 24.2%, Action RPG 19.3%, 2D 16.2%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, challenging 2D experience with deep exploration and combat that appeals to fans of Niffelheim's atmosphere.

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 26.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Co-op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival crafting game that emphasizes exploration and building in a vibrant, dangerous world.

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 26.1% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Co-op 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration across diverse, dangerous realms.

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that combines crafting, building, and exploration in a procedurally generated world.

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: Crafting 19.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 16.5%, Open World 14.3%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game where the environment is highly interactive, focusing on crafting and exploration to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Why similar: Base Building 25%, Co-op 20%, Resource Management 15.5%, PvP 13.3%, Simulation 13%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that leans heavily into Norse mythology and base management, offering a different perspective on Viking survival.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Base Building 33.7%, Survival 21.2%, Sandbox 19.9%, Open World 11.5%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony management and survival game that challenges players to build and maintain a base in a hostile environment.

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 29.4% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes realistic crafting, base-building, and the constant struggle against environmental threats.

An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Base Building 9.4%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.4%

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 35.4% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Online Co-Op 10%, Sandbox 8.5%

Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 6.5%, Co-op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that features deep crafting and exploration mechanics in a hostile, alien environment.

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 23.8% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 7.7%, Survival 6.9%

Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7%

Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Co-op 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.8%

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 28.6% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%

Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Co-op 8.4%

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: Crafting 12.9%, Co-op 12.4%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 9.5%

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 24% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Co-op 8.9%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.6%

Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 7.9%

Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

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 40% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 7.9%, Sandbox 7.4%

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 20% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Co-op 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%

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 35.1% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 8.6%, Base Building 6.5%

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 29.8% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 8.9%, Co-op 8%

An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Crafting 13%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.9%

You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.

Why similar: Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 9.1%, Co-op 8.8%

Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Sandbox 14%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.2%

Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Co-op 12.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 10.3%

CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 9.1%

You are an adventurer, you need to explore this continent, make good use of the resources of this continent to arm yourself, explore this world full of monsters and unknown things and survive!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 9.8%, Co-op 9.7%

Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 9%

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 24.5% ★, Co-op 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Base Building 9.4%, Sandbox 8.7%

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 25.3% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Co-op 11.3%, Sandbox 9.3%

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 31.1% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9%

GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 12%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 8.9%