Games Like Niffelheim

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 19.9% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Co-op 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that excels in dungeon exploration, crafting, and base development within a mysterious, hostile world.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9%, Co-op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D survival and crafting experience that shares Niffelheim's focus on exploration, boss progression, and base building.

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 10.8%, Resource Management 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling game focuses heavily on managing a tribe of dwarves, building bases, and defending against waves of enemies.

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 32.3% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling survival game where you must build defenses to survive nightly waves of enemies, mirroring Niffelheim's base-defense loop.

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 24.8% ★, Mythology 11%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Base Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it is the premier Norse-themed survival game that perfectly captures the exploration and base-building spirit of Niffelheim.

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 34.9% ★, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game with a dark, atmospheric art style that forces players to master crafting and resource management to survive.

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%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Survival 15.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game with a strong Norse-inspired aesthetic that emphasizes base defense and resource management.

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% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Survival 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sprawling 2D sandbox survival game that offers deep crafting, exploration, and base-building across a vast universe.

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that starts with simple crafting and evolves into a complex journey through different eras and technology levels.

Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!

Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 13.7%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game with extensive crafting and exploration that captures the feeling of surviving in a dangerous, unknown environment.

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 15.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality survival game with deep base-building and exploration mechanics that reward players for mastering their environment.

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game featuring crafting, base building, and exploration on a hostile island that feels mechanically similar to Niffelheim.

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 27.1% ★, Mythology 16%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Co-op 9%

Why You'll Like It: A Norse-themed survival game that focuses on defending your base from waves of enemies, similar to the defensive requirements in Niffelheim.

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 13.9%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 11.7%, Online Co-Op 11%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes base building and resource gathering while maintaining a dark, gothic atmosphere.

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 34.8% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 8.1%, Sandbox 8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D open-world game focused on crafting, gathering, and base expansion that provides a satisfying progression loop.

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 32.5% ★, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 8.8%, Co-op 7.4%, Base Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that features base building, crafting, and combat against various bosses.

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 31.3%, RPG 21.5%, Resource Management 18.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-strategy game set in a Norse environment that focuses on managing a group of survivors through harsh conditions.

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 24.1%, Action RPG 19.2%, 2D 16.4%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-RPG that captures the dark, punishing, and atmospheric exploration found in Niffelheim's dungeons.

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 20.9% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim survival game that requires players to build and manage a base while surviving in a harsh, Norse-inspired environment.

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 26.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Co-op 9%

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

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% ★, Survival 13.8%, Co-op 10.2%, Crafting 9%, Open World 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game focused on exploration and resource management in a frozen, hostile environment.

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% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game with a focus on exploration and base building in a fantasy setting.

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 30.5% ★, Survival 12.9%, Co-op 12.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Base Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on building and expanding your base while managing resources in a dangerous, ever-changing environment.

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 15.5%, Adventure 15%, 2D 14.3%, Singleplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D dungeon-crawling game that features the same sense of risk and reward when exploring dangerous underground areas.

You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes crafting and realistic survival mechanics in a hostile, procedurally generated world.

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 28% ★, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Sandbox 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that prioritizes base building and defending against nightly hordes, mirroring the defensive needs of Niffelheim.

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 35.4% ★, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival game that excels in exploration and base building, providing a similar sense of isolation and discovery.

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 19.4%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 16.5%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game focused on exploring a hostile world, crafting tools, and slowly reclaiming territory through destruction and building.

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that combines crafting, exploration, and base building in a procedurally generated 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 29.2% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex survival simulator that rewards careful planning, crafting, and base fortification.

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 24.4% ★, Mythology 18.5%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 8.3%

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 35.1% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Sandbox 8.6%

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 26.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10%, Base Building 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 8.4%

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 35.1% ★, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.5%

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%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, RPG 10.5%

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 25.9% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Co-op 9.3%

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 30.2% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 11.5%, 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 32.6% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7%

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 23.6% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.6%

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 20.2% ★, Base Building 10%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Co-op 8.4%

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 39.7% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 9%, Open World 7.9%, Sandbox 7.5%

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 27.7% ★, Co-op 12.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.8%

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 23.8% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Co-op 8.9%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.6%

Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Survival 10.5%

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 34.9% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 8.6%, Base Building 6.5%

Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.9%

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 29.5% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 8.9%, Co-op 8%

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 20.6% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 10%, Co-op 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

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 23.2% ★, Crafting 13%, Base Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10%, Sandbox 9.9%

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 26.1% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.1%

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 17.3% ★, Co-op 12.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, 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 26.8% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 9.2%

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 28.6% ★, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 9.8%, Co-op 9.7%

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 40.5% ★, Sandbox 16%, Crafting 11%, Survival 6.5%, Co-op 5.7%

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

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival 9.8%

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 24.2% ★, Co-op 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%

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 44.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 7.9%

Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Survival 9.3%

Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.7%, Co-op 9.3%, Sandbox 7.8%