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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?

Reviews: Mixed — 67% — of 296 reviews
Released: 2020-12-14
Developer: MadGoat Studio
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    95% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
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    94% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    93% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
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    91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
    Dev: DigX Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    92% matchMixed68% of 754 reviews2018
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  10. #10 KeepUp Survival
    90% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
    Dev: Witte Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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.

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    91% matchMixed65% of 303 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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    89% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    86% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
    Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
    Windows

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  14. #14 Under A New Sun
    87% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
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    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    76% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
    Dev: Cypronia
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    74% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  34. #34 AREAZ
    76% matchMixed62% of 104 reviews2019
    Dev: Project Solutions
    Windows

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    75% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    74% matchMixed68% of 574 reviews2017
    Dev: DistrictWare inc.
    Windows

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  37. #37 Life Not Supported
    72% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
    Dev: YETIBYTES
    Windows · Linux

    You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...

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    70% matchMixed67% of 526 reviews2026
    Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
    Windows

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    73% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
    Dev: McMagic Productions
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    68% matchVery Positive89% of 452 reviews2025
    Dev: One Slice of Pizza Games
    Windows

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    67% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
    Dev: Flow Studio
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    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 reviews2021
    Dev: SoloQ
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    68% matchVery Positive87% of 195 reviews2025
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    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  45. #45 Green Hell
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
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    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    70% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
    Dev: TB Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  48. #48 Outback
    71% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2018
    Dev: Wafflesoft
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    Tasmania is a harsh environment and to make things worse, the world is ending. Do you have what it takes to survive?

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    71% matchMixed63% of 1,317 reviews2019
    Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  50. #50 Demesne
    72% matchMixed50% of 66 reviews2016
    Dev: Demesnegame
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  52. #52 Age of Survival
    70% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
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    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    66% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    69% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2021
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    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%

  55. #55 No Man's Home
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 116 reviews2025
    Dev: radrunner
    Windows

    You wander into the dangerous Asran Exclusion Zone. You will have to survive hunger, thirst, dangerous factions, radioactive emissions and the wild life. Remember, this is no man's home and you are not the hero.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3%, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Open World 9.8%

  56. #56 Outbreak Island
    65% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiny Magicians
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 18.8%, Sandbox 18.6%, Crafting 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Open World 12.5%

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