Games Like Open Country

Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.

Why similar: Hunting 34.8% ★, Open World 16.5%, Survival 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Walking Simulator 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most immersive and visually stunning hunting simulation experience that perfectly complements the outdoor exploration found in Open Country.

Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.

Why similar: Hunting 44% ★, Open World 15.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a realistic hunting experience with a strong emphasis on wildlife behavior and vast, explorable wilderness areas.

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 40.4% ★, Survival 22.8%, Open World 16.3%, Exploration 5.8%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for wilderness survival, focusing heavily on managing temperature, hunger, and fatigue in a harsh, unforgiving environment.

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 33.8% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Online Co-Op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This intense survival game forces players to master the environment and craft tools to survive in a dangerous, realistic jungle setting.

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 30.5% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 13.6%, Online Co-Op 9%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to explore, hunt, and build in a hostile alien wilderness.

The Angler is an open world fishing game that can be played solo or with friends. Discover and catch a wide variety of unique fish species, from common to rare, on your journey to become a master angler.

Why similar: Hunting 28% ★, Open World 18.2%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: From the same developers as theHunter, this game provides a relaxing yet deep fishing simulation set in a beautiful, expansive open world.

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 26.5% ★, Hunting 23.6% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 14.7%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the psychological and physical toll of surviving in a frozen wilderness, mirroring the survival elements of Open Country.

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 21.3%, Open World 16.4%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Co-op 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging open-world survival game that emphasizes resource gathering, base building, and defending against wildlife and AI threats.

With your hunting dog by your side, explore the Texan desert and forests of Colorado and Europe as you track down 33 animal species. Choose your gear from over 160 official weapons, accessories and clothing items (including Browning, Winchester and Bushnell).

Why similar: Hunting 41.3% ★, Open World 23%, Adventure 13.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the technical aspects of hunting, including tracking, equipment management, and authentic firearm simulation.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Open World 22.1%, Survival 21.3%, Co-op 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: It blends survival, hunting, and crafting with a deep settlement-building mechanic that rewards long-term planning in a natural landscape.

Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.

Why similar: Open World 28.7%, Survival 26.5%, Simulation 16.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12%

Why You'll Like It: It combines survival and crafting with a thematic focus on building a life in the rugged American frontier.

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 24.7% ★, Open World 13.7%, Survival 11.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Co-op 7%

Why You'll Like It: This early-access title focuses on the exploration and survival aspects of living in a remote, resource-rich wilderness.

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 30.9% ★, Survival 15.6%, Open World 15.5%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: While stylized, it offers a deeply satisfying survival and exploration loop that encourages players to master the wilderness to progress.

Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost!

Why similar: Hunting 23.7% ★, Survival 13.7%, Open World 12.8%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows players to experience the wilderness from the perspective of an animal, focusing on the raw struggle for survival in nature.

Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.

Why similar: Hunting 20.2% ★, Open World 17%, Survival 16.8%, Co-op 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly realistic life-simulation game where you must hunt, raise a family, and survive in the wilderness as a wolf.

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 39% ★, Survival 19.8%, Open World 14.6%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the isolation and resource management aspects of survival, requiring players to master the environment to stay alive.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Hunting 23.4% ★, Open World 17.1%, Survival 15.8%, Online Co-Op 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed survival game that features complex metabolism and hunting mechanics within a massive open-world setting.

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 34.8% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 15.6%, Hunting 9.2% ★, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on building and exploration in a remote, island-based wilderness setting.

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 27.5% ★, Hunting 15.2% ★, Open World 15%, Survival 14.1%, Walking Simulator 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a focused survival experience set in a cold, arctic environment that demands careful resource management.

Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.

Why similar: Survival 28.9%, Simulation 18.7%, Co-op 17.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the social and logistical aspects of setting up a campsite, making it a great co-op alternative for those who enjoy the outdoor theme.

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: Open World 30.8%, Survival 26.9%, Co-op 16.6%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Exploration 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world game captures the feeling of traversing a vast, lonely landscape while scavenging for resources to survive.

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 29.2% ★, Survival 22.6%, Open World 17%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: While featuring zombies, its core loop of scavenging, hunting, and building in an open world is highly addictive for survival fans.

Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

Why similar: Open World 25.1%, Survival 23.3%, Co-op 11.8%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a mix of survival, crafting, and exploration set in a beautiful, historically inspired natural environment.

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 34% ★, Open World 18.4%, Survival 17.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a vast, open-world environment.

You are alone on an island, trying desperately to survive amongst the village tribes of savages. To do this you need food, water, and shelter. Hunt animals, plant crops, tame and breed animals, make weapons, armors and potions, raid villages, defend your base, fight with big creatures...

Why similar: Hunting 27.3% ★, Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Open World 16.7%, Survival 16.2%, Co-op 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a straightforward PVE survival experience that encourages co-op play in a natural setting.

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 34.9% ★, Open World 18.5%, Survival 18%, Simulation 9.1%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the core pillars of survival, including crafting and base building, within a persistent open world.

Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.

Why similar: Hunting 23.3% ★, Open World 17.7%, Survival 17.2%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Simulation 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique survival simulation that tasks players with navigating a prehistoric wilderness filled with dangerous creatures.

Virtual Hunter brings realistic hunting to virtual reality. Pack your gear and put your hunting skills and tactics to the test in the open wilderness.

Why similar: Hunting 28.8% ★, Open World 14.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.5%

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Why similar: Hunting 24.8% ★, Open World 20.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.9%

Are you ready to discover the undiscovered? Are you ready to climb the tallest mountains, wear the finest clothes, and earn a fortune beyond compare? Then welcome to the New World! Welcome to The Trail: Frontier Challenge!

Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Simulation 27.7%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A more casual take on the survival and exploration genre, focusing on the journey and crafting while traveling through a scenic landscape.

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 26.8% ★, Open World 15.7%, Survival 14.9%, Co-op 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Hunting 19.7% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 10.5%, Adventure 8.8%

Enjoy Oppidum, a story-driven survival experience for 1-4 players full of adventure, action, crafting, exploration… Everything a squad of scouts would love for a good story to tell. Do you accept the challenge?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Adventure 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 8.4%

Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Survival 20.8%, Open World 19.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.9%

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 28.6% ★, Open World 15.9%, Survival 14.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 6.9%

Feel the thrill of the hunt and keep an eye out for the wild and wonderous species that are roaming the Canadian wilderness.

Why similar: Hunting 28.5% ★, Adventure 18.3%, Simulation 17.6%, Exploration 8%, Immersive Sim 7.8%

Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.

Why similar: Open World 22.3%, Survival 19.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.4%

Begin your park ranger journey in Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator. Maintain trails, assist visitors, check permits and respond to emergencies. Explore diverse biomes and observe varied animal behaviors across a wide range of species.

Why similar: Open World 19.6%, Simulation 12%, Adventure 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10%, Co-op 9.3%

Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.

Why similar: Survival 25.3%, Open World 24.4%, Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Multiplayer 12.5%, Adventure 7.6%

Hunt Deer that act and react differently depending on the time of the season, weather and rut stage. Bucks very in size and you will be able to hunt monster bucks that have potential to score well over 200 inches. Each successful hunt gains you EXP and you can purchase / upgrade gear and firearms.

Why similar: Simulation 34.7%, Hunting 22.6% ★, Open World 22.4%, Adventure 19.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Saddle up for the ultimate survival adventure in the untamed Wild West! Build your homestead, tame the wilderness, bounty hunt the outlaws, and duel against the dangers that lurk on the frontier. Do you have what it takes to be a legend of the West?

Why similar: Simulation 30.4%, Action-Adventure 22.5%, Exploration 22.2%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Hunting 24.2% ★, Survival 15.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Open World 8.7%

Manage your own park facility in a huge open world in Park Ranger Simulator. Take on all the tasks that need to be completed as a park ranger - alone or together in cross-platform multiplayer! You have a variety of vehicles and equipment at your disposal to complete the challenges ahead!

Why similar: Hunting 28.5% ★, Simulation 18.2%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Exploration 9.9%

The beautiful and cruel wilderness requires you to learn survival skills, such as building campsites, making tools, hunting, and gathering. You can cut down trees, fish, plant crops, and even collaborate with other players to tackle environmental challenges together

Why similar: Hunting 28% ★, Adventure 15.6%, Simulation 15.2%, Survival 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

Vantage is a passion project created by a solo developer where your main objective is simple... to stay alive! You explore the massive world searching for food, creating primitive tools and weapons to hunt, and craft other items to make life easier. Play Online/Offline Multiplayer or Single Player.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 11.1%, Simulation 9.4%, Online Co-Op 9.4%

Tasmania is a harsh environment and to make things worse, the world is ending. Do you have what it takes to survive?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Open World 28.7%, Survival 26.1%, Action-Adventure 11%, Singleplayer 1.6%

BULT is a realistic waterfowl hunting simulator made by experienced hunters. This is not an action game. Your success depends on skill: choosing the right time to hunt, accounting for the wind, camouflage, and calling. Birds are cautious and live by their own rules. Ready for the real challenge?

Why similar: Hunting 48.7% ★, Simulation 18.9%, Open World 15.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Immersive Sim 3.9%

Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.

Why similar: Hunting 74.2% ★, Exploration 23.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!

Why similar: Open World 29.6%, Survival 26.7%, Simulation 17.3%, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 8.4%

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 29.6% ★, Open World 15.4%, Survival 14.3%, Co-op 9.7%, Action-Adventure 6.9%

Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Co-op 10.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%

Become iconic animals and fight for survival in the The WILDS. Finding food, water, and shelter will be the easy part, protecting your family from hungry predators and a harsh environment will separate the weak from the strong. Welcome to a uniquely immersive animal experience...

Why similar: Hunting 32.3% ★, Open World 20.1%, Survival 18.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%

Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.

Why similar: Open World 21.8%, Survival 21.2%, Simulation 11.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Walking Simulator 9.6%

Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?

Why similar: Survival 21%, Open World 15.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 9.5%

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 28.5% ★, Open World 17.2%, Survival 16.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Walking Simulator 7.7%

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 28.7% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 15.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.3%