Games Like Outbound

In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features mech-based base building and resource management in a vibrant, cozy open world that mirrors the sustainable energy focus of Outbound.

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 32.1% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on a mobile base that you expand and customize while traveling through a surreal environment, perfectly matching the vehicle-based exploration of the seed game.

Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

Why similar: Farming 26.4% ★, Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to build bases on floating islands that can be navigated, providing a similar sense of freedom and mobile living.

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on terraforming and base building in a vast, lonely landscape, emphasizing the same satisfying progression of turning a wild environment into a home.

Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!

Why similar: Cozy 41%, Crafting 19.8%, Open World 16.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Colorful 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on traveling through a cute, open world in a caravan, emphasizing the cozy exploration and social aspects of Outbound.

I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

Why similar: Cozy 18.4%, Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a relaxing, low-stakes approach to survival and base building in a beautiful, overgrown post-apocalyptic setting.

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features modular base building and solar-powered exploration, capturing the technical and creative aspects of off-grid living.

A journey of flavors and friendships awaits you in your cozy, customisable food truck! Forage for fresh ingredients to create your own menu, then feed tummies and souls with home-cooked meals. Change the world, one apple at a time.

Why similar: Cozy 32.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 10%, Relaxing 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines vehicle customization with cozy, relaxing simulation gameplay in a vibrant, nature-filled world.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.6%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Involves building and upgrading a high-tech airship that serves as your mobile base while exploring a beautiful, ruined world.

Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.

Why similar: Cozy 27%, Crafting 14.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Nature 13.5%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy survival game focused on crafting and exploration in a charming, winter-themed world.

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 29.6% ★, Farming 24.8% ★, Crafting 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, open-world building and farming game inspired by the Australian outback that emphasizes exploration and customization.

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

Why similar: Open World 25%, Relaxing 19.3%, Building 18.4%, Colorful 11.7%, First-Person 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a colorful, exploration-heavy experience with base-building elements that emphasize discovery and cozy creature collection.

The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

Why similar: Cozy 22%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community building and sustainable farming in a prehistoric setting, capturing the relaxing, nature-focused vibe of the seed game.

Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Farming 20.6% ★, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.7%, Open World 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly atmospheric, relaxing survival experience centered on building a small cabin in a lush, dense forest.

Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

Why similar: Building 24.4%, Crafting 22%, Sandbox 18.3%, Open World 15.9%, Character Customization 15%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep crafting and building mechanics within a cozy community-driven setting that rewards sustainable development.

Escape to the magical life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a farm sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your homestead, and use spells to explore the enchanted island of Azoria!

Why similar: Cozy 48.1%, Relaxing 14.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Nature 9.6%, Colorful 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, magic-infused farming and building game that supports co-op play and emphasizes creative decoration.

Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Cozy 14.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to build their own world piece by piece, offering a unique take on exploration and base construction.

Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

Why similar: Cozy 24.2%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Crafting 13%, Building 12.6%, Character Customization 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, simulation-heavy game that focuses on farming and building in a vibrant, relaxing world.

A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.

Why similar: Cozy 25.1%, Nature 13.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, cozy farming adventure that focuses on nature, animals, and building a peaceful life in the countryside.

Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!

Why similar: Cozy 26.9%, Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Relaxing 14.1%, Exploration 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features exploration, crafting, and base-building on a beautiful island, emphasizing a relaxing and whimsical tone.

Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on automation and base building on a new planet, appealing to players who enjoy the technical side of Outbound.

Customise and manage your train, tend to quirky passengers, gather resources, craft decorations, and upgrade your conductors style all accompanied by soft lo-fi tunes. Become a conductor and save your hometown Barrenpyre from environmental disaster!

Why similar: Cozy 32.1%, Crafting 16.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Character Customization 14.5%, Relaxing 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy adventure game centered on train travel and crafting, capturing the spirit of mobile exploration.

Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.

Why similar: Nature 21.4%, Open World 20.2%, Sandbox 20.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Colorful 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on world-building and nurturing nature, providing a relaxing experience that aligns with the environmental themes of Outbound.

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on survival and base building, focusing on crafting and exploration in a massive, detailed natural environment.

Design and build custom tiny homes for various clients in this relaxing open-world building game. Create unique spaces suited to each client’s requirements, and dive into different layouts with the sandbox mode for total creative freedom.

Why similar: Driving 17.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Nature 12.4%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the design and construction of small, efficient living spaces, mirroring the cozy home-building aspect of Outbound.

A unique blend of a Soothing Simulation and an Idle Game with Music, Decoration, Fishing, Cooking, Farming and more...

Why similar: Farming 27% ★, Cozy 21.3%, Character Customization 9.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing life-sim that focuses on farming, decorating, and building in a peaceful, customizable environment.

Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

Why similar: Base Building 19%, Crafting 17.9%, Open World 15.5%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game with a focus on building and crafting in a serene, nature-inspired world.

Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Farming 16.2% ★, Cozy 11.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Online Co-Op 7.6%

An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, clicker-style crafting and building game that emphasizes constant progression and expansion.

Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.

Why similar: Decorating 29.8% ★, Organizing 26.4% ★, Base Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Building 7.6%

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 26.9% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Building 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive open world for exploration and building, focusing on crafting and survival without the pressure of traditional combat.

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% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game that emphasizes exploration and building in a stylized, open-world environment.

Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!

Why similar: Driving 18.3%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 13.8%, Open World 11%

“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: Cozy 20%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 12%, Sandbox 9.9%

Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

Why similar: Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Online Co-Op 13%, Building 12.6%, Open World 12%

Live your best squirrel life. Explore, gather, craft, and build incredible treehouses in acres of beautiful parkland. Scurry across lawns, up trees, and leap limb to limb solo, or up to four friends can play together in co-op. Endless summer days of adventure await.

Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Open World 15%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 13.3%, Nature 13.2%

Cozy Sandbox Game about Farming and Building. Is it raining outside? Just chill and relax with warm and cheerful atmosphere of Farmcoz. Farm, Build, Explore, Explode and Unlock all items. Good luck!

Why similar: Nature 17.4%, Building 15.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Base Building 13%

A cozy foraging adventure about the magic of real-life plants! Identify and gather wild plants and fungi, cook tasty recipes, master herbal remedies, and rebuild your community after a devastating storm.

Why similar: Nature 17.5%, Crafting 16%, Cozy 15.8%, Character Customization 12.6%, Open World 11.7%

Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Online Co-Op 14%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 7.5%

Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Open World 11.3%, Nature 10%, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.3%

Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!

Why similar: Cozy 26.1%, Building 19.7%, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 11%, Relaxing 8.5%

A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?

Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Character Customization 19.2%, Open World 19.2%, Relaxing 14.1%, Exploration 10.9%

A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.

Why similar: Simulation 19.7%, Building 16.4%, Crafting 14.7%, Driving 14.2%, Open World 11.8%

Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.

Why similar: Nature 20.2%, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 16.3%, Building 16%, Exploration 7.6%

Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.

Why similar: Cozy 28%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 13.3%, Online Co-Op 13%, Nature 10.6%

Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Online Co-Op 6.2%

Build your own Outdoor Store and Camping Business in the heart of Red Shore Valley! Arrange your shelves, manage your stock, construct facilities on your campsite, and take care of every guest. Grow from humble beginnings into a thriving business surrounded by nature!

Why similar: Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Nature 14.3%, Driving 13.2%, Base Building 11.7%

Design your dream caravan in detail, roam freely with your mobile home, set up your camp with friends, and enjoy music by the campfire in a vast open world!

Why similar: Driving 17.3%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Open World 13.3%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 11.1%

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: Driving 33.5%, Online Co-Op 21.9%, Open World 17.8%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 8.7%

Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!

Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 18.2%, Nature 15.3%, Building 14.2%, Open World 9%

Decorate and organize the camper van of your dreams! Embark on a journey of self-discovery as you build your own home-on-wheels, using a combination of creative block organization puzzles and relaxing interior design. Make your heart feel at ease and your camper van feel like home.

Why similar: Cozy 38.7%, Building 19.8%, Relaxing 17.6%, Nature 16.3%, Colorful 7.6%

Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.

Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Nature 11.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Building 10.9%

As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!

Why similar: Driving 26.4%, Building 18.3%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Nature 14.6%, Base Building 10%

Go wild with your BFFS in your ultimate cozy getaway! Yank up hilariously plump veggies, reel in giant flappy fish, bump into adorable little animals, and unlock a bunch of weird and wonderful toys! If you feel like it, doing absolutely nothing on the beach is exactly what you're supposed to do!

Why similar: Cozy 25%, Base Building 21.5%, Online Co-Op 17.1%, Open World 17%, Relaxing 12.9%

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: Farming 40.5% ★, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Relaxing 7.9%

Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.6%, Nature 8.3%

Wild Indigo Ranch is a cozy cowboy-life RPG for 1-4 players. Start a new life on the prairie, explore the frontier, build the finest ranch in the West, and ride into the sunset.

Why similar: Cozy 21.3%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%

A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.

Why similar: Farming 25.1% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.9%

A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Nature 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Crafting 11%