Games Like Pacific Drive

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Driving 47.9%, Survival 17.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Sandbox 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the maintenance and repair of a trusty vehicle during a long, unpredictable road trip.

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: Survival 35.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Exploration 9%, Sandbox 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same isolated, high-stakes survival feeling where managing your resources and environment is the key to staying alive.

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Driving 46.2%, Survival 19%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 8%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most detailed and technical car-building and maintenance simulation available, perfect for fans of the mechanical side of Pacific Drive.

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: Survival 20.6%, Crafting 14.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival Horror 9%, Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Pacific Drive, it excels at atmospheric exploration and crafting while forcing you to survive in a hostile, alien environment.

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Exploration 24.8%, Survival Horror 22%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a loop-based progression system and a mysterious, atmospheric world that rewards careful exploration and upgrades.

Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.

Why similar: Survival 16.2%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a snowy, anomalous zone, this survival horror game mirrors the feeling of scavenging for resources while avoiding supernatural threats.

Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.

Why similar: Driving 34%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Survival 14.7%, Exploration 5.4%, Sandbox 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on vehicular combat and survival in a harsh, post-apocalyptic wasteland where your car is your most important tool.

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: Survival 14.9%, Crafting 14.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that features a high-tech airship as your primary base, requiring constant maintenance and exploration of a ruined world.

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Survival 19.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and managing limited resources in a dangerous, non-terrestrial setting.

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: Survival 19%, Crafting 17%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on a customizable vehicle that acts as your mobile base, which you must upgrade to survive in an otherworldly dimension.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Sci-fi 32%, Sandbox 25.4%, Simulation 14.4%, First-Person 13.9%, Building 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the blue-collar, methodical work-cycle feel of Pacific Drive, focusing on the careful deconstruction of machinery.

Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?

Why similar: Driving 30.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Survival 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Exploration 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the emotional journey of maintaining a unique vehicle while traversing a desolate, atmospheric landscape.

An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.

Why similar: Driving 60.5%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Simulation 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A road-trip adventure that emphasizes inventory management and atmospheric storytelling through travel.

Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.

Why similar: Transportation 27.8% ★, Driving 25.6%, Survival 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Sandbox 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines long-haul driving with vehicle management and survival elements in a sci-fi setting.

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Driving 36.9%, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Exploration 7.7%, First-Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world road trip game that emphasizes vehicle maintenance and the unpredictable nature of a long journey.

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Base Building 21.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep base management and survival mechanics set within a sci-fi environment that requires constant adaptation.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Exploration 22.2%, Story Rich 17.7%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While less focused on survival, its loop-based exploration and mystery-solving in a dangerous solar system share the same sense of discovery.

MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!

Why similar: Driving 67.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Sandbox 7.1%, Exploration 4.9%, First-Person 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic, physics-based driving experience where navigating difficult terrain is the primary challenge.

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 34.7%, Transportation 25.6% ★, Building 13.2%, Base Building 8%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based building and driving, requiring players to manage their equipment to overcome environmental obstacles.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.2%, Survival 26.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern return to the anomaly-filled zone, offering intense survival gameplay and deep atmospheric exploration.

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Driving 36.1%, Survival 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Exploration 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A driving-focused adventure that captures the feeling of a long, solitary road trip through a desolate landscape.

Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!

Why similar: Driving 40.8%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Survival 17.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features vehicular combat in a post-apocalyptic setting, focusing on the survival of your car in hostile encounters.

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 28%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 9.5%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a tense, atmospheric survival experience where building and exploration are essential to uncovering the mystery of the environment.

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 13.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that features base-building and atmospheric exploration in an open world.

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Sci-fi 11%, Exploration 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim that prioritizes exploration and sandbox mechanics in a mysterious, dangerous setting.

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: Survival 26.8%, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Sandbox 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: An intense survival simulation that forces you to manage your health and resources in a hostile, unforgiving wilderness.

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: Transportation 15.2% ★, Driving 14.8%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 8.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.8%, Story Rich 23.2%, Exploration 22.6%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and a unique, personal vehicle that you customize and maintain throughout your journey.

Rev up your engines and venture into the unknown with Drive Beyond Horizons! Conquer dynamic landscapes, customize your ride, and unearth hidden treasures. Get ready for heart-pounding challenges and endless excitement. Your adventure starts now !

Why similar: Driving 38.7%, Survival 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 6.2%

Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.9%

As the night darkens and you set out for home, an unsettling occurrence takes place on the road. Will this lead you to hell? Unveil the truth in a bone-chilling driving horror game that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Driving 31.8%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 9.3%

Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

Why similar: Driving 25%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10%, Sandbox 7.8%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Crafting 16.5%, Survival 16.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Sandbox 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Survival 17.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Building 9.9%

Join the Early Access journey with this immersive driving-survival game. Explore the harsh American wilderness in the Long Drive North. Drive & repair your trusty RV, scavenge for parts, hunt & cook to survive; all alone or with up to 4 players in separate RVs.

Why similar: Driving 26.3%, Survival 15%, Crafting 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Sandbox 9.3%

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Survival 14.8%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Driving 8.5%

Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.

Why similar: Survival 31.2%, Exploration 17.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%

Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?

Why similar: Driving 33.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Building 15%, Sandbox 11.9%, Exploration 6.6%

It's run or die in a killer car infested city. Dash from dumpster to park bench and don’t make a wrong move. Ice cream trucks, snowplows and dodgy vans all want you dead. Decimate Drive, an indie game, is terrifyingly fast-paced and drenched in atmospheric horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Horror 13.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Exploration 10%

A hyper-realistic horror driving game set in a suburban environment. Drive through six different atmospheric experiences where an alien invasion, spider infestation, murderous mime, and other frightful events will happen.

Why similar: Driving 34.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Horror 10.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%

The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.

Why similar: Transportation 30.5% ★, Driving 30.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Survival 10.8%, Exploration 6.1%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Sci-fi 16%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 9.9%, Exploration 9.6%

Welcome to "Night Drive," a driving simulator that challenges you to navigate a seemingly endless night in search of anomalies to break a mysterious loop.

Why similar: Simulation 24.6%, Exploration 23.9%, Horror 19.3%, First-Person 17.3%, 3D 9.3%

My Winter Car is the ultimate challenge for project car owning, building, fixing, tuning and maintenance simulator. Sequel to My Summer Car, but with added challenge for those who can master the original game!

Why similar: Driving 39.2%, Transportation 22.6% ★, Survival 14.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Simulation 7.1%

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Why similar: Sandbox 46.9%, First-Person 23.3%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Action 7.9%

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Why similar: Survival 17.9%, Crafting 17.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Sandbox 9.3%

Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 10.6%

In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Building 7.5%

Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 66.9%, Action 33.1%

Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure game. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.

Why similar: Transportation 31.9% ★, Driving 31.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 10.6%, Exploration 7.6%

Easy Delivery Co. is a relaxing driving game with strange secrets. Chill out, make deliveries and get to know the mysterious residents of this scenic mountain town, all while earning well below minimum wage.

Why similar: Driving 57.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Simulation 6.6%

Now with over 500,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Survival 24%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Exploration 7.2%

Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?

Why similar: Driving 38.7%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 11.9%, Exploration 8.1%

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Sci-fi 39.4%, Story Rich 24.7%, First-Person 20.5%, Adventure 15.4%

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Survival 27.3%, First-Person 18.1%, Story Rich 15.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

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: Driving 39.2%, Survival 18.7%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%

A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.6%, Story Rich 16.6%, Horror 14%, First-Person 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%