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 48.6%, Survival 17.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Simulation 6.3%, Sandbox 6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same bond-with-your-beater loop of maintaining a fragile car, scavenging supplies, and pushing deeper into a road trip where every breakdown matters.

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

Why similar: Driving 37.4%, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Exploration 7.7%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: If you want Pacific Drive's lonely first-person driving-survival rhythm without the authored story, this is the closest pure car-maintenance road odyssey on Steam.

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 27.6% ★, Driving 26.1%, Survival 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Sandbox 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps the station wagon for a space rig but keeps the run-based scavenging, vehicle upkeep, dashboard micromanagement, and hostile-weather-on-the-road tension.

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 15%, Survival 14.3%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person scavenging in a paranormal exclusion zone nails Pacific Drive's blend of survival systems, story, and eerie sci-fi dread even without the car focus.

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 15%, Crafting 14.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Pacific Drive, it makes a customizable vehicle your mobile base as you scavenge dangerous anomalies, craft upgrades, and venture out on tense expeditions.

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 25%, Survival Horror 22.1%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: Although it's about a fishing boat instead of a car, the day-run upgrade loop and creeping supernatural menace feel strikingly close to Pacific Drive.

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 26.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The exclusion-zone setting, anomalies, scavenging, and bleak first-person survival-horror atmosphere make it a natural fit for Pacific Drive's tone.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 15.3%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its moving drillship base gives you that same 'vehicle as lifeline' dynamic while you loot hazardous zones, craft upgrades, and race back before danger escalates.

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 19.4%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is another first-person sci-fi survival game built around scavenging risky spaces, managing resources, and slowly turning fragile gear into a reliable lifeline.

Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 17.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Surviving from a customizable train while making dangerous stops to loot and craft feels like Pacific Drive stretched into a larger open-ended survival sim.

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 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Survival 14.8%, Exploration 5.4%, Sandbox 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: If the car-customization and scavenging sides of Pacific Drive grabbed you most, this offers a stronger action spin on building and relying on your vehicle in a wasteland.

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 19.3%, Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9%

Why You'll Like It: Running a train through surreal environments while upgrading it between resource runs scratches the same mobile-base survival itch in co-op or solo.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.2%, Survival 16.3%, Survival Horror 11%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same story-rich blend of scavenging, harsh journeys, and beautiful-but-deadly post-apocalyptic travel, with a train replacing the wagon as your anchor.

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 46.7%, Survival 18.9%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It has none of the supernatural tension, but few games match Pacific Drive's obsession with car maintenance, prep, and the feeling that your vehicle can betray you at any moment.

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 23.8%, Base Building 22%, Crafting 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its mix of sci-fi survival, mobile shelter management, and story-driven expeditions into a hostile world hits a lot of Pacific Drive's emotional and mechanical notes.

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 31.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Exploration 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a leaner, more scripted version of the same fantasy: nursing a strange vehicle across a hostile landscape and treating every control panel as survival gear.

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Driving 33.6%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more relaxed, low-fi take on the same car-as-companion formula of driving, maintaining, and surviving a long lonely journey.

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 20.7%, Crafting 14.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival Horror 9%, Horror 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Your seamoth and cyclops eventually become the same kind of beloved survival machine, supporting tense resource runs into an unnerving and mysterious world.

An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 47.4%, Atmospheric 19%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on operating and maintaining a lone vehicle through an atmospheric ruined world makes it a strong lighter alternative.

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Story Rich 18.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It trades driving for cargo trekking, yet its meticulous route planning, supernatural hazards, and meditative traversal create a very similar expedition mindset.

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

Why similar: Survival 44.6%, Crafting 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core pleasure of prepping a run, piloting a vulnerable vehicle through hazards, and coming home with just enough resources to keep going.

Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.

Why similar: Driving 46.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Exploration 12%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: If you loved the road-trip exploration and vehicle intimacy more than the horror, this offers a gentler sci-fi version built around van-based discovery.

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Survival 44%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Crafting 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival horror game sends you scavenging through a quarantined, paranormal disaster area with the same uneasy 'leave safety, risk everything, get back alive' rhythm.

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: Survival 36.4%, Crafting 20.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 12%, Sandbox 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks the supernatural road-trip vibe, yet the idea of a constantly upgraded vehicle-home carrying you through scavenging runs is still a good fit.

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: Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its mix of open-world scavenging, first-person tension, and hauntingly empty environments captures some of Pacific Drive's eerie exploratory feel.

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 34.2%, Survival 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Exploration 8.3%, First-Person 7.5%

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Survival 34.4%, Exploration 22.7%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 11%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Mechanically different, but the constant calculation of how far your vehicle can safely take you into unknowable horrors feels very Pacific Drive.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Exploration 23.9%, Story Rich 21.5%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: It has the same compelling loop of upgrading a fragile craft, venturing into strange spaces, and surviving long enough to bring back resources and stories.

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%, Exploration 23%, Story Rich 22.9%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Adventure 10%

Why You'll Like It: This is the low-stress end of the spectrum, but its hovering-bike exploration and lonely atmospheric world echo Pacific Drive's serene side.

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 61.5%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 6.5%, Simulation 4.5%

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 15.1% ★, Driving 15%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 8.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%

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 15.4%, Survival 15.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Sandbox 9.9%

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 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10%, Sandbox 7.7%

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 18.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Exploration 9.8%

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 32.2%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 9.4%

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 41.2%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 17.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 3.8%

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 39.8%, Transportation 22.3% ★, Survival 14.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Simulation 6.9%

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 26.3%, Survival 16.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 6.8%

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 13.8%, Base Building 12%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%

The winds of the frozen wasteland are calling in this atmospheric horror game. Operate an aging vehicle to locate the missing driver of the previous expedition. Be careful not to stray from the path...

Why similar: Driving 34.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Exploration 8.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%

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

Why similar: Survival 14.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Driving 8.7%

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 35.2%, Transportation 25.4% ★, Building 13.2%, Base Building 7.9%, Exploration 6.5%

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 34.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Horror 10.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%

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 17.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Building 9.9%

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 39.2%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 11.8%, Exploration 8.1%

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 23.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Action 7.9%

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 30.1%, Exploration 16.9%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%

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 9.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Exploration 9.7%

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 31.2%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Exploration 10%

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, upgrade your vehicle, hunt & cook to survive; alone or with up to 4 players. SHARED RV MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE.

Why similar: Driving 26.7%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Sandbox 9.2%

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: Driving 30.6%, Transportation 30.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 10.7%, Exploration 6.1%

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 24.3%, Exploration 24.1%, Horror 19.4%, First-Person 17.3%, 3D 9.2%

Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!

Why similar: Driving 47.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Simulation 8.3%, First-Person 8.3%

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 58.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Simulation 6.4%

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 15.7%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 10.5%

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 67.1%, Action 32.9%

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 16.3%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Why similar: Crafting 33.1%, Exploration 22.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Adventure 11.1%

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 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Building 7.5%

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Why similar: Survival 19.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Horror 7.4%