
A high-stakes top-down survival game where every raid could be your last. Build a persistent safehouse, scavenge dangerous zones, extract with what you can carry — or lose everything.
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A high-stakes top-down survival game where every raid could be your last. Build a persistent safehouse, scavenge dangerous zones, extract with what you can carry — or lose everything.

Paloma Island
Stranded after a storm, survive the uncharted dangers of Paloma Island. Gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter in this open-world sandbox survival adventure. Explore lush biomes and diverse locations, uncover secrets, and face wildlife and enemies to stay alive.

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Build fantastic contraptions in this open world sandbox, set in an expansive forest with ever changing climate. Protect your base from enemies and work together with friends to discover the secrets hidden beneath the surface.
Stranded after a storm, survive the uncharted dangers of Paloma Island. Gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter in this open-world sandbox survival adventure. Explore lush biomes and diverse locations, uncover secrets, and face wildlife and enemies to stay alive.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
Build fantastic contraptions in this open world sandbox, set in an expansive forest with ever changing climate. Protect your base from enemies and work together with friends to discover the secrets hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Cooking 21.4%, Sandbox 18%, Simulation 14.1%, Action-Adventure 12%, Crafting 9.1%
Fringe Planet is a voxel based survival simulator game inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld. Set in a fantastic universe of eldritch horror inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Simulation 45.4%, Sandbox 24.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 13.8%
Survive a brutal three-day expedition to the North Pole. Gather wood, build shelters, manage cold, and make hard choices. Every decision matters in this intense, minimalist survival journey to the literal edge of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 28.3%, Survival 17.8%, Sandbox 16.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
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Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, Simulation 22.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
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Why similar: Cooking 22.5%, Zombies 15.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.1%
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Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Simulation 20.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Exploration 13.9%, Crafting 12.7%
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Why similar: Cooking 30.6%, Simulation 30.5%, Sandbox 25.8%, Crafting 9.2%, 3D 3.5%
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Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, Cooking 22%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Simulation 11.3%
Load Shedding - Bad Dudes have taken over the island and stolen all of the power, it is up to You to stop them!
Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, Action-Adventure 22.1%, Exploration 14%, Base Building 13%, 3D 8.7%
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Why similar: Sandbox 27.2%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 15.5%, Base Building 11%, Exploration 10.6%
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Why similar: Simulation 30.4%, Sandbox 22.3%, Crafting 15.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Exploration 7.6%
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Why similar: Cooking 29%, Simulation 18%, Crafting 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Top-Down 12.2%
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Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Zombies 18.1%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%
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Why similar: Cooking 20%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
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Why similar: Sandbox 36.1%, Simulation 30.7%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, 3D 8.9%, Exploration 8%
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Why similar: Sandbox 23.4%, Zombies 18.7%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.9%
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Why similar: Sandbox 16.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 14.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%
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Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Survival 11%, Base Building 8.9%
A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.
Why similar: Cooking 45.8%, Simulation 28.6%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 4.6%, Co-op 3.9%
You are LIV. Naked and with no memory, you awaken on a mysterious island. Discover who you are. Hunt, build, craft – survive cold, hunger, and madness. Learn, evolve, and uncover the secret that seems to slumber beneath the surface.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Cooking 21.5%, Simulation 18.5%, Survival 13.5%, Exploration 9.6%
Cook and serve dishes as you run your own seafood restaurant! Unlock new recipes, grow your kitchen with the help of employees, and satisfy every customer’s craving. Expand your reputation, manage resources wisely, and build a seafood restaurant that becomes the talk of the town.
Why similar: Cooking 34.5%, Simulation 27.9%, Sandbox 23.3%, Crafting 9.7%, 3D 4.2%
Paleobiome brings prehistoric worlds back to life. Explore realistic 3D reconstructions of extinct biomes — from Carboniferous swamp forests to dinosaur-age islands — populated with animals and plants based on fossil records and scientific research.
Why similar: Simulation 37.4%, Sandbox 30.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Crafting 11.1%, 3D 7.9%
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Why similar: Cooking 24.7%, Sandbox 20.8%, Simulation 17%, Action-Adventure 13%, Crafting 7.5%
You are trying to prevent the spread of a top secret invention to the islands from an accidental Laboratory explosion on an island You are maybe the last people left on the island , Crafts, you build houses, you hunt. a new open world survival horror simulator
Why similar: Cooking 16.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.9%
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Why similar: Sandbox 18.9%, Cooking 17.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Crafting 12%, Base Building 11.8%
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Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, Simulation 17%, Survival 12.5%, Inventory Management 11.9%, Base Building 11%
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Why similar: Sandbox 27.1%, Survival 17.1%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Zombies 10.6%
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Sandbox 20.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Inventory Management 11.9%
Experience the dynamics of preparing Brazilian Street Food, such as Sugar Cane Juice, Pastel, and Tapioca. Play around with typical equipment, vehicles and processes from Brazilian street vendors. A casual simulator game without time pressure.
Why similar: Cooking 42.3%, Sandbox 29.1%, Simulation 24.7%, 3D 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
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Why similar: Zombies 18.4%, Sandbox 17.5%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Survival 12.8%, Simulation 11.6%
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Why similar: Sandbox 29.1%, Crafting 18.6%, Survival 18.4%, Simulation 15.1%, Exploration 12%
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Why similar: Sandbox 23.7%, Cooking 19.7%, Simulation 19.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Top-Down 9%
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Why similar: Simulation 34.8%, Sandbox 22.7%, Zombies 16.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 11.3%
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Why similar: Sandbox 20.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Survival 10.9%
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Why similar: Zombies 18.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Simulation 11.1%
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Why similar: Simulation 27.8%, Sandbox 24.6%, Cooking 11.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Zombies 8.4%
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Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Cooking 24%, Exploration 10.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Inventory Management 7.9%
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Why similar: Sandbox 23%, Simulation 15.6%, Survival 13.7%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Crafting 11.1%
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Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Zombies 21%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 17%, Crafting 9%
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Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 17.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 14.3%
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Why similar: Simulation 41.3%, Sandbox 34.7%, Exploration 14.5%, 3D 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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Why similar: Sandbox 17.8%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 11%, Simulation 10.6%
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Why similar: Zombies 20.2%, Survival 16.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%
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Why similar: Sandbox 19.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 12.2%
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Why similar: Cooking 33.9%, Sandbox 21.9%, Simulation 14.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Inventory Management 11.1%
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Why similar: Sandbox 20%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 12.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%
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Why similar: Sandbox 20.4%, Zombies 17.5%, Simulation 16.9%, Survival 14.6%, Exploration 13%
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Why similar: Sandbox 22%, Zombies 15.6%, Survival 14.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.6%
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Why similar: Sandbox 23.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 13.1%, Exploration 10.1%
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Why similar: Cooking 25.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Simulation 12.3%
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Why similar: Sandbox 29.4%, Action-Adventure 20%, Exploration 12.7%, Crafting 12%, Survival 7.9%
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Why similar: Sandbox 24%, Simulation 19.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Base Building 10.2%
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Why similar: Simulation 23.3%, Zombies 20.6%, Sandbox 19.9%, Survival 18%, Crafting 11.8%
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Why similar: Sandbox 24.5%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Zombies 14%, Top-Down 12.2%, Exploration 11.7%
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Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Crafting 18.7%, Exploration 14.8%, Survival 14.8%, Action-Adventure 11.9%
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Why similar: Simulation 40.5%, Sandbox 33%, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 12%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A world where you can create your own zombie apocalypse to your liking!
Why similar: Simulation 31.6%, Sandbox 27.1%, Zombies 17.7%, Top-Down 12.6%, Base Building 10.4%