Games Like Song in the Smoke

A Robinson Crusoe–inspired VR roguelike survival adventure set in the 17th century. Shipwrecked on a ruthless tropical island, you must survive without guidance. Trust your instincts as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe.

Why similar: VR 20.3%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Nature 12.4%, Survival 9.1%, Simulation 7.8%

Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death

Why similar: VR 20.3%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Survival 8%

Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

Why similar: VR 24.7%, Crafting 14.1%, Inventory Management 11.1%, Survival 10.4%, Nature 9.6%

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 15.8%, Crafting 15.7%, Horror 9.4%, Open World 8.5%, First-Person 7.6%

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: VR 41.3%, Survival 12.5%, Horror 10.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%

GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.

Why similar: VR 24.6%, Crafting 17.5%, Survival 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Simulation 8.5%

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: Crafting 21.2%, Exploration 15.5%, Survival 15.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%

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

Why similar: Crafting 20.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Survival 12.5%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 10.4%

This unique RPG blends VR action and progression. Mine materials, buy equipment, build your arsenal by crafting more and more powerful blades. Battle in the Time Chamber to test your creations as you progress through levels, and build your character as you upgrade your equipment.

Why similar: VR 51.6%, Simulation 17.7%, Crafting 16.5%, Action 14.1%

Set within a fantasy world of dragons, dungeons and foul-mouthed customers, you are an alchemist-blacksmith forging weapons and brewing potions.

Why similar: VR 51.7%, Simulation 31.3%, Adventure 17%

Become a powerful Wizard and take fate into your own hands! Immerse yourself in a beautiful fantasy world and destroy your enemies by casting spells with hand gestures!

Why similar: VR 44.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 10.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, First-Person 7.4%

MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Why similar: Survival 32.7%, Crafting 23.4%, Open World 14.5%, First-Person 7.6%, Simulation 6.5%

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 21.7%, Crafting 20.7%, Horror 14.8%, Open World 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%

Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!

Why similar: VR 31%, Crafting 20.7%, Nature 10.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Inventory Management 8.7%

Explore 120+ Backrooms levels in a massive single‑player survival adventure. Build, craft, fight, or just wander endless liminal spaces shaped by the community.

Why similar: VR 30%, Action-Adventure 14%, Survival 11.6%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.9%

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: Crafting 16.1%, Survival 14.6%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.8%

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: Crafting 18.9%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Survival 10.4%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 8.1%

MADiSON VR now plunges you even deeper into its immersive and terrifying world. With the utilization of an instant camera in your virtual hands, bridge the gap between our world and the unknown. Snap photos, develop them by yourself to solve puzzles, explore the shadows and above all, survive.

Why similar: VR 36.1%, Horror 16.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Survival 11%, Adventure 9.3%

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: Action-Adventure 22%, Simulation 18.9%, Exploration 15%, Nature 13%, Adventure 11.2%

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: Crafting 19.9%, Survival 15.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 10.8%

Embark on an epic adventure designed exclusively for VR! Use your own hands to cast magic, fire bows and slice through your enemies on your quest to exact vengeance against the evil Dragore. Learn new spells and craft new gear to become the greatest Serafin Warrior of all time! Demo available.

Why similar: VR 44.6%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 14%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 8.9%

The Hermit Chronicles is a 1st-person survival horror game set in a deep forest. Assuming the role of a hermit, you will have to get food, scout your neighborhood, and search for resources to make gear. But after the sun goes down, you'll have to survive for real...

Why similar: Crafting 16.1%, Inventory Management 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Nature 10.7%, Simulation 9.8%

Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.

Why similar: Crafting 21.7%, Survival 18%, First-Person 10.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Fantasy 9.2%

Explore, mine, craft, & fight for survival in the dark depths of this solo or co-op VR action adventure.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.2%, Crafting 27.4%, VR 21.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Action 6.3%

Blightlands Blacksmith is a medieval fantasy blacksmithing simulator with exploration and combat elements. Mine, smelt, forge, assemble, grind, and rune-craft weapons to supply a legion cohort, and defend yourself as you delve into the mine for new materials. The cohort's success depends on you.

Why similar: Crafting 23.4%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Inventory Management 12%, First-Person 9.5%

Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.

Why similar: VR 33.5%, Immersive Sim 23.9%, Crafting 21%, Simulation 8.6%, Open World 6.8%

Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.

Why similar: VR 33.9%, Crafting 17.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Survival 11.1%, Simulation 8.4%

How long would you survive in this unrealistic representation of the zombie apocalypse? Scavenge for supplies, find a base, and construct your defenses. Break down furniture and board up your home. Set bear traps, nail your axe to a gun, or find your own ways to fight off the undead. VR required.

Why similar: VR 44.5%, Crafting 21.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Survival 12.7%, Action 8.2%

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

Why similar: Crafting 20%, Inventory Management 14.5%, Survival 11.6%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.5%

Silent North thrusts you into the Swiss Alps, battling the elements, Infected, and other players. Fight solo or team up, scavenging gear and essentials. Intense PVPVE action ensures constant danger. Adapt, be resilient, and survive in this unpredictable, ever-changing landscape

Why similar: First-Person 16.6%, Survival 16.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Action 12.1%

Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask

Why similar: Crafting 28.3%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Survival 16.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Open World 10.5%

Z.O.N.A Project X - thrilling single-player VR shooter. Explore Chornobyl's exclusion zone, a hazardous apocalyptic world filled with anomalies. Survive using your weapons, scavenge for resources, and save humanity from doom.

Why similar: VR 28.8%, Immersive Sim 22.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 8.2%, Survival 7.1%

There’s no rest when survival is on the line. Step into AMC’s The Walking Dead and prepare for an onslaught of walkers as you assume the roles of your favorite characters from the show, and confront the horrors and humanity of this apocalyptic new world.

Why similar: VR 62.2%, Action 14.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Horror 4%

Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s

Why similar: Action-Adventure 25%, Exploration 17.7%, Horror 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.2%, VR 10.8%

"Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.

Why similar: VR 38.7%, Simulation 15.9%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 10.8%

In V1RUZ, you see yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic in the USA. Learn how to craft weapons, tools and fight against the living and the dead to survive in this cruel, rotting world.

Why similar: Simulation 46%, Action 27.1%, Adventure 26.9%

You wander into the dangerous Asran Exclusion Zone. You will have to survive hunger, thirst, dangerous factions, radioactive emissions and the wild life. Remember, this is no man's home and you are not the hero.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.5%, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Inventory Management 12.5%, First-Person 9.5%

Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you into the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Relive stories of the survivors in the Single Player campaign, take your time in Free Roam, or check out the Firing Range!

Why similar: VR 42%, Simulation 13.8%, Horror 8.8%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 8.5%

Step into this world of beautiful stylised graphics and explore striking, handcrafted environments - torch in one hand, big axe in the other. Built exclusively for VR.

Why similar: VR 52.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Action 10.5%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, First-Person 7.4%

Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Inventory Management 17.9%, Survival 13.1%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%

Island 359 is a Virtual Reality survival game for the HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. Players will scrounge for weapons, upgrades, food, and other items they can find to survive for as long as they can against hordes of dinosaurs, as they explore the increasingly dangerous, beautiful, and expansive island.

Why similar: VR 50.6%, Action 24.8%, Adventure 24.5%

The Living Remain is a virtual reality first person adventure shooter where players immerse themselves in a world where the undead have taken over. You must survive the horde of undead using an arsenal of weapons in a story driven campaign loaded with a variety of interactive environments.

Why similar: VR 33.6%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Horror 10.4%, Survival 8.3%

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Crafting 26.9%, Survival 17.8%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 11.2%, Open World 10.4%

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

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.5%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 8.5%

The Bellows is a VR Horror experience designed to play like an interactive movie. Plunge yourself into a world of nightmares and fear, and discover just how frightening the past can really be.

Why similar: VR 40.2%, Simulation 20.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Horror 13.6%, Action 11.8%

You are trapped in an endless labyrinth. You must find hidden resources scattered throughout the labyrinth to craft your own sword. Overcome the dangers of the labyrinth with your crafted sword, survive, and escape.

Why similar: Crafting 19.3%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Survival 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

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: Immersive Sim 19.6%, Crafting 18.4%, Survival 11.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Simulation 9.7%

In an all new mysterious universe built by the developers of the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, you play as a Maskmaker's apprentice and learn the magic of crafting masks to immerse yourself in the intriguing enigmatic beings within the game.

Why similar: VR 26%, Cinematic 23.3%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 8.7%, Fantasy 7.5%

Survive. Build shelter. Build a fire. Scavenge and kill for materials. Craft. Eat and drink. Do what you need to do to survive.

Why similar: Survival 31.9%, Adventure 24.3%, Action 24.1%, Horror 19.8%

Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.8%, Crafting 22.7%, Simulation 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Exploration 12.5%

Wild island. Thirst and hunger. Dangerous animals and insects. The perfect place to test your survival skills, especially if you only have empty hands, especially if it is a hand simulator.

Why similar: Cinematic 25.2%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Survival 13.1%, Simulation 12.5%, First-Person 11.1%

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 25.8%, Crafting 15.9%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 11.1%, Open World 10.5%

Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries that lie within, either solo or with a friend by your side.

Why similar: VR 45.3%, Survival 12.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction.

Why similar: VR 43.1%, First-Person 15.2%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.6%

You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.

Why similar: Exploration 27.2%, Survival 22%, First-Person 15.5%, Action 13.6%, 3D 11.1%

Survival Is Not Enough is an open world first person zombie survival game. You wake up in a mysterious island and find out that you're infected. To survive you need to: build a shelter; protect yourself from dangers of this island; kill animals for food; kill zombies for underblood to cure yourself from zombie virus; The better you're...

Why similar: Action 56.4%, Adventure 43.6%

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: Crafting 15.5%, Survival 13.1%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.1%

Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27%, Simulation 20.5%, First-Person 15.5%, Open World 14.5%, Action 11.6%

BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

Why similar: VR 57%, First-Person 10.9%, Simulation 10%, Action 8.1%, Horror 7%