Games Like The Long Drive

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: Automobile Sim 28.1%, Driving 21%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 8.5%, Racing 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its deep first-person car assembly, maintenance, and survival systems create the same intimate bond with a temperamental vehicle and lots of emergent chaos.

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: Automobile Sim 29.4%, Driving 26.6%, Open World 10%, Survival 9.5%, First-Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest matches for the road-trip side of The Long Drive, built around maintaining a shabby car, managing supplies, and pushing onward.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

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

Why You'll Like It: It also makes your vehicle the core of a first-person survival journey, with scavenging, repairs, and tense drives through a hostile, surreal wilderness.

Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.3%, Driving 27.2%, Open World 15.8%, Simulation 6.7%, Exploration 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Open-world driving, wrenching, hauling, fueling, and upgrading a beater truck give it a very similar scrappy sandbox appeal.

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.2%, Driving 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Racing 10.1%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same low-key pleasure of crossing a sparse landscape while keeping your vehicle running and your trip alive.

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

Why similar: Driving 26.1%, Automobile Sim 25%, Racing 11.5%, Open World 10.7%, Realistic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part is simply inhabiting a vehicle and seeing what can happen on long, physics-heavy drives, this sandbox is an excellent fit.

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: Automobile Sim 26.2%, Driving 21.9%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Survival 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its rough-around-the-edges driving, maintenance, and self-directed open-world structure capture a similar janky, improvised road-trip charm.

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 20.6%, Automobile Sim 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Open World 11.2%, Racing 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This one directly combines open-world driving with post-apocalyptic scavenging and survival mechanics in a way that strongly overlaps with The Long Drive.

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: Automobile Sim 30.5%, Driving 27.1%, Racing 15.6%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes DIY car building, backroad cruising, and quirky progression in a way that feels close to The Long Drive's oddball simulation energy.

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: Automobile Sim 23.7%, Driving 21.1%, Open World 10.9%, Survival 9.9%, Racing 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Long-distance travel, vehicle wear, refueling, and surviving life on the road make the truck feel like your mobile home and lifeline.

MY GARAGE is a car simulation game with main focus being simulating real car repair, maintenance and physics.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 27.7%, Driving 16.5%, Racing 12.8%, Open World 11.2%, Realistic 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Detailed old-car repair and hands-on test driving scratch the same itch of nursing a busted machine back to life and taking it out on the road.

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: Automobile Sim 26.1%, Driving 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a stronger match for the wasteland-driving fantasy, emphasizing post-apocalyptic vehicle action and emergent road chaos.

Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!

Why similar: Driving 25.4%, Automobile Sim 24.8%, Open World 13%, Racing 10.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world first-person cruising and relaxed driving jobs hit the more meditative keep-moving side of The Long Drive.

Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

Why similar: Driving 33.9%, Open World 16.3%, Survival 16.2%, Realistic 10.9%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Keeping an aging machine running while traveling through dangerous territory gives it a comparable first-person journey-and-maintenance structure.

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: Automobile Sim 30.4%, Driving 26.8%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Open World 9.3%, Realistic 7%

Why You'll Like It: This is an even harsher and more stripped-down vehicle survival sandbox centered on terrain mastery and keeping your machine moving.

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: Automobile Sim 26.5%, Driving 21.6%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Racing 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is slower and more mission-based, but the appeal of wrestling a vehicle through harsh terrain while planning route, fuel, and recovery is very similar.

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 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Open World 18.1%, Automobile Sim 13.5%, Survival 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world wasteland, scavenging, and constant focus on maintaining and upgrading your vehicle make it a strong thematic cousin.

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 25.5%, Open World 19.5%, Survival 17.8%, Shooter 13.4%, Horror 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although it swaps car for train, it captures a very similar survival loop of scavenging, upgrading, and living aboard a moving vehicle across a ruined world.

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 39.4%, Driving 20.6%, Racing 11.7%, Realistic 8.7%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: If the best part of The Long Drive for you was understanding, fixing, and rebuilding cars piece by piece, this is a great next stop.

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 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 19.7%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Exploration 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It trades wheels for an airship, but the lonely first-person survival loop of maintaining a mobile base while exploring a hostile world feels very familiar.

Revhead is a car racing simulation game, where you have to build your own race car. You start your journey somewhere in a small village in Australia. You have to think as a real Revhead! You can buy or sell cars and components, fix and tweak your car to make it the fastest around.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.7%, Driving 24.7%, Racing 15.7%, Open World 12.5%, Realistic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Open-world car building, tuning, fixing, and driving put the spotlight on your relationship with a personally maintained vehicle.

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

Why similar: Driving 45.9%, Post-apocalyptic 28.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 5.8%, Casual 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its desert vehicle exploration and sparse-world wandering capture the calmer, aimless exploration side of The Long Drive.

Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!

Why similar: Open World 29.9%, Survival 26.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Simulation 12.4%, First-Person 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is another slow, self-directed travel sim where navigation, maintenance, and surviving a long journey are the whole point.

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 35%, Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Survival 14.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A lonely trek through a desolate world while constantly fueling and managing your vehicle gives it a strikingly similar journey-focused feel.

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 81.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Lone Sails, it turns operating and maintaining your vehicle during a long solo trip into the heart of the experience.

Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.4%, Driving 26.1%, Open World 13.6%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: For pure open-road relaxation and long-distance first-person driving, it matches the meditative highway side of The Long Drive.

Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.3%, Driving 28%, Open World 14.2%, Realistic 9.6%, Exploration 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is another strong pick if what you want most is extended road travel, cockpit driving, and self-directed cruising.

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: Automobile Sim 23.7%, Driving 20%, Racing 15%, Open World 8.2%, Survival 7.4%

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: Automobile Sim 17.6%, Driving 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Open World 8.3%, Survival 7.9%

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

Why similar: Open World 35.4%, Multiplayer 23.5%, Survival 21.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Scavenging parts and building a custom vehicle in an open world echoes the improvised, vehicle-centered survival loop from a more construction-heavy angle.

Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.

Why similar: Racing 24.5%, Open World 20.5%, Survival 19%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Exploration 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Building a vehicle to cross a sandbox world delivers similar experimentation and make-it-work travel problem solving.

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: Open World 19.5%, Survival 19.4%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 13.1%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its roaming drillship and first-person scavenging create a comparable survive-by-maintaining-your-machine dynamic, even though it leans more into combat.

Build your own buggy. Obtain, maintain and tune your OHV car. A game set in Poland in the 90s.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.3%, Driving 27.9%, Open World 11.2%, Racing 8.1%, Simulation 6.9%

A co-op adventure about driving your Recreational Vehicle home.

Why similar: Driving 35.8%, Multiplayer 33.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 5.5%

Apex Point is an open world game that aims to immerge you into the Japanese car culture by providing a huge variety of customizations and race types so you can choose your own path

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.4%, Racing 19.8%, Open World 12.6%, Driving 11.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%

City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.

Why similar: Driving 31.4%, Automobile Sim 27.7%, Open World 9.6%, Simulation 6.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.8%, Driving 24.7%, Racing 15.8%, Open World 11.8%, Realistic 6.9%

Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.7%, Driving 22.2%, Racing 13.6%, Open World 10.7%, Realistic 7.5%

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: Automobile Sim 18.1%, Driving 17%, Racing 9.8%, Survival 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%

Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!

Why similar: Driving 32.2%, Open World 22%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Racing 12.4%, Simulation 5.5%

My Village Life is an open world village simulator vehicle driving game.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.5%, Driving 20.6%, Racing 15.9%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 6.8%

MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 16.5%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Horror 10.4%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 17.4%, Horror 10.9%, Shooter 9.2%

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: Automobile Sim 27.7%, Driving 25.2%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 9.7%, Exploration 6.1%

Poly Roam is a survival, driving road-trip game featuring a large, explorable environment that is procedurally generated. Loot, gather, and drive as much as you can.

Why similar: Driving 31.7%, Open World 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Survival 15.3%, Shooter 7.8%

The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.

Why similar: Driving 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.2%, Survival 21.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 5.2%

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 42.1%, Automobile Sim 20.9%, Open World 13.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 5.1%

Driving Life is a hardcore driving survival game set in rural America. Earn money by driving manual cars, vans, and trucks, transport tourists, pay rent, buy fuel, and survive on a tight budget. Every dollar counts - spend wisely or go broke!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.3%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 10.7%, Realistic 10.5%, Exploration 8.1%

Usually everyone is unemployed here. But by chance you got a job. You'il work for the state.Everyone in your family is sick or unemployed, only you can help them. You're an immigrant officer.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.1%, Simulation 16.3%, Driving 14.6%, Open World 9.1%, Survival 7.2%

SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

Why similar: Survival 25.8%, Open World 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Shooter 8.2%, Exploration 6.1%

DRİVE 21 is a simulation game. By earning money with job opportunities, by making logistics and taxi driver, by buying and modifying your own vehicle with the money you earn, you can make your own vehicle and you can travel with your own vehicle with open world driving experience.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 32.3%, Driving 19%, Open World 16.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Conquer mountain roads, highways, and city streets. Build your dream car with detailed tuning that unleashes the potential of “CarX Technology”© physics. Take part in thrilling races, enjoying realistic gameplay and dynamic driving.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.8%, Driving 22.3%, Racing 17.2%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%

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 35.6%, Open World 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 8.2%

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

Why similar: Open World 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Shooter 16.8%, Horror 15%, Exploration 13.3%

Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.

Why similar: Survival 30.3%, Post-apocalyptic 27.5%, Realistic 17%, Shooter 11.5%, First-Person 10.8%

Rise as a drift master and missile car mechanic! DRIFT ISLAND is an open-world drift build-and-drive game. Create unique 'missile cars,' tune them, shred sideways, and test your skills! Earn cash, upgrade parts, and become a true drifting legend!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.5%, Driving 21.3%, Racing 15.8%, Open World 11.7%, Realistic 7%

Explore various maps with your friends or play solo and relax. Whether you prefer a relaxing drive or a fast-paced, action-packed race, the choice is yours. Get ready to unforgettable journey through the city streets under the moonlit sky!

Why similar: Driving 32.9%, Automobile Sim 26.1%, Racing 16%, Multiplayer 14.1%, First-Person 5.8%

You inherit your dad’s beaten up car and rebuild it piece by piece, swapping engine parts, upgrading the suspension, fitting new wheels and more until it becomes a high performance race car. Beat your opponents and earn revenge for your dad.

Why similar: Racing 54%, Open World 20.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Simulation 6.3%, Adventure 2.9%