Games Like The Oregon Trail

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 62.6%, Adventure 20.7%, 2D 16.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a direct thematic successor that applies the classic Oregon Trail survival mechanics to a gritty, pixel-art zombie apocalypse.

Are you ready to discover the undiscovered? Are you ready to climb the tallest mountains, wear the finest clothes, and earn a fortune beyond compare? Then welcome to the New World! Welcome to The Trail: Frontier Challenge!

Why similar: Adventure 56.8%, Crafting 43.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the journey itself, tasking players with walking, crafting, and trading as they traverse a vast, stylized wilderness.

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Tactical 16.4%, Exploration 14.9%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the 1930s, this tactical adventure game combines beautiful pixel art with turn-based combat and exploration of dangerous, exotic locations.

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.8%, Adventure 21.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Story Rich 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterful choose-your-own-adventure experience centered on managing resources and time while traveling across a beautifully realized historical world.

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 84.2%, 2D 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: This road-trip survival game features pixel art and randomized events that perfectly capture the chaotic, high-stakes journey feel of the original trail.

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 42%, Exploration 35%, 2D 15.8%, Story Rich 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Players must manage health, sanity, and resources while leading historical expeditions into procedurally generated, treacherous lands.

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Western 49% ★, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Third Person 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Colorful 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven western adventure focuses on character-led storytelling and exploration in a rich, historical setting.

Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.

Why similar: Western 50.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Exploration 13.8%, Crafting 13%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy western-themed exploration game that captures the pioneering spirit of the American frontier through farming and discovery.

Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

Why similar: Historical 44.2%, Western 20.7% ★, Adventure 10.3%, Third Person 9.8%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful recreation of a classic historical adventure that challenges players to survive the trek to California during the gold rush.

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.9%, Pixel Graphics 30.9%, Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 5%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based RPG focuses on exploration and survival in a hostile, historical-fantasy setting where resource management is vital to your success.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Tactical 71.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, 2D 9.3%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the emotional weight of leading a caravan through a harsh landscape, where every choice impacts the survival of your group.

Explore 17th century Canadian wilderness through the eyes of Jeanne, a French woman who crossed the Atlantic to start anew and Maikan, an Innu hunter trying to discover what’s disturbing the forest. Your choices will shape the traits of the protagonists in this narrative single-player experience.

Why similar: Historical 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Nature 14.9%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Stylized 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive narrative game that explores historical themes and the beauty of the wilderness through a choice-based lens.

Westerado: Double Barreled. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge. Take control of your own fate and that of others, all using your trusty shooting iron.

Why similar: Western 69.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 19%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A western-themed adventure that relies heavily on player choice and exploration within a distinct, stylized pixel-art world.

Tiny Rails is a relaxing train management adventure. Travel across an immersive and meticulously crafted pixel world. Collect hundreds of beautiful cars, each with their own set of stats, to create your own unique multi-car masterpiece!

Why similar: Inventory Management 32.7%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Resource Management 19%, Adventure 12.4%, 2D 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing yet engaging management experience centered on the logistics of train travel across a vast, pixelated map.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Crafting 46%, Adventure 25.2%, Exploration 21.9%, 2D 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive survival game for players who enjoy the challenge of managing hunger, health, and sanity in a hostile, stylized environment.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Crafting 52.2%, Resource Management 38.2%, Story Rich 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game forces players to make grueling moral and survival choices while managing a small group of survivors in a war-torn city.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.5%, Exploration 22.5%, Resource Management 19.7%, 2D 11.8%, Story Rich 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: While set in space, this game captures the core loop of managing limited resources and making difficult survival decisions during a lonely, long-distance journey.

Saddle up for the ultimate survival adventure in the untamed Wild West! Build your homestead, tame the wilderness, bounty hunt the outlaws, and duel against the dangers that lurk on the frontier. Do you have what it takes to be a legend of the West?

Why similar: Western 47.1% ★, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Stylized 12.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Exploration 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This survival game leans into the western theme, requiring players to build, craft, and defend themselves in the rugged frontier.

Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!

Why similar: Exploration 29.1%, Colorful 26.7%, Action-Adventure 24.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A charming narrative adventure that uses a unique 'choose-your-own-adventure' mechanic to uncover mysteries in a colorful, stylized world.

A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

Why similar: Historical 48%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Resource Management 10.5%, 2D 8.6%, Exploration 8%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that challenges players to build and maintain a successful colony, focusing on long-term strategy and resource allocation.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34%, Crafting 18.5%, Inventory Management 16.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Colorful 11%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that captures the cozy, rewarding feeling of building a life and serving travelers in a historical setting.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Story Rich 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at procedural storytelling, where your characters' choices and journeys create a unique, evolving history.

Experience the old-school charm of classic farming games with the suburban gothic atmosphere of certain 90's TV shows, along with contemporary game mechanics. Farming, crafting, combat, romantic relationships and mysterious events await!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.7%, Adventure 45.3%

Why You'll Like It: This farming-sim features a darker, more mysterious narrative layer that adds depth to the traditional resource-management loop.

Reforge a blacksmith’s village on an isle of the land’s finest artisans! Step into the boots of an expert smith for a crafty adventure filled with mystery and charm. Explore the land of Ellian, and prove that a hammer, anvil, and your wits can overcome any challenge.

Why similar: Crafting 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Exploration 17.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Colorful 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A crafting-focused adventure that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a charming, stylized world.

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: Exploration 44.7%, Crafting 33.3%, Adventure 22%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the ultimate test of survival and resource management in a beautiful, frozen, and unforgiving wilderness.

Trek across beaches, the desert, and even a volcano in the latest entry into the long-running Harvest Moon series! The Harvest Goddess has gone missing, and it's up to you to help bring her back! Along the way, you'll come across cows, sheep, camels, and even reindeer!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.9%, Adventure 28.6%, Crafting 18.7%, Colorful 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a lighthearted adventure and farming experience that focuses on exploration and community building.

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Western 74.5% ★, Tactical 22.4%, Story Rich 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical western game that captures the grit and danger of the frontier through turn-based combat and character-driven choices.

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

Why similar: Western 58.3% ★, Tactical 21.8%, Historical 12.7%, Third Person 5.4%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical stealth game captures the atmosphere of the American West through meticulous planning and character-specific abilities.

Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!

Why similar: Crafting 20.9%, Exploration 19.8%, Stylized 15.1%, Colorful 14%, Third Person 14%

Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.2%, Resource Management 22%, Crafting 21.9%, 2D 11.9%, Adventure 11%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines management and exploration, tasking players with gathering resources to run a successful shop.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.9%, Resource Management 20.5%, Crafting 19.6%, 2D 11.8%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic management game that forces players to make tough decisions to keep their family alive in a confined, dangerous space.

Gather and Sell faraway goods to rebuild ruined towns and bring back light to a dark world in this cozy adventure game. With the help of your fire companion, fish, pull and mine natural resources in Aurteris to unite the people of this strange yet fantastic world!

Why similar: Inventory Management 27.9%, Nature 17.3%, Exploration 16.5%, Colorful 13.2%, Adventure 12.6%

The 2020 Trail is an Oregon Trail parody game which takes you on a trip through the chaotic year of 2020. Keep your resources stocked, your mood high, and make the right decisions to avoid catching the 'rona.

Why similar: Historical 53.8%, Tactical 20.2%, 2D 18.5%, Resource Management 7.5%

Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

Why similar: Historical 32.8%, Western 28.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Third Person 11.2%, Adventure 6.8%

Plague: London 1665 is an RPG with pixel art graphics set in 1665's during the Bubonic Plague outbreak in overcrowded and polluted London. As a body collector, graveyard keeper, and family provider, avoid the disease while clearing the streets. Will you survive the outbreak or become another victim?

Why similar: Historical 40.5%, Action-Adventure 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Inventory Management 8.2%, 2D 8.1%

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose your adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Resource Management 10%, Story Rich 3.7%

Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39.5%, Resource Management 24.2%, 2D 19.4%, Adventure 16.9%

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: 1990's 22.7%, Exploration 19.4%, Old School 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, 2D 10.3%

Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 37.4%, Nature 32.7%, 2D 16.6%, Resource Management 13.3%

Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.3%, Old School 34%, Stylized 15.2%, Adventure 11.6%

Japanese Rural Life Adventure is a relaxing slow-life simulation where you can experience the charm of traditional Japanese countryside living, all in a beautifully crafted pixel-art world.

Why similar: Nature 43.2%, Pixel Graphics 37.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 5.1%

A choose your adventure, resource management and decision-making game focused on Portuguese culture.

Why similar: Historical 39.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Resource Management 10.7%, Adventure 6.5%

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.5%, Resource Management 19.8%, Exploration 15.6%, Adventure 12.9%, 2D 10.1%

The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

Why similar: Historical 55.4%, Adventure 28.6%, Pixel Graphics 16%

A travel-sim with strategic gameplay and rogue-lite elements. Play as travelers in ancient China. Experience great views on various locations. Write travel literature that long lives in history.

Why similar: Historical 34.6%, Inventory Management 24.6%, Adventure 19%, Exploration 17.2%, 2D 4.7%

Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

Why similar: Crafting 31.9%, Exploration 21.3%, Colorful 19.8%, Resource Management 16.5%, Adventure 10.5%

Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.5%, Stylized 18.7%, Crafting 13.8%, Colorful 13.7%, 2D 10.4%

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: Historical 34.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.8%, Tactical 18%, Colorful 15.4%, 2D 12.2%

Set off on a captivating horseback adventure and discover the mysteries of Emerald Valley!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.4%, Crafting 25.3%, Exploration 25.1%, Colorful 11.6%, Adventure 9.6%

Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 38.4%, Crafting 28.8%, 2D 14.2%, Colorful 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%

A "hot" new hot springs resort sim with a ton of new exclusive features!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 57.9%, 2D 23.9%, 1990's 18.2%

Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!

Why similar: Historical 56.5%, Exploration 14.1%, Resource Management 13.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Story Rich 4.1%

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.3%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, 2D 12%, Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 4.8%

Explore a beautiful open world where you deliver mail, find artifacts, help people out, and fend off folks you’ve wronged.

Why similar: Nature 26.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Stylized 10.4%

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

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Third Person 14.7%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Stylized 14.1%, Exploration 13.2%

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Colorful 20%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Crafting 18.4%, Adventure 10.6%

Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 74.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 12%

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.2%, Crafting 27.2%, Resource Management 11%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 9.8%

The Deer God is a breathtaking 3D pixel art adventure that will challenge your religion and your platforming skills. It's a game about survival, reincarnation, and karma; all set in a breathtaking and unique 3D pixelized world. Feast your eyes on the beautiful lighting, day and night system, and vast landscapes.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 58.3%, Adventure 25.2%, 2D 16.6%