Games Like The Wild Eight

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: Open World Survival Craft 53.6% ★, Survival 22.2%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 4.6%, Sandbox 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for cold-weather survival, mirroring the intense struggle against freezing temperatures found in The Wild Eight.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.5% ★, Survival 24.4%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Co-op 3.1%, Open World 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the isometric art style and deep cooperative survival mechanics that make The Wild Eight so engaging.

Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.

Why similar: Survival 39.8%, Crafting 23.4%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Adventure 5.8%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the snowy, treacherous atmosphere of The Wild Eight while adding a tense social-deduction layer to the survival experience.

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: Open World Survival Craft 47.5% ★, Survival 19.4%, Open World 11%, Crafting 7.2%, Sandbox 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the psychological and physical toll of surviving in a frozen wilderness, closely matching the thematic core of The Wild Eight.

Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Survival 20.7%, Open World 7.8%, Crafting 6.5%, Online Co-Op 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland, it focuses heavily on surviving the elements and managing resources in a hostile environment.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 9.1%, Co-op 8.9%, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric survival game features excellent cooperative play and exploration mechanics that feel very similar to the gameplay loop of The Wild Eight.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Survival 17.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Open World 6.3%, Online Co-Op 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a brutal survival experience that forces players to manage complex health and environmental factors, much like the Alaskan setting of the seed game.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 15.3%, Open World 8.4%, Online Co-Op 7.4%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an expansive, atmospheric world that rewards cooperative exploration and base-building in a challenging, myth-inspired wilderness.

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Survival 24.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%, Open World 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar isometric perspective with a heavy focus on cooperative crafting and survival against overwhelming odds.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Survival 36.8%, Open World 21.1%, Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 7.8%, RPG 4%

Why You'll Like It: The top-down perspective and focus on scavenging and crafting in a ruined world provide a similar sense of progression and discovery.

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 15.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Open World 7.9%, Co-op 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and survival from a unique perspective, requiring players to craft and build to survive a dangerous world.

Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Survival 13.8%, Co-op 10.2%, Crafting 9%, Open World 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its 2D-isometric perspective and focus on crafting and survival in a harsh, mythological land align well with the aesthetic of The Wild Eight.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Survival 17.7%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Crafting 7.7%, Open World 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The session-based survival and environmental hazards create a high-stakes atmosphere that will feel familiar to players of The Wild Eight.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 24.1%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Co-op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on zombies, its deep isometric survival systems and emphasis on careful resource management are highly relevant for fans of The Wild Eight.

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Co-op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar isometric view and cooperative crafting mechanics, focusing on building a life in a hostile environment.

Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 27.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 8.3%, Survival Horror 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game set in a frozen, post-Soviet landscape that captures the same isolation and scarcity found in The Wild Eight.

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 10%, Open World 7.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of sandbox survival and exploration with an isometric view that mirrors the core gameplay loop of The Wild Eight.

An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Survival 17.1%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Mystery 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines isometric survival and building with dungeon-crawling, offering a more relaxed but still engaging take on the survival genre.

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: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Survival 19.7%, Co-op 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Crafting 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at cooperative survival and resource management, offering a similar sense of progression while expanding into a unique oceanic setting.

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.5% ★, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Open World 7.6%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a challenging survival experience with a focus on base-building and resource management in a hostile wilderness.

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 23.8%, Open World 15%, Co-op 14.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on co-op exploration in a desolate, atmospheric open world captures the mystery and tension of The Wild Eight.

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: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Open World 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: The cooperative survival mechanics and unique setting provide a fresh take on the genre while maintaining the core focus on crafting and exploration.

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Survival 18.5%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 7.5%, Crafting 7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a pure survival experience that forces players to master their environment, similar to the Alaskan survival challenges of the seed game.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 23.4%, Open World 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Online Co-Op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of the survival genre, offering deep crafting and base-building mechanics that will appeal to fans of The Wild Eight.

You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

Why similar: Survival 25.6%, Co-op 14.7%, Open World 14%, Crafting 13.8%, Multiplayer 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A highly accessible survival game that emphasizes cooperative play and scavenging in a large, open world.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Survival 29.6%, Open World 17.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Online Co-Op 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The isometric survival and crafting elements are polished and engaging, providing a similar sense of progression and world-building.

You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.4% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on survival and base-building in an open-world setting, rewarding players who can coordinate and manage resources effectively.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Open World 27.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Crafting 10.6%, RPG 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more complex, its focus on brutal survival and building a life in a desolate world offers a similar sense of accomplishment.

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 22%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The harsh environmental survival and emphasis on building a stronghold in a dangerous land align with the survivalist themes of the seed game.

MISERY is a 1–5 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: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Survival 16.3%, Co-op 8.8%, Open World 8.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%

Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 18.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Online Co-Op 8.3%

The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 9%, Co-op 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Survival 13.9%, Open World 8.1%, Co-op 7.3%, Online Co-Op 7.3%

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 50.9%, Open World 27.7%, Horror 5.8%, Adventure 3.9%, Crafting 3.5%

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: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 6.6%, Online Co-Op 6.1%

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Survival 31.5%, Open World 16%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Co-op 9.6%

Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Survival 23.1%, Open World 10%, Crafting 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.7% ★, Survival 20%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Crafting 5%

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: Survival 26.2%, Open World 16%, Crafting 15.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Sandbox 10.6%

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 6.6%, Open World 6.5%

Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Cooperative survival and horror genre. You and your family have returned to your native land, on which a terrible curse and darkness has fallen. Will you be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous environment and stop the evil? It depends only on you, on your skills and ability to help each other.

Why similar: Survival 22.6%, Open World 13.2%, Co-op 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Mystery 10.8%

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.7%, Co-op 5.3%

Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.1% ★, Survival 19.5%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Crafting 3.7%

Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.1% ★, Survival 20.1%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Crafting 4.7%

Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 15.2%, Co-op 10.5%, Open World 9%, Crafting 7.1%

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: Open World Survival Craft 44% ★, Survival 19.2%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 7.7%, Sandbox 4.9%

No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.

Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Open World 23.8%, Co-op 16%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.4%

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: Open World Survival Craft 53.6% ★, Survival 20.5%, Open World 9%, Crafting 6.6%, Survival Horror 2.6%

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: Open World Survival Craft 53.2% ★, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 7.7%, Sandbox 6.4%, Open World 6.3%

Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Survival 15.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Co-op 7.2%, Crafting 7.2%

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 Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.4%, Online Co-Op 6.8%

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Survival 38.5%, Open World 18.7%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Co-op 8.7%

Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Survival 20.5%, Open World 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Co-op 6.6%

Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Survival 14.7%, Co-op 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 8%