Games Like theHunter: Call of the Wild™

Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.

Why similar: Hunting 36.8% ★, America 9.3% ★, Nature 6.8%, FPS 6.5%, Sports 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest modern alternative, with realistic animal behavior, tracking clues, ballistics, and large open hunting regions.

The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.

Why similar: Hunting 55% ★, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Co-op 3.7%, Survival 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This older entry from the same series offers deep, methodical hunting systems and a similarly patient focus on stalking wildlife.

With your hunting dog by your side, explore the Texan desert and forests of Colorado and Europe as you track down 33 animal species. Choose your gear from over 160 official weapons, accessories and clothing items (including Browning, Winchester and Bushnell).

Why similar: Hunting 37.9% ★, America 9.9% ★, Open World 9.9%, Nature 8.6%, Sports 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers realistic hunts across open environments with licensed gear, animal tracking, and a similarly deliberate pace.

The Angler is an open world fishing game that can be played solo or with friends. Discover and catch a wide variety of unique fish species, from common to rare, on your journey to become a master angler.

Why similar: Hunting 28.9% ★, America 11.6% ★, Open World 8.8%, Nature 8.7%, Walking Simulator 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: From the same team, it trades rifles for rods but preserves the serene open-world nature exploration and co-op-friendly pacing.

Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

Why similar: Open World 39.2%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Realistic 14.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Sandbox 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its lifelike wilderness, tracking mechanics, baiting, and clean-kill hunting make it one of the best broader alternatives to theHunter's outdoor immersion.

Ok Scout, it's time to show us what you’re made of-break free from your city life and live like a real outdoorsman. The wilderness isn’t for the faint of heart, but if you work hard, learn how to use the environment and be one with nature, you too can become a Master Outdoorsman.

Why similar: Hunting 34.8% ★, Open World 16.5%, Survival 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Walking Simulator 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world hunting with camping and survival systems, giving you the same roaming-wilderness appeal with more survival flavor.

Dive into intense dinosaur hunting adventures with your friends. Complete hunting contracts for Preton Corporation. Gather rewards, improve your equipment and become a master hunter. Are you the hunter or the hunted?

Why similar: Hunting 35.3% ★, Stealth 9.4%, Open World 9.2%, FPS 7.1%, Walking Simulator 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on tracking, stalking, and lining up careful shots in large hunting areas, just with prehistoric targets.

Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.

Why similar: Hunting 30.4% ★, Nature 12.2%, Open World 12%, Survival 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its detailed wildlife behavior, scent-tracking, and strong sense of living in a natural ecosystem echo the immersion that makes theHunter special.

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Why similar: Hunting 32.1% ★, Open World 12.4%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Co-op 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its open world lets you casually explore forests, hunt wildlife, and play co-op in a similarly relaxed outdoor setting.

The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.

Why similar: Hunting 47.4% ★, Open World 20.8%, Survival 11.5%, Stealth 7.6%, FPS 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-driven, its wilderness survival, bow hunting, and tracking-heavy feel line up well with theHunter's outdoors focus.

You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...

Why similar: Multiplayer 19.4%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Open World 17.7%, Co-op 15.5%, FPS 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: It turns tracking signs, using calls, stealth, and patient ambushes into a more tense co-op hunt.

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: Multiplayer 19.7%, Survival 19%, Open World 17.6%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: This jungle survival game captures the vulnerability and immersion of being deep in nature, with hunting and careful movement mattering a lot.

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 32.4%, Survival 32.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Walking Simulator 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its slow, atmospheric wilderness survival makes reading animal behavior and taking careful shots feel meaningful and immersive.

Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.

Why similar: Hunting 27.6% ★, America 11.5% ★, Open World 10.9%, Stealth 8.2%, Nature 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its Montana setting, stealthy roaming, and frequent wildlife encounters capture some of the same open-country FPS appeal.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Open World 18.1%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Co-op 13.3%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends relaxed first-person exploration with practical hunting for food and materials in a believable rural landscape.

Fishing Planet® is a free-to-play and highly realistic first-person online multiplayer fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC.

Why similar: Multiplayer 22.5%, Sports 13.5%, Open World 12.8%, Realistic 9.9%, Co-op 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of theHunter is the calm outdoor simulation and gear mastery, this captures that patient nature-heavy vibe.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Hunting 42.6% ★, Open World 14.6%, Survival 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, FPS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its realism-heavy systems, large natural maps, and detailed shooting make the hunting side of survival especially rewarding.

Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost!

Why similar: Hunting 38.2% ★, Nature 10.7%, Open World 9.6%, Walking Simulator 7.7%, Survival 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its ecosystem-driven design and focus on wildlife encounters make it a good fit if you enjoy nature immersion and hunting themes.

Russian Fishing 4 is a fishing simulator with RPG elements. There is no story line and the whole process is based on the concept of an open, free to roam and free to play game.

Why similar: Multiplayer 16.6%, Nature 16.2%, Sports 11.1%, Open World 10.6%, Immersive Sim 10%

Why You'll Like It: It is another strong pick for players who mainly want realistic outdoor immersion, slow progression, and a relaxing wilderness sim feel.

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Hunting 40.5% ★, Open World 15.4%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Realistic 6%

Why You'll Like It: It is less of a sim, but its animal-behavior focus and open-world wilderness tension overlap with theHunter's environmental appeal.

Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

Why similar: Open World 21.5%, Survival 19.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Realistic 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes methodical wilderness survival, animal hunting, and exploration in a way that should appeal to players who enjoy theHunter's slower pace.

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: Open World 26%, Survival 19.7%, Multiplayer 18%, Co-op 16.4%, Sandbox 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It builds on that formula with better wilderness immersion, more polished stealth, and lots of time spent hunting and surviving in nature.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Open World 14.9%, Survival 14.7%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, FPS 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Although harsher and more player-driven, its huge realistic landscapes and need to hunt for survival create a similar outdoors rhythm.

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: Open World 21.4%, FPS 15%, Multiplayer 14%, Co-op 13.7%, Sandbox 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same lonely Scandinavian open-world feel and long-range stalking vibe, even if the prey are machines instead of animals.

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 24.3%, Survival 22.6%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Co-op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Hunting, surviving, and moving cautiously through a quiet woodland environment are at the core of its gameplay loop.

Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

Why similar: Co-op 33.8%, Open World 33.3%, Multiplayer 32.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more action-oriented, but the loop of tracking prey, reading behavior, and preparing for the hunt still connects well.

BULT is a realistic waterfowl hunting simulator made by experienced hunters. This is not an action game. Your success depends on skill: choosing the right time to hunt, accounting for the wind, camouflage, and calling. Birds are cautious and live by their own rules. Ready for the real challenge?

Why similar: Hunting 48.5% ★, Sports 7.7%, Nature 7.4%, Open World 7.3%, Shooter 5.1%

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 37.7%, Survival 34%, Sandbox 10.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Realistic 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is more survival-crafting focused, but its bow hunting, stealth, and immersive first-person forest exploration still scratch a similar itch.

Feel the thrill of the hunt and keep an eye out for the wild and wonderous species that are roaming the Canadian wilderness.

Why similar: Hunting 40.2% ★, FPS 9.8%, Immersive Sim 7.3%, Simulation 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Fish around the globe using float, bottom, spinning, or casting gear, and catch over 60 realistic fish species. Play solo or online in normal, realistic, or sandbox mode! Explore stunning locations, switch to an underwater cam, and fill your trophy room!

Why similar: Sports 15.4%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Realistic 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Nature 10.4%

Bored of waiting for a bite? Would you like to catch some fish? You're lucky - in Ultimate Fishing Simulator, fish bite like crazy! Spinning, float fishing, ground fishing, and more! Comprehensive fishing simulator that allows using various techniques, in different places around the world!

Why similar: America 21.9% ★, Nature 11.1%, Sports 10.8%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.

Why similar: America 16% ★, Open World 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 11.5%, Nature 10.9%

Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Why similar: Open World 25.6%, Stealth 17.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Co-op 10.9%, Shooter 10%

A casual-friendly hunting game that focuses on fun, punchy shooting rather than hardcore simulation. Track animals, line up the perfect shot, and inspect every hit on detailed animal models.

Why similar: Hunting 43.8% ★, Nature 10.5%, Stealth 10.2%, FPS 8.2%, Survival 6.9%

Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!

Why similar: Multiplayer 17%, Nature 15%, Realistic 15%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12.2%

Virtual Hunter brings realistic hunting to virtual reality. Pack your gear and put your hunting skills and tactics to the test in the open wilderness.

Why similar: Hunting 35.9% ★, Open World 8.5%, Sports 7.3%, Nature 6.6%, Immersive Sim 6.2%

Euro Fishing immerses you deep into the adrenaline-packed action, fun and beauty of Europe’s most famous lakes. Master your rod, line and tactics, and refine your technique to become a top angler. This is the closest you can get to real fishing from the comfort of your own couch.

Why similar: Hunting 43.9% ★, Sports 13.5%, Open World 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Realistic 6.8%

The best-selling franchise takes a giant leap forward with a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, offering the most striking and immersive visuals and effects, along with the deepest and most complete farming experience ever.

Why similar: Open World 21.2%, Multiplayer 20.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Realistic 14.1%, Co-op 11.2%

Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour features an authentic career mode where you work your way up to an elite angler competing against over 100 of the best anglers in the world across Bass, Carp and Predator fishing whilst unlocking sponsorship opportunities, gaining career earnings and social media followers as you go.

Why similar: Sports 24.5%, Multiplayer 19.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Realistic 15.4%, Hunting 12.3% ★

The Fisherman – Fishing Planet is for all fans of nature and sport fishing! This simulation, made by and for fishing enthusiasts, recreates all the finer details of the art of fishing with unrivalled authenticity.

Why similar: Nature 17.7%, Open World 15.1%, Sports 14.5%, Co-op 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Fisher Online - online wild fishing simulator. Forget about licenses and catch rates. Choose bait or lures and catch fish in Europe and Russia.

Why similar: Sandbox 19.1%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Realistic 11.6%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Relaxing 9.8%

Finnish Cottage Simulator is the ultimate cottage experience. Relax and enjoy the Finnish summer nature, go to the sauna, get drunk, grill food or play games with others!

Why similar: Open World 18.7%, Online Co-Op 16%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Realistic 11.2%, Sandbox 9.5%

Hunt Deer that act and react differently depending on the time of the season, weather and rut stage. Bucks very in size and you will be able to hunt monster bucks that have potential to score well over 200 inches. Each successful hunt gains you EXP and you can purchase / upgrade gear and firearms.

Why similar: Hunting 35.6% ★, Open World 16.6%, Simulation 14.7%, Realistic 12.6%, Sports 11.7%

Ride a massive open world across the Alps, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Defy and master the mountain alone or with friends on skis, wingsuits, snowboards and paragliders. Record and share your best stunts.

Why similar: Sports 31%, Open World 29.4%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Simulation 5.5%, Co-op 5.5%

LIVE THE LIFE OF A WILD WOLF! As a two-year-old gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park, hunt elk and moose, find a mate, and then establish a territory and raise your pups.

Why similar: Hunting 42.5% ★, Nature 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Survival 8.8%, Co-op 7.6%

Become iconic animals and fight for survival in the The WILDS. Finding food, water, and shelter will be the easy part, protecting your family from hungry predators and a harsh environment will separate the weak from the strong. Welcome to a uniquely immersive animal experience...

Why similar: Hunting 38.5% ★, America 12.3% ★, Nature 11.7%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 7.3%

Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.

Why similar: Stealth 26.1%, FPS 17.3%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Open World 12.8%, Shooter 11.3%

Are you falling asleep with a rod? Never again! Professional Fishing will never let you fall asleep! Play an amazing fishing simulator and feel like a real angler! Create your own fishing club and compete with others!

Why similar: Multiplayer 23.9%, Open World 20.5%, Sports 13.8%, Simulation 12%, Online Co-Op 10.4%

Take on the role of a modern farmer in Farming Simulator 17! Explore farming possibilities in a new North American environment. Drive over 250 farming vehicles and equipment from over 75 manufacturers, including new brands such as Challenger, Fendt, Valtra or Massey Ferguson.

Why similar: Open World 22.6%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Simulation 15%, Realistic 13.2%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.

Why similar: Open World 32.3%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Realistic 12.2%, Shooter 9.4%

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: Open World 19.1%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Nature 13.3%, Realistic 12%

Deer Hunting Camp allows you to create your own private deer habitat which can be traded with friends! Once done creating, managing, and scouting your property you will be challenged with early fall bow hunting, late fall black powder hunting, and winter rifle hunting.

Why similar: Hunting 56.9% ★, FPS 12.6%, Open World 12.4%, Shooter 6.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Morels is a simulation game about mushroom hunting and wildlife photography. Explore a diverse range of regions spanning across the United States. Increase your hunter and photographer levels by collecting a variety of mushrooms, photographing animals, and completing weekly tasks.

Why similar: Hunting 37.5% ★, Nature 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11%, Open World 8.8%, Relaxing 7.3%

Explore the vast and open landscape as a wild animal. Meadow is an online fable experience that lets old and new fans of the Shelter game series come together and explore a peculiar and wondrous world together.

Why similar: Open World 30.3%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Relaxing 14.9%, Nature 14.3%, Walking Simulator 11.8%

Manage your own park facility in a huge open world in Park Ranger Simulator. Take on all the tasks that need to be completed as a park ranger - alone or together in cross-platform multiplayer! You have a variety of vehicles and equipment at your disposal to complete the challenges ahead!

Why similar: Hunting 32.5% ★, Nature 14.4%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%

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: Multiplayer 22.6%, Open World 20.1%, Realistic 13.4%, Co-op 12.4%, Online Co-Op 11%

The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

Why similar: Hunting 61.5% ★, Open World 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 8%