Games Like UNDER the SAND - a road trip simulator

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 21.1%, Driving 20.3%, Racing 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Survival 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the desolate, endless road trip experience with a heavy focus on vehicle maintenance and survival.

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 29.7%, Driving 25.8%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 7.8%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of a road trip through Eastern Europe, requiring constant repairs and management of your aging vehicle.

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 32.7%, Survival 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Exploration 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends supernatural survival with a deep, tactile connection to your station wagon as you navigate a hazardous environment.

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 31.4%, Driving 22.4%, Racing 11.1%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate simulation of vehicle assembly and survival, demanding patience and mechanical knowledge to keep your car running.

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 20.6%, Driving 17.4%, Racing 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Sandbox 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines car customization and survival mechanics in a sandbox environment that rewards long-term vehicle care.

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, Procedural Generation 21%, First-Person 19.5%, Exploration 15.3%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural, narrative-driven road trip simulator that emphasizes choice and the unpredictable nature of a long journey.

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39%, Open World 23.2%, Exploration 18.6%, Relaxing 15.2%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the atmospheric, meditative exploration of a vast desert landscape while utilizing a unique vehicle for travel.

Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.

Why similar: Driving 39.8%, Racing 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite road trip game that focuses on the narrative and survival aspects of driving across America.

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 21.5%, Driving 18.3%, Immersive Sim 11%, Racing 10.2%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and maintenance aspects of long-haul trucking in harsh, unpredictable weather conditions.

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 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Survival 14.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, atmospheric journey where you maintain and pilot a unique land-ship across a dried-out seabed.

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

Why similar: Driving 23.4%, Automobile Sim 23.4%, Racing 13.6%, Physics 11.2%, Sandbox 11%

Why You'll Like It: Provides unparalleled soft-body physics that make every collision and mechanical failure feel visceral and realistic.

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 14.3%, Automobile Sim 14%, Racing 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense desert exploration and a heavy emphasis on building and upgrading your vehicle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.

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 50.8%, Action-Adventure 26.6%, Relaxing 15.4%, Action 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to Lone Sails, offering a similarly poignant journey focused on vehicle management and environmental exploration.

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 40.3%, Automobile Sim 20.5%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Open World 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused road trip game that balances inventory management with the challenges of life on the road.

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 24.9%, Driving 19.5%, Racing 10.2%, Sandbox 9.6%, Immersive Sim 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the most realistic off-road physics and survival-based transportation challenges in difficult, untamed terrain.

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.3%, Open World 29.3%, Exploration 15.3%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Relaxing 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the meditative and challenging aspects of traversing vast, lonely landscapes while managing your cargo and equipment.

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 21.1%, Driving 18.4%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Physics 9.2%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Transfers the road trip simulator experience to space, requiring constant maintenance and survival management while hauling cargo.

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: Automobile Sim 24.3%, Driving 23.7%, Racing 13%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Open World 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox driving game that offers a relaxing, open-world experience with a focus on transportation and vehicle ownership.

Dive into PolyZen Drive's sandbox of possibilities! Your road, your rules, and endless freedom. Immerse yourself in cozy atmospheres and drive through relaxing scenery, capture moments with your camera, or rush through dense traffic, you dictate your gameplay! The ultimate in driving freedom awaits!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.4%, Driving 21.9%, Racing 16.1%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Relaxing 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing, atmospheric driving experience that allows you to customize your journey through various environments.

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 32.3%, Racing 26.6%, Driving 11.4%, Open World 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic driving simulator that emphasizes the mechanical side of car culture and open-world exploration.

Pure Rock Crawling is a physics based off-road simulator. Featuring soft body tires, suspension customization that affects your handling, true to life drivetrain simulation and visual addons. Explore a variety of trails in free roam with multiple challenges.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 21.8%, Driving 19.9%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Physics 10%, Racing 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation focused entirely on the physics and technical skill required to navigate extreme off-road obstacles.

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 33%, Driving 27.8%, Physics 9.4%, Open World 7.7%, Racing 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A precursor to SnowRunner that excels at simulating the struggle of driving heavy vehicles through mud and difficult terrain.

Perform complex repairs and maintenance to become the ultimate truck mechanic. Get behind the wheel of your truck, throw your trusty tools in the back, and set out on an extreme adventure across the South American wilderness!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.5%, Driving 27.2%, Physics 11.1%, Immersive Sim 11%, Relaxing 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines vehicle repair mechanics with the survival challenges of driving through treacherous, unexplored regions.

Offroad Mania — off-road 4x4 driving simulator based on realistic car physics. Modes: Classic (240 levels), Free Roam, Racing, Endless, Winter (rocks, mud, snow, water, logs, trees, bridges, ramps). Vehicles: 10+ amazing 4×4 cars for your driving fun. Free updates!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 21.7%, Driving 18.1%, Racing 14.5%, Sandbox 9.8%, Physics 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physics-based challenges of off-road driving, emphasizing precision and vehicle handling.

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 18.7%, Automobile Sim 17.7%, Racing 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Sandbox 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused driving game that forces you to manage your vehicle and resources while exploring a dangerous open world.

A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

Why similar: Driving 46.7%, Open World 23.7%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an atmospheric, narrative-driven driving experience through a sprawling, vertical city that feels lonely and immersive.

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 35.7%, Driving 17.8%, Racing 13.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Immersive Sim 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the deep, technical mechanical knowledge required to maintain the vehicles found in more survival-oriented driving games.

Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 21.8%, Driving 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Racing 10.9%, Survival 9.9%

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.2%, Racing 14.1%, Driving 13.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Open World 7.5%

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 20.5%, Driving 18%, Racing 15.2%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Sandbox 8.5%

Drift between the states, collect bits, beat rivals and get a high score.

Why similar: Racing 61.8%, Exploration 19.3%, Driving 18%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled driving game that captures the aesthetic and lonely vibe of a long, atmospheric road trip.

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 24.8%, Driving 20%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 7.9%

ExoCross is an offroad racing game introducing 4CPT vehicle physics (4-way contact patch traction technology). A soft-body tire model allows for competitive time attack and multiplayer wheel to wheel racing.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.9%, Racing 24.7%, Driving 24.5%, Physics 12.3%, Simulation 4%

Why You'll Like It: An off-road racing game that emphasizes physics and the difficulty of traversing alien-like, rugged landscapes.

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 27.5%, Driving 20.4%, Racing 16.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 7.9%

3D Google Earth Driving Simulator

Why similar: Automobile Sim 19%, Driving 17.9%, Racing 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Exploration 6.5%

Welcome to the world of high-stakes tuning and street racing! Welcome to Underground Garage! It's your playground where you can unleash your creativity and mechanical prowess. Fix cars, tune them up, and hit the road.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26%, Driving 22.1%, Racing 20.3%, Physics 10.2%, Open World 9.7%

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 30.1%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Sandbox 11.7%, Survival 8.4%, Exploration 8%

Crank the tunes, and hit the open road in Easy Breezy Drive! This relaxing driving experience lets you cruise endless roads behind the wheel of vehicle of your choice. No objectives, no pressure, just you, your tunes, the endless roads, and enough scenery to make your eyeballs happy.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.3%, Driving 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Procedural Generation 7.7%

Car Service Together is a 1-4 co-op & single player simulation game where you and/or with your friends start from scratch and build your way up. Work together to successfully run your own service center. Team up, manage your business, and create the ultimate car service !

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.6%, Driving 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Sandbox 12.2%, Racing 9.5%

drift,jump,crash,shortcut,park, map editor

Why similar: Racing 29.2%, Automobile Sim 25.1%, Driving 19%, Physics 14.7%, Simulation 4.9%

‘Ultra Off-Road’ is an Indie simulator of off-road driving in the land of Alaska.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.9%, Driving 23.7%, Racing 16%, Open World 6.1%, Simulation 5.3%

Dude Simulator Six is an open world sandbox game. A mortal danger looms over humanity. The planet was invaded by representatives of a distant planetary system.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.1%, Racing 25.9%, Sandbox 13.6%, Exploration 6.6%, Simulation 5.4%

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

Why similar: Driving 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

Dude Simulator 3 is an open world sandbox game. It is your friend’s birthday tomorrow. You have already bought him a present, now you only have to give it to him. But your friends lives in another city, quite far from you.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.9%, Racing 22.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Physics 8.6%, Open World 8.4%

Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.7%, Driving 19.2%, Sandbox 14%, Open World 10%, Physics 9.1%

A vehicular shooter with roguelike elements, offering a wild take on an alternate future of the Soviet Union. Build your combat vehicle and show nature who's boss!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 56%, Post-apocalyptic 30.3%, Simulation 7.7%, Action 4%, Singleplayer 2%

Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!

Why similar: Driving 24.1%, Sandbox 22.3%, Physics 15%, Open World 13%, Racing 12.1%

I Want to Believe is a first-person action game with elements of detective work, simulation, stealth, freedom of action, and driving.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 23.3%, Driving 14.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Survival 11%

Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

Why similar: Sandbox 24.8%, Physics 20.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Relaxing 13.6%, First-Person 10.5%

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Driving 31.1%, Physics 15%, Open World 13.8%, Simulation 12%, Relaxing 10.2%

How long do you survive on a small island in the middle of a flooded world?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Physics 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Immersive Sim 10.3%

Car Tuning Simulator is designed so that you can create, modify and paint your own, luxury car, and then go to the track to test it in action!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.3%, Driving 23.8%, Racing 20.9%, Immersive Sim 16%, Simulation 5%

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 27.4%, Driving 22.7%, Racing 19%, Physics 11.6%, Open World 9.1%

Drive real military vehicles, deliver critical cargo, and master first-person logistics solo or with friends. Help survivors, provide infrastructure, and rebuild a war-torn region!

Why similar: Driving 25.1%, Automobile Sim 24.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Physics 9.7%, Open World 9.3%

Service off-road vehicles and take them for a drive! Offroad Mechanic Simulator lets you modify many classic off-road vehicles and prepare them for daunting tasks that no normal car could ever hope to complete. Test your work and climb steep cliffs or drive through rivers and deep layers of mud.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.3%, Driving 22%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Survival 8.9%, Physics 8.4%

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 49.5%, Sandbox 21.9%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Simulation 4%

Start from scratch and rise with scrap, dig through trash, process junk, and grow your profits. Buy warehouses, machines, and vehicles to build your own recycling empire.

Why similar: Driving 21.8%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.7%

Dude Simulator 2 is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Why similar: Racing 36.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Open World 15.4%, Physics 11%, Simulation 8.3%