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Games like Hurtworld

2019PC76 % positive24.50 €

A punishing first-person multiplayer survival shooter where you gather, craft and fight other players and the environment to stay alive. Its survival progression stays demanding well after your basic needs are covered.

  • Resources and survival
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Lots of grind
  • Building and crafting

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In short: Games like Hurtworld

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hurtworld special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Rust

97 %Match

2018PC86 % positive39.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Hurtworld: a sandbox with your own goals, scarce resources and survival as well as building and crafting.

A brutal multiplayer survival sandbox where you spawn with nothing, gather resources, build bases and fight other players to stay alive. Raids, betrayals and clan wars make every wipe unpredictable.

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Ark: Survival Evolved

Lots of grind

Stranded on an island full of dinosaurs, you gather resources, build bases and tame prehistoric beasts to ride and fight alongside you. On multiplayer servers it becomes a harsh, time-hungry struggle of tribes, raids and alliances.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Building and crafting

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

Ark: Survival Ascended

Lots of grind

You are stranded on islands full of dinosaurs, taming and riding prehistoric beasts, building bases and surviving alone or with tribes of other players. The Unreal Engine 5 remake makes the huge sandbox world look far more impressive.

Scum

Open world

Hardcore multiplayer survival on a huge prison island with deeply simulated metabolism, injuries and skills. You scavenge, craft and fight puppets, mechs and other players in a brutal reality-show setting.

Unturned

Building and crafting

A free-to-play zombie survival sandbox with blocky low-poly visuals where you scavenge, craft and build bases across large maps, teaming up with or betraying other players. A huge modding and workshop scene keeps it endlessly replayable.

7 Days to Die

Building and crafting

A zombie survival sandbox built on crafting, looting, base building and skill progression, where every seventh night a massive horde tests your fortifications. Played solo or in co-op, it blends first-person shooting with tower-defense tension.

Deadside

Lots of grind

A hardcore multiplayer survival shooter set in a large, realistic open world after civilization's collapse, with no zombies or anomalies. It centers on scavenging, staying alive and fighting other players.

CryoFall

Building and crafting

A top-down 2D sci-fi survival sandbox on an alien planet, where players build bases, research technology, craft and compete for resources on persistent servers hosting up to 300 people.

Gray Zone Warfare

Competing against other players

A realistic tactical first-person shooter on a quarantined Southeast Asian island where you take contracts from factions alone or with a squad. Punishing gunfights, gear management and looting keep the tension high.

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