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2021PC75 % positive36.99 €

A cooperative survival game on an alien planet where you drop from an orbital station on timed missions, gather resources, build, and fight weather, wildlife and cold. Persistent progression between expeditions keeps players coming back.

  • Resources and survival
  • Playing together in co-op
  • Building and crafting
  • Open world

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In short: Games like Icarus

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Icarus 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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CryoFall

94 %Match

2019PC, Steam Deck playable78 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Icarus: scarce resources and survival, building and crafting as well as playing together in co-op.

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.

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Ark: Survival Evolved

Resources and survival

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.

Ark: Survival Ascended

Resources and survival

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.

Space Engineers

Building and crafting

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

Volcanoids

Lots to discover

Instead of a fixed base, you build up a giant mobile drill vehicle to travel a volcanic island, mine resources and fight robots. Play solo or in co-op to uncover what lies beneath the surface.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Resources and survival

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.

Voidtrain

Resources and survival

You build and expand a train that travels through strange dimensions, gathering resources along the way to craft weapons and upgrade your carriages. This survival adventure can be played solo or with up to four players.

Raft

Resources and survival

You begin on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, collecting debris, expanding your floating home and exploring islands while sharks circle. Solo or in co-op, survival turns into a laid-back crafting and discovery voyage with a mysterious story.

Hellion

Resources and survival

A first-person space survival game where you scavenge oxygen, fuel and supplies to stay alive in the hostile void. Other players can become allies or deadly threats.

Avorion

Building and crafting

A procedurally generated space sandbox where you build modular ships block by block and push toward the galactic core as a trader, mercenary or explorer. Ship building and freedom of playstyle are the heart of the game.

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