Cover of Survival Machine

Similar games

Games like Survival Machine

2026PC, Steam Deck playable69 % positive16.79 €

You build your base on a moving machine that travels through different biomes, gathering resources and defending against zombies at night. It can be played solo or in co-op with friends.

  • Resources and survival
  • Building and crafting
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Playing together in co-op

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

In short: Games like Survival Machine

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

Similar in what way?

0 of 3

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

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Best match

Space Engineers

95 %Match

2019PEGI 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox89 % positive16.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Survival Machine: building and crafting, a sandbox with your own goals as well as an open world.

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.

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

7 Days to Die

Resources and survival

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.

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.

Once Human

Resources and survival

An open-world survival game set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world where you gather resources, build bases and shoot mutated monsters, solo or with friends. It stands out for blending base building, loot-shooter style progression and surreal apocalyptic horror.

Bellwright

Building and crafting

A medieval open-world survival and settlement-building game where you found villages, look after villagers, recruit followers and fight bandits in real-time melee and ranged combat. Crafting, base building and commanding companions interlock, with optional co-op play.

Colony Survival

Building and crafting

A voxel colony-builder where you manage farmers, miners and guards and defend your settlement from monster attacks each night. The appeal lies in optimizing your economy and strengthening your defenses.

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.

TerraTech

Open world

You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

Factorio

Open world

Stranded on an alien world, you grow a crude mining operation into a sprawling automated factory, endlessly optimizing belts, production chains and logistics. All the while you must defend it from native creatures angered by your spreading pollution.

PixArk

Building and crafting

You gather resources, craft, tame dinosaurs and mythical beasts, and build huge bases in a voxel world. Play solo or with a tribe in a colorful, blocky take on Ark's survival formula.

Feedback