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Games like The Survivalists

2020PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable76 % positive−80 % 26.99 € 5.39 €

A co-op survival sandbox set in the Escapists universe where you explore islands, build, craft and even train monkeys to help you survive. Playable with up to three friends, its humorous pixel look keeps survival fairly laid-back.

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

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In short: Games like The Survivalists

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

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Raft

91 %Match

2022USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable93 % positive20.49 €

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

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Scrap Mechanic

Resources and survival

A colorful physics sandbox where you engineer your own vehicles and contraptions from parts. Its survival mode has you and friends scavenging and farming on a planet overrun by hostile Farmbots.

PixArk

Resources and survival

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.

Creativerse

Open world

A colorful sandbox survival game about gathering, crafting and building elaborate structures. You explore a procedurally generated voxel world full of caves, biomes and creatures, solo or with friends.

Core Keeper

Playing together in co-op

A mining sandbox adventure in a vast underground world where you dig, build, craft, farm and fight bosses, solo or with up to eight players. The mystery of the ancient Core drives your exploration.

Astroneer

Open world

As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

Survivalcraft

Resources and survival

You are marooned in an endless blocky world and must fend for yourself by mining, crafting, hunting and building shelter. Its appeal lies in the near-limitless freedom to build and the ability to construct complex electrical machines.

Dinkum

Playing together in co-op

A cozy life and farming sim set in the Australian outback: build your home, explore forests, deserts and billabongs, look after animals, and enjoy it all with friends in co-op.

Necesse

Resources and survival

A 2D sandbox survival game in an endless procedurally generated world where you build a settlement alone or with friends, delve into dungeons, fight bosses and craft gear. Its appeal lies in blending base building and settler management with action-driven gear progression.

Minecraft: Java Edition

Open world

The definitive sandbox: mine, craft, survive the nights and build anything you can imagine in an endless procedurally generated block world, solo or with friends on servers. The Java Edition adds a massive modding community on top.

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