The Long Dark is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness. Monitor your Condition, search for life-saving supplies, and master survival skills like fire-building, maintaining your gear, hunting, fishing, and landmark-based navigation. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and everything Mother Nature can throw at you.
50 Games Like The Long Dark
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This suggestion collection includes survival sandbox games for Android, IOS (iPhone / iPad), Win Mobile, PS4 (Playstation 4), Xbox One, Switch, PC Windows, Mac OS and Linux. The order in this selection is not absolute, but the best games tends to be up in the list.
The latest addition in this selection are PixARK released the 26 March 2018 and ranked #40, Tropical Escape released the 15 February 2018 and ranked #45, Rust released the 8 February 2018 and ranked #11.
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survivalcraftingopen-worldsandboxsimulationexplorationzombiesfirst-personoverlayfree-form1# Feel The Snow - 2016
Early Access
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
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2# Subnautica - 2018
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Subnautica similarities with The Long Dark
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3# EDEN STAR - 2015
Early Access
Eden Star is a fast paced Sci-Fi survival game that blends unique physics based combat, destructible environments and free-form construction with the exploration of a hostile alien world.
EDEN STAR similarities with The Long Dark
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4# Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation - 2016
Early Access
Rebuild society and survive The Apocalypse when demons overwhelm the planet. A colony simulation game with tactical combat missions; Survive by crafting equipment, defending your base, and sending teams to scavenge for supplies.
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation similarities with The Long Dark
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5# Don't Starve Together - 2016
Don't Starve Together is the standalone multiplayer expansion of the uncompromising survival game Don't Starve.
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6# Empyrion - Galactic Survival - 2015
Early Access
Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world, space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on planets. Build, explore, fight and survive in a hostile galaxy full of hidden dangers.
Empyrion - Galactic Survival similarities with The Long Dark
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7# ASTRONEER - 2016
Early Access
A game of aerospace industry and interplanetary exploration.
ASTRONEER similarities with The Long Dark
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8# Rising World - 2014
Early Access
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Rising World similarities with The Long Dark
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9# CrossWorlds: Escape - 2016
Early Access
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
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10# Planet Nomads - 2017
Early Access
A sci-fi sandbox game of constructing your own planetary fate. Become a scientist astronaut determined to beat the odds and build great things. The particle-manipulating multitool and enviro-protec suit are your best friends on this journey.
Planet Nomads similarities with The Long Dark
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11# Rust - 2018
The only aim in Rust is to survive. To do this you will need to overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals for meat. Protect yourself from other players, and kill them for meat. Create alliances with other players and form a town. Do whatever it takes to survive.
Rust similarities with The Long Dark
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12# Subterrain - 2016
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
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13# Animallica - 2017
Early Access
In Animallica you are racing against extinction. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single species of plant and animal lies in your hands.
Animallica similarities with The Long Dark
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14# Dig or Die - 2015
Early Access
Crash land on an hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Dig or Die similarities with The Long Dark
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15# The Forest - 2014
Early Access
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
The Forest similarities with The Long Dark
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16# FarSky - 2014
FarSky is a short survival game in the depths of the Ocean. Collect all the pieces of your submarine and reach back the surface.
FarSky similarities with The Long Dark
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17# Radiation Island - 2015
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Radiation Island similarities with The Long Dark
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18# Hurtworld - 2015
Early Access
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on deep survival progression that doesn't become trivial once you establish some basic needs. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Hurtworld similarities with The Long Dark
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19# Miscreated - 2014
Early Access
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Miscreated similarities with The Long Dark
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20# Hide & Hold Out - H2o - 2016
Trapped in an ancient forest, a young prince searches for a lost god. Here he befriends the spirit of a young girl and a volatile child, and they quickly find their destinies intertwined. Third-person action-adventure inspired by genre classics of the N64-era.
Hide & Hold Out - H2o similarities with The Long Dark
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21# Wrongworld - 2017
Early Access
Wrongworld is a silly yet unforgiving survival game set on a low poly world filled with freakish inhabitants.
Wrongworld similarities with The Long Dark
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22# Stay Alive: Apocalypse - 2017
Early Access
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
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23# DinoSystem - 2015
Early Access
DinoSystem is a 2D ecosystem and survival simulation that allows players to manage the ecology of an evolving island and survive in it as a human, dealing with realistic survival mechanics and a deep character progression system.
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24# StarsOne - 2016
Early Access
You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.
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25# Unturned - 2014
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.