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2023PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified59 % positive−75 % 44.99 € 11.24 €

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.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Open world
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for Ark: Survival Ascended are Space Engineers, Empyrion: Galactic Survival and Fallout 76. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ark: Survival Ascended special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Space Engineers

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2019PCPlayStationXbox89 % positive16.99 €

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • 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.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Fallout 76

Sandbox with your own goals

An online Fallout set in the irradiated hills of Appalachia, where you explore a huge world solo or with friends, build camps, join public events and shape your character with perk cards. After a rocky launch, NPCs, factions and steady updates turned it into a lively post-apocalyptic sandbox.

Conan Exiles

Sandbox with your own goals

A survival sandbox set in the brutal world of Conan the Barbarian: you build bases and whole cities, endure hunger, cold and enemies, and rise from a lowly exile to a mighty warrior. Playable solo, in co-op, or on persistent online servers with siege warfare.

Rust

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Palworld

Sandbox with your own goals

Palworld mashes creature collecting together with survival crafting and base building. Captured Pals fight beside you, carry you across the islands or toil away in your factory while you explore an open world armed with guns. Its cheeky, slightly macabre humor gives the whole thing a flavor of its own.

Project Zomboid

Sandbox with your own goals

An unforgiving zombie survival sandbox where you loot, build, craft and train skills until your inevitable death. Its deep simulation and highly customisable rules turn every run into a personal survival story, solo or with friends.

CryoFall

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Avorion

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Hurtworld

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

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