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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.

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Building and crafting
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The closest matches for Ark: Survival Evolved are Conan Exiles, Ark: Survival Ascended and 7 Days to Die. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ark: Survival Evolved special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Conan Exiles

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

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.

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Ark: Survival Ascended

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

7 Days to Die

Sandbox with your own goals

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

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.

Unturned

Sandbox with your own goals

A free-to-play zombie survival sandbox with blocky low-poly visuals where you scavenge, craft and build bases across large maps, teaming up with or betraying other players. A huge modding and workshop scene keeps it endlessly replayable.

Space Engineers

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Citadel: Forged With Fire

Building and crafting

You build massive castles, tame beasts and wield magic in an open fantasy sandbox, while rival players compete with you for power and influence. Its appeal lies in the freedom to choose your own path through scheming, hunting or construction.

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.

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.

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.