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2022PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified69 % positive16.79 €

A survival game set in a mysterious desert world where you hunt, gather, craft and build while exploring dangerous dunes.

  • Resources and survival
  • Open world
  • Building and crafting
  • Lots to discover

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Stranded Deep

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2015PEGI 16PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable74 % positive15.99 €

Fits your focus: Combat like Starsand.

After a plane crash you're stranded in the Pacific, scavenging scattered islands for food, water and shelter while building rafts and fending off sharks. Its UI-light, physics-based crafting and beautiful yet dangerous ocean setting define the experience.

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Green Hell

  • Combat like Starsand

A punishing jungle survival sim set in the Amazon that tracks nutrition, infections, parasites and wounds alongside your character's fraying sanity. A dark story campaign and a co-op mode round it out.

Keplerth

  • Combat like Starsand

You wake up with nothing on a hostile alien planet and must gather, craft and fight your way through a 2D sandbox survival adventure while uncovering the planet's secrets.

Raft

  • Combat like Starsand

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.

Conan Exiles

  • Combat like Starsand

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.

Minecraft: Java Edition

  • Combat like Starsand

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.

The Infected

  • Combat like Starsand

An open-world survival crafting game in which a parent searches the forest for missing campers. You build a base and fend off wildlife and infected Vambies, a vampire-zombie hybrid.

Radiation Island

  • Combat like Starsand

A survival game set on a mysterious island in a parallel reality after the Philadelphia Experiment: you gather resources, craft gear, fend off threats and look for a way back to the real world.

Junk Jack

  • Combat like Starsand

Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox where you dig, build and fight through procedurally generated worlds full of monsters and hidden treasure. Its pixel-art landscapes and blend of crafting, combat and survival give it a charming personality.

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