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Games like The Isle

2015PCSteam Deck playable80 % positive19.99 €

You play as a dinosaur that must grow, hunt, drink and survive against other players in a vast wilderness. It is a punishing, realism-focused multiplayer survival game where any mistake can be fatal.

Resources and survival
Open world
Sandbox with your own goals
Competing against other players

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In short: Games like The Isle

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

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Scum

89 %Match

2025PC74 % positive44.99 €

Hardcore multiplayer survival on a huge prison island with deeply simulated metabolism, injuries and skills. You scavenge, craft and fight puppets, mechs and other players in a brutal reality-show setting.

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Green Hell

Challenging difficulty

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.

Hellion

Resources and survival

A first-person space survival game where you scavenge oxygen, fuel and supplies to stay alive in the hostile void. Other players can become allies or deadly threats.

Stranded Deep

Resources and survival

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.

DayZ

Resources and survival

Unforgiving multiplayer survival across a vast zombie-infested countryside where hunger, sickness and above all other players are the real threat. Every encounter can turn into an alliance or a betrayal, and death means starting over from nothing.

The Forest

Lots to discover

After a plane crash you build shelters and traps in a dense forest while tribes of cannibals stalk and attack you. Creepy mutant-filled caves and the mystery of your missing son drive the exploration, and it's best played with friends in co-op.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Resources and survival

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.

Gray Zone Warfare

Competing against other players

A realistic tactical first-person shooter on a quarantined Southeast Asian island where you take contracts from factions alone or with a squad. Punishing gunfights, gear management and looting keep the tension high.

Conan Exiles

Resources and survival

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.

Hurtworld

Resources and survival

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.