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Games like Under the Sand

2020PCSteam Deck playable78 % positive19.50 €

You roam an open world hidden beneath the sand alone in your car, exploring at your own pace. Its appeal lies mainly in discovery and getting by in a harsh, desolate landscape.

  • Driving or flying
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Under the Sand

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

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Drive Beyond Horizons

94 %Match

2025PCSteam Deck playable77 % positive24.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Under the Sand: driving or flying, an open world and lots to discover.

An open-world driving game with survival elements where you cross wide landscapes, customize your vehicle and hunt for hidden treasures. Based on the sparse information it looks like a small indie title centered on exploration and vehicle tuning.

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The Long Drive

Driving or flying

You drive a car along an endless, procedurally generated empty road while managing fuel, repairs and supplies. Its appeal lies in the lonely, meditative atmosphere of crossing a vast landscape.

The Slaverian Trucker

Driving or flying

A truck and life simulator set in the harsh, semi-post-apocalyptic lands of Slaveria. You take legal and illegal jobs to earn money, while repairing and tuning vehicles and growing your wealth.

Fuel

Driving or flying

A massive open-world racer spanning thousands of square miles, where extreme weather like tornadoes and wildfires shapes your drives across a ravaged America.

Mad Max

Driving or flying

An open-world action game set in a sun-scorched wasteland where you hunt convoys, raid strongholds and brawl with Batman-style counter combat while endlessly upgrading your car, the Magnum Opus. Vehicular combat and the striking desert atmosphere are the highlights.

Derail Valley

Realistic visuals

A train simulator where you hand-drive locomotives, couple and uncouple cars, and take freight jobs across an open rail network. Convincing physics and free movement around the trains are the draw, including in VR.

BeamNG.drive

Realistic visuals

A vehicle sandbox whose soft-body physics make crashes and deformation feel strikingly real. You roam open maps, push cars to destruction and build your own scenarios.

Fumes

Pure single-player experience

Fumes is a fast, no-nonsense vehicular combat shooter in the spirit of the old classics: kit out your car, mount weapons and roar across a ruined wasteland. It focuses on straightforward, solo fun behind the wheel.

SimCopter

Driving or flying

You fly a helicopter over cities built in SimCity 2000, handling missions like fires, bank robberies and medical evacuations. Being able to fly over your own custom cities is the main appeal.

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