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2023PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch

As an airship captain you explore a world of floating islands, fight monsters and pirates with guns, and keep upgrading your base and ship. The blend of pixel-art action, base building and airship exploration sets it apart.

Open world
Building and crafting
Lots to discover
Shooting and gunplay

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The closest matches for Black Skylands are Volcanoids, Palworld and No Man's Sky. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Black Skylands special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Black Skylands

Best alternative overall: Volcanoids 91% match – Open world
To play together: Core Keeper 89% match – with co-op
Newest alternative: Palworld 91% match – released 2026

Best match

Volcanoids

91 %Match

2019PCSteam Deck playable83 % positive16.79 €

Instead of a fixed base, you build up a giant mobile drill vehicle to travel a volcanic island, mine resources and fight robots. Play solo or in co-op to uncover what lies beneath the surface.

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Palworld

Building and crafting

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.

No Man's Sky

Sci-fi setting

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

Keplerth

Building and crafting

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.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Building and crafting

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.

The Riftbreaker

Shooting and gunplay

A blend of base building, tower defense and action shooting: you pilot a mech suit across an alien planet, expand your outpost and fend off huge waves of creatures.

Core Keeper

Building and crafting

A mining sandbox adventure in a vast underground world where you dig, build, craft, farm and fight bosses, solo or with up to eight players. The mystery of the ancient Core drives your exploration.

Terraria

Building and crafting

A 2D sandbox adventure where you dig, build and craft while ever-tougher bosses unlock new gear tiers and biomes. Its huge item pool and hidden secrets make it a near-endless experience, especially with friends.

Planet Explorers

Building and crafting

A sci-fi sandbox adventure on an alien planet where voxel tech lets you reshape the terrain and craft your own weapons, vehicles and structures. Exploration, crafting and action combat blend together.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Building and crafting

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.

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