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2026PCSteam Deck playable18.25 €

An open-world survival horror set on an enigmatic island, where you build a base, craft traps and siege weapons, and fight colossal monsters with an upgradable gravity gun. The mystery of the giant wall drives your exploration.

  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Project: Mist are The Forest, Subterrain and Radiation Island. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Project: Mist special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Forest

90 %Match

2018PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable96 % positive16.79 €

  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Subterrain

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi survival game set in an underground Mars facility where you single-handedly manage resources, craft gear and fend off mutated creatures. Randomly generated levels and base upkeep create a tense, isolated atmosphere.

Radiation Island

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

7 Days to Die

Strong character progression

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.

Freelancer

Sci-fi setting

A classic space action game where you fly as a mercenary through the Sirius sector, trading, taking missions and upgrading your ship while a conspiracy unfolds. Accessible dogfighting and a strong sense of freedom between stations and factions define it.

Sons of the Forest

Dark, serious atmosphere

Stranded on a remote island, you craft, build and fight to survive while cannibals and mutants hunt you. Play solo or in co-op, delve into dark caves, and fortify a base, with AI companions helping along the way.

Forever Skies

Sci-fi setting

You live and build aboard an airship above an ecologically ruined Earth, descending into toxic ruins to scavenge resources, upgrade your craft and uncover the mystery behind a deadly illness.

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