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2020PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable77 % positive24.99 €

A co-op survival sandbox set in the Escapists universe where you explore islands, build, craft and even train monkeys to help you survive. Playable with up to three friends, its humorous pixel look keeps survival fairly laid-back.

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Building and crafting
Playing together in co-op
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The closest matches for The Survivalists are Raft, Core Keeper and Scrap Mechanic. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Survivalists special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like The Survivalists

Best alternative overall: Raft 95% match – Building and crafting
To play together: Core Keeper 93% match – with co-op
Newest alternative: Scrap Mechanic 91% match – released 2026

Best match

Raft

95 %Match

2022PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable93 % positive20.49 €

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.

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Core Keeper

Playing together in co-op

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.

Scrap Mechanic

Sandbox with your own goals

A colorful physics sandbox where you engineer your own vehicles and contraptions from parts. Its survival mode has you and friends scavenging and farming on a planet overrun by hostile Farmbots.

Dinkum

Playing together in co-op

A cozy life and farming sim set in the Australian outback: build your home, explore forests, deserts and billabongs, look after animals, and enjoy it all with friends in co-op.

Creativerse

Sandbox with your own goals

A colorful sandbox survival game about gathering, crafting and building elaborate structures. You explore a procedurally generated voxel world full of caves, biomes and creatures, solo or with friends.

Astroneer

Building and crafting

As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

Minecraft: Java Edition

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

PixArk

Building and crafting

You gather resources, craft, tame dinosaurs and mythical beasts, and build huge bases in a voxel world. Play solo or with a tribe in a colorful, blocky take on Ark's survival formula.

Necesse

Sandbox with your own goals

A 2D sandbox survival game in an endless procedurally generated world where you build a settlement alone or with friends, delve into dungeons, fight bosses and craft gear. Its appeal lies in blending base building and settler management with action-driven gear progression.

Hydroneer

Playing together in co-op

In Hydroneer you dig through deformable terrain, hunt for gold and other resources, and grow a mining operation with a base and upgraded gear step by step. Digging and tinkering with friends in co-op is especially satisfying.