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Games like Don't Starve
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Don't Starve” means here
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCraftingSandboxOpen WorldExploration
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
The Long Dark
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
89% of 123,590 reviews positive · 2,217 playing now
98%
match
2
Force of Nature
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
75% of 4,209 reviews positive
98%
match
3
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
74% of 47,804 reviews positive
97%
match
4
The Forest
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
96% of 681,382 reviews positive · 5,147 playing now
97%
match
5
97%
match
6
The Wild Eight
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
68% of 8,117 reviews positive
97%
match
7
Don't Starve Together
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
95% of 542,510 reviews positive · 10,478 playing now
97%
match
8
Subsistence
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
72% of 13,775 reviews positive · 211 playing now
96%
match
9
Green Hell
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
85% of 101,854 reviews positive · 2,654 playing now
95%
match
10
Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
97% of 1,551,879 reviews positive · 34,222 playing now
95%
match
11
Planet Explorers
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
62% of 6,818 reviews positive
95%
match
12
95%
match
13
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
93% of 378,023 reviews positive · 5,137 playing now
95%
match
14
95%
match
15
Rust
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
87% of 1,395,975 reviews positive · 80,871 playing now
94%
match
16
94%
match
17
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
56% of 8,827 reviews positive
93%
match
18
Hurtworld
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
76% of 30,963 reviews positive · 115 playing now
93%
match
19
93%
match
20
93%
match
21
93%
match
22
93%
match
23
93%
match
24
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
66% of 31,588 reviews positive
92%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Don't Starve?
The closest matches to Don't Starve on Steam are The Long Dark, Force of Nature, Stranded Deep, The Forest, Fragmented. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Don't Starve's, and shared tags include Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Crafting.
How are games like Don't Starve chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Crafting count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Don't Starve's. Popularity never affects the ranking.