The Long Dark/Similar games
Games like The Long Dark
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Long Dark” means here
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCraftingOpen WorldExplorationWalking Simulator
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
Don't Starve Together
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
95% of 539,743 reviews positive · 22,691 playing now
99%
match
2
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
74% of 47,679 reviews positive
99%
match
3
The Forest
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
96% of 678,804 reviews positive · 6,521 playing now
99%
match
4
Green Hell
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
85% of 100,116 reviews positive · 4,839 playing now
99%
match
5
Miasmata
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration · Walking Simulator
77% of 1,229 reviews positive
99%
match
6
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Post-apocalyptic
66% of 31,577 reviews positive
99%
match
7
Force of Nature
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Exploration
75% of 4,204 reviews positive
99%
match
8
The Wild Eight
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
68% of 8,105 reviews positive
99%
match
9
Subsistence
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
72% of 13,740 reviews positive
99%
match
10
Planet Explorers
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
62% of 6,817 reviews positive
99%
match
11
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
93% of 375,981 reviews positive · 9,369 playing now
98%
match
12
Don't Starve
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Exploration
97% of 113,219 reviews positive · 1,143 playing now
98%
match
13
96%
match
14
Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
97% of 1,539,686 reviews positive · 34,945 playing now
96%
match
15
96%
match
16
Tree of Life
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
65% of 6,659 reviews positive
95%
match
17
95%
match
18
95%
match
19
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
81% of 11,156 reviews positive
95%
match
20
95%
match
21
95%
match
22
95%
match
23
Rust
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
87% of 1,383,467 reviews positive · 134,817 playing now
94%
match
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Starbound
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Exploration
90% of 123,182 reviews positive · 1,367 playing now
94%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Long Dark?
The closest matches to The Long Dark on Steam are Don't Starve Together, Stranded Deep, The Forest, Green Hell, Miasmata. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Long Dark's — shared tags include Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Crafting.
How are games like The Long Dark 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 The Long Dark's. Popularity never affects the ranking.