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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 WorldPost-apocalypticExploration
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
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
74% of 47,804 reviews positive
99%
match
2
Don't Starve Together
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
95% of 542,510 reviews positive · 31,863 playing now
99%
match
3
The Forest
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
96% of 681,382 reviews positive · 8,002 playing now
99%
match
4
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Open World
56% of 8,827 reviews positive
99%
match
5
99%
match
6
Miasmata
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration · Open World
77% of 1,239 reviews positive
99%
match
7
Green Hell
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
85% of 101,854 reviews positive · 6,306 playing now
99%
match
8
The Wild Eight
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
68% of 8,117 reviews positive
99%
match
9
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Crafting
66% of 31,588 reviews positive
99%
match
10
Force of Nature
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
75% of 4,209 reviews positive
99%
match
11
Subsistence
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
72% of 13,775 reviews positive
99%
match
12
Planet Explorers
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
62% of 6,818 reviews positive
99%
match
13
Don't Starve
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
97% of 113,422 reviews positive · 1,628 playing now
98%
match
14
98%
match
15
The Fifth Day
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Open World
37% of 941 reviews positive
98%
match
16
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
93% of 378,023 reviews positive · 10,500 playing now
98%
match
17
97%
match
18
Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
97% of 1,551,879 reviews positive · 49,250 playing now
97%
match
19
96%
match
20
96%
match
21
Feel The Snow
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
87% of 3,058 reviews positive
96%
match
22
Tree of Life
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
65% of 6,656 reviews positive
96%
match
23
95%
match
24
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
81% of 11,157 reviews positive
95%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Long Dark?
The closest matches to The Long Dark on Steam are Stranded Deep, Don't Starve Together, The Forest, SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now, Fragmented. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Long Dark's, and 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.