Games like Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
Looking for games like both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition share Action, Adventure roots, making the overlapping player base a strong signal for what to play next. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.
Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
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Don't Starve Together
Top pick for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Out of Reach
Second pick for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
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No Man's Sky
Third pick for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Windrose
Ranked #5 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
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Satisfactory
Ranked #6 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Dying Light
Ranked #7 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
Ranked #8 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
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Skull and Bones
Ranked #9 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
Skull and Bones is an open world naval action RPG where ship combat, build choice, and sailing skill define your pirate legend. Conquer rival ships and mythical beasts in a vast ocean of up to 20 players.
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The Forest
Ranked #10 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Hurtworld
Ranked #11 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
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Starbound
Ranked #12 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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ARK: Survival Ascended
Ranked #13 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
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Hide & Hold Out - H2o
Ranked #14 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Ranked #15 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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ATLAS
Ranked #16 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Ranked #17 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares RPG with both games.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
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Age of Water
Ranked #18 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
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Reign Of Kings
Ranked #19 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
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Deadside
Ranked #21 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
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Subnautica
Ranked #22 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Indie and Adventure with both games.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Longvinter
Ranked #23 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
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Green Hell
Ranked #24 for fans of both Rust and Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.