Games like The WILDS
If The WILDS is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Life: Zoo Vet, Paint By Pixel and My Life: Pet Vet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its animal behaviors feel authentic, cinematic discovery moments and discovering ecosystems is rewarding. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The WILDS: Become iconic animals and fight for survival in the The WILDS. Finding food, water, and shelter will be the easy part, protecting your family from hungry predators and a harsh environment will separate the weak from the strong. Welcome to a uniquely immersive animal experience...
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My Life: Zoo Vet
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Top pick for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
Take care of sick zoo animals! Many exciting tasks await you in the zoo, and some of the cute residents need your help. From clumsy young animals to curious penguins and powerful elephants - they all need nursing back to health!
Paint By Pixel
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Second-strongest match for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The WILDS.
Paint Pretty Pictures by Pixel!
My Life: Pet Vet
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
Cute little pets need your help!
Animal Trainer Simulator
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Ranked #4 for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
Become a real-life animal trainer! Manage and develop your animal training center, create a safe and happy place for them! Train different types of animals, and give them a lot of attention and they will surely become calmer and more cooperative with their owners.
My Life: Farm Vet
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Ranked #5 for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.
They need you on the farm - examine and treat lots of animals!
Animal Shake
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Shares a relaxing mood with The WILDS.
Ranked #6 for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual and Early Access with The WILDS.
Meet adorable animal friends in the physics-based puzzle game Animal Shake. You can use physics to compensate for mistakes or aim for unexpected luck. It offers a variety of gaming experiences by mutations that change the game rules, along with distinct game modes, each with its own concept.
Animal Pattern
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Ranked #7 for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The WILDS.
Explore the animal world in this fun, family-friendly game. Sit back and relax and exercise your memory by finding all animal pairs. Match all pairs to win across seven stages with all hand-drawn art featuring many unique animals.
Farmyard Survivors
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Ranked #8 for The WILDS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The WILDS.
Survive hordes of cute (but evil) animals attacking your farm in this fast-paced, lane-based roguelite. Recruit adorable heroes and unlock powerful support animals to protect your farm from relentless attackers!
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WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The WILDS.
Reviewers of The WILDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.
Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The WILDS.
Reviewers of The WILDS cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
King of Bones
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The WILDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.
King of Bones is a fast-paced dinosaur fighting game with physics-driven skill-based combat. Dash, dodge, stomp, headbutt, and smash your way through multiple unique game modes and over two dozen unique species as you fight to dominate the arena.
Infinite Bloom
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The WILDS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.
Embody beings from vast cosmos to tiny plankton, and even your mind in Infinite Bloom! Use your hands to flap or swim. Power, identity, and scale become fluid. Faced with the vastness of the world, human is only a drop in the ocean, part of a continuum of life far greater than us.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The WILDS at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~60% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The WILDS.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The WILDS.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~60% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under The WILDS on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The WILDS.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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Frequently asked about The WILDS
- Does The WILDS run on Steam Deck?
- The WILDS is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The WILDS cost?
- The WILDS is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The WILDS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The WILDS are My Life: Zoo Vet, Paint By Pixel, My Life: Pet Vet.
- Who developed The WILDS?
- The WILDS was developed by Gluten Free Games.
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