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Games like Wild Planet

Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Wild Planet for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Wild Planet also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Wild Planet: Discover, craft, and survive in Wild Planet's captivating open world. Build bases, explore dungeons, and embark on adventures. Immerse yourself in its relaxing atmosphere and uncover the secrets of this mysterious planet!

2024ActionIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby MonkeyFactory Media
Wild Planet — Steam game cover
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Planetaries — Steam game cover

    Planetaries

    Top pick for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Len's Island — Steam game cover

    Len's Island

    Second-strongest match for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Crashlands — Steam game cover

    Crashlands

    Third-strongest match for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Valheim — Steam game cover

    Valheim

    Ranked #4 for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Signs of Life — Steam game cover

    Signs of Life

    Ranked #5 for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Osiris: New Dawn — Steam game cover

    Osiris: New Dawn

    Ranked #6 for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.

    2023ActionIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Tinkerlands — Steam game cover

    Tinkerlands

    Ranked #7 for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    RuneScape: Dragonwilds — Steam game cover

    RuneScape: Dragonwilds

    Ranked #8 for Wild Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Wild Planet.

    On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

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    Crashlands — Steam game cover

    Crashlands

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Valheim — Steam game cover

    Valheim

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Tinkerlands — Steam game cover

    Tinkerlands

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Planet.

    Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wild Planet

Does Wild Planet run on Steam Deck?
Wild Planet 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 Wild Planet cost?
Wild Planet is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Wild Planet have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Wild Planet supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Wild Planet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wild Planet are Planetaries, Len's Island, Crashlands.
Who developed Wild Planet?
Wild Planet was developed by MonkeyFactory Media.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Wild Planet.

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