Co-op games like Wild Planet
Below are 6 cooperative Steam games similar to Wild Planet, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. Every pick supports cooperative play — online co-op, LAN co-op, or shared/split-screen — so you can play with friends right out of the box. imho.run pulls from the same Steam category data Valve uses internally, so "Co-op" here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Planetaries
Online Co-op alternative to Wild Planet — playable with friends. 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.
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Len's Island
Online Co-op alternative to Wild Planet — playable with friends. 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.
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Valheim
Online Co-op alternative to Wild Planet — playable with friends. 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!
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Osiris: New Dawn
Online Co-op alternative to Wild Planet — playable with friends. 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.
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Tinkerlands
Online Co-op alternative to Wild Planet — playable with friends. 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!
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Online Co-op alternative to Wild Planet — playable with friends. 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.