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Games like Scrapnaut

If Scrapnaut is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Survivalists, Force of Nature and Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, cozy and relaxing. 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.

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About Scrapnaut: Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

2021Indie13.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby SpiffyBit
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Co op play is enjoyable and relaxedCreative base building with comfy crafting interfaceDifficulty settings shift playstyle from relaxing to strategicContemplativeCozyRelaxing

Players who liked Scrapnaut also play

Steam players who put hours into Scrapnaut also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Survivalists

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a cozy mood with Scrapnaut.

    Top pick for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure5.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Force of Nature

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a contemplative mood with Scrapnaut.

    Second-strongest match for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

    2016ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a relaxing mood with Scrapnaut.

    Third-strongest match for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management

    2021ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ASTRONEER

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and resource management with Scrapnaut.

    Ranked #4 for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

    2019IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Voidtrain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Out of Reach

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and resource management with Scrapnaut.

    Ranked #7 for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    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!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Smalland: Survive the Wilds

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a cozy mood with Scrapnaut.

    Ranked #8 for Scrapnaut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scrapnaut at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Scrapnaut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scrapnaut.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Scrapnaut

Does Scrapnaut run on Steam Deck?
Scrapnaut 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 Scrapnaut cost?
Scrapnaut is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Scrapnaut have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Scrapnaut supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Scrapnaut?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scrapnaut are The Survivalists, Force of Nature, Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper.
Who developed Scrapnaut?
Scrapnaut was developed by SpiffyBit and published by RockGame S.A..

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 Scrapnaut.

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