Games like The Island
If The Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are INMATE: Survival, Animallica and Night of the Dead — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its craft tools from scratch, atmospheric and cozy. 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 Island: The Island - "Island") - a computer game with an open world and a first-person view in the genre of survival.
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INMATE: Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and crafting with The Island.
Top pick for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.
Animallica
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Island.
Second-strongest match for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Third-strongest match for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Eden Island
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Ranked #4 for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
Soulmask
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering, base building and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Ranked #5 for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Island.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Frost Survival VR
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Ranked #6 for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Island.
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Ranked #7 for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
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.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Island.
Ranked #8 for The Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Island.
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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The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Reviewers of The Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
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.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Reviewers of The Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Island.
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.
Stranded Deep
WHY THIS
Shares base building, exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Island.
Reviewers of The Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Island.
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Island at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Island.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Island.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Island.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Island on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Island.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Island.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Island.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Island.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Island.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Island.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Island.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about The Island
- How much does The Island cost?
- The Island is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Island?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Island are INMATE: Survival, Animallica, Night of the Dead.
- Who developed The Island?
- The Island was developed by Ibis Games.
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