Games like Unknown Planet
If Unknown Planet is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dinosaur World, Faraway Islands and ICARUS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its great value for price, chill and lighthearted. 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 Unknown Planet: Your spacecraft has crash landed on an alien planet. Explore this unknown world, mine the resources, build your base, grow farms, craft equipment, fight off the alien lifeforms and survive.
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Steam players who put hours into Unknown Planet 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.
Dinosaur World
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering and base building with Unknown Planet.
Top pick for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Dinosaur World is a survival game about dinosaurs.
Faraway Islands
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
A top-down story-driven survival game, set on unknown islands you must explore in order to find a way home. Your adventure will contain classic mechanics like crafting, acquiring resources, hunting animals, farming, fishing, building shelter, and defending from enemies.
ICARUS
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Unknown Planet.
Third-strongest match for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Unknown Planet.
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
TerraTech Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering, base building and a whimsical mood with Unknown Planet.
Ranked #4 for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Eventide Matter
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering, crafting and a chill mood with Unknown Planet.
Ranked #5 for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Unknown Planet.
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Rising World
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Unknown Planet.
Ranked #6 for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Eden Island
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a relaxing mood with Unknown Planet.
Ranked #7 for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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.
Saleblazers
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a whimsical mood with Unknown Planet.
Ranked #8 for Unknown Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Fight. Sell. Survive. Live off the land, build your perfect shop, and defend against nightly horrors in this open world survival shop simulator for 1-8 players.
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Terraria
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Unknown Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Muck
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a whimsical mood with Unknown Planet.
Reviewers of Unknown Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
ARK Park
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Unknown Planet.
Reviewers of Unknown Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Unknown Planet.
In ARK Park, engage in close encounters with primal species through a series of theme park attractions. Enter by yourself or with a group of adventurous friends, and witness dinosaurs roaming in the wild with your own eyes!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Unknown Planet at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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 ~75% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unknown Planet.
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 ~50% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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 NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Unknown Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unknown Planet.
"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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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 Unknown Planet.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
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!
Tukoni: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Planet.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
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Frequently asked about Unknown Planet
- How much does Unknown Planet cost?
- Unknown Planet is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Unknown Planet?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Unknown Planet are Dinosaur World, Faraway Islands, ICARUS.
- Who developed Unknown Planet?
- Unknown Planet was developed by Synthetic Games.
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