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Games like Gone Upstate

If Gone Upstate is your kind of game, the closest matches are beta decay, Medusa Frontier and After The War — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Gone Upstate: Gone Upstate is a relaxed survival sandbox game where you Hunt, Build and Craft in a vibrant wilderness. Explore the vast landscape, escape dangerous predators, buy or craft supplies, sell your farm crops and uncover the mysterious creatures!

2021IndieAdventureSimulationCasualEarly Access14.99 USDWindowsby Digital Boxcar
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Players who liked Gone Upstate also play

Steam players who put hours into Gone Upstate 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. beta decay

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    beta decay is a dark, dystopian RPG where you can build spaceships, join factions, and fight for territory in a newly discovered star system. Become an engineer repairing starships, a mech pilot commanding war machines, to a syndicate leader, executing raids deep within a labyrinthic neon city.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Medusa Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    Medusa Frontier is a budget sci-fi survival game being developed with OpenGL & C++. Gameplay is currently limited to resource gathering and base building on a 1k terrain map.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. After The War

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    You are one of the survivors with your family in a city destroyed After The War. Your goal is to keep yourself and your family alive and escape from this city.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Escape The Pacific

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Saleblazers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Northern Lights

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gone Upstate.

    Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

    2020IndieSimulationEarly Access11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Gold River Project

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crushed

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gone Upstate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gone Upstate.

    Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gone Upstate.

    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 ~67% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Gone Upstate.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Gone Upstate.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Gone Upstate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Gone Upstate.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Gone Upstate.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gone Upstate.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gone Upstate.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Gone Upstate.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gone Upstate

How much does Gone Upstate cost?
Gone Upstate is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gone Upstate?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gone Upstate are beta decay, Medusa Frontier, After The War.
Who developed Gone Upstate?
Gone Upstate was developed by Digital Boxcar.

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 Gone Upstate.

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