Games like Dysterra
If Dysterra is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soulmask, Night of the Dead and XERA: Survival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its craftable abilities using batteries, challenging and dark. 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 Dysterra: On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
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Soulmask
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an intense mood with Dysterra.
Top pick for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Dysterra.
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.
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with Dysterra.
Second-strongest match for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
'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!
XERA: Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with Dysterra.
Third-strongest match for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
The Front
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization, faction politics and an intense mood with Dysterra.
Ranked #4 for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Dysterra.
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Dysterra.
Ranked #5 for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Outpost Zero
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Dysterra.
Ranked #6 for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with Dysterra.
Ranked #7 for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Zombie Survival Game Online
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with Dysterra.
Ranked #8 for Dysterra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Dysterra
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Rust
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with Dysterra.
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Dysterra.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
ARK Park
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dysterra.
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
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!
MEMORIES OF MARS
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Dysterra.
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
Survive the extreme conditions on Mars. Compete or cooperate with others to gather resources, 3D print your equipment and build your base, unveil the story behind the abandoned mining operations and, ultimately, escape the Red Planet.
Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dysterra.
Secret Laboratory is a shooter with multiple options. You can play first person or third person, in a very fast and easy way to change.
ATLAS
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and base building with Dysterra.
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Once Human
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dysterra.
Reviewers of Dysterra cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Dysterra.
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
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Frequently asked about Dysterra
- Does Dysterra run on Steam Deck?
- Dysterra is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Dysterra free to play?
- Yes — Dysterra is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Dysterra have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dysterra supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dysterra?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dysterra are Soulmask, Night of the Dead, XERA: Survival.
- Who developed Dysterra?
- Dysterra was developed by Reality MagiQ.
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