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Games like Outbreak Island: Pendulum

  • 8 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Outbreak Island: Pendulum also play

The closest matches to Outbreak Island: Pendulum: Outbreak Island, Withstand: Survival, No One Survived, Mist Survival, and Far Lands. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares crafting with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  2. Rank 03

    Why this

    Also Zombies and Survival Horror, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $16.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  1. Rank 04

    Mist Survival

    Why this: Shares base building with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $10.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018
  2. Rank 05

    Far Lands

    Why this: Shares zombie survival and base building with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $10.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2024
  3. Rank 06

    Night of the Dead

    Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Zombies, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $11.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2024
  4. Rank 07

    The Infected

    Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $15.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2020
  5. Rank 08

    The Forest

    Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Outbreak Island: Pendulum

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Outbreak Island

    Shares crafting with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 78% of 381 reviews
  2. 2
    Withstand: Survival

    Shares base building and crafting with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 72% of 175 reviews
  3. 3
    No One Survived

    Also Zombies and Survival Horror, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 65% of 2,271 reviews
  4. 4
    Mist Survival

    Shares base building with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 76% of 7,226 reviews
  5. 5
    Far Lands

    Shares zombie survival and base building with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 69% of 110 reviews
  6. 6
    Night of the Dead

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Zombies, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 77% of 3,150 reviews
  7. 7
    The Infected

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 84% of 3,654 reviews
  8. 8
    The Forest

    Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 95% of 175,474 reviews
  9. 9
    Breathedge

    Shares base building and inventory management with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 73% of 5,309 reviews
  10. 10
    ICARUS

    Shares base building and procedural generation with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 77% of 29,233 reviews
  11. 11
    Radiation Island

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 78% of 228 reviews
  12. 12
    Whisper of the Swallows

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 78 reviews
  13. 13
    The Long Dark

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 40,071 reviews
  14. 14
    Nighthold: Number 1

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 68% of 112 reviews
  15. 15
    The Front

    Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation

    • 68% of 3,716 reviews
  16. 16
    Osiris: New Dawn

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 51% of 8,119 reviews
  17. 17
    Miscreated

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 64% of 11,535 reviews
  18. 18
    Survival: Fountain of Youth

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 84% of 1,747 reviews
  19. 19
    Project Zomboid

    Shares crafting and procedural generation with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 94% of 147,516 reviews
  20. 20
    DESOLATE

    Shares procedural generation with Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 67% of 2,248 reviews
  21. 21
    PolyZ

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 56% of 68 reviews
  22. 22
    Valheim

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 94% of 558,366 reviews
  23. 23
    Another Try

    Also Zombies and Crafting, like Outbreak Island: Pendulum.

    • 53% of 112 reviews
  24. 24
    Satisfactory

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 98% of 132,199 reviews
Outbreak Island: Pendulum — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2022
  • Developer: Tiny Magicians
  • Price: Free to play
  • 59% of 250 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Adventure, Simulation, Free To Play
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Base building is satisfying
  • Exploration feels rewarding
  • Lighting creates immersive atmosphere
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Mysterious

About Outbreak Island: Pendulum

The closest matches to Outbreak Island: Pendulum: Outbreak Island, Withstand: Survival, No One Survived, Mist Survival, and Far Lands. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Outbreak Island: Pendulum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outbreak Island, Withstand: Survival and No One Survived — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and mysterious, and single out its base building and crafting. 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.

About Outbreak Island: Pendulum: Mysterious island, crashed plane, underground complex, classified military research. Survive in a new atmospheric sandbox thriller and uncover the terrible secret of the disaster.

Is Outbreak Island: Pendulum worth buying?

Players are split

A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.

  • 59% of 250 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Free to play.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 3 h before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Pendulum has nice graphics and atmosphere but also has many bugs. The first bug was when I was fighting a zombie, that zombie flew into space and came back after a minute. Second bug, I fell underground and stuck there. Yes, all bugs…”
1 h played
“Game play and graphics are great, I was really getting into it and then I died. I respawned to find all the crafting I did had reset. Went to the storage container and almost all my loot disappeared and the quantity was lower then I…”
22 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Outbreak Island, Withstand: Survival, No One Survived

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Frequently asked about Outbreak Island: Pendulum

Can I run it?

Is Outbreak Island: Pendulum free to play?

Yes — Outbreak Island: Pendulum 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.

What games are most similar to Outbreak Island: Pendulum?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Outbreak Island: Pendulum are Outbreak Island, Withstand: Survival, No One Survived.

Who developed Outbreak Island: Pendulum?

Outbreak Island: Pendulum was developed by Tiny Magicians and published by HypeTrain Digital.