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Games like Wildstrive

If Wildstrive is your kind of game, the closest matches are City 20, BlooDooMooN SurViVoR and Russian Village Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and chill. 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 Wildstrive: Wildstrive - is an open-world first-person survival game. Craft tools, build a camp, harvest crops, explore the land, tame and fight wild animals. Challenge nature and solve the mystery of the lost island!

2023ActionIndieAdventureSimulationEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby MonsterGaze
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Building and establishing a base from scratchCartoonish art style is soothingDeveloper is active in community feedbackAtmosphericChallengingChill

Players who liked Wildstrive also play

Steam players who put hours into Wildstrive 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. City 20

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wildstrive.

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

    Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. BlooDooMooN SurViVoR

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    Welcome to this survival sandbox game! Your plane made a forced landing during the Bermuda storm. You will need to establish your own survival base from scratch, collect materials, make tools, build towns, manufacture weapons, explore unknown fields. Will you conquer the challenges ?

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Russian Village Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares farming, survival management, indie and an atmospheric mood with Wildstrive.

    Third-strongest match for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Chinese Frontiers

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Wildstrive.

    Ranked #4 for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Cowboy Life Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares farming, base building and a chill mood with Wildstrive.

    Ranked #5 for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    “Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sons Of The Dream Forest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    The beautiful and cruel wilderness requires you to learn survival skills, such as building campsites, making tools, hunting, and gathering. You can cut down trees, fish, plant crops, and even collaborate with other players to tackle environmental challenges together

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Starsand Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares farming, resource gathering and a chill mood with Wildstrive.

    Ranked #7 for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wildstrive.

    Tired of the city grind? Escape to Starsand Island and embrace the simple joys of country life! Live alongside capybaras, cats, and dogs, reel in a big catch, and explore the enchanting Moonlit Forest. Leave the hustle behind and experience the charm of this seaside paradise.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG27.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 你农哦农-Need Know What Know

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wildstrive.

    Ranked #8 for Wildstrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    搞怪沙雕的新农村建设游戏!"你家里是农村的,给不了我想要的生活!分手吧!"失恋的你,拖着疲惫的身躯,从大城市回到了老家农村,乡亲们仍旧如你小时候一样勤劳朴实,带领乡亲们一起建设新农村吧!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Wildstrive

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Valheim

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with Wildstrive.

    Reviewers of Wildstrive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sunkenland

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Wildstrive.

    Reviewers of Wildstrive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Aloft

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Wildstrive.

    Reviewers of Wildstrive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wildstrive.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Wildstrive.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Wildstrive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wildstrive.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. 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 Wildstrive.

    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.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wildstrive

Does Wildstrive run on Steam Deck?
Wildstrive is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Wildstrive cost?
Wildstrive is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Wildstrive?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wildstrive are City 20, BlooDooMooN SurViVoR, Russian Village Simulator.
Who developed Wildstrive?
Wildstrive was developed by MonsterGaze.

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 Wildstrive.

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