Rank 01Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and MMORPG, like Xsyon.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
- 2015
Games like Xsyon - Prelude
- 24 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Xsyon - Prelude also play
The closest matches to Xsyon - Prelude: Wurm Unlimited, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Wurm Online, Rising World, and Boundless. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rising World
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Xsyon.
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Notorious Games
- Price: $29.99checked Nov 7
- 70% of 250 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Community is exceptionally helpful
- Crafting system feels deeply involved
- Players shape the world through actions
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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Necesse
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Xsyon.
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Why this: Also MMORPG and Action RPG, like Xsyon.
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Why this: Also Post-apocalyptic and Crafting, like Xsyon.
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About Xsyon - Prelude
The closest matches to Xsyon - Prelude: Wurm Unlimited, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Wurm Online, Rising World, and Boundless. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Xsyon - Prelude is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wurm Unlimited, Life is Feudal: Your Own and Wurm Online — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its animal taming and riding and canal based water management. 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 Xsyon - Prelude: Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Is Xsyon - Prelude worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 70% of 250 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $29.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 22 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 20 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Community is exceptionally helpful
- Crafting system feels deeply involved
- Players shape the world through actions
- Seasonal world changes are visually stunning
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Game is designed around multiplayer interactions, and as all such games, they fail to understand, limiting any in game actions/skills/stats based on 'multiplayers' is a death sentence, because players do not interact unless forced, and…”
“Man what a shame, I tried to get into this but its hard. There's tons and tons of abandoned tribes and items all over the map so good luck finding a spot to build, The animations are wonky but I have seen worse... And the game doesn't shut…”
People who play it also play: Wurm Unlimited, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Wurm Online
Frequently asked about Xsyon - Prelude
Can I run it?
How much does Xsyon - Prelude cost?
Xsyon - Prelude is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Xsyon - Prelude have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Xsyon - Prelude supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Xsyon - Prelude?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Xsyon - Prelude are Wurm Unlimited, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Wurm Online.
Who developed Xsyon - Prelude?
Xsyon - Prelude was developed by Notorious Games.