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Games like POLYARIS

If POLYARIS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Saleblazers, KeepUp Survival and Frost Survival VR — 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 POLYARIS: Survive the Arctic in this first-person single-player game. Move by skis and boat, stay warm, dry, and hydrated, loot what's left behind, fight enemies, and escape the lonely north by any means. For fans of The Long Dark and other similar survival games.

2026ActionIndieAdventureSimulationWindowsby Magic Pie
POLYARIS — Steam game cover

Players who liked POLYARIS also play

Steam players who put hours into POLYARIS 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. Saleblazers

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. KeepUp Survival

    WHY THIS

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

    KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Frost Survival VR

    WHY THIS

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

    Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Badiya: Desert Survival

    WHY THIS

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

    Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Beyond the Map

    WHY THIS

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

    Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Rust

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

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

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about POLYARIS

What games are most similar to POLYARIS?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POLYARIS are Saleblazers, KeepUp Survival, Frost Survival VR.
Who developed POLYARIS?
POLYARIS was developed by Magic Pie.

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 POLYARIS.

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14 Games Like POLYARIS — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run