Games like Subterranauts
If Subterranauts is your kind of game, the closest matches are PILGRIM, Camp Wombo and Fish Stick Protocol — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chaotic multiplayer chaos, atmospheric 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 Subterranauts: Subterranauts is a 1-6 player multiplayer horror game with proximity voice chat and terrifying creatures. Your job is to complete assignments by gathering scrap for the Association of Scrap Allocation. Work together with your team to complete assignments, earn company Bucks, and survive!
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PILGRIM
WHY THIS
Shares resource scavenging, co op multiplayer, horror and an atmospheric mood with Subterranauts.
Top pick for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
Pilgrim is a medieval-based, co-op horror, adventure. Can you and your friends make it to the end of The Road?
Camp Wombo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
Co-op survival horror game. Four friends must gather resources and repair their vehicle while surviving deadly creatures in a constantly changing forest.
Fish Stick Protocol
WHY THIS
Shares environmental hazards, co op multiplayer, co op multiplayer and a funny mood with Subterranauts.
Third-strongest match for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
Enter strange, unpredictable dimensions with up to 8 players to grab artifacts and survive the chaos waiting inside. Showcase your loot in your private museum, unlock new machines, and gear up for your next dive. And please, shower between missions. Management insists.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Subterranauts.
Ranked #4 for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hellgate Senigallia Remake
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
An RPG-infused boomer-shooter with dark and mysterious tones, offering innovative gameplay with a nostalgic nod to the '90s. Get ready to blow everything up and turn enemies into cannon fodder before facing the massive end-level bosses!
Backrooms: Echo
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
A co-op horror for 1–4 players inspired by the Backrooms. Procedurally generated levels, terrifying entities, and a realistic atmosphere powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every playthrough is a unique experience. Try to find the way out, but don’t trust everything you hear and see.
Pizza Deathlivery
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, co op multiplayer, horror and an atmospheric mood with Subterranauts.
Ranked #7 for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
Alone or up to 6 players, deliver pizzas to the survivors of a city where an oppressive mist has turned almost everyone into monstrous creatures.
Cursed Companions
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, exploration, co op multiplayer and a funny mood with Subterranauts.
Ranked #8 for Subterranauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
If we say the wrong words... WE DIE! This game kills you with your own voices! Online co-op where everyone gets a forbidden word, say it and you kill your friends. Explore spooky dungeons, cast spells and defeat monsters with your voices.
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SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with Subterranauts.
Reviewers of Subterranauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Subterranauts.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, grindy and a funny mood with Subterranauts.
Reviewers of Subterranauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
The Backrooms
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Subterranauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subterranauts.
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Subterranauts.
Reviewers of Subterranauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Murky Divers
WHY THIS
Shares environmental hazards, co op multiplayer and atmospheric with Subterranauts.
Reviewers of Subterranauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Zort
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and atmospheric with Subterranauts.
Reviewers of Subterranauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Subterranauts at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subterranauts.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subterranauts.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Subterranauts.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Subterranauts.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Subterranauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subterranauts.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Subterranauts.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Subterranauts.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Subterranauts.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Subterranauts.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Subterranauts.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Frequently asked about Subterranauts
- Does Subterranauts run on Steam Deck?
- Subterranauts 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 Subterranauts cost?
- Subterranauts is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Subterranauts have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Subterranauts supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Subterranauts?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Subterranauts are PILGRIM, Camp Wombo, Fish Stick Protocol.
- Who developed Subterranauts?
- Subterranauts was developed by Asa Longino.
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