Games like Rising World
If Rising World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Creativerse, 7 Days to Die and Out of Reach — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. 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 →Rising World is a voxel-based open-world sandbox game released in 2014, featuring a procedurally generated world for solo play. Players engage in survival-crafting with combat, farming, animal husbandry, and terrain deformation mechanics, alongside voxel-based building that allows architectural freedom without arbitrary limits. Reviewers highlight that building precision matters down to the millimeter and the world feels alive with dynamic weather and seasons. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, and a blend of relaxing and challenging. The game is actively developed over a decade after launch and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, currently priced at $11.24 with an 86% positive review score from over 3,000 Steam reviews.
About Rising World: Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Players who liked Rising World also play
Steam players who put hours into Rising World 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.
Creativerse
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Rising World.
Top pick for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Second-strongest match for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Out of Reach
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rising World.
Third-strongest match for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Ranked #4 for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
FortressCraft Evolved!
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rising World.
Ranked #5 for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Subsistence
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Ranked #6 for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Rising World.
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Colony Survival
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Rising World.
Ranked #7 for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Ranked #8 for Rising World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Rising World
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The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares survival crafting and an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
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.
Wurm Unlimited
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Rising World.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Second Second
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Second Second is a Roguelike card game without drawing cards. Explore randomly generated worlds, defeat monsters, collect valuable cards and add the best ones to your deck. The battles are not based on luck, so prepare to put your skills to the test.
Wurm Online
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!
Sons Of The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rising World.
Reviewers of Rising World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rising World at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rising World.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rising World.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rising World.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rising World.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rising World.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~91% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Rising World on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Rising World.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising World.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
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 Rising World.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising World.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rising World.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Rising World
- Does Rising World run on Steam Deck?
- Rising World 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 Rising World cost?
- Rising World is listed on Steam at 11.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Rising World have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Rising World supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Rising World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rising World are Creativerse, 7 Days to Die, Out of Reach.
- Who developed Rising World?
- Rising World was developed by JIW-Games.
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 Rising World.
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