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Games like Boundless

If Boundless is your kind of game, the closest matches are Out of Reach, FortressCraft Evolved! and Wild Terra 2: New Lands — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chaotic multiplayer interactions, community driven economy and endless creative freedom. 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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Boundless is a voxel sandbox MMO developed by Monumental, LLC that released in 2018 with a $19.99 price tag. Set across procedurally generated planets, the game combines elements of action, adventure, and RPG gameplay within a persistent open world. The mechanics center on multiplayer cooperation, player-driven economy, and expansive building and crafting systems. Players describe the experience as immersive and whimsical, with chaotic multiplayer interactions and endless creative freedom being highlighted as key hooks by the community. Reviewers note the appeal of a community-driven economy where players shape their own destinies and sculpt their worlds together. The game is classified as playable on Steam Deck, offers a chill difficulty curve, and accommodates massive play sessions. It holds a 74% positive rating from 1316 Steam reviews.

About Boundless: Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.

2018ActionIndieAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Monumental, LLC
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Players who liked Boundless also play

Steam players who put hours into Boundless 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. Out of Reach

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Boundless.

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

    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!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. FortressCraft Evolved!

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Boundless.

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

    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.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wild Terra 2: New Lands

    WHY THIS

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

    MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.

    2022ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Creativerse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Boundless.

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

    A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tree of Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Boundless.

    Ranked #5 for Boundless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Boundless.

    Begin a journey in the beautiful world! Build your own town anywhere and explore the myterious lands anytime. Nothing is impossible in the open world: Be a legendary warrior and 5-star chef at the same time!

    2017IndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSteam ↗
  6. Trove

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Boundless.

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

    Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!

    2015ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Life is Feudal: Your Own

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Boundless.

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

    Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. StarMade

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiplayer cooperation, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Boundless.

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

    The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Boundless

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. No Man's Sky

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Boundless.

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

    No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Trove

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Boundless.

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

    Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!

    2015ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Boundless.

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

    The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

    2017ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Boundless cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Boundless.

    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.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Boundless.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Boundless.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Boundless.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Action with Boundless.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Boundless.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Boundless.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Boundless.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Boundless on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Boundless.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Boundless.

    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 ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Frequently asked about Boundless

Does Boundless run on Steam Deck?
Boundless 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 Boundless cost?
Boundless is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Boundless have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Boundless supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Boundless?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Boundless are Out of Reach, FortressCraft Evolved!, Wild Terra 2: New Lands.
Who developed Boundless?
Boundless was developed by Monumental, LLC.

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 Boundless.

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