Games like GRAV
If GRAV is your kind of game, the closest matches are Osiris: New Dawn, ARK: Survival Evolved and Planet Explorers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 →GRAV is an open-world survival-craft game set across procedurally generated alien planets. Players gather resources, craft weapons and armor, build and defend outposts, and hunt strange creatures while managing inventory and progressing through a leveling system. The game features online co-op for up to four players and includes an unusual health regeneration mechanic tied to dancing near campfires. Published and developed by BitMonster, Inc., it launched in early access in 2015 at $19.99 and is playable on Steam Deck. Reviewers highlight the freedom players have to explore and build without hand-holding, the rewarding sense of accomplishment from progression, and how scarcity forces creative problem-solving. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and contemplative, with a vibrant alien world that feels handcrafted despite its procedural generation.
About GRAV: GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
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Osiris: New Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Top pick for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Second-strongest match for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Planet Explorers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Third-strongest match for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
How to Survive 2
WHY THIS
Shares base building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with GRAV.
Ranked #4 for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with GRAV.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
ASTRONEER
WHY THIS
Shares base building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Ranked #5 for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRAV.
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Craftopia
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and a challenging mood with GRAV.
Ranked #6 for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Edge of Space
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Ranked #7 for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Palworld
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with GRAV.
Ranked #8 for GRAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Reviewers mention these as similar to GRAV
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Rust
WHY THIS
Shares base building with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
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.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with GRAV.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Planet Explorers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares base building, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with GRAV.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with GRAV.
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.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and a challenging mood with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRAV.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a whimsical mood with GRAV.
Reviewers of GRAV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GRAV.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GRAV at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under GRAV on Steam right now. Shares Indie with GRAV.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRAV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRAV on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRAV.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRAV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRAV.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRAV on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with GRAV.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 GRAV.
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 GRAV.
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 GRAV.
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?
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 GRAV.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRAV.
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.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRAV.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRAV.
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 GRAV
- Does GRAV run on Steam Deck?
- GRAV 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 GRAV cost?
- GRAV is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does GRAV have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — GRAV supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to GRAV?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GRAV are Osiris: New Dawn, ARK: Survival Evolved, Planet Explorers.
- Who developed GRAV?
- GRAV was developed by BitMonster, Inc..
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