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Games like Lost Rift

If Lost Rift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evolution Survival, Rust and Soulmask — 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.

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About Lost Rift: Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.

2025ActionIndieAdventureSimulationMassively MultiplayerEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby People Can Fly
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Build and defend your own personal island baseFreedom to play your wayGood gunplay with modding bench customizationAtmosphericChallengingImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Lost Rift 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. Evolution Survival

    WHY THIS

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

    Evolution Survival is a survival game where the universe evolves around you. The plants and animals you saw at the beginning will be different at the end, They may not even be there, the star may have gone supernova or shrunk into a white dwarf. Use the time you have to ensure your survival.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Rust

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, survival management and an immersive mood with Lost Rift.

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

    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 ↗
  3. Soulmask

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, crafting, action and an atmospheric mood with Lost Rift.

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

    Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. DUCKSIDE

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, crafting, action and an atmospheric mood with Lost Rift.

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

    Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation7.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Front

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, crafting, open world and an atmospheric mood with Lost Rift.

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

    The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

    2025ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. ARC Raiders

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Lost Rift.

    Ranked #6 for Lost Rift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lost Rift.

    ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

    2025Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a tense mood with Lost Rift.

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

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Lost Rift.

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

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Lost Rift

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. Rust

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, survival management and an immersive mood with Lost Rift.

    Reviewers of Lost Rift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Rift.

    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 ↗
  2. Team Fortress 2

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Lost Rift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Lost Rift.

    Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

    2007ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. OUTRIDERS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Lost Rift.

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

    Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.

    2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Survival

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Lost Rift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Lost Rift.

    FPS games. Players in the game as a soldier is about to enter the battlefield, there is no teammate in the battlefield, only the enemy, as soon as possible to collect surrounding materials to arm themselves, survive to the end to win!

    2018ActionMassively Multiplayer14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. ICARUS

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a challenging mood with Lost Rift.

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

    ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

    2021ActionAdventureSimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Rift.

    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 ~80% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lost Rift.

    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 ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Rift.

    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 ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lost Rift.

    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 ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Rift.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Lost Rift.

    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 ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lost Rift.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Lost Rift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost Rift.

    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 Lost Rift.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. 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 Lost Rift.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck 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 Lost Rift.

    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. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Lost Rift.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗

More from People Can Fly

Other recommendable Steam games by People Can Fly, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. OUTRIDERS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Lost Rift.

    Another title from People Can Fly, the studio behind Lost Rift. Shares Action and Adventure with Lost Rift.

    Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.

    2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Lost Rift.

    Another title from People Can Fly, the studio behind Lost Rift. Shares Action and Adventure with Lost Rift.

    Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.

    2017ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Painkiller: Black Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Lost Rift.

    Another title from People Can Fly, the studio behind Lost Rift. Shares Action with Lost Rift.

    Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.

    2007Action9.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. ARC Raiders

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Lost Rift.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Lost Rift.

    ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

    2025Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and a tense mood with Lost Rift.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Rift.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Lost Rift.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Rift.

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lost Rift

Is Lost Rift verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Lost Rift is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Lost Rift cost?
Lost Rift is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Lost Rift have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Lost Rift supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Lost Rift?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lost Rift are Evolution Survival, Rust, Soulmask.
Who developed Lost Rift?
Lost Rift was developed by People Can Fly.

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 Lost Rift.

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