Games like Project Explore
If Project Explore is your kind of game, the closest matches are BAND OF BROTHERS, Starbound and FortressCraft Evolved! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative freedom in building, fantasy elements stand out and frequent developer updates. 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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BAND OF BROTHERS
WHY THIS
Top pick for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Explore.
BAND OF BROTHERS is a fast-paced action shooter! Various maps, many types of weapons, different modes are waiting for you in which teams will come together in a battle for victory.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a whimsical mood with Project Explore.
Second-strongest match for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
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...
FortressCraft Evolved!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
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.
Star Rangers™ XE
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a contemplative mood with Project Explore.
Ranked #4 for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
Explore space and build on other worlds in Star Rangers! Star Rangers is a space exploration and construction game that allows players to build habitats and spacecraft, acquire gear and explore the solar system.
Wayward
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Explore.
Ranked #5 for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Hide & Hold Out - H2o
WHY THIS
Shares crafting with Project Explore.
Ranked #6 for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Rust
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
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.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Project Explore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a contemplative mood with Project Explore.
Reviewers of Project Explore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares crafting with Project Explore.
Reviewers of Project Explore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Explore.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Explore.
Reviewers of Project Explore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Project Explore.
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!
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Project Explore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
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!
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Project Explore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Project Explore cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Project Explore.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Explore at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
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 Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
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 Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
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 Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Explore.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Project Explore.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Project Explore.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Explore.
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 Project Explore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Explore.
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!
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 Project Explore.
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 Project Explore.
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 and Simulation with Project Explore.
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 Project Explore.
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 Project Explore.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
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 Project Explore.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from Fern Nigro
Other recommendable Steam games by Fern Nigro, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rock God Tycoon
WHY THIS
Another title from Fern Nigro, the studio behind Project Explore. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Explore.
Create, manage, and guide your very own band to success!
Don't Sink
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Project Explore.
Another title from Fern Nigro, the studio behind Project Explore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Explore.
Capture islands, sink ships, defend your towns, and discover an exciting world full of adventure.
Duke of Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Project Explore.
Another title from Fern Nigro, the studio behind Project Explore. Shares Casual with Project Explore.
Discover a world brimming with humor and interesting characters. You'll find yourself among overly observant villagers and egotistical wizards.
Bring Me Hope
WHY THIS
Another title from Fern Nigro, the studio behind Project Explore. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
Bring Me Hope is a bittersweet adventure RPG about love, loss, and family. Explore a world of echoes and memories, where each battle tests your resolve and every secret whispers of something greater.
Gum Squad
WHY THIS
Another title from Fern Nigro, the studio behind Project Explore. Shares Action and Indie with Project Explore.
Gum Squad is a co-op PvE shooter set in a quiet world gone sticky. Start with a peashooter, explore together, and gear up to survive the gum epidemic with up to 8 players!
Frequently asked about Project Explore
- Does Project Explore run on Steam Deck?
- Project Explore 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 Project Explore cost?
- Project Explore is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Project Explore have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Project Explore supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Project Explore?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Explore are BAND OF BROTHERS, Starbound, FortressCraft Evolved!.
- Who developed Project Explore?
- Project Explore was developed by Fern Nigro.
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 Project Explore.
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