Games like Build & Survive
If Build & Survive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Farmtale, Gym Simulator 24 and Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About Build & Survive: Build, craft, and survive in an endless sandbox world filled with danger. Gather resources, fight enemies, and upgrade your base as threats grow stronger. Will you endure or fall in this fast-paced survival challenge?
Players who liked Build & Survive also play
Steam players who put hours into Build & Survive 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.
Farmtale
WHY THIS
Top pick for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Build & Survive.
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
Gym Simulator 24
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
Gym Simulator 24: Build Your Fitness Empire! Embark on a journey to create your dream fitness haven in Gym Simulator 24, the ultimate simulation game where you'll ascend the ranks and craft your very own fitness empire.
Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Build & Survive.
Horticular is a relaxing garden builder where you grow plants, design habitats and attract a wide range of wildlife. Help the gnome Keepers restore a barren wasteland with magical powers and populate it with adorable critters. Reclaim nature from a looming corruption and create your perfect garden.
Backwoods Town
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding all its inhabitants along the way.
STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Build & Survive.
Welcome to Olive Town, a peaceful community established by your trailblazing grandfather and his friends. Now that you've taken over his farm, it's your job to carry on his legacy. Plant crops, raise animals, build relationships, and get to know the residents of your new home!
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Lemon Cake
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Firefly Village
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Build & Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Build & Survive at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Build & Survive.
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 ~50% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
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 ~63% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Build & Survive.
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 ~75% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Build & Survive.
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 ~50% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Build & Survive.
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 ~75% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Build & Survive.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Build & Survive.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Build & Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Build & Survive.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Build & Survive.
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 Build & Survive.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Build & Survive.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Build & Survive.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
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!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Build & Survive.
Horticular is a relaxing garden builder where you grow plants, design habitats and attract a wide range of wildlife. Help the gnome Keepers restore a barren wasteland with magical powers and populate it with adorable critters. Reclaim nature from a looming corruption and create your perfect garden.
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Firefly Village
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Build & Survive.
The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.
Frequently asked about Build & Survive
- How much does Build & Survive cost?
- Build & Survive is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Build & Survive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Build & Survive are Farmtale, Gym Simulator 24, Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife.
- Who developed Build & Survive?
- Build & Survive was developed by Esti Soft.
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 Build & Survive.
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