Games like Hurtworld
If Hurtworld is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rust, Wild Omission and Out of Reach — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its pvp thrill is unmatched, challenging and intense. 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 →Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival game released in 2019 by Bankroll Studios. Set in an open world with FPS mechanics, it features base-building, resource scavenging, vehicle-based mobility, and clan politics alongside competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Players and reviewers describe the experience as intense, stressful, and challenging, with weapon crafting and use being satisfying and survival mechanics feeling punishing. The game supports online cooperative play, offers long sessions, and is priced at $24.99 USD. It holds a 63% positive rating from over 4,700 Steam reviews and is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Hurtworld: Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Players who liked Hurtworld also play
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Rust
WHY THIS
Shares clan politics, base building and a stressful mood with Hurtworld.
Top pick for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
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.
Wild Omission
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Second-strongest match for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Out of Reach
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Third-strongest match for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
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!
XERA: Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Hurtworld.
Ranked #4 for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Voidtrain
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Ranked #5 for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an intense mood with Hurtworld.
Ranked #6 for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Hurtworld.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Ranked #7 for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
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!
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a tense mood with Hurtworld.
Ranked #8 for Hurtworld fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Hurtworld
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ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
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!
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares clan politics, base building and a stressful mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
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.
Conan Exiles
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
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.
SCUM
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Team Fortress 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hurtworld.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Once Human
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Stranded: Alien Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Reviewers of Hurtworld cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Hurtworld.
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hurtworld at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hurtworld.
Priced ~60% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hurtworld.
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 ~60% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Hurtworld.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hurtworld.
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 ~60% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Hurtworld.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hurtworld.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hurtworld on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hurtworld.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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.
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.
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 Hurtworld.
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 with Hurtworld.
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 Simulation with Hurtworld.
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 Adventure with Hurtworld.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hurtworld.
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.).
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Frequently asked about Hurtworld
- Does Hurtworld work on Steam Deck?
- Hurtworld is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Hurtworld cost?
- Hurtworld is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Hurtworld have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Hurtworld supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Hurtworld?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hurtworld are Rust, Wild Omission, Out of Reach.
- Who developed Hurtworld?
- Hurtworld was developed by Bankroll Studios.
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 Hurtworld.
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