Games like Conan Exiles
If Conan Exiles is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARK: Survival Evolved, 7 Days to Die and Rust — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, grim and stressful. 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 →Conan Exiles is a survival-focused multiplayer game set in Robert E. Howard's iconic Hyborian Age, developed and published by Funcom in 2018. Players must manage hunger, thirst, and climate while establishing bases, crafting tools and weapons, and engaging in both PvP and PvE combat across a vast open world. The game features extensive mod support, a comprehensive building system, and persistent servers. Reviewers and players describe the experience as dark, grim, and tense, with the harsh survival mechanics creating a genuinely stressful atmosphere. The game achieves an 80% positive rating from over 37,000 Steam reviews. Players highlight the sense of adventure and note the robust modding community offers significant replayability beyond the base experience. Priced at $39.99, it does not currently support Steam Deck.
About Conan Exiles: 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.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
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Top pick for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
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!
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Conan Exiles.
Second-strongest match for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Conan Exiles.
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!
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Conan Exiles.
Third-strongest match for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
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.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares mod support with Conan Exiles.
Ranked #4 for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
SCUM
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Conan Exiles.
Ranked #5 for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
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.
Soulmask
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Shares base building with Conan Exiles.
Ranked #6 for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Conan Exiles.
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.
Reign Of Kings
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Shares base building with Conan Exiles.
Ranked #7 for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
ATLAS
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a grim mood with Conan Exiles.
Ranked #8 for Conan Exiles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Conan Exiles
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Dune: Awakening
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Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Soulmask
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Conan Exiles.
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Conan Exiles.
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.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Conan Exiles.
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Palworld
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Shares base building with Conan Exiles.
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Conan Exiles.
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.
Enshrouded
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Shares base building with Conan Exiles.
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
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!
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a stressful mood with Conan Exiles.
Reviewers of Conan Exiles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and RPG with Conan Exiles.
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..
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Conan Exiles at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares mod support with Conan Exiles.
Priced ~75% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Conan Exiles.
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.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~63% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with Conan Exiles.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Action with Conan Exiles.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Action with Conan Exiles.
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.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Conan Exiles.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Conan Exiles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Conan Exiles.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Massively Multiplayer with Conan Exiles.
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 Conan Exiles.
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 Conan Exiles.
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.
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 Conan Exiles.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Conan Exiles.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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More from Funcom
Other recommendable Steam games by Funcom, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dune: Awakening
WHY THIS
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Secret World Legends
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Conan Exiles.
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Secret World Legends is a story-driven, shared-world action RPG that plunges players into a shadowy war against the supernatural, where ancient myths and legends cross over into the modern day.
The Park®
WHY THIS
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
The Longest Journey
WHY THIS
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
WHY THIS
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Adventure and RPG with Conan Exiles.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, winner of multiple E3 awards as the best game in its genre, is the continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made.
Hide and Shriek
WHY THIS
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Action with Conan Exiles.
Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!
Age of Conan: Unchained
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Conan Exiles.
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Age of Conan: Unchained is an award-winning and critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game set in the sexy, savage and brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. Tread in the footsteps of the greatest fantasy hero of all time, and explore the vast reaches of Hyboria.
Anarchy Online
WHY THIS
Another title from Funcom, the studio behind Conan Exiles. Shares Action and Strategy with Conan Exiles.
Anarchy Online – the first ever science fiction MMO – is now on Steam! Compete and cooperate with thousands of players simultaneously on a vast, alien world. Join humanity nearly 30,000 years in the future in a world of perpetual conflict and scientific marvel.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
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!
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Conan Exiles.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Conan Exiles.
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!
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares mod support with Conan Exiles.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Conan Exiles.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Frequently asked about Conan Exiles
- Does Conan Exiles work on Steam Deck?
- Conan Exiles is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Conan Exiles cost?
- Conan Exiles is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Conan Exiles have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Conan Exiles supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Conan Exiles?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Conan Exiles are ARK: Survival Evolved, 7 Days to Die, Rust.
- Who developed Conan Exiles?
- Conan Exiles was developed by Funcom.
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