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Games like THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival

If THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Isolation Edge, Wayward Beyond and Primal — 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.

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About THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival: Explore a dangerous open world, loot abandoned places, build your shelter, produce food, and manage your resources. Survive alone or in co-op against zombies, hostile humans, and the growing dangers that come with the fog.

2026ActionAdventureSimulationRPGEarly AccessWindowsby MAY19 STUDIO
THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival 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. Isolation Edge

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    Isolation Edge is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a desolate world reclaimed by zombies. Traverse dangerous zones to scavenge, craft gear, and build your fortress to endure the relentless hordes. The past is lost, but on this isolated edge, every breath is a victory worth fighting for.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Wayward Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    A retro-future sandbox RPG set in a frontier era galaxy with procedurally-generated elements. Create, explore, trade, and battle to stake your claim among the stars of a wild galaxy!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Primal

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    You will become a primitive man who hunts and tames dinosaurs, survives, and builds a home.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Disaster Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    This is a realistic and terrifying shooting game. It collects resources and creates a shelter in the battle situation, and modifies your weapons to fight against the terrorist mutant monsters and armed thugs online with your friends.

    ActionStrategyAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Stormforge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    Stormforge is an open-world survival crafting game for 1 to 8 players. You are Stormforged, with the ability to brave and harness power from magical storms. Explore, fight, forage, craft, build, and defeat bosses in this epic, fantasy game. Survive the Storms and thrive!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Sandbox Apocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.

    2024ActionAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. VEIN

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

    2025ActionSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ars Notoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

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  1. 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 THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

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  5. 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!

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  6. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

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  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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Frequently asked about THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival

Does THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival are Isolation Edge, Wayward Beyond, Primal.
Who developed THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival?
THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival was developed by MAY19 STUDIO.

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 THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival.

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