Games like The Wild Eight
If The Wild Eight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Feel The Snow, Don't Starve Together and How to Survive 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie and immersive. 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 The Wild Eight: The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
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Feel The Snow
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Top pick for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Wild Eight.
Second-strongest match for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
How to Survive 2
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with The Wild Eight.
Third-strongest match for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Wild Eight.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Wild Eight.
Ranked #4 for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Niffelheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Ranked #5 for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Ranked #6 for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
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...
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Wild Eight.
Ranked #7 for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Ranked #8 for The Wild Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
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.
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The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wild Eight.
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.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
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.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Wild Eight.
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.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
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!
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Wild Eight.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
The Day Before
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Wild Eight.
The Day Before offers players a uniquely reimagined journey into post-apocalyptic open-world MMO survival set in the present day on the US East Coast following a deadly pandemic.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares skill tree progression, crafting and an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Wild Eight.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Reviewers of The Wild Eight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wild Eight.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Wild Eight at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Wild Eight.
Priced ~60% under The Wild Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Wild Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Wild Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Wild Eight.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 with The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight.
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 Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
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 The Wild Eight.
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.
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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.
Feel The Snow
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Wild Eight.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Wild Eight.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Wild Eight.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Wild Eight.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Wild Eight.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Frequently asked about The Wild Eight
- Does The Wild Eight run on Steam Deck?
- The Wild Eight 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 The Wild Eight cost?
- The Wild Eight is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Wild Eight have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Wild Eight supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Wild Eight?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Wild Eight are Feel The Snow, Don't Starve Together, How to Survive 2.
- Who developed The Wild Eight?
- The Wild Eight was developed by Eight Points and published by HypeTrain Digital.
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 Wild Eight.
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