Games like Force of Nature
If Force of Nature is your kind of game, the closest matches are Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper, FortressCraft Evolved! and Green Hell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and punishing. 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 →Force of Nature is a survival crafting game released in 2016 by A.Y.std, currently priced at $7.99. Players explore a single island featuring distinct biomes, constructing bases and gathering resources through crafting systems that reviewers describe as deep and strategic. The game incorporates inventory micromanagement and objective-based progression, with a shard-based advancement system that creates a clear sense of advancement. Players highlight the old-school charm that blends with modern survival mechanics, noting the grind loops feel rewarding despite their punishing nature. Multiplayer cooperation is available online, and reviewers characterize the overall experience as both challenging and contemplative. The title holds a 67% positive rating from over 1400 Steam reviews.
About Force of Nature: Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
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Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares biome exploration, base building and a contemplative mood with Force of Nature.
Top pick for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Force of Nature.
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
FortressCraft Evolved!
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Force of Nature.
Second-strongest match for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Force of Nature.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a contemplative mood with Force of Nature.
Ranked #4 for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Force of Nature.
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!
Out of Reach
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Force of Nature.
Ranked #5 for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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!
Niffelheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Force of Nature.
Ranked #6 for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares biome exploration, base building and a challenging mood with Force of Nature.
Ranked #7 for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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 Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Force of Nature.
Ranked #8 for Force of Nature fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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 Force of Nature
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The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Force of Nature.
Reviewers of Force of Nature cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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.
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Force of Nature.
Reviewers of Force of Nature cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Force of Nature cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Force of Nature.
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.
Raft
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Force of Nature cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Force of Nature.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares biome exploration, base building and a challenging mood with Force of Nature.
Reviewers of Force of Nature cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Force of Nature at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Action with Force of Nature.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Force of Nature.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Force of Nature.
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 ~81% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Force of Nature.
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 ~88% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Force of Nature.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Force of Nature on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Force of Nature.
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 Force of Nature.
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 Force of Nature.
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 Indie with Force of Nature.
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. Shares Indie with Force of Nature.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Force of Nature.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Force of Nature.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Green Hell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a contemplative mood with Force of Nature.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Force of Nature.
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!
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares biome exploration, base building and a challenging mood with Force of Nature.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Force of Nature.
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!
Frequently asked about Force of Nature
- How much does Force of Nature cost?
- Force of Nature is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Force of Nature have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Force of Nature supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Force of Nature?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Force of Nature are Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper, FortressCraft Evolved!, Green Hell.
- Who developed Force of Nature?
- Force of Nature was developed by A.Y.std.
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