Games like Survival Journals
If Survival Journals is your kind of game, the closest matches are Necrocyte, Feral Scape and VEIN — 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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Players who liked Survival Journals also play
Steam players who put hours into Survival Journals 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.
Necrocyte
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Top pick for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
In a world devastated by the infected, you play as a surviving soldier enhanced with a mechanical arm. Explore dangerous regions, gather resources, discover powerful abilities, and fight to survive in a hostile world.
Feral Scape
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
Feral Scape is a single-player open-world dark fantasy RPG set in a strange wilderness inspired by Australia. Explore as a feral animal, gather resources, craft tools, build a place in the world and form relationships with three rival factions as your choices affect the story.
VEIN
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Early Access with Survival Journals.
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.
DREADZONE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Outbreak Island
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Ranked #6 for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Survival Journals.
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..
How to Survive
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Survival Journals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Survival Journals.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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 and Casual with Survival Journals.
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 Adventure with Survival Journals.
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 Indie with Survival Journals.
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 with Survival Journals.
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 Casual with Survival Journals.
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 Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Survival Journals
- What games are most similar to Survival Journals?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Survival Journals are Necrocyte, Feral Scape, VEIN.
- Who developed Survival Journals?
- Survival Journals was developed by Elven Workshop and published by WhisperGames.
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 Survival Journals.
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