Games like The Survivalists
If The Survivalists is your kind of game, the closest matches are Green Hell, Grounded and Terraria — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and funny. 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 →The Survivalists is a 2020 action-adventure sandbox survival game developed and published by Team17, set on a procedurally generated island within The Escapists universe. Players gather resources, construct bases, and automate certain tasks using trained monkey companions, with support for up to four players in online co-op. Reviewers highlight that the automation-with-monkeys system feels satisfying, and players describe the experience as having cute artwork and a lighthearted tone. The game is playable on Steam Deck, costs $5.39, and sits at normal difficulty with a medium session shape, offering an easy-to-pick-up experience for friends according to those who have played it. Exploration rewards curiosity, with the world described as full of secrets to uncover. It holds a 76 percent positive rating from 2979 Steam reviews.
About The Survivalists: A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Players who liked The Survivalists also play
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Green Hell
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Top pick for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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.
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Survivalists.
Second-strongest match for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Terraria
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Survivalists.
Ranked #4 for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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!
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Ranked #5 for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Ranked #6 for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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...
Voidtrain
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Ranked #7 for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
ASTRONEER
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a chill mood with The Survivalists.
Ranked #8 for The Survivalists fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Survivalists
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Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Survivalists.
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?
The Escapists
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Cannibal Crossing
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Survivalists.
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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...
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
V Rising
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Conan Exiles
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Survivalists.
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Reviewers of The Survivalists cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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 The Survivalists at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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 ~45% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~63% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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
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Priced ~72% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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
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Priced ~82% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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
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Priced ~45% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Survivalists on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Survivalists.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
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 The Survivalists.
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 Survivalists.
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 The Survivalists.
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 The Survivalists.
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 The Survivalists.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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 The Survivalists.
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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More from Team17
Other recommendable Steam games by Team17, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Overcooked! 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Survivalists.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Survivalists. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Golf With Your Friends
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Survivalists.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Survivalists. Shares Indie and Casual with The Survivalists.
Why have friends if not to play Golf... With Your Friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players!
The Escapists 2
WHY THIS
Shares multiplayer co op and a funny mood with The Survivalists.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Survivalists. Shares Indie with The Survivalists.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
Worms W.M.D
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Survivalists.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Survivalists. Shares Action with The Survivalists.
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.
Killer Frequency
WHY THIS
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Survivalists. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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.
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Survivalists.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Survivalists.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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!
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a cozy mood with The Survivalists.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Frequently asked about The Survivalists
- Does The Survivalists run on Steam Deck?
- The Survivalists 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 Survivalists cost?
- The Survivalists is listed on Steam at 5.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Survivalists have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Survivalists supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Survivalists?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Survivalists are Green Hell, Grounded, Terraria.
- Who developed The Survivalists?
- The Survivalists was developed by Team17.
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