# Games like Survive or Thrive

> The closest matches to Survive or Thrive: The Confession, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, The Forest, Dying Light, and Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [The Confession](https://imho.run/games/1289640/the-confession) — Also Life Sim and Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 909 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289640/)
2. [I Was a Teenage Exocolonist](https://imho.run/games/1148760/i-was-a-teenage-exocolonist) — Also Life Sim and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Survive or Thrive. 3,777 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/)
3. [The Forest](https://imho.run/games/242760/the-forest) — Also Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 175,474 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/)
4. [Dying Light](https://imho.run/games/239140/dying-light) — A frequent pick in Survive or Thrive players' libraries, and another RPG. 96,634 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/)
5. [Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut](https://imho.run/games/1989270/slay-the-princess-the-pristine-cut) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Survive or Thrive. 21,995 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989270/)
6. [Reigns](https://imho.run/games/474750/reigns) — Also Life Sim and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Survive or Thrive. 2,592 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/474750/)
7. [Don't Starve Together](https://imho.run/games/322330/don-t-starve-together) — A frequent pick in Survive or Thrive players' libraries, and another Action. 80,691 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/)
8. [The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante](https://imho.run/games/1272160/the-life-and-suffering-of-sir-brante) — A frequent pick in Survive or Thrive players' libraries, and another Strategy. 2,670 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/)
9. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — Also Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
10. [State of Decay](https://imho.run/games/241540/state-of-decay) — A frequent pick in Survive or Thrive players' libraries, and another RPG. 8,821 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/241540/)
11. [Scarlet Hollow](https://imho.run/games/1609230/scarlet-hollow) — Also Interactive Fiction, like Survive or Thrive. 3,657 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1609230/)
12. [Road to Empress I](https://imho.run/games/3478050/road-to-empress-i) — Also Interactive Fiction, like Survive or Thrive. 1,360 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3478050/)
13. [Suzerain](https://imho.run/games/1207650/suzerain) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Survive or Thrive. 6,933 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207650/)
14. [Outlast](https://imho.run/games/238320/outlast) — Also Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 28,158 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/238320/)
15. [The Guild 3](https://imho.run/games/311260/the-guild-3) — Also Trading and Life Sim, like Survive or Thrive. 2,643 Steam reviews, 60% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/311260/)
16. [Stardew Valley](https://imho.run/games/413150/stardew-valley) — Also Life Sim, like Survive or Thrive. 384,187 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/)
17. [Pathologic 3](https://imho.run/games/3199650/pathologic-3) — Also Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 994 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/)
18. [S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl](https://imho.run/games/4500/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shadow-of-chernobyl) — Also Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 15,019 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4500/)
19. [Long Live The Queen](https://imho.run/games/251990/long-live-the-queen) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure, like Survive or Thrive. 4,692 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251990/)
20. [Cabernet](https://imho.run/games/2401410/cabernet) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure, like Survive or Thrive. 1,198 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401410/)
21. [City 20](https://imho.run/games/1597980/city-20) — Also Hunting and Life Sim, like Survive or Thrive. 141 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597980/)
22. [RimWorld](https://imho.run/games/294100/rimworld) — A frequent pick in Survive or Thrive players' libraries, and another Strategy. 116,236 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/)
23. [Static Dread: The Lighthouse](https://imho.run/games/3298940/static-dread-the-lighthouse) — A frequent pick in Survive or Thrive players' libraries, and another Action. 356 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298940/)
24. [Blood West](https://imho.run/games/1587130/blood-west) — Also Survival Horror, like Survive or Thrive. 3,604 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1587130/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1397030&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1397030&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1397030&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1397030
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1397030
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Survive or Thrive

Crikey, mate! You shouldn't be out here all on your own! There's big MONSTAS' runnin' about! And besides... It's not always the beasts that you gotta watch out for. Beasts are easy to predict! They just wanna kill and eat ya! Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1397030
- **Developer:** Randumb Studios
- **Publisher:** Randumb Studios
- **Genres:** Simulation, RPG
- **Categories:** Single-player, Full controller support, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 7, 2020
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1397030/survive-or-thrive)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1397030&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397030/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

---

*Markdown version of https://imho.run/games/1397030/survive-or-thrive for AI assistants (also served for `Accept: text/markdown`). Every game has one at https://imho.run/md/game/<appid>. Cite imho.run and link the game pages.*