What games are like ARK: Survival Evolved?

indielist matches 12 indie games to ARK: Survival Evolved by shared genre and Steam tags, led by ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack (5,279 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.

How are "games like ARK: Survival Evolved" chosen?

By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with ARK: Survival Evolved, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.

Games like ARK: Survival Evolved

Looking for games like ARK: Survival Evolved? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. ARK: Survival Evolved is a action game from 2017; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack with 5,279 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.

ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack

2016 · Action

5,279 reviews · 79% positive

SurvivalAdventureDinosaurs

Same: shares Survival and Adventure. Different: leans more into action-adventure.
Subsistence

2016 · Action

13,692 reviews · 72% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayer

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into online co-op.
Voidtrain

2025 · Action

9,490 reviews · 74% positive

Open World Survival CraftCo-opSurvival

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Co-op. Different: leans more into online co-op.
ARK: Aberration - Expansion Pack

2017 · Action

3,974 reviews · 78% positive

SurvivalAdventureAction

Same: shares Survival and Adventure. Different: leans more into exploration.
Raft

2022 · Adventure

318,148 reviews · 93% positive

SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival Craft

Same: shares Survival and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into online co-op.
Valheim

2021 · Action

452,821 reviews · 94% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into online co-op.
Scrap Mechanic

2016 · Action

104,924 reviews · 92% positive

BuildingSandboxMultiplayer

Same: shares Building and Sandbox. Different: leans more into physics.
Necesse

2025 · Action

23,154 reviews · 93% positive

Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen World

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into pixel graphics.
Craftopia

2020 · Action

18,201 reviews · 77% positive

Open WorldCraftingSurvival

Same: shares Open World and Crafting. Different: leans more into online co-op.
Tinkerlands

2025 · Action

3,854 reviews · 86% positive

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Sandbox. Different: leans more into online co-op.
Satisfactory

2024 · Adventure

228,423 reviews · 97% positive

Base-BuildingOpen WorldMultiplayer

Same: shares Base-Building and Open World. Different: leans more into automation.
Terraria

2011 · Action

1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Sandbox. Different: leans more into 2d.

Frequently asked questions

What games are like ARK: Survival Evolved?: indielist matches 12 indie games to ARK: Survival Evolved by shared genre and Steam tags, led by ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack (5,279 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
How are "games like ARK: Survival Evolved" chosen?: By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with ARK: Survival Evolved, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.