Games like The Long Dark
Looking for games like The Long Dark? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. The Long Dark is a adventure game from 2017; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Stranded Deep with 43,449 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Stranded Deep
2022 · Adventure
43,449 reviews · 74% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World
Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Raft
2022 · Adventure
321,118 reviews · 93% positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCo-op
Same: shares Survival and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Satisfactory
2024 · Adventure
232,215 reviews · 97% positive
Open WorldCraftingCo-op
Same: shares Open World and Crafting. Different: leans more into base-building.
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The Forest
2018 · Action
577,971 reviews · 96% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World
Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into horror.
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Voidtrain
2025 · Action
8,517 reviews · 74% positive
Open World Survival CraftCo-opSurvival
Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Co-op. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Subnautica
2018 · Adventure
338,617 reviews · 97% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen World
Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into horror.
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Subnautica: Below Zero
2021 · Adventure
98,838 reviews · 90% positive
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalSingleplayer
Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into underwater.
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Don't Starve Together
2016 · Action
373,459 reviews · 95% positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCo-op
Same: shares Survival and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Breathedge
2021 · Action
14,366 reviews · 82% positive
Open World Survival CraftSingleplayerSurvival
Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into space.
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ASTRONEER
2019 · Adventure
118,359 reviews · 92% positive
Open WorldOpen World Survival CraftSurvival
Same: shares Open World and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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Don't Starve
2013 · Adventure
113,208 reviews · 97% positive
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCrafting
Same: shares Survival and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into perma death.
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Rust
2018 · Action
1,383,303 reviews · 87% positive
SurvivalCraftingOpen World
Same: shares Survival and Crafting. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like The Long Dark?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to The Long Dark by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Stranded Deep (43,449 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like The Long Dark" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with The Long Dark, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.