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 43,247 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
43,247 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
318,148 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
228,423 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
570,988 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
9,490 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
331,738 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
97,547 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
367,165 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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ASTRONEER
2019 · Adventure
117,846 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
96,212 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
1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive
SurvivalCraftingOpen World
Same: shares Survival and Crafting. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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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.
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 (43,247 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.