What games are like Unturned?

indielist matches 12 indie games to Unturned by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Rust (1,140,437 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.

How are "games like Unturned" chosen?

By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Unturned, 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 Unturned

Looking for games like Unturned? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Unturned is a action game from 2017; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Rust with 1,140,437 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.

Rust

2018 · Action

1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive

SurvivalCraftingMultiplayer

Same: shares Survival and Crafting. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
Subsistence

2016 · Action

13,692 reviews · 72% positive

SurvivalMultiplayerCrafting

Same: shares Survival and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
CastleMiner Z

2014 · Action

11,127 reviews · 81% positive

SurvivalZombiesMultiplayer

Same: shares Survival and Zombies. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
ARK: Survival Evolved

2017 · Action

579,234 reviews · 83% positive

SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World

Same: shares Survival and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
No Man's Sky

2016 · Action

307,436 reviews · 85% positive

Open WorldSurvivalAdventure

Same: shares Open World and Survival. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
No More Room in Hell 2

2024 · Action

20,994 reviews · 49% positive

ZombiesMultiplayerCo-op

Same: shares Zombies and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into early access.
Voidtrain

2025 · Action

9,490 reviews · 74% positive

Co-opSurvivalMultiplayer

Same: shares Co-op and Survival. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack

2016 · Action

5,279 reviews · 79% positive

SurvivalAdventureOpen World

Same: shares Survival and Adventure. Different: leans more into dinosaurs.
ARK: Aberration - Expansion Pack

2017 · Action

3,974 reviews · 78% positive

SurvivalAdventureAction

Same: shares Survival and Adventure. Different: leans more into dinosaurs.
Terraria

2011 · Action

1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive

SandboxSurvivalMultiplayer

Same: shares Sandbox and Survival. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
The Forest

2018 · Action

570,988 reviews · 96% positive

SurvivalOpen WorldCrafting

Same: shares Survival and Open World. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
Don't Starve Together

2016 · Action

367,165 reviews · 95% positive

SurvivalMultiplayerCo-op

Same: shares Survival and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.

Frequently asked questions

What games are like Unturned?: indielist matches 12 indie games to Unturned by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Rust (1,140,437 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
How are "games like Unturned" chosen?: By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Unturned, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.