Games Like Plains of Pain

Plains of Pain

Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.

★ EVERRAIL ★ PROJECT CASTAWAY ★ VOIDTRAIN ★ NECESSE ★ DAWNLANDS ★ WHISPER OF THE SWALLOWS ★ NIGHTHOLD: NUMBER 1 ★ VALHEIM ★ CROSSWORLDS: ESCAPE ★ THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN TO MORIA™ ★ TINKERLANDS ★ GREEN HELL ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Project Castaway

65% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build a Raft Home
  • …Voyage Between Islands
  • …Scavenge Shipwrecks
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Voidtrain

73% 👍 OF 10.0K
About This Game

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build a Train Base
  • …Hook Floating Salvage
  • …Customize Modular Guns
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Necesse

93% 👍 OF 29K
About This Game

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …dump your whole inventory into a sorting chest and have villagers route everything into the right storage by your rules.
  • …bring 10+ settlers with you on an expedition, where bosses scale up with every extra follower you add.
  • …sail to the edge of the world, assemble map fragments into treasure charts, and reveal new islands with dungeons, hostile settlements, and pirate bosses.
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Dawnlands

52% 👍 OF 3.2K
About This Game

Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Varied Biomes
  • …Build a Home
  • …Craft Survival Gear
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Valheim

94% 👍 OF 552K
About This Game

A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build a house with a fireplace and die if you forget ventilation.
  • …drag a cart full of ore across the wilderness, then end up building roads and supply routes to get it home.
  • …ship ore and even livestock across islands by building docks and running maritime trade routes.
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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™

80% 👍 OF 8.0K
About This Game

A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Sing While Mining
  • …Rebuild Ancient Forges
  • …Raise Underground Bases
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Tinkerlands

86% 👍 OF 4.1K
About This Game

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Sail to New Islands
  • …Build an NPC Settlement
  • …Fight Island Bosses
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Green Hell

85% 👍 OF 101K
About This Game

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Inspect Your Wounds
  • …Test Unknown Plants
  • …Balance Four Nutrients