Games Like Permafrost

Permafrost

Permafrost is a story-driven survival sandbox set in a frozen, post-apocalyptic world. Discover a vast lore-rich open world, alone or in co-op with up to 4 players. Explore, scavenge, craft, and build a network of shelters to outlast the cold.

★ GREEN HELL ★ VALHEIM ★ VOIDTRAIN ★ DAWNLANDS ★ PROJECT CASTAWAY ★ SUBSISTENCE ★ CRESTFALLEN: MEDIEVAL SURVIVAL ★ RAFT ★ THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN TO MORIA™ ★ SHAMANIA ★ HOW TO SURVIVE ★ TINKERLANDS ★ WE ♥ IT 
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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
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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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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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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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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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Subsistence

72% 👍 OF 13K
About This Game

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Powered Bases
  • …Raid Hunter Bases
  • …Farm and Raise Animals
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Crestfallen: Medieval Survival

58% 👍 OF 455
About This Game

👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟

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Raft

93% 👍 OF 378K
About This Game

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …drop anchor at an island, jump off to loot it, and realize your raft can drift away if you didn't secure it first.
  • …use antennas and a receiver to follow radio coordinates to story locations packed with puzzles and notes explaining why the world flooded.
  • …play co-op where one person builds, another cooks, and you can carry unconscious teammates back to bed like it's normal.
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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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How to Survive

83% 👍 OF 17K
About This Game

“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Weapons From Scrap
  • …Prepare for Zombie Nights
  • …Keep Fed and Hydrated
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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