Games Like Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy

Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy

Welcome to a reimagining of Beneath the Cardboard, a fairytale-themed tale of things not so fairytale-like... Survive countless cold nights in Snow Town, a place where no one will look at you twice.

★ EIDOLON ★ QUASIMORPH: END OF DREAM ★ THE LONG DARK ★ AETHUS ★ KINGDOM: NEW LANDS ★ CRASHLANDS ★ THE ALTERS ★ WINTER BURROW ★ MEWNBASE ★ THE SOLUS PROJECT ★ ARID ★ STARDEUS ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Quasimorph: End of Dream

90% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

Quasimorph: End of Dream is the first chapter of the extraction turn-based RPG Quasimorph. Confront your fears in brutal shootouts with PMC -fighters and demons and try to survive to complete your mission and bring the gear back to your spaceship!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …pick up a severed leg and use it as a melee weapon.
  • …treat your mercs as disposable clones: die horribly, then send in the next copy with whatever progress you banked.
  • …watch an invisible doom meter climb until humans start turning into demons if you stay too long.
REL May 31, 2023 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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The Long Dark

89% 👍 OF 123K
About This Game

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Map Frozen Regions
  • …Craft Fur Clothing
  • …Trap Rabbits for Food
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AETHUS

95% 👍 OF 2.1K
About This Game

Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Mine with Lasers
  • …Build a Modular Outpost
  • …Prospect for Gems
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Kingdom: New Lands

85% 👍 OF 12K
About This Game

Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Recruit Vagrant Subjects
  • …Build Walls and Towers
  • …Defend Against Night Raids
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The Alters

90% 👍 OF 19K
About This Game

Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build alternate versions of yourself from pivotal life choices, each with different skills, fears, and baggage.
  • …run a mobile base that has to keep moving to stay ahead of a deadly sunrise.
  • …have a clone turn on you and kill you while you're asleep.
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Winter Burrow

90% 👍 OF 3.3K
About This Game

Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Restore a Mouse Burrow
  • …Knit Warm Sweaters
  • …Bake Berry Pies
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MewnBase

93% 👍 OF 1.5K
About This Game

MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build a Cat Base
  • …Research Strange Artifacts
  • …Grow Plants on Mars
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The Solus Project

80% 👍 OF 2.6K
About This Game

The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Outlast Alien Storms
  • …Explore Island Caves
  • …Uncover Ancient Ruins
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Arid

87% 👍 OF 2.0K
About This Game

Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Escape the Desert Heat
  • …Explore Abandoned Mines
  • …Repair Desert Refuges
REL Jun 29, 2021 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Stardeus

87% 👍 OF 1.6K
About This Game

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rebuild a Broken Starship
  • …Restore Oxygen and Power
  • …Direct a Drone Crew