Survival in the open world continues, this is the second part after The Forest. Early access is over, the game is over, what's next? Analogues, of course. You can find a list of similar games to Sons of the Forest on this page.

10 Games Like Sons of the Forest For PC (Steam, EGS, GOG)

10. Stranded Deep

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 25 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Stranded Deep screenshot

9. 7 Days to Die

similar games to 7 Days to Die
  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

7 Days to Die is a one-of-a-kind open-world game that combines elements of a first-person shooter, survival horror, castle defense, and role-playing game. Get the genre-changing zombie survival RPG sandbox that set the tone for other similar games. Nevezgan is waiting for you!

7 Days to Die screenshot

8. ARK: Survival Evolved

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 70
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Being thrown naked on the shore of a mysterious island, starving and freezing, you will have to craft, hunt and build to survive. Use experience and dexterity to tame, breed and ride the primitive creatures that live in ARK.

ARK: Survival Evolved screenshot

7. The Long Dark

similar games to The Long Dark
  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 40 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

The Long Dark is an exploratory survival simulation game in which single player players must fend for themselves as they explore vast, freezing uninhabited territories that have survived a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies here - just you, the cold, and all the dangers Mother Nature can provide you.

The Long Dark screenshot

6. Subnautica

similar games to Subnautica
  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: Epic Games Store
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Subnautica screenshot

5. Rust

similar games to Rust
  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 69
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2013
  • Game play time: 80 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: no
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Rust screenshot

4. Grounded

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Grounded screenshot

3. Abiotic Factor

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 88
  • Similarity: 80 %
  • Year of release: 2025
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Abiotic Factor screenshot

2. Green Hell

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 78
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 15 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Fight for life in the open world of the harsh Amazon jungle. Use real survival methods: gather resources, get food, fight with local fauna, set up a temporary home or build a real fortress. Survive alone or conquer the jungle with friends.

Green Hell screenshot

1. The Forest

similar games to The Forest
  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2023
  • Game play time: 30 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

The Forest screenshot

7 Games Like Sons of the Forest On PlayStation 5

7. Stranded Deep

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 25 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Stranded Deep screenshot

6. 7 Days to Die

similar games to 7 Days to Die
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

7 Days to Die is a one-of-a-kind open-world game that combines elements of a first-person shooter, survival horror, castle defense, and role-playing game. Get the genre-changing zombie survival RPG sandbox that set the tone for other similar games. Nevezgan is waiting for you!

7 Days to Die screenshot

5. ARK: Survival Evolved

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 70
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Being thrown naked on the shore of a mysterious island, starving and freezing, you will have to craft, hunt and build to survive. Use experience and dexterity to tame, breed and ride the primitive creatures that live in ARK.

ARK: Survival Evolved screenshot

4. The Long Dark

similar games to The Long Dark
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 40 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

The Long Dark is an exploratory survival simulation game in which single player players must fend for themselves as they explore vast, freezing uninhabited territories that have survived a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies here - just you, the cold, and all the dangers Mother Nature can provide you.

The Long Dark screenshot

3. Abiotic Factor

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 88
  • Similarity: 80 %
  • Year of release: 2025
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Abiotic Factor screenshot

2. Green Hell

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 78
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 15 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Fight for life in the open world of the harsh Amazon jungle. Use real survival methods: gather resources, get food, fight with local fauna, set up a temporary home or build a real fortress. Survive alone or conquer the jungle with friends.

Green Hell screenshot

1. The Forest

similar games to The Forest
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2023
  • Game play time: 30 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

The Forest screenshot

3 Games Like Sons of the Forest On Xbox Series X|S

3. Subnautica

similar games to Subnautica
  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Subnautica screenshot

2. Grounded

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Grounded screenshot

1. Abiotic Factor

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 88
  • Similarity: 80 %
  • Year of release: 2025
  • Game play time: 60 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Abiotic Factor screenshot

5 Games Like Sons of the Forest For Switch

5. Stranded Deep

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 25 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: yes
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Stranded Deep screenshot

4. ARK: Survival Evolved

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 70
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Being thrown naked on the shore of a mysterious island, starving and freezing, you will have to craft, hunt and build to survive. Use experience and dexterity to tame, breed and ride the primitive creatures that live in ARK.

ARK: Survival Evolved screenshot

3. The Long Dark

similar games to The Long Dark
  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 40 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

The Long Dark is an exploratory survival simulation game in which single player players must fend for themselves as they explore vast, freezing uninhabited territories that have survived a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies here - just you, the cold, and all the dangers Mother Nature can provide you.

The Long Dark screenshot

2. Subnautica

similar games to Subnautica
  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 50 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Subnautica screenshot

1. Green Hell

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 78
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 15 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Fight for life in the open world of the harsh Amazon jungle. Use real survival methods: gather resources, get food, fight with local fauna, set up a temporary home or build a real fortress. Survive alone or conquer the jungle with friends.

Green Hell screenshot

1 Games Like Sons of the Forest For Mobile (Android, iOS)

1. ARK: Survival Evolved

  • Buy: App Store
  • Metascore: 70
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Survival
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Being thrown naked on the shore of a mysterious island, starving and freezing, you will have to craft, hunt and build to survive. Use experience and dexterity to tame, breed and ride the primitive creatures that live in ARK.

ARK: Survival Evolved screenshot