6. Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure.
Games like ASTRONEER
20 games, the closest and most played first.
What to consider
Summarized by AIAstroneer fans like to reshape terrain, build a base and poke around alien ground without much pressure. Here the five picks split into two camps: Grounded, ICARUS and Don't Starve Together are co-op crafting adventures, while Dune: Awakening and 7 Days to Die turn the survival dial up.
Open-world survival with base-building, set on Arrakis, where you follow a Bene Gesserit assignment to find the missing Fremen. Astroneer fans get a sci-fi planet to settle and explore, with a story and role-playing attached and a harsher mood than the Terrain Tool tinkering they know.
Standout features
- Arrakis open world
- Base-building survival
- Story-led missing Fremen quest
2. Grounded
Best for friends who want to build and explore together in a strange small-scale world.
98 votes
You have been shrunk to the size of an ant, so the backyard is the frontier. You build, explore and survive together in first person, with a story to play through. Astroneer fans keep the shared base-building and curiosity, in a more cartoonish and dangerous setting.
Standout features
- Ant-sized backyard
- Multiplayer survival story
- Giant insect dangers
3. 7 Days to Die
Best for builders who can handle an apocalypse and enjoy defending what they make.
152 votes
Crafting and world-building are the draw here, set in an open world overrun by the undead. The mix of shooter, survival horror, tower defense and role-playing makes it far less relaxed than Astroneer, but the base you shape is still the heart of it.
Standout features
- Heavy crafting systems
- Tower defense base
- Undead open world
A PvE survival game for up to eight co-op players on a terraformed planet. You drop from an orbital station to explore, harvest, craft and hunt. Astroneer fans get a similar harvest-and-craft loop on an alien world, with mission-based and persistent open-world modes to pick from.
Standout features
- Up to eight players
- Mission and open-world modes
- Orbital station drops
5. Don't Starve Together
Best for crews who like gathering, crafting and settling in together.
184 votes
Fight, farm, build and explore with others in a strange world, gathering resources to craft items that match how you want to survive. It is the standalone multiplayer version of Don't Starve, so Astroneer fans trade space for an odd wilderness but keep the shared crafting.
Standout features
- Standalone multiplayer expansion
- Farm, build and explore
- Mysteries of The Constant
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