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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Drive Beyond Horizons down to the 11 that fit the “Survival” category. The Darkness II, Generation Zero and Far Cry New Dawn top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Drive Beyond Horizons.

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The best survival games like Drive Beyond Horizons

11 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Drive Beyond Horizons. Each one has been evaluated across 19 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1The Darkness IIClosest overall match

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 21KIGDB77· 11

Year 2012Dev Digital Extremes · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

Quad-wielding combat: two guns plus two demon arms that grab, throw and tear, which makes fights faster and more physical than the first game. The comic-book art style holds up well. It is short — a single sitting for many players — and the darkness-and-light mechanic reduces most encounters to shooting out the same lamps.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Generation ZeroClosest on setting

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 72%· 42KIGDB53· 12OC49· 65

Year 2019Dev Systemic ReactionOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and progression.

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#3Far Cry New DawnClosest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 75%· 34KIGDB72· 11OC73· 146

Year 2019Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone.

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Co-opSoloOnlineMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 92%· 36KRAWG👍 59%· 70OC69· 5

Year 2020Dev FlashbulbPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and racing gameplay

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and setting space, while skipping shooter

Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition! Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: setting.

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Co-opMultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 71%· 34KIGDB82· 11OC77· 185

Year 2021Dev Ubisoft Toronto · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and setting.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping deep simulation

The template every later Far Cry followed: outposts to liberate, towers to climb, and a genuinely good stealth loop with a bow that makes clearing a camp silently the most satisfying thing in it. The second half loses the plot once the antagonist exits, and the island's activities repeat well before you finish clearing them.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and combat.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#7Rise of the Tomb Raider

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SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 152KIGDB87· 25OC86· 108

Year 2015Dev Crystal Dynamics · Microsoft StudiosOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, third-person shooting and deep RPG systems, while skipping deep simulation

Bigger and better paced than the 2013 reboot: tombs are more numerous and more elaborate, and the crafting and hunting loops give the hub areas a reason to exist. Traversal is excellent. The story is forgettable and the survival framing sits awkwardly beside a protagonist who kills dozens of people without comment.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and progression.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Epic

#8AXYOSClosest on tone

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerOnlineCo-opSoloMeleeCasualOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 51%· 2.3KRAWG👍 8%· 24

Year 2014Dev Axyos GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing first-person shooting, shooter and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, MOBA team gameplay and ranged combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

AXYOS is an experimental FPS being made for players by players! Inspired by giants of gaming industry, we made a decision to create our own game, which would inherit some key aspects of FPS and MOBA genres but was built relying on opinions of common gamers. This is how AXYOS came to be.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: setting and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Drive Beyond Horizons.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 40%· 2.1K

Year 2016Dev Gadget GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with first-person shooting, survival mechanics and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings battle royale tension, ranged combat and PvP competition, while skipping adventure storytelling

Down to One is a competitive survival shooter in a large, interactive, open-world environment. Start out with nothing, and use anything you can find in the environment to survive, and eliminate other competitors over the course of a brutal round.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mostly positive for Drive Beyond Horizons.

It predates Drive Beyond Horizons by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10SOS

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerOnlineCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationEarly Access

Steam👍 28%· 6.7KRAWG👍 23%· 26

Dev Outpost GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Stands apart with battle royale tension, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Congratulations, contestant! You’ve been chosen to participate in SOS. An interactive game show in which you and 15 other contestants will be dropped onto La Cuna Island with one simple goal – Get the hell off La Cuna Island.

Where it drifts furthest from Drive Beyond Horizons: tone and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mostly positive for Drive Beyond Horizons.

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Steam

#11The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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