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We filtered the 50 games similar to Forever Skies down to the 14 that fit the “Survival” category. Trailmakers, Generation Zero and Far Cry 6 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Forever Skies.

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The best survival games like Forever Skies

14 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Forever Skies. Each one has been evaluated across 17 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.

#1TrailmakersClosest on genre

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationCrafting

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 survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping strong narrative focus

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 Forever Skies: setting.

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#2Generation ZeroClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticSci-FiExplorationBase BuildingCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 72%· 42KIGDB53· 12OC49· 65

Year 2019Dev Systemic ReactionOn PS4 · PC · PS5

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping deep simulation

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#3Far Cry 6Closest on visuals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opMultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationCraftingManagementFirst Person3D

Steam👍 71%· 34KIGDB82· 11OC77· 185

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

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: setting.

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#4Far Cry New DawnClosest on world

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 75%· 34KIGDB72· 11OC73· 146

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

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

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#5Rise of the Tomb Raider

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 152KIGDB87· 25OC86· 108

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

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, puzzle design and third-person shooting, 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 Forever Skies: combat and progression.

It predates Forever Skies by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

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

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and sandbox freedom, 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 Forever Skies: combat and progression.

It predates Forever Skies by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 21KIGDB77· 11

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

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

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension, 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 Forever Skies: setting and progression.

It predates Forever Skies by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Homefront: The Revolution

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationCraftingFirst Person

Steam👍 61%· 17KIGDB48· 22OC48· 83

Year 2016Dev Deep Silver Dambuster Studios · Deep SilverOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: setting and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Forever Skies.

It predates Forever Skies by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person3D

Steam👍 81%· 185KRAWG👍 68%· 2.2KMC80OC82· 184

Year 2018Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~19hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat and stealth mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Far Cry 5 is an open-world adventure first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal. It is the fifth main installment in the series. Welcome to Hope County, Montana, where a violent religious doomsday cult appeared.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression and combat.

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#10Metro ExodusClosest on setting

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 132KIGDB83· 12OC83· 173

Year 2019Dev 4A Games · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

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Steam GOG Epic

#11The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen World3D

Steam👍 89%· 11KIGDB76· 9OC73· 123

Year 2021Dev Supermassive Games · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and combat tactical, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: setting.

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#12Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 85%· 86KIGDB80· 17OC80· 169

Year 2018Dev Eidos Montréal · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: setting and visuals.

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#13Far Cry 2

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 76%· 18KIGDB58· 6

Year 2008Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

It predates Forever Skies by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Epic

#14Down To One

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 40%· 2.1K

Year 2016Dev Gadget GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with survival mechanics, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, shooter and battle royale tension, while skipping deep simulation

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mostly positive for Forever Skies.

It predates Forever Skies by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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