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We filtered the 50 games similar to Survisland down to the 8 that fit the “Simulation” category. Trailmakers, Need for Speed™ Payback and Crash Time 2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Survisland.

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The best simulation games like Survisland

8 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Survisland. 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 overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloOnlineMultiplayerMeleeSandbox WorldOpen 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 sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay and setting space, while skipping punishing difficulty

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.

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#2Need for Speed™ Payback

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 31KRAWG👍 43%· 741MC61OC60· 110

Year 2017Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with sandbox freedom, deep simulation and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, sports simulation and PvP competition, while skipping survival mechanics

Need for Speed Payback is an action-driving racing game and the twenty-third part of the NFS franchise. ###Gameplay Despite the trend made by NFS' before Payback features an offline mode. The game is set in a fictional city named Fortune Valley.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 58%· 2.5KRAWG👍 19%· 107

Year 2008Dev RTL interactive · Meridian4Playtime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with sandbox freedom, adventure storytelling and deep simulation

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, offline and visual 3d, while skipping survival mechanics

Crash Time 2 is a mission-based open-world driving game developed by Synetic. You are one of the officers of a fictional Cobra 11 police unit. The players are free to explore the open world or just complete the missions.

Where it drifts furthest from Survisland: visuals and game mode.

It predates Survisland by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Hunt: Showdown 1896Closest on tone

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeHardcoreOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 74%· 272KRAWG👍 74%· 317MC79IGDB75· 5OC80· 9

Year 2018Dev CrytekPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

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

Savage, nightmarish monsters roam the Louisiana swamps, and you are part of a group of rugged bounty hunters bound to rid the world of their ghastly presence. Banish these creatures from our world, and you will be paid generously—and given the chance to buy more gruesome and powerful weapons.

Where it drifts furthest from Survisland: visuals and combat.

Genre100Game mode84Tone81World63Progression55Combat35

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 69%· 28KRAWG👍 50%· 824MC66OC65· 78

Year 2015Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with deep simulation, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, visual first person and visual topdown, while skipping survival mechanics

Become the ultimate icon of today’s urban car culture in Need for Speed™, featuring Five Ways to Play and a huge open world to race and explore from dusk ‘till dawn. * FIVE WAYS TO PLAY – Earn reputation and master all Five Ways to Play - Speed, Style, Build, Crew and Outlaw - to win your own way.

Where it drifts furthest from Survisland: progression.

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

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 96%· 1.7K

Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, racing gameplay and vibe casual, while skipping survival mechanics

Jet Island is a giant land mass, floating in space. Nearly 16 km across, stone structures and ruins are scattered across this ancient land. Scientists are baffled as to why a long forgotten alien race created this place. However, for those who have made the journey to this world, one thing is clear.

Where it drifts furthest from Survisland: tone and progression.

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#7DescendersClosest on visuals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 23KRAWG👍 53%· 129MC76IGDB77· 3OC74· 23

Year 2019Dev RageSquid · No More RobotsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with deep simulation, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, racing gameplay and roguelike runs, while skipping survival mechanics

From the developers of Action Henk, Descenders is a fast-paced extreme downhill biking game that's easy to pick up, but difficult to master.

Where it drifts furthest from Survisland: tone and world.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 85%· 652

Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: deep simulation, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay and offline, while skipping survival mechanics

Like its predecessors, Crash Time 3, the new installment of the well-known action racing game series, offers varied gameplay in top quality. The German game forge Synetic has once more taken the graphics engine a significant step further.

Where it drifts furthest from Survisland: progression.

It predates Survisland by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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