Games like Sons of the Forest

3.8average player rating•5 games

Sons of the Forest’s hook is emergent survival horror: chop trees, raise walls, and watch adaptive enemies probe the gaps after dark. These picks carry that pressure — build, scavenge and fortify while something out there learns, escalates, or simply refuses to stop.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic81

Avg. player rating3.8/5

Avg. playtime9h

Main genreIndie

Released2013–2022

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Indie5 of 5
Adventure4 of 5
Action2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Subnautica
AdventureIndie
Crafting under a clock you cannot argue with, in a place where something bigger than you is always one biome deeper.
4.2/5Player ratingMC83View game
2
Valheim
ActionAdventureIndie
Physics-based timber building and co-op voyages, with raids that test your homestead between boss hunts.
4.0/5Player ratingView game
3
Grounded
AdventureIndie
First-person crafting and fortifying, then swarms pick at weak points until your little fortress learns to bite back.
3.8/5Player ratingMC82View game
4
Green Hell
ActionAdventureSimulation
True survival pressure: wounds, parasites, sanity spirals — and the jungle never stops pushing back.
3.8/5Player ratingMC78View game
5
7 Days to Die
ShooterRPGIndie
Every night is a siege; traps and structural integrity decide whether your base stands.
3.4/5Player ratingView game