Other games like Subnautica

[Zekkrazi]

I love this game and have got all the achievements in it. That being said, I would really like to try a different survival game for the time being while waiting for the arctic expansion. (I just want something fresh) Are there any other survival/crafting games on steam that have a similar sense of progression? I was looking at Stranded Deep but there was a comment talking about all the annoyances in that game and it kind of put me off.

Does anyone have any recommendations for other good survival/crafting games on Steam? It does not have to be an underwater game.

[TriskitSK]

Stranded Deep is good, but kinda slow. No Man's Sky has a lot of similarities to Subnautica, with a similar "discover to unlock" style of progression, modular base building, a pretty long story, and alien ruins. It can be pretty grindy though.

[Zekkrazi]

Originally posted by TriskitSK:

Stranded Deep is good, but kinda slow. No Man's Sky has a lot of similarities to Subnautica, with a similar "discover to unlock" style of progression, modular base building, a pretty long story, and alien ruins. It can be pretty grindy though.

I have No Man's Sky and it is similar to Subnautica but the biggest issue with it is that it is all RNG based. You may need to go to 10 different planets to find the material you need to build one thing. Also, unlike Subnautica's very specifically placed items, enemies, and zones, No Man's Sky can sometimes make you feel like you are running in a circle constantly needing to craft the most basic things over and over so that you can do some more advanced things, only to need to refill the basics, to go to more advanced, ect ect.

Again, it is like Subnautica, but way less thought out and optimal.

Thanks for the suggestions. If I get desperate enough I may try Stranded Deep, there are some mechanics of it that I have been hearing about that sound ridiculous for no reason.

[HungrySalmon]

Unturned was pretty good...

[Pastel]

Unturned was very good...

[Sigmaris]

I've enjoyed Breathedge. It has a more comical edge than Subnautica and other survival games. And it's an EA title and seems to be episodic with the next part to be released around Jan. I think once and if the whole game is complete it will pretty much be like Subnautica, but in space. But I warn you, for now it's pretty bare and what's playable at the moment can done prettty quickly. But keep an eye on it for later.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/738520/

[LeftPaw]

No man's Sky. Even looks like subnautica when you go swimming.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

I have no idea bout breathedge, but content wise i nrelation to building and exploration, NMS currently has about more features then Subnautica :p

[Lich Lord]

Check out The Forest or Conan Exiles, Ark is fun too but outdated, they each bring their own style to the table.

Forest is creepy at times with all the locals
Conan is pretty fun but not really for kids
Ark is well established lots of expansions and you can tame, ride and breed dinosaurs.

Green Hell is also pretty good. Kinda like the forest.

[Sauer_Kraut]

The Forest is great. Check it out

[Storm]

No joke, watch The Meg if you haven't, you'll feel like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around in your seamoth after.

[Zekkrazi]

Originally posted by HungrySalmon:

Unturned was pretty good...

Originally posted by zeematoad:

Unturned was very good...

I installed it once but I didn't play it. I will check it out. Even the premium edition or whatever is only like $3.

Originally posted by Sigmaris:

I've enjoyed Breathedge. It has a more comical edge than Subnautica and other survival games.

Never even heard of this game but I looked at the store page and I will give it a try. Everyone is calling it "Subnautica in space" so hopefully I feel the same way.

Originally posted by Ziggy Moonbeam:

No man's Sky. Even looks like subnautica when you go swimming.

Originally posted by NaliWarcow:

NMS currently has about more features then Subnautica :p

Yeah I redownloaded NMS and played it last night. I got the game when it came out and it was lackluster and boring, but when I played it last night EVERYTHING was different. Also I looked at some of the screenshots and you are right, the water areas look JUST LIKE Subnautica I was almost shocked by how similar they were.

There is so much in NMS now from when I first played it that it is almost a little overwhelming. I feel like I need to get out a notebook when I play it and take notes on stuff because there is so much you can craft and so many elements that I am going to forget everything. Plus the trading system is super advanced.

Originally posted by Floki:

Check out The Forest or Conan Exiles, Ark is fun too but outdated, they each bring their own style to the table.

Originally posted by Sauer_Kraut:

The Forest is great. Check it out

I am going to need to watch gameplay for these three games. I have known about them all for a long time but I never played any of them. All three of these games kind of strike me as the "only fun when you play with friends" type.

I might try Conan Exiles but I think it is more multiplayer focused and I remember hearing if you are not in a guild or something that people can just run up and destroy all of your stuff. That I am not to thrilled about. ARK is also heavily multiplayer, again I may try it but I feel like ARK is at the end of its life cycle.

[Soloquendi]

On Steam? No. There is one being developed by a small team on their own. Website: Vintagestory.at

It's a voxel world, so you can destroy/remake the terrain and it has story/lore and a very satisfying crafting progression. Still in Alpha, but very stable, with a large group of modders already making content for it.

[Zekkrazi]

Originally posted by WillOfStone:

On Steam? No. There is one being developed by a small team on their own. Website: Vintagestory.at

It's a voxel world, so you can destroy/remake the terrain and it has story/lore and a very satisfying crafting progression. Still in Alpha, but very stable, with a large group of modders already making content for it.

I looked it up. It looks like a 100% ripoff of Minecraft.

[Storm]

Originally posted by Weebaloo:

Originally posted by WillOfStone:

On Steam? No. There is one being developed by a small team on their own. Website: Vintagestory.at

It's a voxel world, so you can destroy/remake the terrain and it has story/lore and a very satisfying crafting progression. Still in Alpha, but very stable, with a large group of modders already making content for it.

I looked it up. It looks like a 100% ripoff of Minecraft.

And it looks nothing reasonably like Subnautica

[Soloquendi]

Originally posted by Weebaloo:

Originally posted by WillOfStone:

On Steam? No. There is one being developed by a small team on their own. Website: Vintagestory.at

It's a voxel world, so you can destroy/remake the terrain and it has story/lore and a very satisfying crafting progression. Still in Alpha, but very stable, with a large group of modders already making content for it.

I looked it up. It looks like a 100% ripoff of Minecraft.

Well, then you didn't look very closely. It's a block voxel game inspired by Manic Digger, the same game that inspired Minecraft. Nothing is new under the sun. Everything is a reimagining of something that came before. Oh, and it's coded in C#. Superior performance to MC.