Games like The Last Plague: Blight

89% positive from 1,415 reviewsReleased 2024Steam Deck Playable

What it is

Survival in a procedurally generated world hit by a disease called the Blight, where boiling water and treating raw materials each cost time. Hunger, thirst and energy are managed from third-person or top-down.

What players liked

Players praise its deep, realistic, and addictive survival crafting, akin to challenging medieval plague simulators.

The catch

crafting and survival tasks are fiddly and tedious

Why it is here

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 89% positive, but with 1,415 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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Six games like The Last Plague: Blight

The Infected

84% positive from 6,956 reviews2020Deck Playable

This is a first-person open-world survival crafting game focused on base building and resource management. Players can choose to fight or disable hybrid enemies for a pure building experience.

What players likedPlayers praise its smooth, in-depth base-building and optional enemy encounters, reminiscent of relaxing survival games.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Realistic and Survival.

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Ostranauts

81% positive from 2,659 reviews2020Deck Verified

Noir space sim about outrunning debt: strip abandoned ships in the boneyard for parts, bolt them onto your own hull, and fly under Newtonian physics with a crew whose needs and grudges drive them.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique blend of space survival, life sim, and scavenging, often comparing it to Neo Scavenger, Rimworld, and SS13.

The catchIt launched as 1.0 while large parts of the game are clearly unfinished.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Top-Down and Early Access.

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Survivalist: Invisible Strain

87% positive from 4,348 reviews20250% finish itDeck Verified

Open-world colony sim with character relationships and survival. Recruit survivors, manage their needs and morale in a zombie apocalypse.

What players likedPlayers praise this unique zombie apocalypse management game, often compared to Project Zomboid and Rimworld, for its deep systems and excellent survivor AI.

The catchCombat is janky and one sided, with enemies aiming and shooting far faster than you.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Third Person and Action.

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Tinkerlands

86% positive from 3,898 reviews202529% finish itDeck Verified

A cooperative survival crafting game with island exploration and NPC settlement building. Players gather resources, craft items, and fight bosses in a colorful, magical world.

What players likedPlayers praise Tinkerlands as a fun, addicting "tropical Core Keeper" or Terraria-like with great exploration, bosses, and QoL features.

The catchBugs and crashes are frequent, and multiplayer especially loses progress and items.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Survival and Early Access.

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Salt 2: Shores of Gold

85% positive from 2,290 reviews20251% finish itDeck Verified

A cooperative open-world pirate RPG focused on exploration and ship customization. Players craft, survive, and quest across a procedurally generated world.

What players likedPlayers praise "Salt 2" as a relaxed, cozy "Sea of Thieves" with deep exploration, crafting, and a mobile base.

The catchEvery island and quest blurs into the same shallow loot-and-sail loop within hours.

Both are tagged Survival, Early Access and Action.

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Saleblazers

80% positive from 2,189 reviews2023Deck Verified

Co-op survival shopkeeping game. Gather, craft, and sell goods while defending your shop from fantasy threats.

What players likedPlayers praise its blend of Stardew Valley-like shopkeeping, crafting, and exploration, with fun, customizable co-op combat and a responsive developer.

The catchThe Immersive update made it clunkier, buggier and worse looking than the old version.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Early Access and Action.

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