Games like Tinkerlands

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.

86% positive from 3,898 · 2025 · 29% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · $12.99 $9.09 -30% · Lowest ever $6.49 (2026-06-26)

Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvival Open World Pixel Graphics

Six games like Tinkerlands

Night of the Dead

77% positive from 11,810 reviews20248% finish itDeck Playable

This is a zombie survival game with base building and automation. Players fight waves of zombies, explore, and manage followers.

What players likedNo comparisons to other games are present in the provided text.

The catchCombat and animations feel clunky and awkward

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Online Co-Op and Action.

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Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper

80% positive from 2,342 reviews20214% finish itDeck Playable

Survival sandbox RPG with resource management, crafting, and exploration. Features procedural generation, base building, and combat in a magical world.

The catchProgress buries you in grinding and waiting on crafting timers for hours.

Both are tagged Sandbox, Survival and Open World.

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Block Story™

84% positive from 2,054 reviews2015Deck Playable

This is a 3D block building RPG with a core loop of exploration, questing, and crafting. It offers sandbox freedom with fantasy combat and creature riding.

What players likedPlayers praise Block Story as a charming RPG with dragons, offering a Minecraft-like experience with quests and character progression.

The catchMelee combat stops working early, with enemies out-reaching and out-damaging you.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Sandbox and Action.

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Arid

87% positive from 1,952 reviews20214% finish itDeck Unsupported

Singleplayer open-world survival game focused on resource management and environmental hazards in a harsh desert. Players must manage dehydration, temperature, and weather events to survive.

The catchHunger, thirst and sleep meters drain so fast that little progress gets made.

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

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Dig or Die

90% positive from 4,271 reviews20186% finish itDeck Unsupported

This is a survival crafting game with physics-based building and resource management. Players explore, fight enemies, and build defenses against nightly attacks.

What players likedPlayers praise this Terraria-inspired game for its unique building physics and complex water mechanics.

The catchNightly enemy raids force a run back to base, cutting exploration into a tedious loop.

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

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Nova Lands

89% positive from 3,452 reviews202328% finish itDeck Verified

2D open-world automation game with exploration and base building. Automate production with helper bots to explore islands and encounter creatures.

What players likedPlayers say it's like Forager or a streamlined Factorio, praising its satisfying progression and simple, effective automation.

The catchLate game turns into waiting on glacial timers while bots trickle out resources.

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

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More about Tinkerlands

What players liked

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

The catch

Bugs and crashes are frequent, and multiplayer especially loses progress and items.

Reviews: 86% positive from 3,898
Released: 2025
Finish it: 29% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: $12.99 $9.09 -30% · Lowest ever $6.49 (2026-06-26)
Play: Single-playerCo-opMulti-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 86% positive, but with 3,898 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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