Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like ASKA (2026)
Every game below overlaps with ASKA on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Dwarf Fortress, which both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy.
- ASKA is tagged Early Access, Online Co-Op, Multiplayer, Crafting, Co-op, Singleplayer, Simulation, Open World Survival Craft by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Dwarf Fortress
Why it matched: both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Colony Sim, Simulation and Base-Building; released around the same time (2022).
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Dwarf Fortress at a glance Released 2022 Studio Bay 12 Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 31,446 Price $29.99 Colony SimSimulationBase-BuildingSandboxBuildingSurvivalResource ManagementCrafting
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Satisfactory
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Base-Building, Crafting and Building; released around the same time (2024).
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Satisfactory at a glance Released 2024 Studio Coffee Stain Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 278,668 Price $39.99 Base-BuildingCraftingBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExplorationOpen World Survival CraftSurvival
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Against the Storm
Why it matched: both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Base-Building and Colony Sim; released around the same time (2023).
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Against the Storm at a glance Released 2023 Studio Eremite Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 37,338 Price $8.99 SimulationBase-BuildingColony SimBuildingResource ManagementSurvivalDark FantasySandbox
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Enshrouded
Why it matched: both open world, survival and fantasy; shares 10 player tags including Survival, Base-Building and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2024).
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Enshrouded at a glance Released 2024 Studio Keen Games GmbH Player sentiment 86% positive of 105,009 Price $29.99 SurvivalBase-BuildingOnline Co-OpCraftingAction RPGExplorationBuildingSandbox
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Abiotic Factor
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Survival, Online Co-Op and Open World Survival Craft; released around the same time (2025).
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Abiotic Factor at a glance Released 2025 Studio Deep Field Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 58,569 Price $34.99 SurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen World Survival CraftCraftingBase-BuildingEarly AccessExplorationSandbox
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V Rising
Why it matched: both open world, survival and fantasy; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Base-Building and Crafting; released around the same time (2024).
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
V Rising at a glance Released 2024 Studio Stunlock Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 136,836 Price $34.99 SurvivalBase-BuildingCraftingOnline Co-OpBuildingSandboxExplorationDark Fantasy
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Foundation
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Resource Management; released around the same time (2025).
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Foundation at a glance Released 2025 Studio Polymorph Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 24,163 Price $23.44 SimulationSandboxResource ManagementBuildingBase-BuildingColony SimSurvivalEarly Access
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Raft
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Open World Survival Craft and Crafting.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Raft at a glance Released 2018 Studio Redbeet Interactive Player sentiment 93% positive of 377,670 Price $19.99 SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCraftingBuildingBase-BuildingOnline Co-OpSandboxSimulation
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Craft The World
Why it matched: both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Colony Sim, Crafting and Building.
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Craft The World at a glance Released 2014 Studio Dekovir Entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 17,058 Price $18.99 Colony SimCraftingBuildingSandboxSurvivalSimulationResource Management
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Conan Exiles Enhanced
Why it matched: both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Building and Open World Survival Craft.
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Conan Exiles Enhanced at a glance Released 2018 Studio Funcom Player sentiment 79% positive of 117,272 Price $39.99 SurvivalBuildingOpen World Survival CraftCraftingSandboxOnline Co-OpExploration
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The Riftbreaker
Why it matched: both survival and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Base-Building, Survival and Crafting; released around the same time (2021).
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
The Riftbreaker at a glance Released 2021 Studio EXOR Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 24,729 Price $8.99 Base-BuildingSurvivalCraftingResource ManagementBuildingExplorationAction RPGSandbox
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Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Why it matched: both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Colony Sim; released around the same time (2020).
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Amazing Cultivation Simulator at a glance Released 2020 Studio GSQ Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 23,608 Price $24.99 SimulationSandboxColony SimSurvivalBase-BuildingEarly AccessBuilding
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Kingdoms and Castles
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Colony Sim, Building and Simulation.
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Kingdoms and Castles at a glance Released 2017 Studio Lion Shield, LLC Player sentiment 94% positive of 31,404 Price $19.99 Colony SimBuildingSimulationSandboxResource ManagementBase-BuildingSurvivalCrafting
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Green Hell
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Open World Survival Craft, Survival and Online Co-Op.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Green Hell at a glance Released 2019 Studio Creepy Jar Player sentiment 85% positive of 101,599 Price $2.79 Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpCraftingBase-BuildingExplorationSandboxSimulation
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Planetbase
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Colony Sim, Base-Building and Survival.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Planetbase at a glance Released 2015 Studio Madruga Works Player sentiment 80% positive of 10,438 Price $7.49 Colony SimBase-BuildingSurvivalSimulationResource ManagementBuildingSandboxCrafting
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Base-Building and Building; released around the same time (2024).
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic at a glance Released 2024 Studio 3Division Player sentiment 91% positive of 27,164 Price $9.99 SimulationBase-BuildingBuildingSandboxSurvivalColony SimResource Management
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Sons Of The Forest
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Base-Building and Crafting; released around the same time (2024).
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Sons Of The Forest at a glance Released 2024 Studio Endnight Games Ltd Player sentiment 88% positive of 318,107 Price $29.99 SurvivalBase-BuildingCraftingBuildingExplorationSandboxAction-AdventureSimulation
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Oxygen Not Included
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Colony Sim, Base-Building and Survival.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Oxygen Not Included at a glance Released 2019 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 143,589 Price $24.99 Colony SimBase-BuildingSurvivalResource ManagementBuildingSimulationSandboxExploration
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Manor Lords
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Base-Building and Building; released around the same time (2024).
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Manor Lords at a glance Released 2024 Studio Slavic Magic Player sentiment 84% positive of 90,905 Price $25.99 SimulationBase-BuildingBuildingResource ManagementSandboxSurvivalEarly Access
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Breathedge
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Open World Survival Craft, Survival and Sandbox; released around the same time (2021).
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Breathedge at a glance Released 2021 Studio RedRuins Softworks Player sentiment 81% positive of 17,816 Price $2.49 Open World Survival CraftSurvivalSandboxBase-BuildingCraftingExplorationEarly AccessSimulation
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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Open World Survival Craft and Survival; released around the same time (2020).
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Empyrion - Galactic Survival at a glance Released 2020 Studio Eleon Game Studios Player sentiment 78% positive of 34,399 Price $19.99 SimulationOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalBuildingExplorationSandboxCrafting
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Kingdom: New Lands
Why it matched: both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Base-Building and Exploration.
Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.
Kingdom: New Lands at a glance Released 2016 Studio Noio Player sentiment 85% positive of 12,353 Price $1.49 SurvivalBase-BuildingExplorationBuildingColony SimSimulation
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Stranded Deep
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Open World Survival Craft, Survival and Crafting; released around the same time (2022).
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Stranded Deep at a glance Released 2022 Studio Beam Team Games Player sentiment 74% positive of 47,793 Price $19.99 Open World Survival CraftSurvivalCraftingExplorationBuildingSandboxSimulationEarly Access
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The Planet Crafter
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Open World Survival Craft, Base-Building and Survival; released around the same time (2024).
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
The Planet Crafter at a glance Released 2024 Studio Miju Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 73,208 Price $23.99 Open World Survival CraftBase-BuildingSurvivalOnline Co-OpBuildingCraftingExplorationSandbox
Common questions
What game is most like ASKA?
Dwarf Fortress, on the evidence we have. It both open world, survival, fantasy and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to ASKA" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with ASKA. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.