Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Creative Destruction (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Creative Destruction 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: Cyber Hunter, which made by the same studio, NetEase Games.
- Creative Destruction is tagged Multiplayer, Battle Royale, Action, Free to Play, Shooter, FPS, Building, Massively Multiplayer 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.
- 13 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 1 are from the same studio: Cyber Hunter.
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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Cyber Hunter
Why it matched: made by the same studio, NetEase Games; both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Free to Play, Battle Royale and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2020).
Cyber Hunter is an open-world battle royale game featuring an unique combination of gaming elements, including survival, shooting and exploring. Any vertical surface in the Cyber Hunter world is climbable and players can glide down from high up.
Cyber Hunter at a glance Released 2020 Studio NetEase Games Player sentiment 72% positive of 10,846 Price Not listed Free to PlayBattle RoyaleMassively MultiplayerFPSSurvivalShooterThird-Person ShooterController
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Darwin Project
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Battle Royale, Survival and PvP; released around the same time (2020).
In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.
Darwin Project at a glance Released 2020 Studio Scavengers Studio Player sentiment 82% positive of 18,460 Price Free Battle RoyaleSurvivalPvPMassively MultiplayerShooterThird PersonFPSThird-Person Shooter
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CRSED: F.O.A.D.
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Battle Royale, Free to Play and Survival; released around the same time (2018).
CRSED: Cuisine Royale – is a brutal MMO last-man-standing shooter with realistic weaponry, elements of lethal mystic forces and incredible superpowers!
CRSED: F.O.A.D. at a glance Released 2018 Studio Darkflow Software Player sentiment 79% positive of 38,607 Price Free Battle RoyaleFree to PlaySurvivalShooterFPSMassively MultiplayerThird-Person ShooterPvP
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Last Man Standing
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
The Ultimate BATTLE ROYALE! Sharpen your skills and kill everyone in your way as you hunt for guns, gear and glory in a massive battlefield where only ONE can be crowned the LAST MAN STANDING. Earn cash prizes in a monthly competitions,
Last Man Standing at a glance Released 2017 Studio Free Reign Entertainment Player sentiment 61% positive of 17,338 Price Not listed Free to PlaySurvivalShooterMassively MultiplayerBattle RoyalePvPFPSThird-Person Shooter
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Z1 Battle Royale
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Survival, Massively Multiplayer and Battle Royale; released around the same time (2018).
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Z1 Battle Royale at a glance Released 2018 Studio Daybreak Game Company Player sentiment 56% positive of 202,362 Price Free SurvivalMassively MultiplayerBattle RoyalePvPFPSShooterFree to PlayThird-Person Shooter
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Brick-Force
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Building; released around the same time (2014).
Brick-Force is a sandbox shooter that lets you BUILD your own battlefields, SHARE them with other players, and PLAY many challenging game modes in fast-paced PvP matches!
Brick-Force at a glance Released 2014 Studio Exe Games Inc. Player sentiment 42% positive of 3,774 Price Free Free to PlayFPSBuildingShooterPvPFirst-PersonSurvivalCasual
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Infestation: Survivor Stories 2020
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Massively Multiplayer and PvP.
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Infestation: Survivor Stories 2020 at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Fredaikis AB Player sentiment 42% positive of 25,385 Price Free SurvivalMassively MultiplayerPvPFPSShooterFree to PlayThird-Person ShooterThird Person
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Realm Royale
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Battle Royale, Free to Play and Shooter; released around the same time (2018).
Join 20+ million players and experience a new kind of battle royale in Realm Royale Reforged! Choose your class, forge deadly weapons, and master powerful abilities to be the last champion standing. Mount up alone or with a team to explore a fantasy world while outrunning the deadly fog.
Realm Royale at a glance Released 2018 Studio Heroic Leap Games Player sentiment 76% positive of 56,228 Price Not listed Battle RoyaleFree to PlayShooterSurvivalPvPThird-Person ShooterThird PersonFPS
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BLOCKADE
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
BLOCKADE Classic! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
BLOCKADE at a glance Released 2019 Studio Novalink Player sentiment 75% positive of 11,533 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterMassively MultiplayerFirst-PersonBuildingSurvivalCasual
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Defiance
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Massively Multiplayer and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2014).
Join the futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology.
Defiance at a glance Released 2014 Studio Trion Worlds Player sentiment 77% positive of 12,617 Price Not listed Free to PlayMassively MultiplayerThird-Person ShooterShooterSurvivalFPSOnline Co-OpThird Person
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Ring of Elysium
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Battle Royale and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
Escape an astonishing disaster in Ring of Elysium, a battle royale shooter developed by Aurora Studio.
Ring of Elysium at a glance Released 2019 Studio Aurora Studio Player sentiment 75% positive of 99,011 Price Not listed Free to PlayBattle RoyaleShooterSurvivalFPSMassively MultiplayerThird-Person ShooterPvP
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XERA: Survival
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Building; released around the same time (2021).
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
XERA: Survival at a glance Released 2021 Studio Spotted Kiwi Interactive Player sentiment 66% positive of 7,941 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalBuildingShooterMassively MultiplayerFPSThird-Person ShooterPvP
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Deadside
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Survival, FPS and PvP.
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Deadside at a glance Released 2024 Studio Bad Pixel Player sentiment 76% positive of 40,512 Price $24.99 SurvivalFPSPvPThird-Person ShooterShooterFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
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KUBOOM
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
Cross-platform hurricane online 3D Shooter
KUBOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio nobodyshot Player sentiment 64% positive of 4,563 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonCasualMassively MultiplayerSurvival
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War Trigger 3
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, Free to Play and FPS; released around the same time (2015).
Destroy, smash and blast your way to victory! Use advanced weapons and vehicles to dominate the battlefield.
War Trigger 3 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Rocketeer Games Studio, LLC Player sentiment 59% positive of 8,144 Price Free ShooterFree to PlayFPSFirst-PersonThird-Person ShooterPvPThird PersonController
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Super Animal Royale
Why it matched: both survival and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Battle Royale, Free to Play and Casual; released around the same time (2021).
Welcome to the coziest way to kill your friends. Super Animal Royale is a 64-player, top-down 2D battle royale where adorably murderous animals fight tooth, claw, and machine gun. Then, relax in Super Animal World with fishing, hamsterball races, and story quests before the next fight to the death.
Super Animal Royale at a glance Released 2021 Studio Pixile Player sentiment 93% positive of 44,575 Price Free Battle RoyaleFree to PlayCasualOnline Co-OpShooterMassively MultiplayerPvPSurvival
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Radical Heights
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Battle Royale, Free to Play and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2018).
Welcome to RADICAL HEIGHTS, a free X-TREME Early Access BATTLE ROYALE shooter. Partake in high-stakes gunplay as you loot for weapons, gadgets, cosmetics, and CASH! Survive to the end or risk it all in this irreverent action game show where everyone wants to be rich and famous!
Radical Heights at a glance Released 2018 Studio Boss Key Productions Player sentiment 62% positive of 9,713 Price Not listed Battle RoyaleFree to PlayMassively MultiplayerSurvivalThird-Person ShooterShooterPvPFPS
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Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Massively Multiplayer, Survival and Free to Play; released around the same time (2016).
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server at a glance Released 2016 Studio Daybreak Game Company Player sentiment 52% positive of 2,570 Price Not listed Massively MultiplayerSurvivalFree to PlayShooterFPSBattle RoyalePvPThird-Person Shooter
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New Frontier
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2019).
New Frontier is a pvp free-to-play online survival game set in an alternate reality wild west world. Work with your friends, Build your base, Fight hellish monsters and forge alliances with other players to conquer the land.
New Frontier at a glance Released 2019 Studio Free Reign Entertainment Player sentiment 49% positive of 3,699 Price Not listed Free to PlaySurvivalMassively MultiplayerPvPBuildingShooterFPSThird-Person Shooter
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Sven Co-op
Why it matched: both survival and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life. In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.
Sven Co-op at a glance Released 2016 Studio Sven Co-op team Player sentiment 94% positive of 32,456 Price Free FPSOnline Co-OpShooterCasualFirst-PersonFree to PlayThird PersonSurvival
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Double Action: Boogaloo
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Shooter and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2014).
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Double Action: Boogaloo at a glance Released 2014 Studio Double Action Factory Player sentiment 93% positive of 11,408 Price Free Free to PlayShooterThird-Person ShooterFPSFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpSurvivalController
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Blockstorm
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Building; released around the same time (2015).
Blockstorm is a FPS game set in a world made of destructible blocks. All maps and characters included in the game are made with the same tools that are available to the public. You can build everything in Blockstorm, and you can destroy it.
Blockstorm at a glance Released 2015 Studio GhostShark Player sentiment 80% positive of 6,315 Price Free FPSShooterBuildingFirst-PersonDestructionMassively MultiplayerFree to PlayCasual
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, Third-Person Shooter and FPS; released around the same time (2017).
Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands at a glance Released 2017 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 78% positive of 113,815 Price $49.99 ShooterThird-Person ShooterFPSOnline Co-OpThird PersonSurvivalFirst-PersonPvP
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PixARK
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Massively Multiplayer and Casual; released around the same time (2019).
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
PixARK at a glance Released 2019 Studio Snail Games USA Player sentiment 72% positive of 13,440 Price $4.99 SurvivalMassively MultiplayerCasualBuildingPvPFPS
Common questions
What game is most like Creative Destruction?
Cyber Hunter, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, NetEase Games. 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 Creative Destruction" 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 Creative Destruction. 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.
What else did the makers of Creative Destruction do?
Cyber Hunter is also from NetEase Games, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
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.