Games like Category 6

Want something that feels atmospheric and dark the way Category 6 does? These games make natural next picks for you.

1. Whisper of the Swallows

   

   A brutal open-world survival game in a frozen land the gods abandoned. Read the sky, hunt, craft and build a refuge before nightfall, alone or with up to six friends, then push back the darkness one region at a time.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   88%88% of 213 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

2. Ember's Verge

   

   Survive on a deserted island with no modern tools or electricity. Gather resources, craft everything you need, and adapt to changing seasons including winter conditions. No zombies, no supernatural. Man vs nature survival. Your adventure, your choice.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   88%88% of 60 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$14.99

3. Survival: Fountain of Youth

   

   A 16th-century castaway survival adventure in the Caribbean. Washed ashore after a storm, you craft tools, build a camp, hunt dangerous beasts and sail between 11 islands hunting clues to the Fountain of Youth and your lost shipmates. Play solo or with up to three friends, and plan every day before the sun runs out.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Tense

   85%85% of 4,205 Steam reviews are positive268Players online now: 268$9.79

4. Green Hell

   

   Lost in the Amazon with nothing but your hands and a smartwatch, you learn to read the jungle or it takes you apart. Green Hell is a first-person survival sim with a long, strange story, deep crafting and base building, plus co-op and endless modes for when you just want to suffer together.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   84%84% of 81,282 Steam reviews are positive5KPlayers online now: 4,957$24.99

5. ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

   

   Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   85%85% of 237 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$7.99

6. Project Cobalt

   

   ⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   66%66% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$10.99

7. Project Castaway

   

   A survival crafting game set in the Pacific. Hunt, build shelters and sail from island to island, and keep your sanity in check, because a lonely castaway starts seeing things. Beautiful, tense, and best with a friend.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Tense

   64%64% of 1,845 Steam reviews are positive45Players online now: 45$19.99

8. The Long Dark

   

   The Long Dark leaves you alone in frozen Northern Canada after a geomagnetic disaster, with no zombies, only cold, hunger, and wildlife. You ration food, tend fires, and read the weather before every walk. Slow, quiet, and strict, it rewards careful thinking and makes simply lasting another night feel earned.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   88%88% of 112,845 Steam reviews are positive4.5KPlayers online now: 4,511$19.99

9. Urge

   

   Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

   Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

   90%90% of 506 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$17.99

10. PostCollapse

    

    PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.

    Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

    56%56% of 127 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

11. Hurricane

    

    Hurricane is a 3rd person multiplayer survival game in open fantasy world.

    Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Scary, Tense

    57%57% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

12. Vortex: The Gateway

    

    Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!

    Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Dark, Scary

    53%53% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Cheaper than Category 6

Survival: Fountain of Youth

Craft, build and sail from island to island, following old clues toward a legend while keeping your camp alive.

85%85% of 4,205 Steam reviews are positive268Players online now: 268$9.79

ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure.

85%85% of 237 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$7.99

Project Cobalt

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴.

66%66% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$10.99

INCUR Survival

A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base…

80%80% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$3.99

PostCollapse

PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization.

56%56% of 127 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Hurricane

Hurricane is a 3rd person multiplayer survival game in open fantasy world.

57%57% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Vortex: The Gateway

Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight.

53%53% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Away From Life

You wake up after a helicopter crash with one job: get home.

67%67% of 238 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$12.99

Mayday: The Survival Island

Wash up alone, build a cozy homestead, and hop island to island by raft while a quiet mystery unfolds around you.

85%85% of 187 Steam reviews are positive208Players online now: 208$11.19

Card Survival: Tropical Island

Turn cards into food, tools and shelter while the island tests your body and your mind.

94%94% of 2,982 Steam reviews are positive99Players online now: 99$12.49

Survival Log

Scavenge a dying city, build up your shelter and hold out against the horde in a roguelite survival run where death carries your memories forward.

82%82% of 3,813 Steam reviews are positive687Players online now: 687$10.99

Don't Starve

Don't Starve drops gentleman scientist Wilson into a strange wilderness run by a demon, where you gather, craft, farm, hunt and fight to stay alive.

96%96% of 97,338 Steam reviews are positive934Players online now: 934$9.99

Hidden gems like Category 6

Whisper of the Swallows

Survive blizzards and night creatures in a procedurally generated wilderness, building a sanctuary alone or with up to six players.

88%88% of 213 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

Frost Survival VR

Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure…

89%89% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Bootstrap Island

A realistic VR survival roguelike on a merciless 17th-century island.

81%81% of 1,415 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$24.99

ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure.

85%85% of 237 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$7.99

Mayday: The Survival Island

Wash up alone, build a cozy homestead, and hop island to island by raft while a quiet mystery unfolds around you.

85%85% of 187 Steam reviews are positive208Players online now: 208$11.19

Survival Log

Scavenge a dying city, build up your shelter and hold out against the horde in a roguelite survival run where death carries your memories forward.

82%82% of 3,813 Steam reviews are positive687Players online now: 687$10.99

Outbreak Island

Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.

78%78% of 1,005 Steam reviews are positive20Players online now: 20$14.99

Card Survival: Tropical Island

Turn cards into food, tools and shelter while the island tests your body and your mind.

94%94% of 2,982 Steam reviews are positive99Players online now: 99$12.49

Survival: Fountain of Youth

Craft, build and sail from island to island, following old clues toward a legend while keeping your camp alive.

85%85% of 4,205 Steam reviews are positive268Players online now: 268$9.79

Urge

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

90%90% of 506 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$17.99

Under A New Sun

Survive on a lush alien planet by hunting, crafting, building and sailing from island to island.

76%76% of 390 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$12.59

Away From Life

You wake up after a helicopter crash with one job: get home.

67%67% of 238 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$12.99

Newest games like Category 6

DREADMOOR

Take the helm of a trawler, fish murky waters, craft gear and fight what the catastrophe left behind.

81%81% of 1,359 Steam reviews are positive3.9KPlayers online now: 3,866$17.99

Mayday: The Survival Island

Wash up alone, build a cozy homestead, and hop island to island by raft while a quiet mystery unfolds around you.

85%85% of 187 Steam reviews are positive208Players online now: 208$11.19

Survival Project: Island

After a shipwreck you wake alone on a strange island, and staying alive is entirely on you.

83%83% of 29 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$4.99

Project Cobalt

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴.

66%66% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$10.99

Survival Log

Scavenge a dying city, build up your shelter and hold out against the horde in a roguelite survival run where death carries your memories forward.

82%82% of 3,813 Steam reviews are positive687Players online now: 687$10.99

Project: Mist

Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.

72%72% of 325 Steam reviews are positive19Players online now: 19$17.99

Away From Life

You wake up after a helicopter crash with one job: get home.

67%67% of 238 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$12.99

Ember's Verge

Survive on a deserted island with no modern tools or electricity.

88%88% of 60 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$14.99

Project Castaway

Craft, build and sail between Pacific islands, alone or with a friend, while loneliness plays tricks on your mind.

64%64% of 1,845 Steam reviews are positive45Players online now: 45$19.99

Bootstrap Island

A realistic VR survival roguelike on a merciless 17th-century island.

81%81% of 1,415 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$24.99

Whisper of the Swallows

Survive blizzards and night creatures in a procedurally generated wilderness, building a sanctuary alone or with up to six players.

88%88% of 213 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure.

85%85% of 237 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$7.99