Games like ICARUS

If ICARUS scratched a tense and replayable itch for you, keep reading. Give these games a try when the craving hits. Most of them work well for a shared session.

Plains of Pain
A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you. Fight heat, thirst and hordes of madmen, build a settlement from nothing, craft hover vehicles to cross the desert, and pick a side in a faction war over the last outposts. Solo or with friends, every procedurally generated wasteland plays out differently.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Replayable, Dark
84% of 1,037 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
Farworld Pioneers
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
37% of 623 Steam reviews are positive$3.74
Survive the Fall
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Also in Survival crafting · Tense, Atmospheric, Dark
65% of 606 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$24.99
Forever Skies
Forever Skies puts you in an airship above a ruined, dust-choked Earth. Build and upgrade your flying home, scavenge abandoned towers, use science to survive, and search for a cure. Play solo or with up to three friends, and tune the difficulty from calm to brutal.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Atmospheric, Dark
77% of 8,229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 192$29.99
Outpost Zero
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark
51% of 580 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Under A New Sun
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Atmospheric
76% of 389 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$17.99
Far Lands
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Replayable, Dark
62% of 154 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
ARK: Survival Evolved
Stranded naked and starving on a strange island, you hunt, craft, build, and learn to survive among dinosaurs. The pull is taming them: more than 100 creatures can be tamed by knocking them out and feeding them back, with the large ones ridden and new generations bred. It is more fun with friends.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Dark
83% of 589,225 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12,797$14.99
Once Human
Once Human is an odd post-apocalyptic survival game where you join friends against monsters, build your own territory, and uncover what Stardust wants. You watch food and water for Sanity, hunt bosses for powerful loot, and shape guns with parts, perks, and upgrades.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Replayable, Dark
79% of 195,539 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14,719Free
Stars End
A sci-fi survival sandbox on the lawless frontier of a distant star system. Start with sticks and stones, build from a shack to a space station, and fly your own ship from planet surface to orbit. Play solo, team up with friends, or fight rival survivors for territory. Every scrap is earned.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Replayable
63% of 1,131 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
StarsOne
You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
73% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Dysterra
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Tense, Replayable, Dark
55% of 778 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Cheaper than ICARUS

Plains of Pain

A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you.

$19.99

Farworld Pioneers

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op.

$3.74

Survive the Fall

Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike.

$24.99

Forever Skies

Pilot a flying home through the dust, scavenge what the surface left behind, and use science to stay alive long enough to find a cure.

$29.99

Outpost Zero

Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe.

$3.99

Under A New Sun

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth.

$17.99

ARK: Survival Evolved

Hunt, craft and build a home on a hostile island, then tame and ride the creatures that once hunted you.

$14.99

Far Lands

Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies.

$10.99

Stars End

Craft, build and battle your way across procedurally generated planets, then fly your own starship into orbit.

$19.99

StarsOne

You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures.

$9.99

Project: Mist

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

$17.99

Novus Inceptio

A calm survival sandbox set in the distant future of Earth. A vast wilderness where you build and craft everything yourself, your character improves…

$19.99

Hidden gems like ICARUS

LIFE EFFECT Survival

A harsh open world after an alien invasion, seen from first or third person.

$14.99

Last Breath

Last Breath is a solo or online co-op survival game about bringing a dead planet back to life.

$7.99

Project: Mist

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

$17.99

The Last Caretaker

Salvage, build and sail a flooded Earth while raising the last of humankind in your machine-run complex.

$34.99

Plains of Pain

A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you.

$19.99

Permafrost

Scavenge ruined cities, craft what keeps you alive and hold your shelters against the endless cold, alone or with up to three friends.

$24.99

EverRail

Your base is a train crossing a frozen exomoon, and it only charges while moving.

$14.99

StarRupture

StarRupture is a first-person open-world survival and base-building game on a planet torn by recurring cataclysms.

$19.99

ATMOSFAR

Scavenge floating islands for scrap, build a flying home, and piece together what happened to the last human outpost.

$22.49

Scrap Mechanic

Crash-land on a robot-infested farm planet and tinker your way through it, alone or with friends.

$28.99

Under A New Sun

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth.

$17.99

Forever Skies

Pilot a flying home through the dust, scavenge what the surface left behind, and use science to stay alive long enough to find a cure.

$29.99

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