Survival crafting games like Deadside

If Deadside left you wanting something tense and competitive, you have options. These survival crafting games offer a similar pull for your backlog. Many of them are fun to share with friends.

DUCKSIDE
DUCKSIDE is Rust with feathers: a persistent open-world survival game where every survivor is a duck with a gun and a hat. You harvest, craft weapons and tools, build a loot shelter, raid nests, and fly over the island looking for trouble and treasure.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Dark
71% of 2,712 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$5.99
DeadPoly
DeadPoly is a blocky zombie survival sandbox where gathering, crafting, and base building are the way you stay alive. Chop wood, stone, and metal, craft hundreds of items, fortify a house or raise one from scratch, and keep hunger and thirst in check while looting towns by day and hiding from the dark by night.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Fast-paced
78% of 5,589 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 116$9.99
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Tense, Competitive, Dark
55% of 7,742 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
DARKEST DAYS
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Dark
49% of 5,285 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124Free
XERA: Survival
XERA: Survival is an action-first open-world survival shooter set after a combat robot uprising, where you raid for weapons and supplies, build and defend a base, and watch for both rival mercenaries and sleepless robots. Streamlined survival systems keep the focus on looting, fighting, and raiding rather than hunger bars.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Dark
65% of 7,948 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31Free
SurrounDead
SurrounDead drops you into a broken open world five years after the virus, where the dead and hostile survivors want you gone. You loot houses for guns, clothes and gear, barricade a building or camp wild, keep a vehicle running as backup storage, and tune the difficulty to your taste.
Tense, Dark, Fast-paced
90% of 25,315 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,494$11.99
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 Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Dark
55% of 779 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dead District: Survival
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Dark
47% of 429 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
BEACHED
BEACHED drops you into a low-poly open world where you gather resources, build a fortified base, and fight other survivors for loot. You raid monuments from an abandoned airfield to a volcano base, set traps, and hold what you take. Fast, tense, and best with friends watching your back.
Tense, Competitive, Fast-paced
64% of 3,686 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Front
The Front is a post-apocalyptic survival crafting sandbox where you are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop a tyrannical empire. Gather resources, craft weapons and tech, build a shelter from hundreds of parts, farm and cook, then defend it with traps and custom war machines.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Replayable
66% of 9,526 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
Another Try 2
The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Dark
53% of 1,009 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die is a zombie survival crafting game where you loot towns, craft gear, and build a fort before the horde comes. Scavenge by day, hold the walls by night, then do it better next time. Navezgane rewards survival crafters who like to tinker, fortify, and improvise.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Brutal
86% of 281,098 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19,190$44.99

Cheaper than Deadside

DUCKSIDE

DUCKSIDE is Rust with feathers: a persistent open-world survival game where every survivor is a duck with a gun and a hat.

$5.99

Another Try 2

The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors.

$6.99

ZED ZONE

You crash into the Zed Zone and survival starts from scrap. Gather materials, craft over 200 items, raise a lit, fenced stronghold, then tune your…

$7.19

SurvivalZ

A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors!

$1.99

Exit Ways

Exit Ways is a PvEvP survival extraction shooter. Grow your community in a zombie apocalypse. Rescue survivors, craft gear and build a base.

$8.18

Afterinfection

Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand.

$2.24

Survivalist

One year after the collapse, hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler leaves his bunker because he is out of food.

$4.99

Survival: Lost Way

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

$6.99

Another Try

The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors!

$2.99

The Last Disease Z

The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you.

$8.99

Deadburg

Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill.

$7.99

Andarilho

Andarilho is a stripped-down first-person survival sandbox: a guy with a backpack, a small map of towns and wilderness, and one job to stay alive.

$4.99

Hidden gems like Deadside

Scavland

Scavland is a hardcore top-down survival RPG in a grey Soviet wasteland covered by the Mist.

$19.99

LIFE EFFECT Survival

After the invasion failed to finish humanity, you pick up the leftovers.

$14.99

ZED ZONE

You crash into the Zed Zone and survival starts from scrap. Gather materials, craft over 200 items, raise a lit, fenced stronghold, then tune your…

$7.19

VEIN

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival sandbox where you scavenge abandoned buildings, hunt and farm once the cans run out, and turn ruins into a…

$19.99

Plains of Pain

A scorched procedural wasteland where the sun can kill you faster than bandits.

$9.99

Strayed

Strayed is a VR open-world survival game where you wash up with a rock and a torch and build your way up to guns, traps, and a raided-or-raiding base.

$14.99