Survival crafting games like Rust

Miss the tense and dark pull of Rust? These survival crafting games line up well for what comes next. You can bring friends along for most of these.

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, Dark, Competitive
71% of 2,712 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.99
Deadside
Deadside is an open-world survival shooter set in a post-Soviet apocalypse of forests, rivers and settlements. Grab loot, stash it in a safe zone or build your own turret-guarded fortress, then roam by car, bike, boat or metro. Fast progression, plenty of guns, and raids for survival crafters who want bullets with their base building.
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76% of 34,679 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 692$9.99
SCUM
SCUM drops you on a huge island prison as a televised contestant, with deep body simulation behind every meal, wound and workout. You scavenge towns and bunkers, hunt, craft, build a base and fight puppets, mutants and other prisoners. Brutal at first, rich once the systems click, and worth it for survival crafters who want consequences.
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74% of 99,215 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8,316$44.99
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!
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55% of 778 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
64% of 3,688 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Rem Survival
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
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75% of 723 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Plains of Pain
A scorched procedural wasteland where the sun can kill you faster than bandits. You manage thirst, hunger and heat, craft weapons and gear, purify water, and build a base that can grow into a supplied settlement, solo or in co-op.
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84% of 1,041 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
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.
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65% of 7,949 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21Free
Out of Reach
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Replayable
54% of 2,393 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Hurtworld
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS where you gather, craft tools, weapons and clothes, build a stronghold, and fight to hold it. With fast gunplay, map control, drivable vehicles and varied biomes to loot, it suits survival crafters who want their base-building with more bullets.
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76% of 23,624 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$24.99
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: 45$19.99
Once Human
Once Human drops you in a strange, polluted wilderness where dinner can hurt you as much as the monsters. You gather, craft, build a movable home, and tune about 100 guns while your Sanity decides how much health you get to keep. Weird, roomy, and built for survival crafters who like their base with a side of cosmic horror.
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79% of 195,705 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22,246Free

Cheaper than Rust

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

Deadside

Deadside is an open-world survival shooter set in a post-Soviet apocalypse of forests, rivers and settlements.

$9.99

Rem Survival

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push…

$15.99

SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now

Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game.

$14.99

Plains of Pain

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

$19.99

Out of Reach

You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters.

$14.99

Hurtworld

Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS where you gather, craft tools, weapons and clothes, build a stronghold, and fight to hold it.

$24.99

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.

$19.99

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

Sunkenland

Water covered the Earth, so you start over on top of it. Sunkenland is a post-apocalyptic survival crafter about diving into drowned skyscrapers and…

$19.99

Longvinter

Longvinter drops you on an island with a tent spot and big plans.

$19.99

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

Hidden gems like Rust

Plains of Pain

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

$19.99

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