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Games like Away From Life
Cursor Games · 2026 · Windows
Steam: 66 % positive of 230 reviews, as of Oct 28
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
24 games that play like Away From Life and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Raft, Stranded Deep and Project Castaway.
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Plays and looks like Away From Life
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
Raft
92 % positive of 324,997
Shared: Building · Sandbox · Crafting
Stranded Deep
73 % positive of 43,891
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Project Castaway
63 % positive of 1,841
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Sons Of The Forest
87 % positive of 287,847
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
By gameplay
Plays like Away From Life
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Raft
92 % positive of 324,997
Shared: Building · Sandbox · Crafting
Stranded Deep
73 % positive of 43,891
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Project Castaway
63 % positive of 1,841
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Subnautica
97 % positive of 343,380
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Crafting
Sons Of The Forest
87 % positive of 287,847
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Don't Starve Together
93 % positive of 377,897
Shared: Sandbox · Crafting · Survival
Muck
93 % positive of 185,047
Shared: Exploration · Building · Crafting
Rust
86 % positive of 1,177,283
Shared: Building · Sandbox · FPS
Green Hell
84 % positive of 80,770
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Out of Reach
54 % positive of 2,390
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
Survival: Fountain of Youth
84 % positive of 4,131
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
FarSky
75 % positive of 3,833
Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
More matches
- Sunkenland79 % positive of 20,648Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · FPS
- Subnautica 290 % positive of 118,541
- SCUM73 % positive of 99,049Shared: FPS · Crafting · Survival
- Outpath92 % positive of 2,953Shared: Building · Sandbox · Crafting
- Hand Simulator: Survival86 % positive of 7,496Shared: Exploration · FPS · Survival
- KeepUp Survival61 % positive of 686Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Crafting
- The Survivalists76 % positive of 8,135Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Crafting
- Tinkerlands85 % positive of 3,656Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
- Forever Skies77 % positive of 8,206Shared: Exploration · Building · Crafting
- DYSMANTLE90 % positive of 11,073Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Crafting
- Hold Your Own65 % positive of 532Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
- Aloft82 % positive of 3,096Shared: Exploration · Building · Sandbox
By look
Looks like Away From Life
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Stranded Deep
73 % positive of 43,891
Raft
92 % positive of 324,997
Project Castaway
63 % positive of 1,841
Dig Island
85 % positive of 355
Survival: Fountain of Youth
84 % positive of 4,131
Under A New Sun
75 % positive of 387
Sons Of The Forest
87 % positive of 287,847
Salt 2: Shores of Gold
84 % positive of 2,201
The Forest
94 % positive of 584,152
Sunkenland
79 % positive of 20,648
Sailwind
89 % positive of 2,346
Drug Dealer Simulator 2
69 % positive of 5,520
More matches
- Pirate Fighting Simulator89 % positive of 918
- Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy90 % positive of 542
- Lost Rift67 % positive of 1,482
- UMIGARI | ウミガリ83 % positive of 1,060
- Once Human78 % positive of 194,003
- Escape The Pacific65 % positive of 720
- Restore Your Island76 % positive of 1,716
- Bootstrap Island81 % positive of 1,400
- Lost World55 % positive of 252
- Bermuda - Lost Survival56 % positive of 505
- Voyagers of Nera82 % positive of 2,046
- IfSunSets73 % positive of 2,349
At a glance
What games like Away From Life have in common
- The tags they share most often with Away From Life: Sandbox (19 of 24), Exploration (18) and Building (15).
- They came out between 2014 and 2026, none of them after Away From Life (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Subnautica (97 % positive of 343,380).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.