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Maru VR · 2026 · Windows

Steam: 85 % positive of 740 reviews, as of Oct 18

A highly realistic VR survival roguelike adventure set on a ruthless 17th-century tropical island. Shipwrecked and alone, you must survive without guidance as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe. Every decision is yours. Your survival is in your own hands!

24 games that play like Bootstrap Island and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Survival: Fountain of Youth, Don't Starve and The Forest.

Player tags

  • Early Access
  • Survival
  • Adventure
  • Life Sim
  • Rogue-like
  • Action
  • Survival Horror
  • Open World
Map region: Survival & Crafting
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Plays and looks like Bootstrap Island

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Bootstrap Island

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Windbound59 % positive of 1,103Shared: Survival · Rogue-like · Open World
  2. Choice of Life: Wild Islands95 % positive of 282Shared: Survival · Simulation · Adventure
  3. Super Raft Boat VR98 % positive of 173Shared: Rogue-like · VR · Action
  4. UnReal World93 % positive of 1,313Shared: Survival · Rogue-like · Open World
  5. Wayward86 % positive of 1,305Shared: Survival · Rogue-like · Open World
  6. Survisland / 实境求生63 % positive of 1,533Shared: Survival · Open World · Building
  7. DYSMANTLE94 % positive of 1,746Shared: Survival · Open World · Simulation
  8. IfSunSets73 % positive of 1,607Shared: Survival · Life Sim · Survival Horror
  9. Total Chaos86 % positive of 1,668
  10. The Survivalists76 % positive of 9,217Shared: Survival · Open World · Exploration
  11. How to Survive82 % positive of 17,025Shared: Survival · Survival Horror · Open World
  12. Miasmata77 % positive of 1,210Shared: Survival · Survival Horror · Open World

By look

Looks like Bootstrap Island

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Dead Island Definitive Edition82 % positive of 25,527
  2. ScrewUp69 % positive of 289
  3. LIZARDS MUST DIE 295 % positive of 1,429
  4. Survival: Fountain of Youth86 % positive of 3,692
  5. ASKA80 % positive of 7,075
  6. ICARUS72 % positive of 47,072
  7. Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn83 % positive of 1,496
  8. Survisland / 实境求生63 % positive of 1,533
  9. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered80 % positive of 52,558
  10. ELEX II73 % positive of 6,383
  11. Out of Reach57 % positive of 3,037
  12. Restore Your Island78 % positive of 1,828

At a glance

What games like Bootstrap Island have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Bootstrap Island: Survival (21 of 24), Open World (16) and Survival Horror (8).
  • They came out between 2012 and 2026, none of them after Bootstrap Island (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Don't Starve (96 % positive of 109,816).

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.

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