50 Best Games Like Don't Starve You Should Try in 2022

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 

The third game in a series, it holds nothing back from the player. Open world adventures of the renowned monster slayer Geralt of Rivia are now even on a larger scale. Following the source material more accurately, this time Geralt is trying to find the child of the prophecy, Ciri while making a quick coin from various contracts on the side. Great attention to the world building above all creates an immersive story, where your decisions will shape the world around you.
CD Project Red are infamous...

2. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee 

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is the first chapter of the Oddworld franchise. The game is set in the fictional Oddworld universe inhabited by extraterrestrials. The story follows Abe, a slave on the Mudokon meat factory, who suddenly realizes the perspective of being slaughtered in the near future with all of his fellow slaves. Players are offered to take control of Abe on his way to the liberation of the rest of enslaved Mudokons. The gameplay features classic platformers’ mechanics: all the action...

3. Don't Starve Together 

Don't Starve Together is surrealistic and grim survival game made up for six people simultaneously. Initially, Don't Starve is a single-player game with a core mechanic of going through various problems of your character. You have to sleep and eat well. Also, you have to keep your mental health all right and don't go completely mad at a situation, when these dreadful and twisted creatures are running towards you to tear apart. It seems like the world of Don't Starve is heavily inspired...

4. Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition 

Year 2012. A mutation occurred on Earth. Next to people appear magicians, elves, goblins, gnomes, orcs, dragons. The world has not collapsed, different races have learned to harmoniously interact with each other. Civilization is developing.
Heroes of the game can belong to different races, and within the race - to be different representatives of it. The choice of the hero is done at the beginning of the game.
The world has come to magic, but crime has not disappeared from it. Heroes are caught in...

5. CHRONO TRIGGER (2018) 

The timeless RPG classic returns loaded with upgrades! Journey to the forgotten past, to the far future, and to the end of time. A big adventure to save the planet, now begins…CHRONO TRIGGER is the timeless role-playing classic developed by the ‘Dream Team’ of DRAGON QUEST creator Yuji Horii, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, and the creators of FINAL FANTASY. As the story unfolds, embark on a journey to different eras: the present, the middle ages, the future, prehistory, and ancient times!...

6. Sparkle 3 Genesis 

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7. 3079 

3079 is a futuristic, open-world action first-person role playing game. All areas, buildings, items, quests and characters are randomly generated. You will find unique lands & challenges. I hope you enjoy it![/b]Please follow Phr00t's Software for giveaways, updates & more! https://www.facebook.com/phr00ts.softwareYou arrive on a planet experiencing constant war. It is your duty to find out why the warring factions cannot find peace on their own & hopefully restore it yourself.Java RequirementMake...

8. 9 Clues 2: The Ward 

"The Ward" is the second installment in the 9 Clues series, in which a young detective and her partner respond to a distress call from a psychiatric hospital on a secluded island.The island is isolated by freezing waters and constant, brutal storms. Upon the detectives’ arrival, one of the hospital’s therapists falls out of the window to his death.As their investigation begins, the detectives learn much darker things are happening at Mnemosyne Asylum than they could have guessed. None of the...

9. HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit 

Skeletonized rabbit Ash lives in Hell, he's a prince of that place. Ash is busy recovering his hellish reputation - killing everyone in Hell, who saw his photo with a rubber duckling in the bath. Apparently, among the princes of Hell to play with the duckling is not common. Each monster, killed by Ash, opens the way to the next - totally Ash has to kill a hundred monsters.
Ash is chasing monsters in several spaces that have their own design. Among them there is a cave, a laboratory, a spaceship...

10. Skyforge 

Skyforge is an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It is the second MMO RPG developed by Allods Team. The game is free-to-play but features microtransactions system that helps player advance at a faster pace.
Story and setting
The game takes place on planet Aelion that used to be under the protection of great god Aeli. However, once Aeli vanished hostile gods, and evil creatures invaded the planet. The player takes the role of one of the Immortals, lesser gods that serve to...

11. Risen 3 - Titan Lords 

Risen 3: Titan Lords is the final part of the Risen trilogy, a medieval-themed action RPG set in a fantasy world. The game isn’t directly connected to the events of Risen and Risen 2: Dark Waters but features several characters and locations from them.
You take on the role of the unnamed protagonist whose soul was stolen by a demon. You can return it with a magician’s help but you need to join one of three in-game factions, like in other Risen games. This leads to multiple quests you complete...

12. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition 

Rise of NationsRise of Nations is a real-time strategy game that spans all history. Start with a single city in the Ancient Age; gather resources; build an infrastructure; research technologies; construct Wonders of the World such as the Pyramids and the Eiffel Tower; and expand your military might across the world, conquering hostile nations with bombers, battleships, and tanks—all over your lunch hour! In Rise of Nations there are: 18 Nations—each with special abilities and unique military...

13. Lost Planet 2 

Lost Planet 2 is a third-person shooter, the second installment in Capcom’s Lost Planet series.
Plot
The game takes place on E.D.N. III, a planet full of hostile alien insectoids named Akrid. The story begins ten years after the events of the original game. The climate of E.D.N. III starts getting warmer. Military organization NEVEC begins a dangerous operation to exploit a unique Akrid Cat-G. The game consists of six episodes. In each of the player controls different characters, mainly from NEVEC’s...

14. Gauntlet Slayer Edition 

Gauntlet is a top-down hack-and-slash game a part of the long-running Gauntlet series.
Gameplay
Like the original 1985 arcade game, in Gauntlet player takes a role of one of four characters and fights their way through several dungeons. The game revolves around slaying hordes of enemies, killing bosses, acquiring points and unlocking new abilities. There are four players to choose from Barbarian, Valkyrie, Elf, and Wizard. Each of them has the unique set of weapons and abilities. The Barbarian is...

15. Jump Force 

Jump Force is a crossover game based on the characters from various anime and manga franchises. It is based on the propriety featured in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and is meant as a celebration of its 50th anniversary. The game is powered by Unreal Engine 4.
Plot
A cataclysmic event caused the Shonen Jump world to collide with our real world. Both heroes and villains from various manga series appear on our Earth and fight in a chaotic battle for the survival of humanity.
Gameplay
The characters...

16. Battle Chef Brigade 

Battle Chef Brigade features fantasy chefs, including Orcs, Elves, and Humans, who need to hunt dangerous monsters for ingredients. With those ingredients, before the critical eye of the judges, the chefs create culinary masterpieces in an intense tournament. Battle Chef Brigade pairs one part combo-based action hunting and one part puzzle-based cooking, all as the round clock ticks down.
Features
Hand drawn 2D animated characters and monsters.
Four playable chefs each with their own short campaign...

17. GRAV 

GRAV is an indie action sandbox exploration title developed by BitMonster, Inc.
Gameplay
The game does not feature any plot whatsoever. The players start the game by creating their own character, after which they are put onto a procedurally generated planet. The in-game worlds are highly dependent on environmental events.
The game does not have any objectives, as the developers focused on creating a true sandbox experience. The players are given the opportunities to do whatever they like. Using these...

18. Sparkle 2 Evo 

Sparkle 2 Evo is an evolutional game designed by Forever Entertainment.
Plot
The game is structured around the evolutional ladder. The player begins with being a minimally possible creature and then consequently evolves into the bigger forms of life. The essential objective is to let the subject develop into the maximal number of organic entities.
Gameplay
The starting point for the whole narrative is a sparkle which transforms into other various organisms. The possibility of transformation mostly...

19. Airscape - The Fall of Gravity 

Airscape - The Fall of Gravity is an indie platformer developed by Cross-Product.
Plot
A small octopus family falls victims to an unknown alien force and are captured by it. The youngest octopus sets out to find his family in an unfamiliar world in which it is possible to manipulate gravity.
Gameplay
Airscape - The Fall of Gravity is a fast-paced action platformer with the addition of gravity shifting mechanics. The players have to traverse an environment consisting out of floating islands, water...

20. Vangers 

Vangers. Mysterious creatures from the future of mankind:Mercenary murderers, victims of the cruel experiments,masters of the roads, scum of the Creature Soup?Name your native bios, and we'll tell you, for how long you'll live Eleepods?.. Beeboorats?.. Zeexen?..The Lost Chain of Worlds cursed forever,the Larvae have already started to bore the eternity,and mechos have commanded their own slaves.The new universe is built and is waiting for the explorers...************************************************Vangers...

21. Altitude 

Altitude is a multiplayer combat game developed by Erik Measure and Karl Sabo in 2009.
Gameplay
This is a classic 2-D arcade with simple gameplay and old-school design. The player aims to win in aerial battles performing in one-person battles, where computer bots can be used instead of other players or as a team player.
The pace of each battle is fast so that this game may change the player’s skills. As the player gains experience in battles, new planes and customizations are unlocked. A significant...

22. Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 

** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Experience a terrifyingly intense co-op campaign for up to four players in this gut-wrenching sequel to Steam best-seller, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army.With World War 2 Europe overrun by legions of the undead, you must find mankind’s salvation deep in the twisted bowels of Berlin by securing the sacred artefacts that unleashed this damnation. Every step must be paid in blood as players work...

23. Mordheim: City of the Damned 

Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes. The game blends RPG elements, fast-paced tactical combat and intricate unit customization in a time wrought by chaos and rivalry where only the strongest survive. After a twin tailed comet crashed on Mordheim,...

24. SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is the world’s only competitive heavy metal first-person platformer. Slice every last millisecond as you race and blast your way through deadly arenas. Teleport, jump, fly, bounce and drop in a hundred merciless and fast paced maps for the ultimate prize: Your soul! Marty was having a late morning breakfast and minding his own business. The demon knocking on the door wasn’t part of his morning routine. Before Marty was able to open, the hell breed smashed in the...

25. Masters of Anima 

Masters of Anima is an original adventure game that takes you deep into the magical world of Spark. Battle against the forces of evil in strategic, action-packed battles, where making tactical decisions quickly is vital. Summon and control large armies of up to 100 Guardians, thanks to intuitive and innovative gameplay made from the ground up for controller play, as well as keyboard and mouse. PLAY AS OTTO, AN APPRENTICE OF ANIMA......gifted with incredible powers and covet the rank of Master to...

26. Riverbond 

Riverbond is a fun and frantic action adventure game that lets you battle adorable enemies and unbind everything into tiny cubes whist exploring a charming voxel world.
Meet the citizens of Riverbond and embark on a heroic campaign to help stop the evil that has befallen the land. Explore the hidden depths of the world, discover new weapons or treasures and face the deadly bosses. Will you and your friends be the legendary heroes of Riverbond?
Play alone, or with Friends Riverbond is fully playable...

27. Street Warriors Online 

This is the first, realistic PvP brawling game for up to 8 vs 8 players with original, dynamic combat system and fast, round based battles.Create and develop Your character while earning new skills and items that helps You beat Your opponents.Gather Your friends and fight together in a clan.Compete with players from around the world using hand-to-hand combat. No shooting or magic but a hail of swift blows of kicks and punches ! Easy, one-click matchmaking finds the best suitable battle for Your character.Use...

28. The Mammoth: A Cave Painting 

The Mammoth: A Cave Painting tells the 5 million year story of the mammoth in 5 minutes. At its very core it is a story about the inescapability of loss.Inspired by prehistoric cave-paintings, act out a story written on the wall of a cave.Search for your lost herd on the wide plain.Gather and protect your children.Struggle with human hunters.Experience the dynamic narration unfold as you tell your story....

29. The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr 

Dragons return to Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, part of the Season of the Dragon year-long adventure! Explore the savannahs and canyons of Elsweyr, defend the home of the Khajiit from an ancient evil, and command the undead with the Necromancer class....

30. Grand Ages: Medieval 

What is Grand Ages: Medieval?"Grand Ages: Medieval" is an entry in Kalypso's "Grand Ages" series of finely-crafted strategy games of different genres developed by different studios. This game is not a sequel to the 2009 title "Grand Ages: Rome", a classic RTS with a focus on city building. "Grand Ages: Medieval" is a larger scale, real-time empire simulation game combining elements of trade, expansion and exploration with a heavy focus on economical domination.Features:Explore a gigantic game world...

31. T.E.C. 3001 

Run, Rush, Haste, BurstSpeed has never been pushed this far.Jump, Charge, Dodge, Slide You just slipped and got crushed! You can’t handle T.E.C 3001 yet…Try again until speed holds no secrets for you.In T.E.C 3001 (Tesla Energy Collector), you are guiding a cutting-edge technology robot to collect virtual space energy leftovers for humanity.With great graphics and a unique heart-pumping soundtrack, T.E.C 3001 has what it takes to keep you on the right track.Winner of the Indie Games Summer Uprising...

32. Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn 

The world is on the brink of disaster. Our biggest celebrities have revealed their true faces -- demons intent on moronizing the public to assume control of the planet. Only one man can save us: a towering Chinese orphan named Shaq Fei Hung. Trained by a kung fu master, Shaq must journey to the most perilous corners of the world to fight evil and realize his destiny as the chosen one.

Shaquille O’Neal returns to “settle the score of ‘94” in this complete reimagining of the Shaq Fu legend....

33. Meridian: New World 

An accomplished, old-school, indie, futuristic Sci-fi RTS with RPG elements!!Play as Daniel Hanson, commander of the first expedition to planet Meridian and uncover the dark secrets it holds! Shape the world around you with every decision you make and through every dialogue with your crew. Meridian: New World offers countless options to devise your own strategy, including various equipment options for your units and special abilities for you to rely upon. Use your abilities anywhere on the battlefield...

34. Dogs of War Online 

Deploy your troops, unleash your champion, dominate the battlefield !The world of Aarklash is at war, into the jaws of incessant conflicts between the forces of Light, Dark and Destiny. In each of these alliances, some free companies are forming and traveling across the continent in search of glory. Veterans with heavy past, greedy bandits and other disreputable guys group together in spite of their differences. Based on the famous miniature board game “Confrontation”, Dogs of War Online is a...

35. Autonauts 

Travel the universe colonising uninhabited planets with the sole goal of setting worlds in motion through the power of automation.
Fresh from your spaceship you must harvest stick and stone and begin your colonisation efforts. Create rudimentary crafting items from blueprints and slowly build a number of workerbots to aid in your efforts. Teach and shape their artificial intelligence with a visual programming language, then instruct them to begin the formation of your colony. Marvel as a planet you’ve...

36. Nephise Begins 

Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather. And there are more hills to climb.
It is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration.

The gameplay and puzzle system is similar to the original Nephise. There are animal skulls that you have to gather and then use on tall amphoras. You will be able to toggle the visibility of the HUD which will...

37. Game Type 

Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements and get a new high score!A game in two parts: First, brave your way through a confusing maze of menus, then take to the air as the indefatigable "Hoodie Girl" and blast sentient advertisements into cold, hard cash! FEATURES:Loop-tastic speed insanity! Every time you beat a level, the game speed increases!Time Pulse gameplay -- Slow down time and turn enemy bullets into score drops!2-Player local co-opWeekly Leaderboard! Show up often...

38. Dodonpachi Resurrection 

The legendary bullet-hell shoot-’em-up series hits Steam in the form of DoDonPachi Resurrection, the sequel to Blissful Death, packed with enough modes to satisfy the beginner all the way up to the hard core shooting fan and a fantastic musical score to boot. The past is being altered. An android, known as Next EXY, has traveled one thousand years back in time. Your task is to stop NEXY and the other Elemental Daughters who were built in the image of the Elemental Dolls who once protected humanity....

39. Etherium 

Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.Manage your resources, develop your base, and take command of infantry, tanks, aircraft, and gigantic colossi of war to battle not only your foes, but weather anomalies and mysterious secondary factions in richly strategic and original RTS gameplay. In the single player Conquest mode, develop your technological capabilities and expand...

40. Albedo: Eyes From Outer Space 

Inspired by 60s pulp sci-fi movies, Albedo: Eyes From Outer Space is a first-person adventure game. Working as a night-watchman at a partially abandoned, secret research facility, you are knocked unconscious by a nearby explosion. Waking in the complex’s basement you look up and see a gaping hole in the ceiling. Escaping the damaged building is only the start of your troubles and as you begin to explore the base you encounter strange, unearthly organisms. Is this all because of some sort of biological...

41. Rend 

Choose your side in this faction-based survival game, pitting groups of players against each other amid hordes of horrific demons in an ongoing epic war. Explore a mysterious and unforgiving world in search of resources and powerful artifacts as you race against the clock to achieve the glory of victory before you are wiped from existence. Carve a unique niche for yourself with RPG-like talent and skill systems, allowing you to tailor your character to any play style. Expand your technology and...

42. Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan 

Forged from an ancient tale of Celtic mythology. An action-adventure set in a future Ireland devastated by technomagical war and economic collapse, humanity clings on by using the remnants of technology that survive. When their ancient spring of life begins to fail, an unwanted orphan child must leave the safety of his villages' mountaintop refuge. With only an ancient sword and a mysterious metal glove, he ventures into lands unexplored and twisted by strange ancient powers.FeaturesCeltic-punk –...

43. Octave 

Octave is a point 'n click horror-adventure game with elements of action and quest. You play the role of a guy who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. You are dragged into a dark forest, but on the verge of death, you are mysteriously saved from your killer by a someone or something. As you venture deeper into the woods you find yourself surrounded by atrocity. You realise that salvation can turn out to be a real nightmare. All the way through fear you seek out the mysteries...

44. Making History: The Great War 

Making History: The Great War offers a game filled with historical events and challenges of the WW1 era. Playing as the Head of State, you are responsible for managing all facets of your nation's economy, diplomacy and military. Your actions will influence world events as you lead your armies in the most in-depth WWI grand strategy game ever made. Play as any independent nation during the World War 1 era.Choose how best to control your conquests: colonies, protectorates or puppet states.Build trenches...

45. Wrongworld 

Wrongworld is a silly yet unforgiving survival game set on a low poly world filled with freakish inhabitants.You play as a furry little space critter with a bit of a knack for whomping mutants. Crash-landed on a strange and surreal planet, you must decide whether to attempt to rebuild your ship and head home or try to make a new life for yourself. Either way, you'll be exploring, gathering, crafting, discovering, whomping and juggling a powerful need to eat. UNFORGIVING SURVIVAL - You're gonna have...

46. Don't Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition 

In Don't Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition, You play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Enter a bizarre and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Learn to exploit the environment and its inhabitants to escape and find your way back home.
If you're ready for a new challenge, Reign of Giants expands the entire world of Don't Starve with new characters, seasons, creatures,...

47. Underground 

Welcome to the world of Sari and Swank, brave heroes in a world filled
with challenging puzzles and fascinating locations. Accompany Sari and
Swank in their quest and help them navigate and overcome obstacles, all
the while subconsciously honing your laparoscopic surgery skills.

Guide Sari and her robots through an elaborate world of challenges.
Gather resources and build your own custom solution for each puzzle, all
the while fighting off enemies...

48. Emberlight 

Emberlight is a true roguelike dungeon crawler, set in a world where the Gods have given you a great gift - and a great curse. Explore procedurally generated dungeons as a Knight of the Ember Order. Conquer the quests set out before your party, and uncover the lore of the land. Grow your strength by absorbing the abilities of your slain enemies and collecting the powerful traits of dungeon bosses. Become strong, become quick, become immortal - but be warned - as you fight using unstable Ember powers,...

49. The Grandfather 

"The Grandfather" is a story driven point & click Puzzle/Horror game about torment and sorrow. The Grandfather tells the sad tale of an old man who is tormented by the coldness of his wife (based on a true story).Features:- All hand drawn comic book art- Unique challenging puzzle types - A procedural soundtrack- Full narration by a voice actress"The Grandfather" is a collaboration by Michael Patrick Rogers (creators of "The Lady") and David Szymanski (creator of "The Moon Sliver" and "Fingerbones"....

50. Runic Rampage 

Sharpen your axe and equip your hammer - Runic Rampage is the brutal action adventure every dwarf has been waiting for. Master fatal combos and unleash powerful spells to defeat hordes of ruthless foes in intense melee combat.Legend says that once a rune stone protected the dwarves, but it disappeared and war destroyed the kingdom. You play Grimbard - last champion of the dwarfs. On your quest to collect the missing rune stone fragments you have to survive the desert, enter dark and mysterious woods,...