Games like Starsand
Closest overall match: Hurtworld (★ 2.9). Highest rated: Scrap Mechanic at ★ 3.8. Newest: Star Citizen (2025). Quickest to finish: theHunter at about 1 hours.
These 9 games score highest on our similarity model for Starsand — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: First-Person, Survival and Open World.
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60%
1. Hurtworld
Shares Early Access, Survival, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
59%
2. Sons of the Forest
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and First-Person and 4 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; about 9h longer.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
56%
3. Once Human
Shares Base Building, Survival and Open World.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
56%
4. Breathedge
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and First-Person and 4 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
56%
5. Savage Lands
Shares Early Access, Survival, First-Person, Open World and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 11%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
56%
6. theHunter
Shares Realistic, Survival, First-Person, Open World and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 13%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
55%
7. The Signal From Tölva
Shares Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
55%
8. Scrap Mechanic
Shares Early Access, Survival, First-Person, Open World and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; rated 1.1 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
-
54%
9. Star Citizen New
Shares Realistic, Exploration, First-Person and Open World; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 8%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Starsand?
On our similarity model, Hurtworld is the closest match to Starsand — shares Early Access, Survival, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer.
Which game like Starsand is rated highest?
Scrap Mechanic holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 124 players.
Is there a new game like Starsand in 2026?
Star Citizen is the most recent match, released December 2025.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Starsand on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.