What games are like Project Castaway?

The best games like Project Castaway on Steam right now include Nightingale, ARK: Survival Evolved, Grounded. They share Project Castaway's genre and gameplay (RPG, Exploration, Open World Survival Craft) and are ranked using live Steam similarity and current follower momentum, updated daily.

How are these similar games chosen?

Each game is scored by how many Steam genres and gameplay modes it shares with Project Castaway, plus a bonus for the same developer, then tie-broken by how fast it is gaining Steam followers right now.

Games Like Project Castaway (2026)

The best similar games on Steam — matched by shared genre and gameplay, with a reason for every pick.

Updated daily · July 17, 2026

Looking for games like Project Castaway? The closest matches on Steam right now are Nightingale, ARK: Survival Evolved, Grounded — chosen by shared genre and gameplay (RPG, Exploration, Open World Survival Craft) and ranked by how fast each is currently gaining followers. Full ranked list of 12 below, each with why it's a match.

Best games similar to Project Castaway

#	Game	Genre	Shared with Project Castaway
1	Nightingale	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
2	ARK: Survival Evolved ▲	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
3	Grounded	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
4	Green Hell	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Realistic
5	RuneScape: Dragonwilds ▲	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
6	Satisfactory	Adventure	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
7	Raft	Adventure	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
8	Valheim	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
9	Palworld 🔥	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
10	Sons Of The Forest	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
11	Voidtrain	Action	Co-op, Open World, Crafting, Early Access
12	Soulmask	Adventure	Open World, Crafting, Early Access, Exploration

Why these are like Project Castaway

1. Nightingale

Both are tagged co-op, open world, crafting; both offer co-op and multiplayer. Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms.

2. ARK: Survival Evolved

Both are tagged co-op, open world, crafting; both offer co-op and multiplayer. Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive.

3. Grounded

Both are tagged co-op, open world, crafting; both offer co-op and multiplayer. The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant.

4. Green Hell

Both are tagged co-op, open world, crafting; both offer co-op and multiplayer. Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle.

5. RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Both are tagged co-op, open world, crafting; both offer co-op and multiplayer. On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken.

6. Satisfactory

Both are tagged co-op, open world, crafting; both offer co-op and multiplayer. Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat.

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