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Project Explore
Games like Project Explore

Games like Project Explore

A 2D post-apocalyptic sandbox survival game with single-player, co-op, and PvP, focused on exploration and building, with mixed early-access-style reception.

HordeCore
A post-apocalyptic side-scrolling shooter with crafting and exploration, playable solo or in local co-op, with mostly positive early reviews despite some technical issues.
2022-03-02
- Shooter
- Action

Adventure

Survival

Strategy

Tactical

Indie

Role-playing (RPG)

Arcade

Party

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Keplerth

A 2D sandbox survival RPG on a hostile alien planet, playable solo or in co-op, focused on building, farming, and exploration.

2022-05-23

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

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Forsaken Isle

An approachable 2D pixel-art open-world survival sandbox on a desert island, featuring exploration, crafting, building, and pirate combat.

2025-07-18

Action
Adventure
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox

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Nuclear Epoch

A post-apocalyptic open-world survival and extraction shooter with base building, co-op raids, and full loot loss on death, providing a moderate-length co-op experience.

2026-06-25

Shooter
First person
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Open world

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Project Castaway

A survival crafting adventure on Pacific islands with sailing, hunting, and building, offering solo or co-op play and mixed reviews due to bugs.

2026-03-17

Action
First person
Adventure
Survival
Open world

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Gatewalkers

A co-op survival RPG with procedurally generated worlds and environmental hazards, offering a short (~2.5-hour) experience per reviewers.

2023-01-12

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Project 5: Sightseer

A low-key open-world sandbox/RPG for solo or multiplayer play, centered on building, gathering, and relaxing.

2019-08-16

Action
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Pixplorer

A promising open-world sandbox RPG whose exploration and crafting ideas are undercut by poor UI and frustrating early survival moments.

2026-07-13

Action
Adventure
Survival
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox

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Plains of Pain

A post-apocalyptic survival sandbox with base building, crafting, factions, and co-op/PvP, currently rough around the edges in Early Access.

2023-02-17

Action
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox

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Vagabond

A 2D sandbox RPG with procedural worlds, crafting, housing, and dungeon combat, though early access reviews note grinding and development stagnation.

2023-05-01

Action
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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The Gold River Project

A co-op open-world survival adventure in the Pacific Northwest, where you craft, build, and survive after a camping trip goes wrong, currently in Early Access with mixed reviews.

2026-01-23

Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Open world

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Taora : Survival

An open-world zombie survival game with crafting and base building, playable solo or co-op, currently rough and unfinished in early access.

2024-05-23

Action
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world