Games Like Rust (Game) Great Survival & Open World Games like Rust (Game)

Rust (Game) is described as 'Rust is a multi-player, survival video game' and is a Survival Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Rust (Game) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Linux, Mac and Xbox apps. The best Rust (Game) alternative is Unturned, which is free. Other Rust (Game) like games are ARK:Survival Evolved, DayZ, Escape From Tarkov and Grounded.

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  1. Unturned icon

    Unturned

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    Unturned is a sandbox game in the emerging multiplayer apocalypse survival genre. Rather than focusing on being an MMO it provides players with easy systems to sit down and survive the zombie infestation with their friends.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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    Unturned vs Rust (Game) Comments
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    actually a pretty big world on here, Multiple maps, multiplayer, guns, death, has a lot of similarity's

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    Very good game, i play since 2014

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    It is almost more extreme than rust. You start with literally nothing. It is free and fun. It is a fun single player and even more as a multiplayer.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Unturned is Freemium and ProprietaryRust (Game) is Paid and Proprietary
  2. ARK:Survival Evolved icon

    ARK:Survival Evolved

     5 likes

    As a man or woman stranded naked, freezing and starving on the shores of a mysterious island called ARK, you must hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements.

    11 ARK:Survival Evolved alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  4. DayZ icon

    DayZ

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    The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse.

    23 DayZ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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    DayZ vs Rust (Game) Comments
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    Includes everything exept for animals, have a lot of cheaters but they are gone now ;)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • DayZ is Paid and ProprietaryRust (Game) is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Escape From Tarkov icon

    Escape From Tarkov

     4 likes

    Incessant warfare in Tarkov has sparked massive panic; the local population has fled the city, but those who stayed are looking to improve their fortunes at the expense of others. Well-armed gangs started the redivision of the city.

    26 Escape From Tarkov alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Grounded icon

    Grounded

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    The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
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  7. 7 Days to Die icon

    7 Days to Die

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    In the year 2034 nuclear attacks have decimated the Earth and the remaining population is infected by an unknown virus. The infected die within 7 days and soon reanimate becoming blood-thirsty zombies. No one believed it; nobody expected it and nothing can stop it!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  9. The Forest icon

    The Forest

     2 likes

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
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  10. Stranded (Series) icon

    Stranded (Series)

     12 likes

    Stranded is a 3D survival game. You are playing the role of a castaway and your goal is to "simply" survive on the purportedly lonely island at whose sandy beach you have been washed up by the sweep of fate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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  11. Stranded Deep icon

    Stranded Deep

     4 likes

    Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

    8 Stranded Deep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  12. starve.io icon

    starve.io

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    Starve.io is a survival game. You have to survive the cold and hunger, hunt animals and collect some resources to live as long as you can !.

    23 starve.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    starve.io vs Rust (Game) Comments
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    its a pretty good game if you can get over the stupid amount of hostile creatures scattered around the map.Also the community is really good,rarely do i have to engage in pvp and people usually just help each other out

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • starve.io is Free and ProprietaryRust (Game) is Paid and Proprietary
  13. PixARK icon

    PixARK

     3 likes

    PixARK is a vast, wild world filled with vicious dinosaurs, magical creatures and endless adventure! To survive in this mysterious land, you must tame creatures both ferocious and cuddly, craft high tech and magical tools, and build your own base out of cubes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
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  14. Islanded icon

    Islanded

     2 likes

    Islanded is a Survival Nature Sandbox game, based in the interaction with the nature to survive. Use animals to explore, find food and fight while searching for resources to build in a huge open world with total freedom.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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