Games Like Curious Expedition 2 (2026)

Shared: Sanity Mechanic

Surviving alone was already brutal - surviving with friends who make catastrophic decisions is another beast entirely. A deep, unforgiving co-op survival game that rewards patience, preparation, and someone on the team who knows what a Science Machine actually does.

Shared: Sanity Mechanic, Resource Management

Permadeath, zero hand-holding, and a Tim Burton fever dream aesthetic: Don't Starve earns every hour it steals from you, but only if trial-and-error is your idea of a good time.

Shared: tier:aaa, Sanity Mechanic

Hardcore survival that punishes guesswork and rewards obsessive resource tracking, five years of post-launch updates have turned this Amazon sim into one of the genre's most complete packages.

Shared: Resource Management

A brutally honest survival sim where the Canadian wilderness is the only villain. No zombies, no jump scares, just cold math and bad decisions.

Shared: Resource Management

Forget commanding armies. Here you manage three starving civilians in a bombed-out shelter, and every decision about who eats tonight will follow you long after you close the game.