Games Like Denizen (2026)

Shared: tier:aaa, Day-Night Cycle

A five-person studio built a Tarkov parody that somehow outgrew the joke. If you've ever wanted extraction-shooter tension without a lobby full of strangers hunting you, this is the most accessible version of that feeling you'll find.

Shared: Day-Night Cycle

Crash a plane, lose your son, then spend 30+ hours building spike traps and slowly losing your mind to cannibals. Solo or with up to 8 friends online, this one earns its Metacritic 83.

Shared: tier:aaa

Four years in early access forged something genuinely worth your time: a co-op survival builder that starts punishing and ends with you proudly steering a multi-story floating fortress. Solo players, brace for a rough first two hours.

Shared: tier:aaa

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: tier:aaa

Gorgeous Ming Dynasty soulslike with some of the genre's most flexible build systems - but PC players should know the optimization is rough and late-game balance spikes hard.