Games Like PolyZ (2026)

Shared: Base Building, 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: Base Building

Four players, one alien ocean, and enough existential dread to ruin a perfectly good Friday night. Subnautica 2 is an Early Access survival game that already hooks hard, but it stops dead before you're ready for it to.

Shared: Base Building

Hardcore open-world survival in a post-Soviet wasteland where other players are the real threat. No hand-holding, no respawns with your gear.

Shared: Base Building

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: tier:sub-5

Three modes, one free download, and a cheater problem that Team Jade is still chasing down nine seasons in. Worth your time if you squad up; rougher if you go solo.