Games Like The Forest (2026)

Shared: Cave Exploration, Base Building, 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: Base Building, Sanity Mechanic

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: Base Building

Wrangle, feed, and crossbreed slimes on an alien ranch in this endlessly cheerful first-person sim that somehow makes spreadsheet farming feel like a vacation.

Shared: VR Supported, Sanity Mechanic

Four friends, one haunted building, a spirit box, and someone who absolutely will not stop talking near the Yokai. If that sentence sounds fun to you, you already know the answer.

Shared: Base Building

Roguelite dungeon runs meet colony micromanagement in a package that keeps pulling you back for 'just one more crusade' - and now with local co-op too.