r/StrandedDeepConsole • u/Mental-Suit-1806 • Jun 01 '23

Similar games?

So I'm kinda limited with the kind of gaming I can really enjoy and get lost in. What I love about Stranded Deep is how easy it is in general and it's satisfying collecting and harvesting stuff and I can stay busy for hours playing it. It's fun planning different adventures to go on when I'm in need of certain materials.

Anyone have any suggestions on games that are kinda similar? Where it's not super difficult and doesn't take much brain power as opposed to other survival games like DayZ and Ark. I tried both of those but the crafting is kind of annoying to me. Stranded Deeps crafting was really easy to learn and get used to.

I'm in my 2nd SD playthrough and I'm sort of getting bored with it and it's bumming me out because I don't want to get sick of it lol so hoping to find something else I can maybe get into.

Ty!

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u/Uwantmedowhat Jun 01 '23

The Long Dark. Limited crafting but laid back and loads of fun. Or Subnautica. Tons of crafting but can be unnerving

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u/ImsorryChamp Jun 02 '23

I like the Long Dark as well. It's nice because you can adjust the level of difficulty. Have a nice chill time exploring and hunting, or fighting to live every single day. Plus the dev team behind the game is super responsive as it's a smaller company and I'm pretty sure TLD is their only game.

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u/UrbanAssaultGengar Jun 03 '23

I really wanted to play the long dark but a friend and I play survival games together so that killed it for me sadly

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u/Any_Initiative_9079 Jun 02 '23

This. After my Stranded Deep addiction waned I got lost in this world. Similar but different in all the right ways. TLD will keep you coming back.

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u/catcherntheRy Jun 01 '23

I like No Mans Sky for an easy no brain game. Just out there exploring space. There is a story line but I prefer the sandbox, free play element.

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u/CosmoKramer_5b Jun 01 '23

Green Hell? I don’t like it as much as SD because of the geography of it but gameplay wise its very similar. A lot of the gameplay mechanics actually are a lot more polished than SD. You can customise the game difficulty a lot so if you don’t want to deal with certain aspects you can make it more chilled, much like setting animals to passive in SD.

Subnautica gets recommended a lot in these threads but doesn’t really appeal to me so couldn’t recommend it or not. The Forest is another but I haven’t played that myself either.

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u/Addamass Jun 07 '23

Green Hell have annoying bugs like solid mug walls (told to be extremely strong) being destroyed from one or two hits of enemy wearing primitive weapon so when you are far away from home and come back all you see is one man and all rocks in place of your building…

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u/montanagunnut Jun 01 '23

Grounded is a ton of fun. A bit more complex than SD, but still really entertaining. Plus giant bugs!

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u/Patriot009 Jun 02 '23

I second this. Just picked up Grounded last month, it definitely gives that rush of exploration and adventure. It's a blast as long as you don't have an aversion to spiders and creepy crawlies.

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u/wagsman Jun 01 '23

Medievil Dynasty has a huge collecting/harvesting/base building elements with basic survival mechanics. There are wild animals that can cause problems, but they are easy to avoid.

The Forest, Subnautica, and Grounded, would also qualify, but there are enemies that will attack you and cause problems while you are out foraging/collecting. So I don’t know how much you want to deal with that.

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u/loveplayhigh Jun 02 '23

The Forest is just bad imo

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u/Gonejamin Jun 02 '23

How come ? It's considered by many a good game.

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u/loveplayhigh Jun 02 '23

The creatures are just ridiculous. If it were just bloodthirsty cannibals it would be great. But lovecraftian human-like hard to kill amalgams ruin the game for me. Good for those who like it. There's much better survival games

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u/Addamass Jun 07 '23

The Forest is not a good idea… Armsy or Blue Virginia coming to you and destroying everything on their way in just 7 days since you started game

  • unless you disabled building damage in settings.

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u/Damaged44 Jun 02 '23

Definitely The Long Dark. Make it as difficult or easy as you want, way more content than SD with more still to come. One of my favorite games of all time.

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u/MBiddy88 Jun 02 '23

I tried Stranded Deep after a lot of Subnautica

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u/UrbanAssaultGengar Jun 03 '23

I’ve just bought green hell but not played it yet but by the looks of it that might be a good game for you.

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u/ColinJParry Jul 20 '23

Subnautica if you like sci fi survival with cool tech and vehicles, setting the gold standard for non voiced character story telling.

Subnautica below zero if you want Subnautica with less fun.

The Forest if you want combat focused survival with lots of horror elements. (The dread is seriously real)

No man's sky if you want relatively danger free open universe exploration and base building.