Don't Starve Together

Held in common with Raft: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

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We filtered the 43 games similar to Raft down to the 13 that fit the “Co-op” category. Don't Starve Together, Stranded Deep and Staxel top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Raft.
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Within the “Co-op” category, the closest game to Raft is Don't Starve Together — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Stranded Deep and Staxel follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Raft. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Held in common with Raft: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

What carries over from Raft is exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. Its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat.

Same family as Raft: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and progression: skill tree progression and pixel art.

If Raft worked for you because of exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and co-op play, the same is here. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals: deep RPG systems and punishing difficulty.

With Raft it shares exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to a first-person view. It sets itself apart with sports simulation and a casual, approachable feel.

It comes from the same genre as Raft and shares a sandbox world and single-player focus. The distance is in progression and visuals — its own ground is skill tree progression and 2D presentation.
It predates Raft by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

The thread back to Raft runs through single-player focus. It sets itself apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.

It comes from the same genre as Raft and shares exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and co-op play. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is progression and world: procedural generation and 3D presentation.
Released 3 years after Raft.

It meets Raft on exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and multiplayer gameplay. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings strong narrative focus and a space setting.

The thread back to Raft runs through open world exploration, co-op play and base building. The common ground extends to a first-person view. It sets itself apart with strong narrative focus and a space setting.

Shelved next to Raft for good reason: exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and progression: resource management and an isometric view.

Its point of contact with Raft is single-player focus and a first-person view. Its own ground is deep RPG systems and dark, oppressive atmosphere.
Released 3 years after Raft.

The thread back to Raft runs through single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.
It predates Raft by 16 years, with what that implies technically.
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