Aground similar games & best alternatives

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Aground

Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

What works

  • Deep and engaging progression
  • Strong exploration and story
  • Mod support and customization
  • Long playtime and replayability
  • Responsive and dedicated developers

Things to keep in mind

  • Low resolution pixel graphics
  • Some ui and inventory management issues
  • Combat can feel clunky
  • Lack of tutorial and in-game guidance
  • Travel and item management can be tedious

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Songbringer

  • Planet Centauri

  • Crea

  • Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

  • 9th Dawn III

  • Forge Quest

Less social

Games that feels like Aground but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Catmaze

  • Chained Echoes

  • FOUNTAINS

  • Phoenotopia: Awakening

  • Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

More intimate

Games that feels like Aground but with more focus on close relationships

  • Primal Planet

  • Hammerwatch

  • Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

  • Sephiria

  • UnderMine 2

  • Moon Hunters

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Aground. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Aground. These titles are not in What to play next.

Aground: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026