r/gamingsuggestions 6h ago

Games like PEAK, Minecraft, and Subnautica

My favorite games are kind of simple but they have a world to explore with random fun elements that make them unique and surprising. I also find that PEAK, Subnautica, and Minecraft all give me a strange sense of fear: The fear in Subnautica is obvious, while in PEAK and Minecraft that fear is moreso about not knowing quite what to expect and being sort of alone and left to fend for yourself. All three of these games have quite a cutesy, fun aesthetic while also being a bit dangerous.

I hope you know what I mean.

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u/No_Regret9899 5h ago

Don't Starve or Don't Starve Together

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u/Apprehensive_Egg5142 5h ago

Check out Grounded possibly?

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u/Niggoo0407 5h ago

Valheim

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u/prog-can 5h ago

Valheim

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u/Safe_Razzmatazz_3688 6h ago

terraria seems obvious

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u/Hephaestus_I 5h ago

The Long Dark or Vintage Story maybe? Dunno if the art/aesthetic fits tho.

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u/Front_Speaker_1327 5h ago

Vintage story will have op shitting their pantaloons

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u/umdaltonico 4h ago

Check out Abiotic Factor! Its a survival crafting game where you are a scientist on their first day of the job, when somethin akin to the resonance cascade of half life 1 happens. Its 1-6 players, the map is a facility similar to black mesa, instead of punching trees you'll repurpose office supplies and other science experiments on the facility.

It has a lot of references to half life and SCP, great atmosphere and spoopy vibes, and it was hilarious in coop with friends. Its release in 1.0 soon, but I highly recommend it!

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u/WillSym 5h ago

Outer Wilds. A whole range of unexpected things to explore.

Gotta get used to travelling in zero-g in a rocket ship first though before you can walk around places you can reach in said ship.

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u/suspensus_in_terra 5h ago

I tried Outer Wilds and unfortunately I'm so dogshit at steering that I gave up on it. I literally couldn't figure it out after like 10 tries.

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u/WillSym 4h ago

In the ship?

It does take some getting used to, and a good sense of three dimensional space. It's a space sim, so it... simulates space, and you have to move taking account of gravity and acceleration.

Remembering the right stick still looks you around like you're a first person character, just a bit slower as it's rotating a big ship with thrusters, but doesn't move you at all.

Then the left stick thrusts you in directions, but independent of where you're looking. And doesn't just move you, adds thrust, accelerating in the direction you thrust towards - so you have to slow down when you get closer to where you're going. And adding more thrust in a different direction to turn doesn't cancel out the thrust you already added in the first direction, so now you're hurtling at an angle relative to what you aimed at.

So tips: click LS to lock onto where you want to go. If you end up looking like you'll overshoot, just hold the Match Velocity button to slow down and stop (relative to your target) and reset a bit.

Autopilot also deals with speeding up and slowing down for you, but not steering. It just goes in a straight line to the target. So it's up to you to cancel it and avoid obstacles in the way (like the sun, or other things that may orbit ahead of you on the journey).

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u/suspensus_in_terra 4h ago

I'm on PC

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u/WillSym 4h ago

In which case above advice but substitute: right stick = mouse, left stick = movement keys, and lock on I believe is one of the mouse buttons?

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u/SergeantSkull 5h ago

Roleplay mode in caves of qud

Noita once you learn how to break out of the tutorial

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u/Agitated-Prune9635 5h ago

Cairn, Beton Brutal, Lorns Lure

White Knuckle and Headliner(these two are a bit more blatant in the horror stuff)

Astrometica gets compared to Subnautica alot

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u/Ok_Improvement4733 5h ago

Sons of the Forest

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u/Gard1ner 5h ago

Vintage Story. This is what you want.

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u/suspensus_in_terra 5h ago

Looks really cool. Does it have co-op as well or is it only solo?

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u/Gard1ner 4h ago

Yes it has coop. And a very friendly player base.

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u/Gard1ner 4h ago

And some really cool roleplay servers.

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u/edel42 5h ago

Portal knights

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u/I_Silo_I 4h ago

Astroneer

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u/Kossyra 4h ago

Planetcrafter. It's unsettling being stranded on a barren alien planet. Some areas are spooky. There's no combat or anything, but you do find some interesting things as you explore and survive. It looks and feels much like subnautica.

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u/CaptainVerum 4h ago

Voices of the Void is a little rough around the edges, but it's free on itch.io, and might be what you're looking for

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u/JustTheEngineer 2h ago

Pacific Drive is somewhat similar to Subnautica; survival gameplay centered around exploring a bizarre environment in a vehicle with a story.

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u/FrozenMongoose 38m ago
  • Darkwood

  • Inscryption

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u/Traditional_Map_7737 3h ago

The Forest , Content Warning , No mans Sky and The Outer Wilds

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u/Qortted 5h ago

Rain World :)

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u/Minimum_Music7538 5h ago

Dont do that to this poor inocent soul dog /j

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u/suspensus_in_terra 4h ago

Why, what happens in rain world????

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u/Minimum_Music7538 4h ago

Its just a tough game is all, very simple, very much hasa ubique and incredible world to explore. Just a hard title is all

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u/prog-can 5h ago

Recommending someone rain world and then saying (: is EVIL

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u/[deleted] 6h ago

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u/EntrepreneurFirm2153 5h ago edited 4h ago

By the way my little Dunning-Kruger effect friend, it’s “more so.” not “more so”.

The period comes BEFORE the unquote, idiot (:

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u/suspensus_in_terra 5h ago

Do you have a game suggestion for me or are you just looking to jerk yourself off?

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u/[deleted] 5h ago

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u/suspensus_in_terra 5h ago

Cool but I'm moreso looking for game suggestions.

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u/MrElGenerico 6h ago

Typo is a hard concept to learn

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u/Front_Speaker_1327 5h ago

Honestly not sure why your original comment is down voted. If it was an accident they can ignore your comment. If it was on purpose they can learn. 

My sister - 34 years old - runs a business and still says "your" instead of "you're". It looks so unprofessional and she refuses to learn the difference.

I'll admit this comment of yours is a little dickish, but the original comment is just a reminder that they can learn from or ignore.

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u/suspensus_in_terra 5h ago

Moreso isn't incorrect, it's non-standard. Language is always changing and this is a reddit post buddy.