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44 Great Games Like Rooted

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Rooted is an open-world survival game where you eke out an existence in a post-apocalyptic America where nature has retaken the cities and villages. You construct a base, scavenge for resources, and infiltrate the territories of rival survivors and groups. The post-apocalyptic setting is familiar from games like The Last Of Us, but here you can go where you want in a simulated environment where resources and shelter matter as much as bullets.

Unfortunately, Rooted is not released yet. We have some similar game suggestion for you to play while you wait for it to arrive. It’s not planned to be released for Android, Mac, PS4, Switch, Xbox One or iOS but we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme, and at a lower age rating:

Rooted

Game Details

Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 16

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Players: 1 (3 online)

Genres: Shooting, Simulation (Action, Adventure, Collecting, Fighting, Narrative, Stealth and Traversal)

Accessibility: 0 features Documented (Tweet Developer)

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Developer: Rooted The Game (@RootedTheGame)

Costs: Purchase cost

8 Similar Games While You Wait For Rooted

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Subnautica

Release Date: 11/04/2016, updated in 2018

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night and Open World

Subnautica is an open-world adventure where you explore the ocean on an alien planet after crashlanding. You collect resources and fight creatures to survive. This enables you to establish an underwater base, gain new craft and equipment and explore...

Rust

Release Date: 08/02/2018

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night and Open World

Rust (also, Rust: Console Edition) is an online survival game set in the wilderness. You explore, gather and craft materials to manage hunger, thirst, health and protection. The preparation is to ward off the threat of bears, wolves and (more commonly)...

Stranded Deep

Release Date: 21/04/2015, updated in 2020

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Stranded Deep is a survival game set in the Pacific Ocean. Taking a cue from films like Cast Away, you survive a plane crash and face life-threatening scenarios in a large open world. As the weather and time of day changes with the hours, you explore...

The Forest

Release Date: 30/05/2014

Out Now: PC and PS4

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night and Open World

The Forest is a survival horror game where you are the only passenger to live after a plane crash. You explore a mysterious forest to find food, shelter and safety but soon have to battle strange cannibalistic people.

The Last Of Us

Release Date: 14/06/2013

Out Now: PS3 and PS4

Skill Rating: 16+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Weather

The Last Of Us is an action-adventure where You play a father, Joel, whose daughter was killed during the early stages of a deadly fungal outbreak. It’s now 20 years later, and he has clearly suffered from the loss. When Joel is given charge of a...

Valheim

Release Date: 02/02/2021

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Valheim is a Viking inspired strategy game for up to 10 players. You build, survive, conquer, and explore the world. It's popular because it combines strategy of building your town stronghold with tough adventures and encounters with the enemies of the...

Days Gone

Release Date: 26/04/2019, updated in 2021

Out Now: PC and PS4

Skill Rating: 15+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Days Gone is a survival adventure game set in a post-pandemic Oregon. You roam an open world pulsing with life (and zombies). It's unusual for its scale and sheer number of enemies. Add to that the changing light and weather and Days Gone creates a...

Icarus First Cohort

Release Date: 01/12/2021

Out Now: PC

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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18 Similar Games Long List

Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; more games to play while you are waiting for Rooted.

The Last Of Us Part II

Release Date: 19/06/2020

Out Now: PS4

Skill Rating: 16+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Day and Night

The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game set five years after The Last of Us. You control two characters in a post-apocalyptic United States. Ellie is out for revenge after suffering a tragedy, and Abby is a...

The Long Dark

Release Date: 22/09/2014

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World

The Long Dark is a thoughtful exploration-survival game where you have crash-landed in the icy Canadian wilderness after a global disaster and must find a way to survive. Through exploring, crafting and fighting you must look after your body...

Barotrauma

Release Date: 13/03/2023

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

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Minecraft

Release Date: 23/11/2017, updated in 2019

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, 3D Third-Person, Blocks, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build. Some of the best aspects of the game are less well known; along with the...

Raft

Release Date: 23/05/2018

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person and Day and Night

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Subnautica Below Zero

Release Date: 30/01/2019, updated in 2021

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night and Open World

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Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Out Now: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

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Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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8 Younger Content Rating than Rooted

If Rooted is not age appropriate for your child, here are similar games ordered by age rating so you can find an age-appropriate alternative that’s also a game they will love.

Subnautica Below Zero

Distrust

Grounded

3 Board Game Alternatives to Rooted

These are our hand-picked alternatives to Rooted. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Labyrinth. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.

Legacy of Dragonholt

Dungeons & Dragons

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16 Video Games Like Rooted Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Rooted. This includes games from the Narrative, Stealth, Shooting, Adventure, Action, Fighting, Simulation, Traversal and Collecting genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

Ark: Survival Evolved

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44 Great Games Like Rooted

Game Details

8 Similar Games While You Wait For Rooted

18 Similar Games Long List

8 Younger Content Rating than Rooted

12 Easier Skill Rating than Rooted

3 Board Game Alternatives to Rooted

16 Video Games Like Rooted Based on Genre

Rooted is in These Lists

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