Games Like Valheim
12 multiplayer games like Valheim, starting with Palworld, the closest. The best free one is Once Human. Flip a card to see what it has in common, how many can join and whether it has crossplay.
12 games like Valheim
Start with: Palworld, Enshrouded, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Terraria and Don't Starve Together.
Palworld
2–32 onlineCrossplay
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. Creatures called Pals roam an open world, and you catch them to fight, ride and work at your base. Pals chop, mine, cook and craft on their own depending on each species' skills.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
Palworld: View game →Enshrouded
2–16 online
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. A toxic fog covers part of a fantasy realm you explore, fighting its creatures and building bases block by block. A timer runs while you're inside the fog, and you die if it reaches zero.
PC · PS5
Enshrouded: View game →RuneScape: Dragonwilds
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. You gather, build a base and head out together to fight dragons while leveling RuneScape-style skills.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch 2
RuneScape: Dragonwilds: View game →Terraria
2–8 online4 on one screen
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. In a world made of blocks, you dig for ore, craft weapons and armor and build houses for NPCs. Progress comes from beating bosses, and one switches the world to Hardmode with new enemies.
PC · PS4 · Xbox · Switch
Terraria: View game →Don't Starve Together
2–6 online2 on one screen
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. Survival in the wilderness means gathering food and materials, crafting tools and setting up a base before winter. You manage hunger, health and sanity, and each character has their own perks and drawbacks.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Don't Starve Together: View game →V Rising
2–40 online
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. As newly awakened vampires, you gather resources, build a castle and hunt bosses to drink their blood and unlock powers. Sunlight burns you, so daytime travel means staying in the shade.
PC · PS5
V Rising: View game →Core Keeper
2–8 online
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. Up to eight dig through a huge cave together, build a base, farm and fight bosses, dropping in and out whenever they want.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Core Keeper: View game →Once Human
Free2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Build & survive · Co-op. In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by mutated creatures, you survive by shooting, gathering resources and building a base. You capture Deviations, creatures that fight alongside you or work at the base.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
Once Human: View game →ARK: Survival Ascended
2–8 online2 on one screenCrossplay
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Fantasy. Your tribe tames dinosaurs and uses them to defend the base you build together from the wild or other players.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
ARK: Survival Ascended: View game →Grounded 2
2–4 onlineCrossplay
In common: Build & survive · Co-op. In a park, teenagers shrunk to the size of a bug gather resources, build a base and fight spiders, scorpions and other bugs. You hatch ant and spider eggs into mounts you can ride.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
Grounded 2: View game →Kingdom Two Crowns
2 online2 on one screen
In common: Build & survive · Co-op · Medieval. Two monarchs on horseback split the coins: one builds walls, the other explores.
PC · PS4 · Xbox · Switch
Kingdom Two Crowns: View game →VEIN
2–16 online
In common: Build & survive · Co-op. After a zombie apocalypse, you survive in an open world by looting buildings, cooking, farming and setting up a base you defend from zombies and bandits. Electricity, water and gas in buildings are simulated.
PC
VEIN: View game →
How we pick games like Valheim
The order depends on how much each game has in common with Valheim. Style of play and genre (Survival) count the most, then whether you play on the same side or against each other, and after that pace, setting and camera, with the most-played game going first when two are tied. Every game here runs on at least one platform that Valheim is on, so nobody in the group needs new hardware to switch.