The Awakening similar games & best alternatives

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The Awakening

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

What works

  • Authentic and immersive dune universe
  • Engaging survival and crafting systems
  • Robust base building and customization
  • Dynamic open world with exploration incentives
  • Strong multiplayer cooperation and faction politics

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can feel clunky and repetitive
  • Midgame grind and resource farming can be tedious
  • Storytelling is fragmented and sometimes confusing
  • Technical issues and bugs present
  • Pvp balance and endgame content need improvement

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dune: Awakening

  • ARK: Survival Evolved

  • Meridian 59

  • ANEURISM IV

  • Infinite Veil

  • Survivalist: Invisible Strain

More relaxing

Games that feels like The Awakening but with a more relaxing feel

  • Wurm Unlimited

  • Ashen Empires

  • Animyst

  • Empyrion - Galactic Survival

  • The Matchless Kungfu

  • Space Pirates And Zombies 2

Less dominating

Games that feels like The Awakening but with less domination over others

  • Syn-Chorus 01: The New Life

  • WAKFU

  • Guns of Icarus Alliance

  • Memoness

  • The Elder Scrolls® Online

  • Rem Survival

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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).

The Awakening: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Intimacy, Exploration.

Last update: 05/08/2026