Under A New Sun similar games & best alternatives

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Under A New Sun

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

What works

  • Beautiful graphics and immersive atmosphere
  • Engaging crafting and building mechanics
  • Active developer with frequent updates
  • Relaxed, chill survival experience
  • Supports cooperative multiplayer

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and story in early access
  • Inventory and ui clunky and limited
  • Navigation and sailing controls can be frustrating
  • Some bugs and glitches especially in coop
  • Resource grind and progression can be slow

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Under A New Sun. 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.
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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 Under A New Sun. These titles are not in What to play next.

Under A New Sun: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership, Thrill.

Last update: 25/08/2026