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Games like SCUM

What to play if you like SCUM

Start with Trove, Lost Ark, Rust. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with SCUM, then show where the experience changes.

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Alternatives, with the trade-offs visible

These are anonymous game-to-game comparisons, not personal recommendations or player-behaviour claims.

Trove cover89% shared experience

Trove

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Base building and Sandbox freedom

Lost Ark cover88% shared experience

Lost Ark

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Isolation and Hand-holding

Rust cover87% shared experience

Rust

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Sandbox freedom and Progression

DayZ cover87% shared experience

DayZ

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Base building and Sandbox freedom

Path of Exile cover86% shared experience

Path of Exile

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Isolation and Progression

V Rising cover86% shared experience

V Rising

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Base building and Build crafting depth

New World: Aeternum cover85% shared experience

New World: Aeternum

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Progression

STALZONE cover85% shared experience

STALZONE

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Build crafting depth and Base building

ARK: Survival Ascended cover84% shared experience

ARK: Survival Ascended

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Sandbox freedom and Experimentation

Delta Force cover84% shared experience

Delta Force

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Build crafting depth and Isolation

Diablo® IV cover84% shared experience

Diablo® IV

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Build crafting depth and Isolation

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 cover83% shared experience

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Build crafting depth and Isolation

Black Desert cover83% shared experience

Black Desert

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

The Elder Scrolls® Online cover83% shared experience

The Elder Scrolls® Online

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Build crafting depth

Where Winds Meet cover82% shared experience

Where Winds Meet

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Resource management and Progression

Dune: Awakening cover82% shared experience

Dune: Awakening

Preserves: Social dependency and Co-op dependency

Changes: Base building and Competitive intensity

Crossout Remastered cover82% shared experience

Crossout Remastered

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Base building and Build crafting depth

VRChat cover82% shared experience

VRChat

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Build crafting depth and Combat intensity

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