Games like 99 Nights in the Forest to play with friends

If you liked keeping the fire alive in 99 Nights in the Forest, Don't Starve Together and Sons of the Forest are the closest picks on Steam. Dead Rails is the Roblox pick. Roam has short survival games you can start on an iPhone right away.

The 99 Nights loop

99 Nights in the Forest is a Roblox survival horror game by Grandma's Favourite Games, released in 2025. You keep a campfire burning, craft, rescue lost kids and try to last 99 nights while the Deer hunts you in the dark.

Three things make it work: a fire that is your safe zone, a night that gets worse each time, and friends who split the jobs. The games below share at least two of those.

On Steam

Don't Starve Together. Klei's co-op survival from 2016. Keep your sanity, keep the fire, do not stay in the dark.
The Forest. Endnight's 2018 survival horror. Build a base, survive cannibals, find your son.
Sons of the Forest. The 2024 sequel, with a bigger island and smarter enemies. Up to 8 players in co-op.
Valheim. Viking survival with building and bosses. Co-op with up to 10 players.

On Roblox

Dead Rails. Keep a train moving across a wasteland, scavenge at stops, survive the night.

Survival games on Roam

Last Light. Top-down survival crafting. Keep the fire burning through the night.
Frozen Frontier. Build a camp in the snow and keep it alive through the night.
Hold Till Dawn. Voxel survival: punch a tree, build up, last the night.
Dust by Dusk. Grab the junk before the sun goes down.
Carry the Ember. A survival walk across a frozen sea, with one ember to protect.