Games like Croaktopia
Games like Croaktopia include Dune: Awakening, Don't Starve, Slime Rancher, The Long Dark, and Subnautica: Below Zero. We matched them by the tags players give Croaktopia on Steam (Adventure, Exploration, Cute, Character Customization, and Story Rich): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Dune: Awakening
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Open World Survival Craft

Don't Starve
Shared: Adventure · Open World Survival Craft · Survival

Slime Rancher
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Cute

The Long Dark
Shared: Exploration · Open World Survival Craft · Adventure

Subnautica: Below Zero
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Exploration · Singleplayer

Terraria
Shared: Adventure · Open World Survival Craft · Survival

Subnautica
Shared: Exploration · Open World Survival Craft · Survival

Hogwarts Legacy
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Exploration

The Forest
Shared: Adventure · Open World Survival Craft · Survival

OneShot
Shared: Story Rich · Cute · Adventure

No Man's Sky
Shared: Exploration · Open World Survival Craft · Adventure

Stray
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Singleplayer

Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Singleplayer

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Exploration

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Story Rich

Fallout 4
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Singleplayer

Forager
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Adventure · Survival

Carto
Shared: Cute · Exploration · Adventure

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Character Customization

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Exploration

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Character Customization

Fallout: New Vegas
Shared: Exploration · Singleplayer · Story Rich

A Short Hike
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Cute

Bugsnax
Shared: Adventure · Story Rich · Singleplayer