Games like Descending
Games like Descending include Palworld, Sons Of The Forest, ARK: Survival Ascended, Raft, and ARK: Survival Evolved. We matched them by the tags players give Descending on Steam (Indie, Early Access, Survival, Crafting, and Open World): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Palworld
Shared: Survival · Open World · Indie

Sons Of The Forest
Shared: Survival · Open World · Base Building

ARK: Survival Ascended
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Raft
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

ARK: Survival Evolved
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Rust
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

Enshrouded
Shared: Survival · Open World · Base Building

The Last Caretaker
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Valheim
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Green Hell
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

V Rising
Shared: Survival · Open World · Base Building

Project Zomboid
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Shared: Survival · Open World · Early Access

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Subnautica
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Mist Survival
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Satisfactory
Shared: Base Building · Crafting · Open World

Don't Starve
Shared: Survival · Indie · Crafting

Deadside
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Scrap Mechanic
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

The Infected
Shared: Early Access · Open World · Survival

Kenshi
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Subnautica: Below Zero
Shared: Survival · Open World · Indie

Sunkenland
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building