Games like e-River Cabin Journal
Games like e-River Cabin Journal include Don't Starve, Don't Starve Together, The Escapists, This War of Mine, and Terraria. We matched them by the tags players give e-River Cabin Journal on Steam (Indie, Survival, Crafting, Strategy, and Choose Your Own Adventure): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Don't Starve
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Indie

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Indie

The Escapists
Shared: Crafting · Strategy · Indie

This War of Mine
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Crafting

Terraria
Shared: Survival · Crafting · 2D

Forager
Shared: Survival · Indie · Crafting

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Strategy

RimWorld
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Base Building

Palworld
Shared: Survival · Indie · Crafting

Factorio
Shared: Crafting · Strategy · Survival

ARK: Survival Ascended
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Sons Of The Forest
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Raft
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

60 Seconds! Reatomized
Shared: Choose Your Own Adventure · Strategy · 2D

Green Hell
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Subnautica
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Valheim
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Subnautica: Below Zero
Shared: Survival · Indie · Singleplayer

ARK: Survival Evolved
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

The Survivalists
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Adventure

Soulmask
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

The Long Dark
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Indie

Rust
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Adventure

Sheltered
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Base Building