Games like Northern Lights
Games like Northern Lights include The Long Dark, The Forest, No Man's Sky, Project Zomboid, and Subnautica. We matched them by the tags players give Northern Lights on Steam (Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Open World, Exploration, and Atmospheric): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

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

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

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

Project Zomboid
Shared: Survival · Open World · Open World Survival Craft

Subnautica
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World

Terraria
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Stranded Deep
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World

Rust
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World

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

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

Valheim
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World

Green Hell
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World

Raft
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World

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

7 Days to Die
Shared: Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Open World

ASTRONEER
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Open World · Survival

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

Palworld
Shared: Survival · Open World · Open World Survival Craft

ICARUS
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World

Sons Of The Forest
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Once Human
Shared: Open World · Survival · Open World Survival Craft

Starbound
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Sandbox

Conan Exiles Enhanced
Shared: Survival · Open World · Open World Survival Craft

Kenshi
Shared: Open World · Survival · Sandbox