Games like Primal
Games like Primal include ARK: Survival Evolved, ARK: Survival Ascended, Sons Of The Forest, Rust, and Raft. We matched them by the tags players give Primal on Steam (Dinosaurs, Survival, Base Building, Crafting, and Fishing): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

ARK: Survival Evolved
Shared: Survival · Dinosaurs · Crafting

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

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

Rust
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

Raft
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Valheim
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

Scrap Mechanic
Shared: Survival · Building · Crafting

Palworld
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Enshrouded
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Open World

Satisfactory
Shared: Base Building · Crafting · Open World

Terraria
Shared: Survival · Sandbox · Crafting

Medieval Dynasty
Shared: Crafting · Survival · Building

Once Human
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

The Forest
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Open World

Project Zomboid
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

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

Green Hell
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Base Building

Factorio
Shared: Base Building · Crafting · Survival

Core Keeper
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

V Rising
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Open World

Grounded
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Crafting

7 Days to Die
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Open World

RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting

Conan Exiles Enhanced
Shared: Survival · Open World · Crafting