Games like Scorching Desert
Games like Scorching Desert include The Long Dark, Subnautica, The Forest, Subnautica: Below Zero, and Green Hell. We matched them by the tags players give Scorching Desert on Steam (Open World Survival Craft, Realistic, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, and Atmospheric): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

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

Subnautica
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration

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

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

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

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

Fallout 4
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Exploration · Singleplayer

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

Forever Skies
Shared: Exploration · Open World Survival Craft · Singleplayer

Valheim
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration

7 Days to Die
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Standard Edition
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Atmospheric · Survival

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

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

Project Zomboid
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic

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

Breathedge
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Singleplayer

The Infected
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Singleplayer · Base Building

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

Terraria
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration

Survival: Fountain of Youth
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration

ASTRONEER
Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Exploration · Survival

This War of Mine
Shared: Survival · Atmospheric · Singleplayer

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