Games like Shale
Games like Shale include Don't Starve Together, Green Hell, Rust, Terraria, and Raft. We matched them by the tags players give Shale on Steam (Action, Adventure, Top-Down Shooter, Post-apocalyptic, and Atmospheric): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Multiplayer

Green Hell
Shared: Survival · Action · Multiplayer

Rust
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Adventure

Terraria
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Multiplayer

Raft
Shared: Survival · Multiplayer · Crafting

ARK: Survival Evolved
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Multiplayer

Remnant: From the Ashes
Shared: Action · Adventure · Co-op

Sons Of The Forest
Shared: Survival · Multiplayer · Co-op

The Forest
Shared: Adventure · Survival · Crafting

Palworld
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Multiplayer

Far Cry® 4
Shared: Action · Adventure · Multiplayer

Grounded
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Multiplayer

PEAK
Shared: Adventure · Multiplayer · Co-op

Left 4 Dead 2
Shared: Action · Co-op · Multiplayer

The Long Dark
Shared: Survival · Atmospheric · Adventure

ARK: Survival Ascended
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Action

Next Day: Survival
Shared: Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Action

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Shared: Survival · Action · Multiplayer

Valheim
Shared: Survival · Crafting · Multiplayer

Far Cry® New Dawn
Shared: Action · Adventure · Post-apocalyptic

Far Cry 3
Shared: Action · Adventure · Multiplayer

Fallout 4
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Adventure · Singleplayer

Metro Exodus
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Action · Atmospheric

Once Human
Shared: Action · Survival · Multiplayer