Originally posted by N.W.O.:

I like the concept of starting from nothing and using resources to go from wood to stone to bronze etc. but it seems like the game ends too fast. There is no real reason to build a massive fort or maintain anything... or explore after getting all the iron you need. I stopped playing and started again only because I wanted to remodel my compound, not to explore mistlands or craft new weapons.

I was gonna recommend ark when I checked to see if you already owned it(so as not to mistakenly recommend it if you already did) but then I saw this:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/3472855915023535223/

You made a pretty similar thread last summer about Ark and claimed only 5 min playing it. So I have to say that likely it just may be there's a conflict of wants/reality of games like Valheim/Ark for you?