Conan Exiles shares a lot of conceptual similarities but as you can imagine, it leans more toward 'barbarian' than it does 'viking' so don't get your hopes up for better sea exploration.

It is clunky in its own ways but years and years of content have been kind to it. Their is a lot more of virtually everything and it allows you to tweak a ridiculous number of settings for a more tailored journey. I'm not just talking about damage or drop rates but also movement speed, gravity etc. But you can also just choose a preset if that sounds long.

It has a handcrafted world rather than a procedurally generated one, which some might think to be a negative, but when it comes to variety Conan wins without contest.

It can feel a lot more hardcore in multiplayer and it is easy to see how it can be a turn off. It is one of those games where someone can stab you and steal your pants while you are not logged in.