Novels like 1985: Diary of a Castaway Living Alone on a Deserted Island
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- 101 Fifty Yuan to Survive on a Deserted Island: The Strongest King of the Wild 五十块钱海岛求生，最强荒野之王 "Island survival + cozy everyday life" Lu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and resolutely joins Tiger Shark Live’s “50-Yuan Island Survival” competition to pay for his aunt’s medical treatment. Survive on a deserted island for one month and you’ll receive a million-yuan prize. Last three months and the prize money jumps straight to five million. The contestant who lasts to the very end and wins the competition will receive a reward of 300 million yuan… Top-tier stars, famous streamers, and o 13kReads8.7Score85614d adds
- 102 Surviving on the Frozen Sea: Sign-In Rewards a Pet Shark from the Start 冰海求生，开局签到宠物鲨鱼 Everyone wakes up to find they have transmigrated to a frozen-sea survival world. Here, ice and snow blanket the land, and sea beasts are everywhere. Everyone starts with a raft, and all their resources have to be fished up. Qin Feng binds himself to the Ocean Overlord System and gets a pet shark through sign-in rewards. While everyone else is still worrying about food, Qin Feng sends his shark to 5.8kReads8.6Score62214d adds
- 103 Global Wasteland: I Synthesized a Top-Tier Shelter 全球废土：我合成出了顶级避难所 [Female-Oriented] [Surviving Natural Disasters] [Late-Game Infrastructure Building] [Growing System] [High Combat Ability] [No Romance] Everyone transmigrates to a wasteland continent, where a survival System ushers them into a grueling struggle to stay alive. On this chaotic wasteland planet, disaster seasons alternate with mild seasons, while terrifying beasts and calamities are never far away. Survivors start with nothing but a thatched hut and a survival System. Freezing cold that can numb y 3.5kReads8.7Score35014d adds
- 104 Survival: Starting from a Thatched Hut to Fight the Flood 求生：从茅草屋开始对抗洪水 [Disaster Survival] [Shelter] [Farming and Development] [Golden Finger] [Stockpiling Supplies] [No Saintly Hero] Everyone transmigrates to a world shrouded in mist. Zhang Chi wakes up to find himself in a thatched hut leaking from all sides, and learns that a flood will strike soon. The rain outside keeps falling, growing heavier and heavier. Everyone can only struggle to survive amid the threats of torrential rain, floods, wild beasts, and monsters... 22kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 105 Leveling Up to Lucky Charm: I Rely on Luck to Develop a Deserted Island 升级欧皇，我在荒岛靠幸运值开荒 Ordinary girl Luo Yin is thrown into a deserted-island survival game. From the start, all she has is a deserted island, and she has to fish for everything she needs. Everyone else: “Unbelievable! I pulled out a pile of cockroaches, and now they’ve made themselves at home on my island.” Our heroine, Luo Yin: She looks at the fruit in her hand and takes a huge bite. Everyone else: “I don’t get it. Why is there a pair of stinky, previously worn socks in my chest?!” Our heroine, Luo Yin: She happily 2.8kReads8.8Score30614d adds
- 106 Survival Game: What Kind of Farming Is This? 求生游戏：你这算是哪门子的种田 [Survival Game] [Farming] [Mostly Slice of Life] [Pets] [No Female Lead] In this survival world, every player can choose a survival path. He is Ye Qian. He considers himself a sunny, cheerful twenty-year-old guy! He says: “I'll pick farming from the start. That should make it easier to live in peace.” He says: “A synthesis skill? It uses too much energy. I can't afford it!” He says: “I'm fine on my own. Raising pets takes too much effort. What a hassle!” He says: “I'm really just a farmer. I jus 10.2kReads9.0Score85514d adds
- 107 Showbiz: I Take a Team of Celebrities to Survive on a Deserted Island 娱乐，我带着明星队荒岛求生 When Lu Wei wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to a parallel world and is taking part in a survival show on a deserted island with celebrities. He’s also a washed-up pretty boy who used to be a rising star, the kind who’d rush to the hospital over a tiny cut. With his frail constitution, he faints from heatstroke as soon as he sets foot on the island. In such a body, and with no wilderness survival experience at all, Lu Wei is worried he might kick the bucket if he’s not careful. B 19.7kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 108 Critical Hit Loot Boxes! Critical Hit Fishing! Critical Hit Survival! 暴击开箱！暴击垂钓！暴击求生！ [Disaster survival] + [farming and development] + [supernatural elements] + [no harem] + [stat-focused] + [not a saint] Everyone transmigrated to an island world. Some landed on deserted islands from the start, while others were forced to flee across the sea. They had to fish for all their resources and food with a single resource rod. Under a dark sky, white mist descended. People could only huddle inside wooden huts on their islands. As terrifying natural disasters and endless monsters came, e 38.3kReads8.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 109 Wilderness Livestream: I'm the Man at the Top of the Food Chain 荒野直播：我，食物链顶端的男人 He joins the country’s first major wilderness survival show. Lu Qi unexpectedly acquires a Wilderness Livestream System. Expert fishing skills: “What, none of you can catch any fish? I’m almost out of room to store all my dried fish!” Expert building skills: “You’re wondering how the streamer can build such a sturdy house? Ever heard of mortise-and-tenon joinery?” Roast an entire wolf, or stew wild boar in an iron pot. “What? You’re asking if I wear mink? Sorry, I’m wearing a bear-skin coat.” Ex 16.3kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 110 Survival Game: Struggling to Stay Alive in the Amazon Rainforest 求生游戏我在亚马逊雨林挣扎求生 Wilderness survival + building with bare hands + no special powers or System + thrilling and intense + exploring a primeval rainforest + danger at every turn [Take a journey into the real Amazon rainforest and experience the most authentic wilderness survival] This is a trade-off between life and profit. To raise the money for his seriously ill grandmother’s surgery, Ye Feng risked his life by joining a wilderness survival show produced overseas. He would compete alongside more than a hundred pe 21kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 111 I Take a Boy Band to Survive on a Deserted Island 我带男团荒岛求生 [System + all-around heroine + sharp tongue + comedy + shipping war (the male lead is set)] Yan Li, an adventurer who loves surviving in the wild, wakes up one morning to find that she has become someone else. Worse still, she ends up stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash... “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've bound yourself to this System. Once your points reach one million, you can return to your original body and receive a ten-billion-dollar reward!” Huh? She's not the only one s 13kReads9.1Score2.4k14d adds
- 112 While Everyone Else Struggles to Survive, I’m Living It Up! 别人求生我享乐！ Billions of people around the world transmigrate all at once! Each person gets an empty floating island and a fishing rod. The only way to gather supplies on a floating island is to fish in the clouds and haul up what they need to survive. But Jiang Tian unexpectedly obtains the [Copy System]! “Copy the fishing rod!” “Copy the supplies!” “Copy...” “...” While everyone else is still struggling to survive, Jiang Tian has already unlocked a whole new way to play on the floating islands! 16.5kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 113 Sign-In: Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Just Built a Luxury Villa 签到，人在孤岛，刚自建豪华别墅 A burst of blinding light, and the continent shattered! Everyone was assigned an island measuring just two meters on each side! You start with nothing but a shabby fishing net. Whether you survive depends on your own abilities! "Ding! Sign-in System activated!" "First-day sign-in successful. Reward: fully automatic fishing net!" "Everyone else has to rely on their abilities, but I have a System!" Xiao Yi muttered as he took a bite of grilled fish. While everyone else was struggling to survive on 39.9kReads8.2Score3.7k14d adds
- 114 Planet of Wonders 奇遇星球 A chance encounter brought a retired soldier an extraordinary power. Faced with a world overrun by demon-infested nations of tigers and wolves, he rose up without hesitation, fought on the battlefield, unified the nations, and transformed the world. In the end, he fulfilled his long-held dream of establishing a global system of democratic freedom, bringing lasting peace to humanity. From then on, he was surrounded by good fortune in love, as stunning women from every nation competed to declare t 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Hardcore Survival: My Daily Life with the Campus Beauty on a Deserted Island 硬核求生，我和校花在荒岛的日常 Stranded on a deserted island from the start! No lighter, no tools, no welcome package of any kind, just a backpack full of useless junk! With the help of a hardcore survival System, he makes fire by rubbing sticks together, collects water from a mud pit, crafts a stone axe, and tears apart a venomous snake with his bare hands! Once he gets through the early days, he starts making stone tools and pottery, smelting metal, raising livestock, and growing crops... Then, whenever he has a spare mome 36.9kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 116 When the Fog Clears Over Qingchuan Town 雾散青川镇 The Mist Clears Over Qingchuan Town 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Cultivation Survival for the Nation's Fortune: I Can See Hidden Hints 国运修仙求生：我能看见隐藏提示 [National Fortune Survival + Livestreaming + Immortal Cultivation + God-Tier Hints] Blue Star’s resources are running dry, and the National Fortune Game has arrived! Two people from each country are randomly selected to enter the Cave Realm and cultivate immortality. If a contestant dies, their country’s national fortune will be deducted and a natural disaster will follow. Resources obtained by contestants in the Cave Realm have a chance of being returned to their countries with a critical bonus 53.7kReads7.8Score5.2k14d adds
- 118 Desert Survival: I Entered a Month Early 沙漠求生，当我提前一个月进入 Strong female lead, no romance, a level-up story with a slice-of-life focus. A System bug sent Feng Chan into a survival game called Lost Civilization a month before it was supposed to begin. Starting in the desert, she struggles to get by each day by opening three to five chests. Beneath the eerily quiet surface, danger lurks everywhere, and one careless move could cost her life. A month later, when the game officially begins and the first three billion players enter, she finally realizes she i 6.4kReads8.8Score85214d adds
- 119 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Will One Day Soar Above the Heavens 潜龙在渊，终会凌天。 A hidden dragon in the depths will one day soar to the heavens. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Conquering an Alien Planet Through Mining 占领异星从挖矿开始 On a desolate planet, Jiang Ye opened the chat channel for the "Interstellar Colony." His fellow colonists were chatting away: "We all arrived empty-handed, so why is Jiang Ye so rich now?" "What I want to know is, how does Jiang Ye upgrade his base so fast? I’ve reached level ten, while he’s at level forty. That makes no sense!" "He sells a ton of gold every day! Does his family own a gold mine?" "They must have a mine at home. How about we..." Jiang Ye gave a cold laugh and posted in the cha 7.9kReads8.8Score65914d adds
- 121 Oh No, Even the Great Sage, Sun Wukong, Wants to Eat Tang Monk! 完蛋了，齐天大圣孙悟空也想吃唐僧肉 Oh no, even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, wants to eat Tang Monk's flesh. 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Xue Xiaoran’s Journey Through Ancient Times as a Partner 薛小苒的古代搭伙之旅 What a bolt from the blue! A food lover has transmigrated into a primeval forest and is forced into hard mode! Xue Xiaoran can barely keep herself fed and clothed, and now she has a huge “burden” by her side: a “blind, mute, disabled man.” The two put their survival skills on display in the jungle, spending nights in caves, starting fires by rubbing sticks together, and searching for wild game… But as the two of them spend time together, why is this wild man getting more and more handsome? Xue X 8.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 123 Deserted Island, My Followers Are Gorgeous 荒岛，我的跟班超美 [No System + deserted island + age gap + survival + vying for dominance] [Short drama now streaming: My Life on a Deserted Island Isn't Quite Right] A mysterious bolt of lightning struck the cruise ship, and Zhou Feng woke up on a beach. The only person beside him was the neighbor, Auntie Qin Xiaoxue. It didn't take long for them to discover that the secrets of this island were beyond anything they could have imagined. 31.3kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds
- 124 Blizzard Apocalypse: Surviving in a Wasteland Shelter 暴雪末日：废土避难所求生 [Blizzard Apocalypse] [Survival] [Shelter] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Farming and Construction] [Resource Scarcity] Overnight, Lu Shen finds himself in a blizzard apocalypse. Extreme cold, hunger, radiation, mutated creatures... It is a dark, post-apocalyptic world where society has collapsed, laws have crumbled, the climate has gone haywire, and resources are scarce. The only way to survive is to build a life around a shelter: gather supplies, create a safe haven, grow crops, withstand extreme wea 52.1kReads7.1Score3.6k14d adds
- 125 Surviving the Nightmare World 在恶梦世界惊悚求生 In the Nightmare World, chosen candidates arrive to face a brutal elimination game where the last one standing wins. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of monsters and demons, strange and beautiful scenery, and heartwarming little stories. You'll walk on the edge of life and death. You'll face all sorts of trials and tribulations, but also gain talents, skills, equipment, bloodlines, pets, fortuitous encounters, legacies, and more... You'll even have a little wooden cabin. Develop it carefully, an 29.1kReads8.7Score2.4k14d adds
- 126 Survival Game: I Grind My Way to Greatness in Another World 求生游戏，我在异世卷成大佬 (The novel is complete) (No romance, infrastructure, survival, strong female lead) Wu Jinyue had just returned from studying abroad and hadn’t even started her wonderful vacation yet. Blue Star underwent a cataclysm, and all of humanity was sent to another world to explore and survive. Monstrous beasts invaded, supplies were hard to find, disasters struck one after another, and no one knew if they would make it through the day. Humanity was swallowed up like dust in the wind. From the start, pen 20.2kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 127 Surviving on an Ice Floe: Everything I Salvage Comes to Life 浮冰求生：我打捞的物资全成精了 [Sneaky schemer] [Comedy] [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Everyday life] The whole world enters an icy sea survival game. From the start, all you have is a floating chunk of ice, and supplies can only be fished up! [Host detected to be facing an apocalyptic threat!] [System descending!] [System under attack from the game’s firewall!] [System has taken down the game’s firewall!] Chen Mo can’t access the System, but the world has started acting strangely, as if some rule has changed… The chunks of ice in 16.9kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 128 EN Global Raft Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship Robbery 全球木筏求生：我开局幽灵船打劫 [Decisive heroine + exploration and treasure hunting + stockpiling food + island raids + small team + multiple professions + face-slapping thrills. The heroine dominates both the underworld and the legitimate world, and stays at the top of the rankings year-round. Romance included, with a chef as the male lead.] The moment Ling Chu opened her eyes, she found herself inside a survival game where everyone lived on rafts. She got a legendary fishing rod from the blind box from the start, and all h 161.6kReads9.0Score14.9k14d adds
- 129 Dimensional Spirit Beasts: Star Core Awakening 次元契兽：星核觉醒 Dimensional Spirit-Beast Pact: Star Core Awakening 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 22kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 131 I Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing and Awakened a Divine Dual Cultivation Skill 穿越成废柴，觉醒双修神技 Transmigrated as a good-for-nothing, he awakens a divine dual-cultivation skill —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Shocking! I Started with a Patch of Land and Struck It Rich with Critical Hits 震惊！开局一片地，暴击出奇迹 As eras turn and the Heavenly Dao creates a new world, every race across the Myriad Worlds transmigrates into it. From the start, each person gets a plot of land and nothing else. They must build houses, farm, tame beasts, mine, and defend against attacks... Every living being must work hard to build a base of their own and stay alive. Luo Yu obtains the divine skill [Primordial Critical Hit], which can trigger a critical hit on anything in the world! [Gather ordinary strawberries and trigger a 30.8kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 133 Blazing Embers Shine Bright, Illuminating the Land 烬火昭昭，照亮山河 Brilliant Embers Illuminate the Mountains and Rivers —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Rebirth in the Yin Tower 阴楼新生 Rebirth in the Yin Mansion 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 EN Survival Game: My Pets Really Are Adorable! 求生游戏：我家宠物真的是萌系 [Survival game] [Farming] [Everyday life] [Pets] [Adorable pets] [No romance] [No heroine] [Infrastructure building] After transmigrating to another world where everyone has to fight to survive, Ye Fei is a little panicked. That is, until he finds a little white fluffball. A little fox, a kitten, a little spotted deer, a puppy, a chick, and more... He finds all kinds of adorable little animals and raises them. While everyone else is still struggling to survive, he's already settling into retirem 11.3kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 136 The Little Darling Wreaks Havoc in the Aristocratic Family 奶团子炸翻豪门 The Little Dumpling Turns the Wealthy Family Upside Down —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 A Max-Level Expert Transmigrates into a Good-for-Nothing and Becomes Unstoppable Across the Globe 满级大佬穿成废柴，杀穿全球无敌手 A Max-Level Expert Transmigrates into a Good-for-Nothing and Slays His Way to Unrivaled Dominance Across the World 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Train Survival: Activating the Foresight Module from the Start! 列车求生：开局激活预知模块！ Qi Xiao wakes up in a world where people must survive aboard trains. Every day at eight, the train stops at a random station. You can get off and explore, or stay aboard and wait for it to depart. There are endless treasures here, along with unknown dangers. Explore stations, gather supplies, upgrade your train, and do your best to survive. Qi Xiao's newcomer gift isn't food like everyone else's. Instead, he gets a module card that activates a special module: Station Forecast. Whenever the train 66.2kReads8.3Score4.9k14d adds
- 139 Global Awakening: I Crush All with Sign-In Rewards 全球觉醒：我靠签到碾压一切 Global Awakening: I Crush Everyone with Sign-Ins 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Chronicles of the Primordial Chaos: Mystic Dust 洪荒玄尘录 Chronicles of Primordial Dust 22Reads—Score314d adds
- 141 Global Survival: The Outlaw of a Magic Wasteland 全民求生：魔法废土世界的暴徒 [Signed for print publication, new setting, no golden finger, no heroine, pets, expansive worldbuilding, disasters, construction, transmigration, game, apocalypse] Everyone transmigrates to a magical wasteland. At the start, all they have is a drafty magic tent. Chopping wood at sunrise and building walls at sunset becomes the fate of billions of survivors. Tent → wooden cabin → stone fortress... Jiang Xun thinks that’s all there is to a shelter. Until he discovers another way to upgrade: powerf 66.6kReads8.4Score5.8k14d adds
- 142 On the Wasteland, I Scavenge My Way to a Home in the Safe Zone 废土之上，我靠拾荒在安全区买房 Female lead: Chu Ci, transmigrated from another world. Male lead: Ji Xuan, a mercenary suffering from genetic collapse. The story mainly focuses on scavenging and farming, with a slow-burning romance woven through it. Note: The two only want to live a good, quiet life of their own. There is no plot about saving all of humanity. The story follows ordinary people at the bottom of society as they struggle to survive in a harsh environment. After the apocalypse, on this 28.3kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 143 The Good-for-Nothing Son-in-Law's Ancient Legacy 废柴女婿的上古传承 The Good-for-Nothing Son-in-Law’s Ancient Inheritance 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.7kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 145 Apocalypse: Wilderness Survival from the Start 末世：开局荒野求生 The survivors of the apocalypse endure a grueling stretch of time. As they struggle to fill their stomachs, they search the wilderness for the dignity they've lost, piece together the memories of civilization, and press on toward hope. 69kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 146 I Transmigrated into the Prime Minister’s Mansion as a Concubine-Born Daughter 魂穿相府庶女 My Soul Transmigrated into the Prime Minister's Concubine-Born Daughter 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Secret Realm's Dragon-Elephant Art Legacy 秘境传承龙象诀 The Dragon-Elephant Art, an inheritance from a secret realm 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Surviving the Mist: I Can See Hints 迷雾求生：我能看到提示 Everyone transmigrates into the world of Mists. Fog stretches in every direction. From the start, all you have is a ramshackle thatched hut, and you must search the dangerous wilderness for supplies and wood, keeping your campfire burning to survive! While everyone else is still struggling to stay alive, Ye Qianfan has already used divine-level guidance to obtain equipment and an estate! [East: The outskirts of the Misty Forest. There's a silver treasure chest!] [West: A hungry lightning leopard 54.5kReads8.3Score5.1k14d adds
- 149 Transmigrate with a Rainbow Spirit Root 穿越七彩灵根 Transmigrated with Seven-Color Spirit Roots 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Reforging the Heaven-Burning Cauldron 重铸焚天鼎 Reforge the Burning Heaven Cauldron 19Reads—Score—14d adds
