- #1 Nighthold: Number 1
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #2 Primal Man Simulator
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 7.4%
- #3 Subsistence
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,591 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.3% ★, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 9.2%, Building 7%
- #4 SpiritBorn
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.3%, Building 9.5%
- #5 Hostile Planet: Survival
64% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 10.9%, Building 9.8%
- #6 Force of Nature
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 9%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #7 Ancient the Dimensions
62% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.3%, Building 9.1%
- #8 Odd Woods
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 10.6%
- #9 XenoHaven
60% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 11.1%
- #10 The Forest
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 664,531 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 6.8%
- #11 Necesse
58% matchVery Positive93% of 26,732 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 8.8%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #12 Stranded Deep
61% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,028 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 9.8%, Building 5.4%
- #13 Whisper of the Swallows
59% matchVery Positive87% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 10.7%, Building 9.5%, Open World 9.2%
- #14 Dig or Die
61% matchVery Positive90% of 4,266 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 7.8%
- #15 Eldercraft: Mountaineers
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derivative Synergistics
Windows
Eldercraft: Mountaineers is an RPG about crafting, surviving and exploring. Forge your routes and pathways up the mountain to reach valuable treasures. These will help you forge more pathways that will lead you to the summit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 10.4%
- #16 Wurm Unlimited
62% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 10.2%, Survival 9.5%
- #17 MALTIVA
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IQSP4DPub: Boskit
Windows
Complexity Island game is a survival game Overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals. Protect your city from meteor
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.5%
- #18 Desolated District
58% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 11.1%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 9.8%
- #19 WildCraft
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.7% ★, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 7.6%, Survival 6.5%
- #20 Green Hell
59% matchVery Positive85% of 94,082 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 8.6%, Base Building 6.9%
- #21 Raft
58% matchVery Positive93% of 368,269 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 8%, Building 7.5%
- #22 Junk Jack
61% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 8.9%
- #23 ARCANA
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 7.8%
- #24 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
59% matchMixed56% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 7.5%
- #25 Crushed
61% matchMixed55% of 305 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 10.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #26 Aurendor
60% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.5%, Building 9.4%
- #27 Far Lands
59% matchMixed66% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 10.1%
- #28 Far North Survival
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 11.5%, Building 11.3%
- #29 Cosmorists
58% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #30 Nighthold
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 8.3%, Survival 8.3%, Building 7.5%
- #31 Shamania
57% matchMostly Positive78% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 8%
- #32 Out of Reach
60% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.8% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.6%, Building 7.6%
- #33 Life Not Supported
59% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.6%, Building 9.2%
- #34 Cube Life: Island Survival
60% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 9.6%, Building 9.6%, Survival 9.4%
- #35 Novus Inceptio
61% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.3%, Base Building 9.1%
- #36 Ship Builder
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Play with up to three companions and become the best shipwrights on this side of the globe! Explore and gather materials needed to build legendary ships! Soon they will call you a legend as well.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.2%, Building 9.8%, Open World 9.6%
- #37 Crashlands 2
56% matchVery Positive88% of 2,310 reviews2025
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 8.9%
- #38 Rem Survival
59% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 48.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 10.5%
- #39 Outpost Zero
60% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 9%
- #40 Moon Colony Crafter
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.1%
- #41 Alchemist's Awakening
59% matchMostly Positive73% of 495 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival 11%
- #42 The Infected
58% matchVery Positive85% of 6,890 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.4%
- #43 Wild Omission
57% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #44 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
57% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10.4%
- #45 Beyond The Shadow
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyrenal Games, LLC
Windows
As the sole specialist sent into a quarantined part of the Midwest , discover all you can about the mysterious corruption rapidly taking over. Utilize all you can find around you to survive the evolving area, find the source and eliminate the threat. Will you defeat what lies Beyond The Shadow?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Open World 11.7%, Survival 11.5%, Building 10.7%
- #46 Wrongworld
59% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 9%, Open World 8.6%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #47 Under A New Sun
57% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12%, Open World 11.5%, Base Building 9.4%
- #48 Wild
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 16.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #49 Planet Explorers
59% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #50 Survival: Fountain of Youth
56% matchVery Positive86% of 4,259 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 8.1%
- #51 Project Castaway
56% matchMixed67% of 1,602 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 9%, Open World 8.9%
- #52 Middle Ages: Peasants & Knights
58% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Neronian Studios
Windows
Survive in an open world inspired by 14th century Europe. Immerse yourself in crafting based on real historical methods and experience true inventory system and realistic resource management. Take control of your destiny and embrace a world full of possibilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.8%, Building 9.1%
- #53 Reckfell
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: verkme
Windows
Survival is your only goal in Reckfell. The world is unforgiving - its creatures, the environment, and even other survivors will stop at nothing to end you. You must do whatever it takes to stay alive for one more day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 10.5%, Building 9.9%, Open World 9.8%
- #54 Nightingale
57% matchMixed67% of 17,828 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 10.8%, Building 9.8%
- #55 Determinant
57% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Khor Chin Heong
Windows
Realistic physics-based open-world survival game set in the future. Survival, crafting, exploration and base building are the main focus. Hunt for food and water and survive against environmental hazards. Combat is possible, but more defensive in nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8.9%
- #56 Craftopia
58% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,967 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 18%, Open World 16.6%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 8%