- #1 Salt
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,246 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Survival 12.3%, Pirates 12.3% ★, Open World 12%, Crafting 11.1%
- #2 Project Canopy
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #3 Out of Reach
96% 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 38.6% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11%, Hunting 5.8% ★
- #4 Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forestlight Games
Windows
While traveling to the East the Vikings fall into a trap. Ragnald is saved by the accompanying wolf and must find his loved ones. The Viking and his companion are forced not only to survive, but properly manage time, space and energy to achieve the goal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Hunting 14.7% ★, Fishing 12% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10%
- #5 Alchemist's Awakening
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 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 41.7% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.7%
- #6 Hostile Planet: Survival
93% 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 31.6% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 16%, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #7 The Long Dark
92% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Survival 18.4%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 7.5%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #8 Primitive
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Welcome to the brutal reality of the Stone Age. Fight, conquer, dominate! An open world full of traps and unexpected events, breathtaking views, dynamic changes in weather conditions, deadly beasts, and hostile tribes - welcome to "Primitive" and dare to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Hunting 17.6% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 11.5%
- #9 Far Cry® Primal
91% matchVery Positive86% of 39,079 reviews2016
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Open World 18.2%, Hunting 17.7% ★, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 9.5%
- #10 Animallica
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Hunting 14.2% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 7.6%
- #11 Force of Nature
89% 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 41.1% ★, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 10.2%
- #12 Primal Man Simulator
89% 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 36.2% ★, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #13 Planet Explorers
87% 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 41.1% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.3%
- #14 Arid
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,936 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Viscacha StudioPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 7.9%
- #15 Category 6
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 10.1%, Fishing 10% ★
- #16 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
84% matchMixed55% of 102 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 33.6% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #17 Don't Starve
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 23.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 6.4%
- #18 Cube Life: Island Survival
84% 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 46.2% ★, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.6%
- #19 Stranded Deep
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 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 45.9% ★, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 10.8%, Sandbox 4.9%
- #20 Wild
81% 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 38.6% ★, Survival 18.2%, Crafting 12%, Open World 8.4%, Exploration 7%
- #21 The Forest
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 46.4% ★, Survival 17.1%, Open World 12%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 4.7%
- #22 Blockscape
82% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 9.1%
- #23 ARCANA
79% 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 43.5% ★, Survival 15%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 7.9%
- #24 Bromeliad
80% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #25 Project Cobalt
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.9%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #26 Wrongworld
78% 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 46.3% ★, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #27 Craftopia
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 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 31% ★, Crafting 19.4%, Open World 18.1%, Survival 15.2%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #28 PostCollapse
77% matchMixed57% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #29 Northern Lights
76% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #30 Dig or Die
75% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 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 40.9% ★, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 9%
- #31 Defend Till Sunshine
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 17.8%, Open World 10.8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #32 WildCraft
73% 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 43.1% ★, Sandbox 17.8%, Crafting 8.4%, Survival 7.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #33 Subsistence
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 46.4% ★, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #34 Nighthold: Number 1
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 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 37.9% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 9.6%
- #35 SkyPrimal
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Primal Apps Studio
Windows · Mac
Having lost your tribe, you, as the sole survivor, find yourself in an era of deadly danger and exciting adventures. You have to build yourself a shelter, make weapons, protect yourself from wild animals, and prove that you are not a prey, but a predator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 13.8%, Action 5.9%
- #36 The Survivalists
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,935 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 13.1%, Hunting 11.7% ★, Sandbox 9.4%
- #37 Fragmented
74% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.3% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 11%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #38 Kalahari’s End
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Owlfig Games
Windows
After your plane crashes, You find yourself in one of the largest abandoned tourist locations in South Africa. Build, Craft, and create your character while combatting the intense heat of the Kalahari Desert in this upcoming realistic open-world survival simulation game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.2%, Hunting 11.1% ★, Sandbox 7.9%
- #39 Crea
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 6.3%
- #40 BugOut
72% matchMostly Negative41% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: A2G Studios
Windows
First Person, Exploring, Surviving, Hunting, Foraging, Buiding, Hoarding, Looting, Prepping, Crafting Work against Time and Survive, Storms, Earthquakes, Nuclear Events, Radical Weather, and much more
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #41 Ship Builder
70% 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 32.4% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.8%, Fishing 10% ★
- #42 SpiritBorn
70% 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 38.2% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #43 Signs of Life
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 6.6%
- #44 Junk Jack
71% 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 43% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 4.6%
- #45 Terraria
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 7.3%
- #46 Frost Survival VR
67% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Hunting 11.8% ★, Survival 11.2%, Fishing 10.4% ★, Crafting 10.1%
- #47 Nictheroy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nipix Games
Windows
Explore countless lands, gather vital resources, and build your base. Within this universe, you the player have the free will to decide where to go and what adventures you pursue. Secret storylines, unexpected events, and special interactions will create a journey unique to each explorer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.5%, Fishing 10.2% ★
- #48 Lysward
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Lysward is a single-player survival adventure set in a vast and unforgiving desert in the fantastical world of Umbra. Explore, craft, team up with your companion, and leverage the Amri magic to endure the heat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Inventory Management 5.9%, Exploration 5.6%
- #49 My Island
67% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50% ★, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 11.5%, Character Customization 3.5%
- #50 Far North Survival
68% 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% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 14%, Open World 13.2%, Exploration 5.9%
- #51 Landless
69% matchMixed44% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: CodeBullet
Windows
Explore and conquer the high seas in this post-apocalyptic sandbox water world survival game where you must fight, build, and craft to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 15.6%, Pirates 11.9% ★, Hunting 11.4% ★, Crafting 10.7%
- #52 Deadly Flare
67% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 10.8%
- #53 Miasmata
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,225 reviews2012
Dev: IonFxPub: IonFX Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Survival 26.6%, Open World 11.9%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 5.7%
- #54 Surviving Skeleton Island
63% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Bert Games
Windows
Surviving Skeleton Island is an open world survival crafting RPG set in a primitive 3D low poly island world of 12 unique biomes. Explore, hunt, craft, build, farm and fish to survive, while quests and clues unveil the secrets of the island, and your past. Forge your destiny and plot your escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 10.8%
- #55 Breathedge
65% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 7.5%