- #1 Desolated District
70% 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 35.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 7.8%
- #2 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
70% 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 34.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 7.3%, Realistic 6.1%
- #3 Wild
69% 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 40.2% ★, Survival 14.9%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #4 Alone in the Outback
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Dinosaur Games
Windows
Alone in the Outback is a story-driven survival experience. Traverse through the Australian outback, survive deadly heat of the day and cold of the night. Stay hydrated and choose your strategy to survive the dangerous Australian wildlife. Explore the territory to find out why you are here alone...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Base Building 15%, Survival 11.8%, Realistic 9.1%, Crafting 8.1%
- #5 Primal Man Simulator
68% 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 39% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Realistic 9.9%
- #6 Under A New Sun
67% 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 39.3% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11%, Crafting 9.2%, Realistic 7.6%
- #7 The Long Dark
67% matchVery Positive91% of 116,937 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 47.2 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 51.2% ★, Survival 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%, Open World 5.9%, Crafting 5.4%
- #8 The Glade
68% matchMixed59% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Michael Schade
Windows
The Glade is a beautiful open world survival set on a stylized island which has been struck all over from large and mysterious meteorites creating a bridge for evil creatures from another world to enter and destroy anything in their path.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.1%
- #9 VECTOR ZONE
67% matchMostly Negative31% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Survival Sphere Studios
Windows
VECTOR ZONE is a gripping survival game where the weight of leadership rests on your shoulders. Set in a post-apocalyptic world teeming with dangers, your task is to manage a camp of diverse NPC survivors and lead them to safety while constructing vital structures for their survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 8.4%
- #10 KeepUp Survival
66% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Base Building 12%, Realistic 9%, Survival 8.9%
- #11 Far Lands
65% 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 32.2% ★, Base Building 16%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Realistic 7.7%
- #12 Ruins of the Forgotten: A Wild Survival
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Dude Studios
Windows · Mac
Discover an open-world survival game that divides animals into two factions. While crafting, building, and taming animals, explore the forgotten ruins. Do whatever it takes to last another night and solve the mystery surrounding animal factions.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Action RPG 8%
- #13 Re.poly
66% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 10.6%, Action RPG 9.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #14 FRIGID
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 11%, Crafting 8.8%, Realistic 7.4%
- #15 Zector 7
64% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 9.8%, Action RPG 8.1%
- #16 Solitude
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amuzo Limited
Windows
Beached upon the coast of a haunted land you must survive the trials of an ancient malevolent force which seeks freedom from its shackles. Battle against the horrors of the night, build shelters to weather the elements, scavenge for supplies and uncover the mystery at the heart of the island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Realistic 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #17 Forever Skies
62% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,270 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #18 Determinant
64% 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 36.5% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Realistic 7.7%
- #19 Green Hell
64% 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 46.8% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 7.8%, Open World 4.7%
- #20 Crushed
65% 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 38% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Base Building 11%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 8.1%
- #21 Outback
65% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Wafflesoft
Windows
Tasmania is a harsh environment and to make things worse, the world is ending. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Realistic 11.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #22 Ancient the Dimensions
63% 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 38.4% ★, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.1%, Action RPG 6%
- #23 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 41.4% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 6.1%
- #24 Unhinged
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 11%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Crafting 9.1%
- #25 Rooted
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
In this solo and multiplayer survival game, explore an ancient overgrown world full of dangers. Salvage, build, craft, hunt,.. and try to survive alone or with your friends in an evolving and fascinating post-apocalyptic environment. Powered by Unreal Engine 5.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 8.5%
- #26 Novus Inceptio
65% 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 36.2% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.1%
- #27 Xsyon - Prelude
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.2%
- #28 Category 6
62% 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 37.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Exploration 5.9%
- #29 Polygon Survival
62% matchMostly Negative41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11%, Crafting 9.8%
- #30 The Infected
62% 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 33.2% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 9.4%, Realistic 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%
- #31 Urge
62% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8%
- #32 HUNKER DOWN
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 12%, Crafting 10.7%
- #33 THE LAST BREATH
62% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Y Games
Windows
Survive the post-apocalypse world. There's a predator who's going after you. This is Online and local party games enjoyed by 1 to 5 players. you have to Survive in an end-of-life world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 8.4%
- #34 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 37.4% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 6.3%
- #35 Northern Lights
62% 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 35.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 10.3%, Realistic 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #36 Heat Death: Survival Train
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 658 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.9%
- #37 The Highrise
61% matchMixed57% of 275 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 5.9%
- #38 Stranded Deep
60% 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 53.8% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Realistic 6.1%, Open World 5.8%
- #39 Survival: Fountain of Youth
59% 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 35.7% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 11%, Crafting 9.2%, Realistic 8.8%
- #40 Moonrite
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haki Studios
Windows
A survival crafting game where you craft spirit companions with different materials to fight, work, and survive. Build your spiritual village and explore a beautiful anime-inspired world to defy ancient gods that rule the material and spiritual.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.9% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 7.5%, Exploration 6.1%
- #41 Warhawk Down
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AtomicDuck
Windows
Open world procedurally generated island survival game loosely based on a downed World War 2 fighter pilot. Craft, build, explore, and discover adventure. Alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 5.3%
- #42 Nighthold: Number 1
59% 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 43.7% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 5.1%
- #43 The Forest
60% 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 54.5% ★, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 8.2%, Open World 6.4%, Realistic 3.4%
- #44 Deadside
58% matchMostly Positive76% of 39,995 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 10%, Realistic 6.8%
- #45 Bromeliad
61% 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 43.5% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 11.4%, Realistic 8.1%
- #46 Breathedge
60% matchVery Positive82% of 16,019 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 45.3% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 8%, Atmospheric 5%
- #47 Far Fetched
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KiwiPastaPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the hazy and cold world of Far Fetched, where dangers lurk in the fog and only the glittering embers of the Traveling Node can keep you safe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 5.1%, Exploration 4.7%
- #48 UNKNOWN REGION
61% matchMixed47% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: SYDNEY GAMES
Windows
You are one of the chosen survivors to set up your life in UNKNOWN REGION. Life has forever changed after an unknown virus has wiped out humanity. Navigate through the region to discover mutated humans and creatures. You will be challenged to test your survival skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8%
- #49 Sunkenland
59% matchVery Positive81% of 22,978 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Crafting 7.7%
- #50 Echoes Below
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Echo Division
Windows
Echoes Below is a tactical first-person shooter set in an unforgiving open-world survival environment. Build and fortify your base, craft essential gear, and recruit companions to fight alongside you. Explore a hostile archipelago, hunt for resources and engage in intense firefights.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Realistic 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 8.1%
- #51 Lysward
60% 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 52.1% ★, Survival 17.6%, Crafting 6.8%, Exploration 6.5%, First-Person 4.3%
- #52 Dandelion Void
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manzanita Interactive
Windows
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 8.9%, Realistic 8.4%
- #53 Whisper of the Swallows
57% 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 40% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 6.5%
- #54 Tales of Morrow
60% matchMixed47% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: GameMechanic
Windows
Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 8.1%, Exploration 6.4%
- #55 WILDLANDS
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsen Games
Windows
Dive into a unique adventure that will put you against a world ruled by natural forces! Explore, craft, battle predators, tame animals, build homes, harvest crops & so much more. Gather your friends, grab a weapon, and head out to conquer the WILDLANDS!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Survival 13.4%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 7%, Open World 6.2%
- #56 Starsand
60% matchMixed66% of 1,226 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Base Building 13%, Survival 10.2%, Realistic 10%, Crafting 8.7%
- #57 INCUR Survival
59% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Realistic 7%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #58 Project Canopy
59% 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 43.1% ★, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Exploration 7%, Open World 6.7%
- #59 Dead Earth Zombies
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kilted Games
Windows
Dead Earth is an open world survival game, choose what you want to do in this world, build a small base, hunt for food, survive and explore the open world, play the game your way, ohh... and try to stay off the menu.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 14.2%, Survival Horror 6.2%
- #60 Nightingale
58% 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 40.1% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 6.2%