Games Like Scrap Mechanic

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 16.8%, Open World 14.7%, Building 12%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11.4%

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Open World 17%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12.7%

The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

Why similar: Building 21.3%, Sandbox 20%, Crafting 17.1%, Survival 13.4%, Multiplayer 13%

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

Why similar: Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 12%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.4%

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Survival 22.2%, Crafting 17.3%, Building 14.8%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!

Why similar: Building 24.1%, Sandbox 16.7%, Physics 12.5%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 10.4%

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Base Building 16.3%, Building 16%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 11.4%

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: Crafting 19.8%, Open World 18.9%, Survival 15.1%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 12%

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: Survival 19.2%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Co-op 10%

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

Why similar: Building 24.1%, Sandbox 17%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Multiplayer 9%

Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?

Why similar: Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 14.1%, Building 13.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Building 15.9%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 9.5%

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Survival 19.1%, Open World 16.4%, Crafting 14%, Building 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 10.5%, Physics 10.5%

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Open World 14.6%, Survival 14.2%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 11%

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Crafting 13.5%, Building 13%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 10.5%

Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Building 19.1%, Crafting 18.1%, Open World 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.6%

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Survival 14.8%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Open World 10.6%

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: Building 17.3%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 13.1%, Base Building 10.8%

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: Sandbox 18.5%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 16.7%, Building 10.6%, Open World 10.1%

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Survival 20.7%, Crafting 14.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Multiplayer 13%, Co-op 10.5%

TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

Why similar: Building 16.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Open World 11.4%

Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.

Why similar: Building 17.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12.8%

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

Why similar: Sandbox 19%, Building 18.3%, Physics 12.5%, Moddable 11.5% ★, Multiplayer 9.5%

Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.

Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Building 17.1%, Crafting 15.7%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

Why similar: Building 19.9%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 10.5%

Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

Why similar: Crafting 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 12%

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: Survival 18%, Crafting 16.9%, Building 14.3%, Open World 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Building 16%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%

A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

Why similar: Building 16.4%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.9%

Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!

Why similar: Building 17.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 12.4%, Co-op 9.4%

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Building 19.3%, Survival 16%, Base Building 15.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 10.3%

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%

Blockland is a non-linear sandbox game with no set goals, giving players the freedom to design and construct elaborate structures. Styled as a tiny minifigure, players build inside of the virtual world using bricks reminiscent of toy blocks.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Building 23.2%, Open World 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Moddable 9.1% ★

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: Survival 18.6%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 11.5%, Base Building 8.6%

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Building 16.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.7%

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Building 17.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 11.3%

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: Survival 16.1%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 14%, Open World 13.8%, Sandbox 12.5%

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: Sandbox 22.2%, Open World 17.4%, Building 14.1%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.5%

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: Survival 18%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 15.3%, Open World 14.7%, Multiplayer 10%

'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

Why similar: Building 15.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 10.7%

Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!

Why similar: Survival 18.8%, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 10.7%

Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

Why similar: Building 22.6%, Sandbox 18.4%, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.

Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Open World 17.4%, Building 17.1%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 12.3%

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: Building 15.9%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 13.4%, Base Building 13.3%

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Survival 28%, Open World 23%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 8.1%

Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

Why similar: Building 17.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 12.4%, Base Building 12.2%

Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!

Why similar: Building 24%, Sandbox 21.9%, Open World 15.9%, Physics 14.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: Base Building 19.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.4%

Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

Why similar: Building 17.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 12.1%

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Building 15.9%, Open World 14%, Crafting 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Play as a young viking, learn to survive and fight in the wilderness. To fulfill your destiny, explore an island alone or in cooperation with friends, build structures, confront Norse gods and mythological creatures. Will you be the last Viking?

Why similar: Building 15.1%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Open World 22.3%, Building 20%, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Physics 23.3%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Co-op 12%, Online Co-Op 7%

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

Why similar: Physics 20.1%, Sandbox 19.8%, Open World 17%, Moddable 13% ★, Multiplayer 10.8%

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Sandbox 20.4%, Physics 18%, Open World 17.5%, Co-op 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.6%

Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!

Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Open World 18.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Physics 11.9%, Co-op 11.1%

On a mission to explore a secret island discovered by the military, your plane crashes, leaving you as the sole survivor. Now, on the Island of the Condemned, your only concern is to survive and escape at any cost.

Why similar: Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.9%, Survival 10.9%