- #1 ASTRONEER
92% matchVery Positive92% of 136,550 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Space 11%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 6%
- #2 No Man's Sky
91% matchVery Positive85% of 401,689 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Space 12.7%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 7.8%, Space Sim 5.8% ★
- #3 Subnautica
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 343,340 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Horror 9.3%, Open World 8.3%, Base Building 5.9%
- #4 Stranded Deep
89% 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 50.1% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Crafting 6.1%
- #5 Subnautica: Below Zero
89% matchVery Positive90% of 102,203 reviews2021
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Survival 10.8%, Horror 8.1%, Open World 8%, Base Building 6%
- #6 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,064 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Space 10%, Space Sim 9.6% ★, Survival 8.8%, Open World 7.5%
- #7 Breathedge
89% 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 39.8% ★, Space 12.2%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 6.7%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #8 GRAV
90% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 11.9%, Open World 9.1%, Space 7%, Base Building 6.8%
- #9 ICARUS
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 61,628 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 7.3%, Open World 7.3%, Space 6.2%
- #10 The Planet Crafter
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,071 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 9.1%, Space 8.7%, Base Building 7.3%, Open World 6.9%
- #11 ARK: Survival Evolved
88% matchVery Positive83% of 762,696 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Survival 12.6%, Open World 8.5%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Building 5.9%
- #12 Subsistence
88% 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 47.6% ★, Survival 13%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #13 Planet Explorers
88% 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 46.6% ★, Open World 10.7%, Survival 8.9%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 5.8%
- #14 The Forest
87% 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 49.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Horror 9.3%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 5.3%
- #15 Green Hell
85% 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 47% ★, Survival 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Open World 7.3%, Crafting 5.6%
- #16 Force of Nature
86% 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 46.4% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 7.9%, Building 5.8%
- #17 Grounded
84% matchVery Positive90% of 92,775 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 8%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Open World 6.7%
- #18 Fragmented
86% 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 49.5% ★, Survival 13%, Open World 7.8%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Crafting 4.6%
- #19 Raft
83% 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 43.2% ★, Survival 15.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Open World 6.4%, Co-op 6.2%
- #20 Conan Exiles
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,387 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 12.3%, Building 8.8%, Crafting 7.2%
- #21 Nightingale
84% 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 39.3% ★, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.3%, Building 7.4%, Base Building 6.8%
- #22 Starbound
84% matchVery Positive90% of 122,884 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Space 8.8%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.1%, Open World 6.1%
- #23 Out of Reach
85% 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 46.2% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 6.4%, Building 5.7%
- #24 Cubic Odyssey
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,479 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Base Building 7.8%, Space 7.3%, Building 7.3%, Open World 7.1%
- #25 The Long Dark
83% 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 56.7% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 10%, Crafting 4.2%, Sandbox 3.1%
- #26 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
82% matchVery Positive91% of 7,147 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Open World 8%, Base Building 7.5%, Survival 7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #27 The Wild Eight
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 7,155 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.1% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Crafting 5.4%
- #28 Edge of Space
84% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Space 8.5%, Sandbox 8.1%, Survival 6.5%, Crafting 5.5%
- #29 Life is Feudal: Your Own
83% matchMixed66% of 12,035 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 7.7%, Building 7.3%
- #30 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
81% matchVery Positive82% of 9,613 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Survival 11.1%, Open World 8.2%, Base Building 7.6%, Building 7%
- #31 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
81% matchVery Positive81% of 23,832 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 10.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Building 6.5%
- #32 Dig or Die
82% 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 46% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 7.7%, Sandbox 7.7%, Open World 7%
- #33 Miscreated
82% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.4% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Crafting 4.6%
- #34 Outpost Zero
82% 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 43.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Base Building 6.8%
- #35 TerraTech Worlds
81% matchMixed63% of 2,167 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8%, Base Building 7.8%, Building 6.9%
- #36 Hurtworld
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 7.4%, Building 7.4%
- #37 Wurm Unlimited
82% 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 42.3% ★, Open World 10.6%, Survival 9.8%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #38 Voidtrain
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,131 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Survival 9.4%, Open World 7.1%, Base Building 6.2%, Co-op 5.7%
- #39 Craftopia
81% 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 36.8% ★, Open World 14.9%, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #40 Reign Of Kings
81% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Survival 13.1%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 7.6%, Building 7.5%
- #41 Crea
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,405 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.2 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 52.9% ★, Survival 9.1%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 5.1%
- #42 Volcanoids
79% matchVery Positive83% of 9,208 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 10.2%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 6.9%, Base Building 6.5%
- #43 Forever Skies
77% 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 33.7% ★, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.9%, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 7%
- #44 Eden Crafters
76% matchVery Positive87% of 2,201 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Survival 8.4%, Open World 8.1%, Space 8%, Base Building 8%
- #45 Fade to Silence
79% matchMixed63% of 1,317 reviews2019
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.7% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 9%, Crafting 6%, Base Building 5.2%
- #46 Mist Survival
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,035 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Survival 18.8%, Open World 11.7%, Base Building 7%, Crafting 5.3%
- #47 CastleMiner Z
77% matchVery Positive81% of 11,087 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #48 Novus Inceptio
77% 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 41.4% ★, Survival 11.7%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 7.3%, Base Building 7.3%
- #49 Astrometica
74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,961 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Space Sim 15.9% ★, Survival 12.4%, Space 11.5%, Open World 10.6%
- #50 The Infected
75% 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 37.1% ★, Survival 10.1%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 8.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #51 Sunkenland
74% 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 46.6% ★, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 7.3%, Co-op 7%, Open World 6.8%
- #52 TerraTech
74% matchVery Positive91% of 24,441 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Building 11.9%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Survival 8.2%
- #53 Dune: Awakening
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,162 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.8 hrsMean: 95.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.9%, Base Building 7.7%, Building 7.5%
- #54 StarRupture
71% matchVery Positive81% of 10,595 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 10.7%, Open World 9%, Base Building 8.3%, Crafting 6.8%
- #55 Salt
74% 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 47.9% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12%, Crafting 7.2%, Sandbox 5.4%