- #1 Citadel: Forged with Fire
97% matchMixed68% of 5,891 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.2%
- #2 Dark and Light
96% matchMixed52% of 11,821 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Open World 18%, Sandbox 17.5%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 7.2%
- #3 Radiation Island
96% matchVery Positive81% of 632 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.4% ★, Survival 16.1%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%, Action 3.6%
- #4 Force of Nature
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,205 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 49.6% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 9.1%
- #5 Realms of Magic
94% matchVery Positive81% of 994 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59.4% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 6.4%, Survival 5.2%
- #6 Astral Terra
94% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
- #7 Novus Inceptio
93% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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 45.3% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11%
- #8 Alchemage
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 310 reviews2020
Dev: 量子艺界(QUANTUM ARTS)
Windows
Begin your otherworldly life from scratch—with nothing but a single magic staff in hand. Shape the world with your own hands, build the home you love, or unleash the powers of alchemy and magic to battle relentless monsters from beyond.Set forth, Warlock!
Why similar: Sandbox 55.1%, Action 24.5%, Indie 20.4%
- #9 Solace Crafting
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 894 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.4%
- #10 Re.poly
89% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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 42.1% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.8%
- #11 GRAV
90% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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 51.4% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%
- #12 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,188 reviews2020
Dev: Kindred Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Crafting 34.2%, Open World 30.9%, Magic 24.9%, Fantasy 10%
- #13 Necesse
86% matchVery Positive93% of 27,498 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.9% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 8.3%
- #14 Len's Island
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,790 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 11%
- #15 Ars Notoria
88% matchMixed62% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10%
- #16 Shamania
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11.3%
- #17 Nightingale
84% matchMixed66% of 17,987 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 52.7% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 13%, Action 2.2%
- #18 Boundless
84% matchMixed69% of 2,770 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 7%
- #19 Tinkerlands
80% matchVery Positive86% of 3,973 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.6%
- #20 Planet Explorers
83% 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 49.7% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 8.1%
- #21 Scrap Mechanic
81% matchVery Positive92% of 117,933 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Crafting 27.5%, Sandbox 26.6%, Open World 21.1%, Survival 19.3%, Action 3.2%
- #22 Starsand
81% matchMixed66% of 1,246 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 47.8% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Survival 11.7%
- #23 Life is Feudal: Your Own
82% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.0 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 48.3% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 10.5%
- #24 Witchspire
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,706 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.2% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Open World 13.5%, Magic 8.8%, Fantasy 4.7%
- #25 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,342 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 13.8%, Survival 11.8%
- #26 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive81% of 3,601 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Crafting 30%, Sandbox 26.3%, Open World 23.1%, Survival 20.6%
- #27 Feel The Snow
78% matchVery Positive87% of 3,053 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.8% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 8.2%
- #28 Ylands
79% matchMixed64% of 8,418 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 62.6% ★, Crafting 22.6%, Open World 14.8%
- #29 Angeldust
78% matchMixed64% of 1,433 reviews2019
Dev: Frank LucasPub: Metagaming B.V.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
ADVENTURE. ANYWHERE! Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures alongside millions of friends. Ride your own horse, bear or moa and discover the many game world wonders. Unleash your imagination by crafting beautiful buildings.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.4%, Open World 32.4%, Action 15%, Indie 12.3%, Fantasy 5.8%
- #30 Creativerse
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Crafting 15.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.5%
- #31 Alchemy Factory
73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,411 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Sandbox 50.1%, Crafting 48.5%, Indie 1.4%
- #32 Omega Crafter
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 570 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #33 Dune: Awakening
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 77,257 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.8 hrsMean: 99.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 12%, Survival 11%
- #34 ASTRONEER
73% matchVery Positive92% of 138,510 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 50.2% ★, Open World 13.7%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 10.9%
- #35 Palworld
71% matchVery Positive94% of 425,619 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.3 hrsMean: 71.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Open World 16%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #36 Rising World
75% matchVery Positive86% of 5,920 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.9% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 11.6%, Indie 2.5%
- #37 StarsOne
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: IllusoryWorldEntertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.
Why similar: Sandbox 40%, Survival 39.5%, Action 11.4%, Indie 9.1%
- #38 Dawn of Defiance
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,820 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Open World 10.4%
- #39 Alchemist Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Become the mystical alchemist, choose your contracts wisely as they will shape the world around you, discover the long forgotten magical recipes, upgrade your lab and become the most powerful alchemist of all times.
Why similar: Crafting 45.2%, Survival 25.6%, Magic 20.7%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #40 Subsistence
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,723 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 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 54.6% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 9.9%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #41 Elsewhere
71% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Crafting 27.3%, Sandbox 25.2%, Survival 18%, Open World 17.6%, Magic 11.8%
- #42 The Last Alchemist
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.
Why similar: Crafting 80.3%, Fantasy 19.7%
- #43 TerraTech
70% matchVery Positive91% of 24,767 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 32.8 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 44.7% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 7.6%
- #44 Enshrouded
67% matchVery Positive86% of 103,247 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 27.9%, Crafting 25.2%, Survival 22.8%, Sandbox 15.1%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #45 CHKN
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,746 reviews2016
Dev: Katapult
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 13%, Survival 11.8%
- #46 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
68% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 46.8% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Open World 11.5%
- #47 Whisper of the Swallows
67% matchVery Positive85% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.1%
- #48 KeepUp Survival
69% matchMixed64% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 11.7%
- #49 Savage Lands
69% matchMixed54% of 6,686 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.8% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #50 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51% ★, Crafting 19.7%, Open World 14.9%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 3.7%
- #51 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 244 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.5% ★, Crafting 20.5%, Survival 13.1%, Fantasy 4.9%, Action 3%
- #52 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
70% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.5% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 8.4%, Sandbox 3.6%
- #53 Signs of Life
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 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 51.9% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 5.8%
- #54 Wild Omission
67% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Crafting 16.6%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.5%
- #55 Renown
66% matchMixed59% of 1,570 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 11.2%
- #56 Cube Life: Island Survival
69% 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 56.2% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 11%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 8.5%
- #57 TerraTech Worlds
66% matchMixed63% of 2,256 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 46.4% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 10.8%