- #1 2D?!
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8%, Building 7.2%
- #2 Terraria
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,534,723 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.6 hrsMean: 150.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 7.9%, Building 7%
- #3 Tinkerlands
96% 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 28.4% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Survival 8.3%, Crafting 7.6%, Online Co-Op 7.5%
- #4 Necesse
95% 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 36.3% ★, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 7.5%, Survival 7.1%, Open World 6.1%
- #5 Infinilands
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyCreature
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infinilands is a pixel art sandbox survival game that lets you explore and modify a procedurally generated world full of unique plants, creatures and ruins. You can build houses and fight monsters with your friends in online/split-screen co-op. This game also supports dedicated server.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 9.2%, Survival 8.3%
- #6 Starbound
94% matchVery Positive90% of 123,064 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.3 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 36.1% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 7.4%, Survival 7.3%, Online Co-Op 5.7%
- #7 Until North Ends
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Hex
Windows
Explore a fantasy themed open world. Together with your friends or alone build your safe haven to craft gear, prepare equipment, refine resources to go on a journey. Visit different biomes, fight enemies, gather resources, plunder dungeons or caves and obtain loot!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 7.5%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #8 Feel The Snow
92% 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 34.2% ★, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #9 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,099 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 26.6% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11%, Open World 10.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #10 Aurendor
91% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #11 Shamania
89% 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 27.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 8.1%
- #12 Solace Crafting
90% 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 27.7% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 7.7%
- #13 Nighthold
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Sandbox 7.9%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival 7%, Building 6.7%
- #14 Junk Jack
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 473 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 10.2%, Building 8.1%
- #15 Planet Explorers
87% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 7.9%
- #16 Force of Nature
86% 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 37.9% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 7.2%
- #17 Rocksowers
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bemad
Windows · Linux
Co-op Survival Sandbox meets Bullet Hell. Explore the corrupted surface on a moving base, scavenge for resources and craft GAME-BREAKING weapons using many unique modules to defeat ever-stronger foes. Fight to reclaim what The Bloom took from humanity!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Co-op 7.1%
- #18 Miner Rogue
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voxelblade Studio
Windows
In a fully destructible world, gather resources, build, and craft items. Fight back with your friends against the corruption spreading across the land. But don't dig too deep, because you might end up in hell.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8.3%, Survival 8.2%
- #19 Crea
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,408 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 39.3% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 7.5%, Building 5.4%
- #20 Valheim
82% matchVery Positive94% of 536,933 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 77.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 8.1%
- #21 Wildsite
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vividdi Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Crash-landed on an unknown planet filled with plasma and toxic weather. Your only hope? Bob, a sarcastic-genius AI who will question your every survival decision. Explore, build your mobile base and try to avoid death alongside up to 3 friends in Co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 9.1%, Building 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8%
- #22 Raft
82% matchVery Positive93% of 374,777 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.5 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 35.6% ★, Survival 13.9%, Co-op 9%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #23 Fragmented
84% 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 42.1% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 7.1%, Sandbox 7%, Open World 6.8%
- #24 Gombo
81% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: Martin CochetPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, craft, fight, build and survive in a mysterious cartoon world, haunted by a mysterious infection! Take control of Gombo, an enchanted creature and dive into an adventure full of magic. Play alone or in online co-op with a friend. Can you uncover the dark secrets of this colorful realm?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #25 Core Keeper
80% matchVery Positive93% of 65,308 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.8%, Building 8.4%
- #26 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
79% matchVery Positive81% of 27,065 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Survival 9.8%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Co-op 7.9%
- #27 Planetaries
81% matchMixed58% of 226 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.5%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 8%
- #28 Undercraft
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PlayUndercraft
Windows
Create your world in this sandbox game where you can dig, build, explore, fight, and farm. Have a different experience in a day or night adventure. Explore a procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 9.9%, Building 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.9%
- #29 Nightingale
77% 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 30.6% ★, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #30 Wurm Unlimited
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,135 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 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 33.8% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 8.8%, Survival 8.6%
- #31 The Last Viking
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoBrain Studio
Windows
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: Open World Survival Craft 18.9% ★, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 9%, Open World 8.5%
- #32 Subsistence
77% 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 41.5% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Open World 7.1%
- #33 Green Hell
76% matchVery Positive85% of 99,313 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.5 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 38.5% ★, Survival 12.5%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Crafting 8.2%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
- #34 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
75% matchMixed59% of 460 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.1%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #35 SkyCraft
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ADIAN
Windows
Skycraft is an open-world survival game for 1-10 players, set in infinite procedurally-generated floating islands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #36 Dig or Die
74% matchVery Positive90% of 4,273 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 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 37.2% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 5.8%
- #37 Stranded Deep
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,623 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 21.0 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 42.9% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 7.2%
- #38 Cataclysm Upon Us
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Survival 9.9%, Building 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #39 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
71% 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 28.2% ★, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #40 The Overlap
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Back Pocket Games
Windows
The Overlap is a survival-cosmic-horror 2D sandbox. Explore procedurally generated wastelands, scavenge resources, craft, build, customize and upgrade your survivor, face eldritch horrors, survive the post-cataclysmic world alongside friends online and find out the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.7%, Building 8.4%
- #41 The Wild Eight
72% matchMixed68% of 8,097 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 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 39.5% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Co-op 7.5%
- #42 Blockscape
73% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.7% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 7.9%, Survival 7.2%, Building 7.1%
- #43 KYORA
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PugstormPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Linux
Delve into KYORA, a mystical multiplayer sandbox adventure, where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build or explode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 8.9%, Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%
- #44 Conan Exiles Enhanced
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 116,436 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 113.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 14.1%, Building 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.5%
- #45 Delverium
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Survival 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 7.7%
- #46 Divided Land
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mich
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a vast medieval open world. Explore, hunt, craft powerful gear, raid and plunder enemy villages, or forge your own path. As darkness falls, the dead awaken - prepare your defenses or seek shelter. Team up with allies in co-op PvE or face the wilderness alone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.9%, Building 8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #47 ARCANA
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Survival 12%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 7.4%
- #48 Vtopia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PanicACat Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Multiplayer co-op, sandbox, survival crafting and building, monster fighting, farming, socializing, mining, fishing, creation, gacha machines, card games — welcome to the VTOPIA.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.4%, Building 8.1%
- #49 Project Castaway
67% matchMixed66% of 1,785 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Sandbox 9.4%, Survival 8.9%, Co-op 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #50 Deepbound
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KanKan Studios
Windows
Dig, craft, build, and survive in a procedurally generated 2D world. Explore diverse biomes, unearth rare resources in deep caves, craft powerful gear, and face dark bosses — solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Co-op 7.6%
- #51 Grounded 2
66% matchVery Positive81% of 22,174 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Co-op 9.2%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #52 SpiritBorn
68% 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 36.9% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 11%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #53 Edge of Space
70% 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 43.2% ★, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 8.7%, Survival 6.4%, Building 4.3%
- #54 Sandustry
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.6%, Building 9.2%
- #55 Rust
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,378,603 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 424.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 8.7%, Building 8.4%
- #56 Reign Of Kings
69% 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 36.3% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #57 ENDALOR
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8%, Online Co-Op 8%, Building 7.8%