- #1 Animallica
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 6.9%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core theme of protecting and interacting with animals in a vast, open-world survival setting.
- #2 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
96% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 38.6% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 9.2%, Third Person 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a nature-focused survival experience where you explore a massive world from a unique perspective.
- #3 Force of Nature
96% 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 45.9% ★, Crafting 17.5%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 8.3%, Exploration 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct match for the survival and crafting loop found in the seed game, set in a procedurally generated world.
- #4 Solace Crafting
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 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 39.8% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 9.9%, RPG 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and deep crafting systems within a massive, seamless open world.
- #5 LOST EMBER
94% matchVery Positive88% of 5,159 reviews2019
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: Dog 29.8% ★, Nature 22.9%, Third Person 17.7%, Exploration 14.1%, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric exploration and the ability to inhabit different animals to traverse the environment.
- #6 Grounded
94% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 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 43.5% ★, Survival 22%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 8.2%, Exploration 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at blending survival and crafting mechanics within a vibrant, nature-heavy environment.
- #7 Tchia
93% matchVery Positive88% of 820 reviews2024
Dev: AwacebPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A Tropical Open-World adventure. Climb, glide, swim, and sail your boat around a beautiful archipelago in this physics-driven sandbox. Take control of any animal or object you can find, and Jam on your fully playable Ukulele.
Why similar: Open World 37.6%, Third Person 25.5%, Exploration 19.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: The game features a beautiful open world with unique mechanics for interacting with and possessing various animals.
- #8 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,316 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.4%, Nature 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique survival and exploration experience centered on the evolution and interaction with a prehistoric wilderness.
- #9 Shelter 2
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,275 reviews2015
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.
Why similar: Survival 38.2%, Nature 27.5%, Exploration 14.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a poignant survival experience centered entirely on the life and protection of animals in the wild.
- #10 Stray Blade
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 515 reviews2023
Dev: Point Blank GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.4%, Hack and Slash 23.1%, Action RPG 10.9%, Third Person 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar action-adventure feel with a focus on exploration and combat intensity.
- #11 Endling - Extinction is Forever
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,246 reviews2022
Dev: Herobeat StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.
Why similar: Survival 37.8%, Nature 27.1%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused adventure that highlights the struggle of animals in a changing, often hostile environment.
- #12 Alchemist Adventure
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: Bad MinionsPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a world full of adventure in this action RPG that tells the story of Mya, a powerful alchemist who travels across the dangerous lands of mythical Isur trying to recall the lost memories of her past.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 17.6%, Medieval 15.1%, Action RPG 14.1%, Open World 12.6%, Third Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends action-adventure with exploration and crafting, mirroring the quest-heavy structure of the seed game.
- #13 Mirthwood
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Medieval 10.8%, Survival 10.6%, Action RPG 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This RPG combines survival and farming elements with a medieval open-world setting.
- #14 Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
88% matchMixed66% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: Blackburne Games Yazılım A.Ş.
Windows
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Why similar: Souls-like 28%, Action RPG 17.3%, Nature 12.7%, Third Person 11.2%, RPG 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A combat-heavy action RPG that focuses on nature-themed enemies and exploration.
- #15 Valheim
86% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 45.5% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 10.5%, Third Person 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more combat-focused, it offers a premier survival and crafting experience in a vast, exploration-driven world.
- #16 The Wild Eight
87% 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 50.4% ★, Survival 20.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.1%, Adventure 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that requires exploration and crafting to survive in a harsh, unforgiving landscape.
- #17 Trail of Ayash
86% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Nowsky
Windows
Trail of Ayash is an innovative and exciting open world game focused on the indigenous people, their struggles. Our world is a unique version of the lands dominated by the myths and legends of Its Inhabitants. Various tribes interact with one another, engaging in diplomacy, war, and expansion.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.7%, Action RPG 10.6%, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that focuses on exploration and survival within a unique cultural setting.
- #18 Of Ash and Steel
84% matchMixed64% of 6,121 reviews2025
Dev: Fire & FrostPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Medieval 20.9%, Action RPG 20.8%, Crafting 17.6%, RPG 9.7%, Open World 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic action-RPG experience with a focus on exploration and combat in a medieval world.
- #19 Ankora: Lost Days
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2022
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Discover the wild planet Ankora and explore freely around this mysterious world full of promise and danger. Craft different tools, build structures and terraform yourself a new home in this cute-as-heck survival game.
Why similar: Crafting 23.5%, Nature 22.9%, Survival 21.4%, Exploration 12%, RPG 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, nature-focused adventure that emphasizes exploration and survival in an alien world.
- #20 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
84% matchMixed53% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
⛏️ Survival crafting adventure 💎 🌌 Through magical portals 🌀 👹 Into fantasy worlds 🏰 ⚡ Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety 💨 ⏳ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel 🕰️
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Souls-like 14.4%, Survival 12%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a mix of crafting and adventure across different time periods, similar to the progression in Animal Rescuer.
- #21 Raft
81% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 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 51.8% ★, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 14.6%, Open World 8.2%, Adventure 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential survival and crafting game that focuses on exploration and resource gathering in an open environment.
- #22 Bound By Blades
83% matchVery Positive83% of 149 reviews2022
Dev: ZethPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Bound By Blades is an Indie Action-RPG with a focus on intense boss battles. Experience the thrill of Boss Rushes with the wholesomeness of a cozy Indie RPG as you confront ferocious foes, collect loot, and craft epic gear to fortify yourself for the challenges ahead, solo or in 2 player co-op!
Why similar: Action RPG 26.4%, Hack and Slash 19.4%, RPG 15.7%, Cats 11.6%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features action-oriented combat and adventure elements that feel similar to the hack-and-slash aspects of the seed.
- #23 Last Whisper
82% matchMixed66% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: 12Studio
Windows
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Survival 15.8%, Cats 11%, Third Person 9.4%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival and action-adventure elements in a third-person perspective.
- #24 Cat Gets Medieval
82% matchVery Positive94% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: LetMeowt Games LLC
Windows
Explore an amazing fantasy world as a magical cat! Team up with your cat crew, climb castle walls, blast magic, and hunt the six lost crown pieces to save the kingdom.
Why similar: Cats 27.3%, Action RPG 22.2%, Open World 19.5%, Third Person 10.4%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a lighthearted action-adventure experience with a focus on exploration and animal-themed gameplay.
- #25 Don't Starve
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 26%, Crafting 16%, Open World 5.5%, Adventure 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a challenging survival experience with a distinct art style and deep crafting mechanics.
- #26 Green Hell
80% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 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 51.6% ★, Survival 18.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 8.4%, Exploration 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that emphasizes the dangers of exploring a dense, nature-filled environment.
- #27 Conan Exiles
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 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 39.2% ★, Survival 21%, Crafting 15.4%, Open World 13.3%, RPG 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive open world with extensive survival, crafting, and base-building mechanics.
- #28 Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Shed of Ideas
Windows
Action RPG with survival elements. Manage resources and bond with NPCs to unlock crafting and gain allies who may become playable. Use them to solve puzzles and battle together. Survive the frozen wilds and uncover the truth behind your exile.
Why similar: Crafting 15.2%, Souls-like 14.1%, Survival 13.5%, Hack and Slash 13.1%, Action RPG 12.1%
- #29 Len's Island
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 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 41.2% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 13.8%, Nature 9.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #30 Re.poly
78% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12%, Action RPG 9.1%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration in an open environment.
- #31 INCUR Survival
77% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 9%, Third Person 6.1%
- #32 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 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 38.8% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 11.1%, RPG 6.2%
- #33 Animal Rescuer: Prologue
78% matchMixed68% of 143 reviews2020
Dev: Turquoise Revival Games
Windows
Animal Rescuer: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Animal Rescuer, featuring the initial part of the story. Our hero is helping lovely animals through exploring an epic world with faster gameplay and increased quest and combat intensity.
Why similar: Souls-like 13.5%, Hack and Slash 12.2%, Dog 10.7% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Action RPG 7.6%
- #34 ENDALOR
74% matchMixed68% of 79 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 35.1% ★, Souls-like 12.4%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Medieval 8.6%
- #35 Cat Simulator : Animals on Farm
75% matchVery Positive96% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Avelog Games
Windows
Sneak up on your enemies, help Farmer, Goat and Piggy, and start a family!
Why similar: Survival 24.5%, Nature 22.3%, Open World 19.9%, Third Person 16.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #36 Tavern Crawl
75% matchMixed64% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Sewer Rat Studios
Windows · Mac
Tavern Crawl is an alcohol-fueled adventure starring Fish, a young mouse on a quest to save his kingdom’s supply of booze from a gang of thieving rats through combat and crafting cocktails.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 19.4%, Crafting 18.4%, Action RPG 14.5%, Swordplay 12.5% ★, Nature 10.4%
- #37 Adventure Forest: Rabbit Story
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Yusuf Islam SeyhanPub: Inspector Studios
Windows
Embark on a fascinating open-world adventure in Adventure Forest: Rabbit Story! Filled with realistic rabbits, this game offers unforgettable moments full of exploration, customization and survival. Solve the mysteries of the forest with your hero rabbit and embark on an adventure!
Why similar: Survival 18.6%, Action RPG 17.8%, Nature 11%, RPG 10.6%, Exploration 7.7%
- #38 Cat Quest III
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,852 reviews2024
Dev: The GentlebrosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In Cat Quest III you play as a purrivateer in a freely explorable 2.5D open-world swarming with Pi-rats. You can sail the seas in your ship for treasures galore! But prepare for peril, as the Pirate King aims to hunt you down...
Why similar: Cats 28.2%, Action RPG 23.8%, Open World 19%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #39 Manzaka
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Ager Games
Windows
In Manzaka, a paradise for animals, souls arrive to rest and challenge themselves. Here, they face trials of courage and wisdom to earn rebirth as better creatures. Guided by Manzaka’s guardians, animals grow together, aiming to reincarnate with newfound strength and compassion for the world.
Why similar: Dog 27% ★, Hack and Slash 21%, Action RPG 18.6%, Third Person 9.8%, Crafting 9.4%
- #40 Eydigard
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Frostisen Studio
Windows
Eydigard is a third-person co-op action RPG where players shapeshift into animals to fight, explore, and reclaim cursed farms in plague-ridden 1500s Norway. Inspired by Norwegian and Sámi folktales, it blends historical fantasy with challenging boss fights and a grounded, story-rich world.
Why similar: Souls-like 18.3%, Crafting 17.5%, Action RPG 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11.5%
- #41 Palworld
69% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 43.2% ★, Survival 17.4%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.9%, RPG 2.7%
- #42 SwooshCat
70% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: PixelForestStudio
Windows
SwooshCat is a vibrant precision-platformer adventure. Leap, dash, slash, stab, roll, and ricochet your way through a charming pixel world as you help a brave little cat 🐾 explore and battle!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 20.1%, Souls-like 19.1%, Action RPG 17.4%, Cats 14.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #43 Path of Redemption
73% matchVery Positive84% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Headbang Studio
Windows
A challenging Souls-Like ARPG that you need to fight your way to survive the deadly enemies and enviroments.
Why similar: Souls-like 16.1%, Swordplay 15.4% ★, Hack and Slash 12.4%, Action RPG 9.5%, Open World 8.7%
- #44 Decay of Logos
74% matchMixed53% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: Amplify Creations
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Immerse yourself in the world of Decay Of Logos and unravel its mysteries. Explore old dungeons, battle unforgiving foes and journey through a vibrant interconnected fantasy realm with your mystical elk companion.
Why similar: Souls-like 21.8%, Hack and Slash 13.9%, Action RPG 13.7%, Open World 11%, Third Person 9.3%
- #45 HAINYA WORLD
71% matchVery Positive82% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: NETWORKGO
Windows
You are an adventurer, you need to explore this continent, make good use of the resources of this continent to arm yourself, explore this world full of monsters and unknown things and survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 14.6%, Action RPG 8.8%, Exploration 6.1%
- #46 No Place Like Home
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,046 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Crafting 28%, Dog 18.4% ★, Nature 14.1%, Open World 10.5%, RPG 10.4%
- #47 Towers of Aghasba
70% matchMixed69% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Action RPG 17.4%, Open World 14%, Nature 11.4%, Third Person 9.6%
- #48 Creatures of Ava
69% matchVery Positive87% of 469 reviews2024
Dev: Inverge StudiosPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Let your empathy guide you as you play an exciting action-adventure, creature-saver game. Understand and tame the creatures of Ava and let them lead you through a variety of ecosystems – all in the hopes of saving the planet from a life-consuming infection.
Why similar: Crafting 47.1%, Exploration 18%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Action 9.2%, Adventure 9%
- #49 CrossWorlds: Escape
73% matchMixed64% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 9.6%, Nature 9%
- #50 LOST EMBER: Rekindled Edition
68% matchVery Positive81% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Explore the acclaimed animal adventure in never before seen beauty! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: Dog 35.8% ★, Nature 22.5%, Third Person 17.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #51 Cervus Blade
68% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Team BladePub: USC Games
Windows
Cervus Blade is an enchanting third-person action adventure game that takes players on an epic journey through a deer-worship desert world. Engage in high-octane combat, testing your skills in challenging encounters, unleash the power of the Blade and become a legend in this captivating adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 62%, Action RPG 17.9%, Action 10.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #52 The Swordsmen X: Survival
71% matchMostly Negative27% of 573 reviews2023
Dev: 上海润梦网络科技有限公司
Windows
A martial art open world adventure game that combines survival and crafting. Developed with UE4, it creates a vivid world of 256 square kilometers. Cultivate yourself by collecting, crafting, exploring and other methods. Confront complex natural environment and challenges from other warriors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 9.5%, Action RPG 9.2%, Crafting 7.8%
- #53 Creature Keeper
67% matchMixed69% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Fervir GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Creature Keeper is an action-adventure RPG where you Befriend Creatures and fight alongside them in real time. Explore a mysterious world and uncover the truth behind a strange sickness spreading across the land. Power up your team, fill out your Bestiary, and embark on your journey of destiny!
Why similar: Crafting 23.4%, Action RPG 19.1%, Survival 18.5%, Exploration 9.7%, RPG 8.4%
- #54 Pathless Woods
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 31.2%, Survival 25.6%, Open World 20.6%, Exploration 8.5%, RPG 7.5%
- #55 Sands of Aura
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 814 reviews2023
Dev: Chashu EntertainmentPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.
Why similar: Souls-like 23.1%, Action RPG 16.7%, Hack and Slash 13.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Open World 8.6%
- #56 Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
66% matchVery Positive88% of 2,348 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.
Why similar: Indie 49.2%, Action 31.5%, Singleplayer 9.9%, Adventure 9.4%
- #57 Wildmender
65% matchVery Positive85% of 2,104 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.1%, Third Person 11.5%, Nature 9.1%
- #58 FADE
68% matchMixed64% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Knight by Night
Windows
FADE is a classic Third person Action RPG. Travel to the land of Baltane and stop a twisted cult from finishing a ancient and twisted ritual. Face powerful bosses, collect loot, and fight horrific beings. Solo developed.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.2%, Swordplay 16.5% ★, Hack and Slash 16.4%, Action RPG 10.9%, Open World 10.7%
- #59 Wilderness
69% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Horizon Studios
Windows
Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 8%, Third Person 7.3%