- #1 Nightingale
97% matchMixed67% of 17,932 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 31.2% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 10%, Survival 9.8%
- #2 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 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: Base Building 18.6%, Open World 15.2%, Survival 14%, Crafting 13%, Building 9.5%
- #3 Citadel: Forged with Fire
96% matchMixed68% of 5,884 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 30.4% ★, Open World 12.6%, Magic 12%, Survival 9.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #4 Reign Of Kings
95% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 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 37.4% ★, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 10.4%, Building 10.4%
- #5 Force of Nature
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 34.8% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 7.5%
- #6 Dark and Light
94% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 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 22% ★, Open World 15%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Magic 9.8%
- #7 Solace Crafting
93% 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 26.7% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #8 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
91% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 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 27.2% ★, Open World 9.3%, Survival 8.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%
- #9 Frozen Flame
92% matchMixed63% of 2,975 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #10 Soulmask
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Base Building 13%, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 9.2%
- #11 Alchemist's Awakening
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 497 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10%
- #12 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
90% matchVery Positive80% of 2,332 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 18% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 8.6%
- #13 Shamania
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
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 28% ★, Crafting 12%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #14 ASKA
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Survival 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%
- #15 ENDALOR
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 239 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 30.2% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 8.6%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 8.3%
- #16 Necesse
86% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 38.1% ★, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 8.6%, Base Building 8%, Open World 7.7%
- #17 StarRupture
83% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 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 28.5% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 9.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #18 Novus Inceptio
86% 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 26.3% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8.1%
- #19 Realms of Magic
84% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 51.3% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 9.6%, RPG 8.5%, Crafting 6%
- #20 CrossWorlds: Escape
85% matchMixed64% of 158 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 26% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8%
- #21 Tinkerlands
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 33.2% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 8.9%
- #22 Whisper of the Swallows
81% matchVery Positive86% of 163 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 27% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 8.9%
- #23 Carth
82% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Deidre Reay Studios LLC
Windows
Carth is a survival rpg set in a ravaged open world. You will need to explore, build, and fight to thrive. Gain extraordinary skills as you take on an incredible evil. Join together or go at it alone as you attempt to survive Carth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.3%
- #24 Dawn of Defiance
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,797 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.7 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 33.3% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 7.6%
- #25 Astral Terra
84% 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 34.2% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Building 8.5%
- #26 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,580 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.7%
- #27 Bellwright
79% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Crafting 18.6%, Open World 17.4%, Building 14.5%, Co-op 9.7%
- #28 Urge
80% matchVery Positive90% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 9.2%
- #29 Len's Island
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.8% ★, Building 11.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #30 Project Cobalt
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 10.2%
- #31 Night of the Dead
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #32 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
76% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 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 26.2% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 8.9%, Building 8.7%
- #33 Everwind
74% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 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 13.7%, Action RPG 13.1%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 11.2%
- #34 Nested Lands
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 444 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Survival Horror 11.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 8.8%
- #35 Notmads
75% matchVery Positive81% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Rhomita
Windows
Your home is a living beast. Raise it, build on its back, and explore the world as it becomes a moving fortress. Fight, gather resources, and grow stronger alongside it in a fast-paced action RPG with progression, crafting, and exploration, playable solo or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 13.3%, Magic 12%, Crafting 11.9%, Action RPG 11.4%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #36 Boundless
77% matchMixed70% of 2,767 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 37.1% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Building 10.3%
- #37 GRAV
77% 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 37.1% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #38 Abiotic Factor
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 55,118 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #39 Beyond the Map
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Action RPG 10.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 7.5%
- #40 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 240 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 35.3% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 10.1%, Third Person 6.4%
- #41 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 177 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 31.5% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 10.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #42 The Front
71% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.7%, Survival 8.9%
- #43 Renown
71% matchMixed59% of 1,558 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 28.6% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #44 Life is Feudal: Your Own
73% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 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 36.6% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 10.1%
- #45 Subsistence
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 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 39.3% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 8.9%, Open World 8.1%
- #46 DYSPLACED
69% matchVery Positive89% of 295 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Grenades are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, you've been summoned as the Guardian of a fantasy realm invaded by modern world. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 14%, Open World 13.5%, Survival 12%
- #47 The Planet Crafter
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 28.8% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.5%, Survival 8.6%
- #48 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Action RPG 12.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 10.7%
- #49 Elsewhere
68% matchVery Positive96% of 71 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: Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 14%, Magic 12.5%, Building 12.5%
- #50 Artificer: Science of Magic
72% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Psilocybe GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Your exploration ship crashlands on a mysterious planet where apparently magic is real. Learn how to survive in this hostile territory by applying your technical abilities to the arcane. Discover how to cast spells and craft elixirs. Uncover the planet's secrets to find your way out.
Why similar: RPG 18.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Magic 11.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #51 KeepUp Survival
70% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.8%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #52 YAR: Forgotten Throne
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,301 reviews2026
Dev: Honor Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
YAR: Forgotten Throne is a story-driven open-world RPG. Choose the path of a Warrior, Volkhv, or Archer, and journey to the lands of Borea to uncover what is poisoning the forests and wildlife with darkness.
Why similar: Action RPG 11.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Magic 11.3%, Open World 10.4%, Building 9.6%
- #53 Wurm Unlimited
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,133 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 31.5% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #54 Windrose
64% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10.7%
- #55 VEIN
65% matchVery Positive89% of 10,247 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 16.1%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #56 Codex Lost
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: FreemanaPub: JanduSoft
Windows
The new open world, spellcasting action-RPG. The grimoires have been stolen, civilisation is in ruins. Rise, Curator! Craft ancient elemental magics and challenge the great lords who threaten to fracture reality itself.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Action RPG 15.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Open World 13.2%, Magic 12.6%
- #57 Starsand
68% matchMixed66% of 1,241 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 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 32% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10%, Open World 9.6%
- #58 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
69% matchMostly Negative37% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Survival 9.2%, Building 9.1%
- #59 Outbreak Island
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 963 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.7%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 12%