- #1 Lantern Forge
97% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Crafting 19.2%, Sandbox 16%, Survival 14.5%, Adventure 5.2%
- #2 Shards of Azuria
96% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: RPG 30.8%, Crafting 17.8%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.8%, Building 9%
- #3 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 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: RPG 21.3%, Isometric 10.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Action RPG 8.5%
- #4 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Survival 21%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Indie 3.4%
- #5 Serin Fate
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 567 reviews2021
Dev: VethergenPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Evil is afoot... Wielding your new Magic, bound into mysterious Monster-infested lands to uncover ancient relics and restore the Fate Stone. Along the way, explore the depths of every nook to find creatures, garner ingredients, train in Witchery, and craft new equipment.
Why similar: RPG 28.7%, Crafting 16.1%, Magic 14.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #6 Ars Notoria
94% matchMixed63% of 288 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: RPG 18.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Magic 11.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #7 Noita
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 85,805 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelike 15%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Sandbox 13.8%
- #8 Spire of Sorcery
91% matchMixed42% of 153 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Oscar
Windows
Lead a party of runaway mages through the dangerous world of Rund. Discover alchemy. Master magic. Explore the land. Survive the challenges.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Magic 19.1%, Survival 14.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #9 Alchemist's Awakening
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 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: Crafting 30.1%, Sandbox 23.6%, Survival 18.8%, Magic 14.5%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #10 Craterbound
90% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Crafting 30.6%, Survival 26.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Exploration 15.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #11 Wytchwood
89% matchVery Positive93% of 4,561 reviews2021
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
Why similar: RPG 27.1%, Crafting 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Magic 13.6%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #12 Wayward
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: RPG 27.3%, Crafting 19.8%, Survival 18.7%, Roguelike 14.4%, Sandbox 11%
- #13 Magicmaker
88% matchVery Positive91% of 604 reviews2014
Dev: Tasty Stewdios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ever wanted to shoot poisonous lightning lasers? Freezing fireballs? Turrets that fire waves of miniature suns? How about lasers that shoot exploding black holes that suck out your enemies' life force? You can do that all in Magicmaker, the spellcrafting-focused platformer dungeon-crawler!
Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Magic 21.8%, Crafting 18.6%, Fantasy 7.3%, Adventure 5.6%
- #14 Wandness: WandCraft Survivor
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Craft wands, create synergies, battle monsters, and survive. Dive into the depths of magic crafting, where you'll forge spells from magical components and elemental gems for endless combinations. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, and unleash your magic madness to overcome the darkness.
Why similar: RPG 35.5%, Crafting 21.1%, Magic 19.9%, Roguelike 16.2%, Action RPG 4.7%
- #15 Realms of Magic
85% matchVery Positive81% of 986 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 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: RPG 53%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Survival 7.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #16 Rebirth of Island
87% matchMixed52% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.
Why similar: RPG 39.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 12%, Exploration 7.2%
- #17 Alchemage
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 308 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 47.6%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 20.9%
- #18 Dig or Die
84% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Survival 22.6%, Sandbox 22%, RPG 15.2%, Building 10.4%
- #19 Magicite
84% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: RPG 35.5%, Crafting 15.8%, Perma Death 14.3%, Roguelike 14%, Survival 8.3%
- #20 Starcom: Nexus
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: RPG 53.1%, Exploration 14.7%, Building 10.7%, Action RPG 9.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #21 Last Mage
81% matchMixed63% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Weird Johnny Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spellcrafting and backpack management combined in one bullet heaven rougelite. As the Last Mage you get a task to explore dungeons filled with monsters and find the source of the disaster plaguing this world.
Why similar: RPG 31.8%, Roguelike 14.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Survival 12.4%
- #22 Minicology
82% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: RPG 24.4%, Crafting 18.5%, Sandbox 15%, Building 14.9%, Survival 14.1%
- #23 Surviving Ceres
79% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Crafting 23.3%, Building 18.4%, Survival 18%, Exploration 8%
- #24 Edge of Space
83% 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: RPG 24.8%, Sandbox 24.8%, Crafting 18.7%, Survival 11.4%, Building 8%
- #25 Elsewhere
79% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.
Why similar: Crafting 23.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Survival 18%, Building 17.3%, Exploration 11.8%
- #26 Fantasy Blacksmith
81% matchMixed49% of 1,791 reviews2019
Dev: Heaven BrotherhoodPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are a blacksmith in the world of the sword, magic and war, in which any blacksmith who knows how to make even the simplest swords is in demand. You start off as a poor unskilled blacksmith, but in time you will gain experience and improve to achieve wealth, fame and power, and change this world!
Why similar: Crafting 25.4%, RPG 24.8%, Magic 23.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Indie 7.1%
- #27 The Serpent Rogue
80% matchMixed55% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: Sengi GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Serpent Rogue is a botanical action-adventure game set in a medieval fantasy world. Master the art of alchemy, explore forgotten lands, tame wild beasts and protect the realm from impending disaster. You will craft, brew, boil, & concoct potions all in your stead to defeat an ominous danger!
Why similar: RPG 21.9%, Crafting 16.3%, Isometric 11.9%, Magic 11.1%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #28 AutoForge
77% matchVery Positive88% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Magic 30.4%, Crafting 18.2%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Fantasy 10.3%
- #29 Solace Crafting
78% 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: RPG 26.3%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 13.9%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #30 Under A New Sun
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Crafting 29.8%, Survival 25.3%, Sandbox 13.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #31 Mechanic Miner
78% matchMixed58% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: Hello John
Windows
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Why similar: Crafting 25.4%, RPG 22.4%, Building 21%, Sandbox 19.5%, Adventure 4.5%
- #32 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
76% matchVery Positive80% of 2,320 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.7 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: RPG 16.5%, Crafting 14%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.5%
- #33 DYSPLACED
73% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
The realm is dying. As its Guardian, you have one desperate option — tear it apart to rebuild it stronger. Explore a vast open world, master its secrets, and forge salvation from the ruins. Sometimes, saving the world means destroying it first.
Why similar: Crafting 19.1%, Building 15.5%, Survival 14.4%, Magic 14.2%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #34 Hyper Light Drifter
75% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.2%, RPG 23.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Action RPG 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%
- #35 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,916 reviews2016
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Isometric 17.4%, Magic 9%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Fantasy 8%
- #36 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
74% matchMixed70% of 233 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: RPG 33.5%, Crafting 20.9%, Survival 14.7%, Fantasy 11.5%, Exploration 8.9%
- #37 Starbound
73% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: RPG 21.5%, Sandbox 19.9%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 13.3%, Building 10.6%
- #38 Shadow Alchemist
72% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.
Why similar: Isometric 35%, Magic 20.3%, Exploration 18.5%, Fantasy 11.3%, Adventure 6.5%
- #39 Notrium
75% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2015
Dev: Ville Mönkkönen
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive?
Why similar: RPG 33.5%, Crafting 23.6%, Survival 17.9%, Isometric 13.8%, Adventure 5.4%
- #40 Astrometica
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Crafting 40.9%, Survival 34%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 7.7%, Indie 4%
- #41 Undungeon
74% matchMixed64% of 375 reviews2021
Dev: Laughing MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Undungeon is a gorgeous Action/RPG driven by intense real-time combat and an immensely rich science fiction story. Travel between dimensions and change the world around you in an attempt to reconstruct the shattered Multiverse.
Why similar: RPG 22.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Action RPG 14.5%, Isometric 12.9%, Crafting 11.3%
- #42 The Last Alchemist
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 159 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 32%, Building 19.7%, Fantasy 18.1%, Exploration 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #43 Beyond the Map
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 659 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: RPG 17.9%, Isometric 15.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Action RPG 11.2%, Survival 9.2%
- #44 Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 162 reviews2021
Dev: Rideon,Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!
Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Crafting 21.2%, Fantasy 12.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Magic 6.4%
- #45 Himno - The Silent Melody
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 345 reviews2021
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Himno - The Silent Melody is an atmospheric roguelite action RPG. Explore different interconnected environments, gather materials to create your unique arsenal and build and automate your base.
Why similar: RPG 21.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Sandbox 10.3%, Action RPG 9.7%
- #46 Artificial Extinction
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 262 reviews2020
Dev: 100Hr Games Inc
Windows
You have 9 days to find a safe place on the planet. Your ship is low on fuel and you have to land. Setup sentry guns around you to defend yourself while you collect more fuel for the ship. AI controlled Drones and Tanks attack you trying to find weaknesses in your defenses.
Why similar: RPG 57.6%, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #47 Aground
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,965 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: RPG 35.7%, Building 18.9%, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Exploration 12%
- #48 Alchemist Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 34.7%, Magic 28.8%, Survival 21.6%, Fantasy 15%
- #49 The Last Elixir
68% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Frisbee
Windows
You are a journeyman alchemist: experiment to learn the secrets of the alchemical sciences, and leverage them to produce a diverse menu of potions for a procession of weird and spooky customers in this compact narrative puzzle experience.
Why similar: Crafting 38%, Dark Fantasy 32.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Fantasy 9.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #50 Lost Nova
69% matchVery Positive92% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Crafting 30.2%, Action RPG 19%, Exploration 17.3%, Fantasy 17.1%, Adventure 7.5%
- #51 Enchanted Blacksmith
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Sun
Windows
Step into the boots of an aspiring blacksmith in a first-person sandbox where exploration and forging go hand in hand. Discover rare ores, master forgotten forging arts, and craft weapons of myth as you uncover secrets lost to time and claim your place among legends.
Why similar: Crafting 33%, Sandbox 22.3%, Fantasy 17.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 5%
- #52 Bastion
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 37,901 reviews2011
Dev: Supergiant Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.6%, RPG 30.5%, Isometric 14%, Action RPG 8.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #53 Vaporum
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,042 reviews2017
Dev: Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vaporum is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Stranded in the middle of an ocean, in front of a gigantic tower, the hero has to find out what the place is, what happened there, and most importantly, who he is.
Why similar: RPG 29.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Action RPG 11.5%, Magic 10.2%
- #54 Sands of Aura
68% 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: RPG 19.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Action RPG 14.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Isometric 13.5%
- #55 CRABS MUST DIE!
67% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Roman Kharlamov
Windows
You've crash-landed on a forgotten planet and must survive in a hostile open world filled with mutated crabs and other enemies. Armed with weapons, a beat-up bike, and a few skills, you'll explore, fight, scavenge, and level up. A compact open-world shooter with light RPG and survival elements.
Why similar: RPG 58.4%, Action RPG 23.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #56 Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira
67% 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: RPG 26.1%, Crafting 20.8%, Action RPG 17.1%, Survival 16.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%
- #57 Peregrino
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: Inverge Studios
Windows
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.
Why similar: RPG 32.3%, Isometric 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Action RPG 7.1%, Crafting 6.9%
- #58 The Planet Crafter
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Crafting 24.7%, Building 20.6%, Survival 20.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Exploration 11.1%
- #59 The wild darkness
66% matchVery Positive81% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: popeyed inc
Windows
Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.
Why similar: RPG 34.4%, Roguelike 15.4%, Survival 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Magic 8.8%