- #1 Stoneheart
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Longhouse Games
Windows
Adventure awaits in this RPG, with action, survival, crafting and base-building! Arriving in new lands, far from known civilization and with only a mysterious pendant, you will determine your own path. Will you survive the epic quest for the Stoneheart?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Farming Sim 20.3%, Life Sim 12.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.4%
- #2 Wanderlost
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eli SegalPub: Crytivo
Windows
Survive then thrive in a zombie-infested world. Gather materials, craft diverse weapons and tools, build and fortify a shelter, explore a massive world filled with the secrets of a dead civilization and whatever you do: stay clear of the…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Farming Sim 16.7%, Zombies 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Base Building 7.9%
- #3 LifeZ - Survival
96% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Zombies 17.1%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #4 Moonhaven
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcbound Games
Windows
You awake on the beach of a haunted island, hungry and alone. Farm, fish, hunt, gather, build and defend in this unique combination of farming, survival, tower defense, and role-playing games. Help rebuild the town of Moonhaven. Build a home and life for yourself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Farming Sim 18.7%, Farming 17.4% ★, Life Sim 9.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #5 Polygon Survival
94% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.8%
- #6 Mirthwood
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,352 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 26.9% ★, Farming Sim 19.8%, Farming 13.3% ★, Life Sim 9.5%, Crafting 9.1%
- #7 Forager
93% matchVery Positive90% of 43,749 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Farming Sim 17.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 6.8%
- #8 New Spring: Survival
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
New Spring is a open world zombie survival RPG where you spend the daytime exploring and scavenging for tools and weapons, and defend your base when night falls. How long can you stave off the hordes?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Farming 12.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 10.2%
- #9 Survivalist
91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,568 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Zombies 19%, Survival 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Base Building 8.7%
- #10 VECTOR ZONE
91% matchMostly Negative31% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Survival Sphere Studios
Windows
VECTOR ZONE is a gripping survival game where the weight of leadership rests on your shoulders. Set in a post-apocalyptic world teeming with dangers, your task is to manage a camp of diverse NPC survivors and lead them to safety while constructing vital structures for their survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Zombies 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%
- #11 Times of Survival
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Can Games Studio
Windows
Times of Survival is a co-op zombie survival game with souls-like inspired combat system, set in a post-apocalyptic world. Fortify your base, fight hordes of zombies and battle epic bosses. Explore, craft, and master punishing combat while building your settlement and leading survivors to hope.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Zombies 14%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 10%
- #12 How to Survive 2
89% matchMixed69% of 11,008 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Zombies 22.9%, Survival 17.5%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 7.1%
- #13 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 244 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Farming Sim 21.4%, Life Sim 14.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 10.2%
- #14 ZIC: Survival
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Farming Sim 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Zombies 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
- #15 As One We Survive
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Revelation Games LLC
Windows
Survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge resources, build up a homestead, form a community, and defend yourself against a lawless world while joining a father's desperate journey to save his sick daughter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%, Crafting 9.1%
- #16 Zector 7
86% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Zombies 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 9.9%
- #17 HUNKER DOWN
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Zombies 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 12.7%
- #18 The Rotting Chronicles
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Rhino Studios
Windows
The Rotting Chronicles is a survival action game set in a zombie-ravaged city where you must fight, scavenge, craft, and rebuild to survive. Run solo or with up to 3 friends as you grow your survival skills and find the best strategy to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Zombies 17%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%
- #19 Shorekeeper
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gullfrazie Games
Windows · Mac
You washed ashore on a mysterious island. Now what? Build a shelter, find food, and explore the unknown. Or just sit by the campfire and watch the sunset. Farm, craft, and manage your new island life entirely at your own pace.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Farming 21% ★, Farming Sim 20.4%, Life Sim 12.2%, Crafting 9%
- #20 Windpunk
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kluk Digital
Windows
A cozy survival craft adventure. Build a walking fortress to survive the winds of a fallen world. ♻️ Recycle ⛏️ Refine, 🔧 Rebuild, and ⛺ survive the shifting biomes. Ride the wind, heal the land, and recruit quirky survivors to help rebuild the future. (Previosly known as Wasteland Waste Disposal)
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Farming 19.8% ★, Farming Sim 19%, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 9.4%
- #21 Miscreated
83% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.9% ★, Survival 16%, Zombies 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Crafting 7.5%
- #22 Everafter Falls
82% matchVery Positive84% of 710 reviews2024
Dev: SquareHuskyPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rediscover the simple life. Farm, fish, forge and fight to restore the peace in an all-new farming adventure. Features split-screen coop, a helpful pet, automated drones, resourceful pixies, a card-eating progression system, and dangerous dungeons to delve into!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.6%, Open World Survival Craft 19.8% ★, Farming 18.4% ★, Life Sim 13.5%, Crafting 10%
- #23 How to Survive
82% matchVery Positive83% of 17,098 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Zombies 24.5%, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 5.6%
- #24 Desolated District
81% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Farming 10.2% ★
- #25 Mist Survival
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,180 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Zombies 19.9%, Survival 19%, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 8.5%
- #26 Cannibal Crossing
80% matchMixed62% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Everplay InteractivePub: Rocketcat Games
Windows
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Base Building 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Crafting 9.5%
- #27 Herd is Coming
79% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Zombies 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.4%
- #28 Galdia
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Shergaze Castle
Windows · Linux
Craft, build, explore, survive! Your destiny awaits in this sandbox adventure where farming, dungeon-delving, and battling fearsome bosses will test your skills and unleash your creativity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Farming 21.6% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 8.7%
- #29 Xsyon - Prelude
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%
- #30 Wild Season
79% matchMostly Negative33% of 359 reviews2015
Dev: Quickfire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Wild Season is a farming-life sim that takes its foundations from the greats within the farming simulation, visual novel, and RPG genres and delivers them with a twist. Rebuild your farm to its former glory and beyond, befriend the townspeople and maybe find your one true love (of either gender!), and solve the secret of Bedford Valley.
Why similar: Farming Sim 38.9%, Farming 26.9% ★, Life Sim 22.9%, RPG 6.8%, Romance 4.5%
- #31 UNKNOWN REGION
78% matchMixed47% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: SYDNEY GAMES
Windows
You are one of the chosen survivors to set up your life in UNKNOWN REGION. Life has forever changed after an unknown virus has wiped out humanity. Navigate through the region to discover mutated humans and creatures. You will be challenged to test your survival skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12%, Zombies 9.1%
- #32 In the Van
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Tofu
Windows · Mac
A cozy post-apocalyptic survival game where your van is your home, your shelter, and your key to survival. Scavenge, craft, and uncover the stories the dead left behind.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Zombies 14.7%, Survival 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%
- #33 Radiation Island
77% matchVery Positive81% of 632 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.9% ★, Survival 18.9%, Zombies 17.2%, Crafting 7.5%, Action 2.4%
- #34 Nomad
76% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 4.8%
- #35 疫地求生
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: 图一乐工作室
Windows
《疫地求生》是一款像素风丧尸末日题材的角色扮演生存游戏。 你将扮演Z城的一个普通青年,在一个平凡的假期里, 丧尸危机突然爆发了…… 你必须使出浑身解数,和你的同伴一起,努力在这末世中生存下去。
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Zombies 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Survival 15.1%, Action RPG 10.1%
- #36 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
75% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.3% ★, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Crafting 7.4%, Zombies 7.3%
- #37 Quiet Town
75% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: mudpill
Windows
1
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Farming Sim 17%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.5%
- #38 Scrapcrawl
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BugSmith
Windows
You are at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. Survive and leave the exclusion zone before the radiation becomes deadly. Explore the ruined post-apocalyptic world in search of resources and food. Fight zombies. Develop the bunker. Craft items.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 12.7%
- #39 Survival RPG 2: The Temple Ruins
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Bew Games
Windows
A magical artifact lying among the ruins of a lost temple? Embark on a journey full of adventure, quests and exploration. You will need your survival skills in this retro 2d pixel art universe. Survival RPG 2: The Temple Ruins is the sequel of the first retro game Survival RPG: The Lost Treasure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 11.4%, Action RPG 7.3%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #40 Dead Earth Zombies
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kilted Games
Windows
Dead Earth is an open world survival game, choose what you want to do in this world, build a small base, hunt for food, survive and explore the open world, play the game your way, ohh... and try to stay off the menu.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #41 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
71% matchVery Positive85% of 4,592 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Farming Sim 21.5%, Life Sim 13.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
- #42 Look Alive
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wabby's Land
Windows
It’s time to look alive and get to safety. Drive, scavenge, eat, and crush ragdoll zombies as you try to survive this vast world. Meet survivors and accept quests or make enemies and loot them all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Zombies 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.4%
- #43 Quest Industries
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Damask
Windows
Mine resources, build a factory, hire goblins, launch a space rocket. A short and satisfying factory builder about turning a one-goblin operation into a sprawling industrial empire.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Farming Sim 20.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 8.5%
- #44 Frozen State
73% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Survival 18.6%, Zombies 17.1%, Crafting 12.2%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #45 Forestia
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Golden Pick Games
Windows
Armed with only a small axe, explore a forest consumed by darkness. Gather resources, craft tools, and defend the sacred altar from nightly monster assaults. Restore the altar and bring life back to the land in this 2D survival action fantasy game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Farming Sim 19%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 10%
- #46 HumanitZ
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,392 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Base Building 11.5%
- #47 Dinkum
69% matchVery Positive92% of 28,918 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Farming 20.4% ★, Farming Sim 18.4%, Life Sim 11.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #48 The Last FARMER
71% matchMixed57% of 308 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.8%, Zombies 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 12.6%
- #49 Scorching Desert
70% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Runner Studio
Windows
"Scorching Desert" is an open-world survival crafting game, where your main objective is to survive in a hot, unforgiving desert plagued by an ancient evil! You will need to gather resources, build a resillient shelter, stay hydrated & explore a massive 64km^2 Map!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.4%, Action RPG 10%
- #50 Under Canopies
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NovemtailsPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Forget the stress of survival. In this cozy open-world sim, you don't fight nature, you join it. Build your dream cabin piece by piece, cook complex meals with crops you watered yourself, and fill your photo album with rare wildlife. A serene experience where the only enemy is inefficiency.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Farming Sim 20.4%, Survival 14.2%, Life Sim 12.2%, Crafting 6.3%
- #51 Welcome to ParadiZe
70% matchMixed67% of 1,293 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Zombies 17%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.3%
- #52 The Dream Within
68% matchVery Positive87% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Roaming of Little Hammer
Windows
A pixel-graphics open world survival craft RPG, where player is locked in a deep dream world, survive in this elusive world, forage, hunt, mine, and build up shelters. Find a way to escape.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Farming Sim 23.1%, Action RPG 9.9%, Crafting 7.5%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #53 Zeverland
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Quirks
Windows
Welcome to Zeverland. Common sense is your best weapon against the Zeds. After figuring out the "not dying" part, grab some friends to save the world. Find a cure, build a rocket, or a tower too high for Zeds to climb. Nothing's off limits. You're here at the very start of the apocalypse. Go wild!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Zombies 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 12.3%
- #54 The Dream of Cocoon
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Roaming of Little Hammer
Windows
This is a challenging pixel sandbox RPG set in an open world. You can forage, hunt,mine, build, craft and develop your character without any restrictions.Everything is unknown and dangerous,you need to figure it out and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 8.5%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #55 Forage Wizard
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,220 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Farming Sim 16.9%, Life Sim 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 10.7%
- #56 Gravehollow
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silo Snowdash
Windows
Explore a living world where creatures and characters act independently of the player. Hunt, gather, craft, build, and fight to survive while facing hostile wildlife, unpredictable encounters, and a procedurally generated landscape.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 13%, Base Building 11.7%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #57 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,145 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Farming Sim 21.6%, Life Sim 14.9%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 7.4%
- #58 Starvoly
68% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Zeratd Gaming
Windows
Starvoly is a singleplayer, survival and crafting game.In this struggle for survival, you have to think not only of yourself but also of the needy villagers.Maybe your pet will accompany you on this road. What do you think? Can you survive ?But be wary of the giant spiders!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12%, Base Building 10%
- #59 Project Zomboid
67% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Zombies 22.9%, Survival 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Crafting 7.5%