- #1 Wonderia
97% matchVery Positive82% of 347 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Mining 12.5% ★, Farming Sim 9.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 9%
- #2 Infinilands
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyCreature
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infinilands is a pixel art sandbox survival game that lets you explore and modify a procedurally generated world full of unique plants, creatures and ruins. You can build houses and fight monsters with your friends in online/split-screen co-op. This game also supports dedicated server.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.8%, Farming Sim 8.7%
- #3 Cosmorists
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Mining 11.5% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Survival 8.9%
- #4 Frozen Echo
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Silent Wish Games
Windows
Venture into the endless frozen wastelands alone or with friends. Stay warm, manage and upgrade your camp, hunt, and learning your skills to survive the harsh cold and wolf attacks.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Isometric 12.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10%, Building 9.6%
- #5 Drill Space
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Burrow through alien worlds and mine for hidden treasures. As your foothold spreads across the vastness of space, dark forces hunt you down. How will you carve out your legacy among the stars?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Mining 11.7% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 9.3%
- #6 Alice in Dinerland
94% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal_act
Windows
Embark on a whimsical and treacherous journey through a twisted version of Wonderland in "Alive in Dinerland," a gripping survival game inspired by the beloved tale of Alice in Wonderland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Farming Sim 12.7%, Isometric 11.7%, Survival 10.3%
- #7 Cube Life: Island Survival
93% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44% ★, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 8.4%
- #8 Forager
92% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 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 38.9% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Farming Sim 11.4%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #9 Sandboxed
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xOFFSET on tiktokPub: xOFFSET
Windows
Sandboxed is a singleplayer and multiplayer sandbox, where you build and survive in a world where you do whatever your creativity lets you
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Mining 17.4% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 12%, Building 8.3%
- #10 Force of Nature
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 41.1% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 8.7%
- #11 WildCraft
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Dynamic survival crafting meets skill-based combat in a living, open world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 14.4%, Crafting 7.3%, Exploration 6.4%
- #12 Terraria
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.2%
- #13 Gathera
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Catris Games
Windows
Gather materials to craft and craft to gather more materials! Open new locations to explore the world, build a cozy home and decorate it with your collections. Build manufacture to optimize gathering and crafting. Survive against the monster raids if you want!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Mining 13.2% ★, Farming Sim 12.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 9.1%
- #14 SpiritBorn
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.2%, Building 10.6%, Open World 9.7%
- #15 Blockscape
88% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.1% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 8.3%, Survival 7.4%
- #16 ARCANA
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 8.6%
- #17 Claycrafter
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: scoz
Windows
Gather resources, build structures, and craft increasingly wondrous items to unlock the secrets of a mysterious world made entirely out of clay.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Farming Sim 11.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 7%
- #18 Planet Explorers
86% matchMixed62% of 6,818 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 8.6%
- #19 Oldowan
83% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Broussard Boi
Windows
Oldowan is a first-person casual survival sandbox game that is focused on very early humanity and how it developed. The crafting is all based on real practices, but the survival aspects are relaxed. Play solo or with 1-3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Mining 14.2% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.4%
- #20 Junk Jack
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.1%, Building 10.1%
- #21 Medusa Frontier
82% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Render Goblin Games
Windows
Medusa Frontier is a budget sci-fi survival game being developed with OpenGL & C++. Gameplay is currently limited to resource gathering and base building on a 1k terrain map.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Mining 16.4% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.4%
- #22 Odd Woods
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.5%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 9.5%
- #23 Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Buffalo Studios
Windows
Fall into a chill survival adventure, with a talking campfire as your guide. Explore, craft, fish and hunt during the day, and ask your fire three questions each night. Choose wisely: Winter isn't the only surprise in this beautiful, hand-drawn world. Playable in cosy or realistic mode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 8.9%, Building 7.9%
- #24 Astral Terra
81% 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 36.3% ★, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9.9%, Mining 9.1% ★
- #25 KYORA
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PugstormPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Linux
Delve into KYORA, a mystical multiplayer sandbox adventure, where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build or explode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Mining 11.3% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
- #26 Above Snakes
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,990 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Isometric 12.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #27 Nimoyd - Survival Sandbox
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nudge Nudge Games
Windows
You’ve crash-landed on Earth in 2702. Craft, dig, fight through a vast and colorful post-apocalyptic open world full of wonder, generated cities, dungeons, aliens, mechs, and an underworld. Find love. Or beat the ultimate Underlord!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.9%
- #28 Starbound
78% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8.2%, Building 7.1%
- #29 Meor
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nel
Windows
An experimental voxel sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Mining 17.4% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #30 Bromeliad
77% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Crafting 14%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.7%, Open World 10%
- #31 Forestia
76% matchNo user reviews
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 33.1% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Farming Sim 11.7%, Survival 10.2%, Building 9.7%
- #32 Signs of Life
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.2%, Building 8%
- #33 Under Canopies
75% 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 38.6% ★, Farming Sim 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10%, Building 6.6%
- #34 Delverium
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Farming Sim 15.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 9.3%
- #35 Isometria
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Whoop Games
Windows
Explore an isometric world solo or with friends. Battle goblins, giant crabs, mysterious machines, and powerful bosses to gain their powers. Build a community and help the locals take back their world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Farming Sim 12.2%, Sandbox 11.3%, Isometric 11.2%, Crafting 10.9%
- #36 Crea
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,408 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 8.4%, Building 6.8%
- #37 Dig or Die
73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,284 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 7%
- #38 Wispera
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunarlane
Windows
Wispera is a procedurally generated, open-world sandbox survival game. Craft weapons to battle monsters at night, or expand your base and create a safe haven. If you prefer to remain mobile, travel away and explore new places. Whether you’re a monster hunter or a builder, the choice is yours!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11%
- #39 2D?!
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.7%, Building 10%
- #40 The Forest
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.6%, Building 7.9%
- #41 Hostile Planet: Survival
71% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 14.5%, Building 12.1%, Open World 10.3%
- #42 Quest Industries
71% 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 30.4% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Farming Sim 12.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Mining 9.1% ★
- #43 ISO-CORE
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: JohnBrx
Windows · Mac · Linux
Farm, craft, build, and explore a Beautiful isometric pixel art world. Explore new places and find new biomes to expand your list of items, buildings, and recipes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Isometric 18.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 7.5%
- #44 Paper Needs Inspiration!
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zato Ana Software
Windows
Stay alive! Don't die in this lavish, unearthly Garden! Let life Inspire you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 9.2%
- #45 The Long Dark
69% matchVery Positive89% of 123,417 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 7.4%, Sandbox 5.4%
- #46 Stranded Deep
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 8.8%, Building 6.4%
- #47 Deepbound
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KanKan Studios
Windows
Dig, craft, build, and survive in a procedurally generated 2D world. Explore diverse biomes, unearth rare resources in deep caves, craft powerful gear, and face dark bosses — solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Mining 15.8% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.3%
- #48 Last Breath
67% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Mx
Windows
Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game. Dig through terrain, build powerful machines, and restore life to a dead planet. Work together to survive, automate, and reshape the world from the ground up, literally.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Survival 13.1%, Mining 11.4% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.2%
- #49 Until North Ends
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Hex
Windows
Fight, farm, and forage as a new experience awaits in this open-world survival crafting adventure. Journey alone or with friends as you build your own safe haven to weather the harsh Nordic landscapes before you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10%, Building 9.3%
- #50 Category 6
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 10.5%, Building 10.3%, Open World 8.7%
- #51 Whisper of the Swallows
66% matchVery Positive86% of 191 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 34.1% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 11.1%, Survival 10.4%
- #52 Island Beekeeper
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: Akuseru Studio
Windows
Build your apiary on islands above the clouds, travel on your medocycle, crossbreed bees with unique traits and create a cozy home in the sky. Grow plants, explore islands and send healing honey down to Earth, where people still hope for your help.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Farming Sim 13.8%, Building 9.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 9.1%
- #53 TerraTech Worlds
67% matchMixed63% of 2,287 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Mining 14.9% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10%
- #54 Wrongworld
68% matchVery Positive94% of 551 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Survival 11%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 8.3%