- #1 Towers of Aghasba
97% matchMixed69% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Creature Collector 24.7%, Action RPG 14.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #2 ARK: Survival Ascended
96% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 28.6 hrsMean: 195.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 45.4% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 13%, RPG 4.5%
- #3 The Isle
96% matchVery Positive80% of 107,823 reviews2015
Dev: Afterthought LLC
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 123.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 54.5% ★, Hunting 23.9% ★, Realistic 7.5%, Sandbox 5.2%, Third Person 4.6%
- #4 Dinotica
95% matchVery Positive87% of 822 reviews2025
Dev: XA StudioPub: Celestial Studio
Windows
Welcome to Dinotica! Stomp into a mysterious and dangerous world filled with action, adventure, and companionship! Together, you'll fight, build, farm, and more as you work toward creating a unique home that is truly your own.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 32.4% ★, Creature Collector 23.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Action RPG 12.7%, RPG 10.5%
- #5 Soulmask
94% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: MMORPG 24.5% ★, Hunting 23.6% ★, Building 11%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%
- #6 Pax Dei
94% matchMixed57% of 10,783 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: MMORPG 34.5% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 13.6%, Realistic 9.9%, Third Person 8.7%
- #7 Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors
93% matchMixed54% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Arcupion Art
Windows
Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 36.2% ★, Hunting 22.3% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Realistic 9%, Third Person 5.7%
- #8 Life is Feudal: MMO
92% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: MMORPG 41.1% ★, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 11.9%, Third Person 10.2%
- #9 Dark and Light
91% matchMixed52% of 11,804 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: MMORPG 38% ★, Sandbox 25.1%, RPG 14.4%, Fantasy 9.2%, Crafting 9.2%
- #10 PixARK
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 12,998 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 45.5% ★, Sandbox 18%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.9%, RPG 8.3%
- #11 Wild Terra Online
90% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: MMORPG 24.5% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Loot 12%, Crafting 11.2%, RPG 10.9%
- #12 Life is Feudal: Arden
87% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: MMORPG 37% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 12%, Third Person 9.4%
- #13 Novus Inceptio
88% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 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: Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 19.6%, Building 17%, Action RPG 13.4%, Third Person 10.1%
- #14 Isles of Yore
86% matchMixed70% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: MaverickMatryoshka
Windows
Immerse yourself in a prehistoric ecosystem brought back from extinction. Survive and carve out your niche on islands teeming with danger and opportunity!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 48.9% ★, Sandbox 16%, Third Person 11.3%, Realistic 10.4%, Exploration 7.9%
- #15 Dinosaur World
85% matchMixed64% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Dinosaur StudioPub: CoolRabbit Games
Windows
Dinosaur World is a survival game about dinosaurs.
Why similar: Building 82.2%, Dinosaurs 15.7% ★, Action 2.1%
- #16 Citadel: Forged with Fire
86% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 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: MMORPG 31.5% ★, Sandbox 17.9%, RPG 14.3%, Crafting 13.7%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #17 ARK: Survival Evolved
84% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 50.5% ★, Crafting 16.9%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, RPG 3.9%
- #18 Pangea Survival
84% matchMixed56% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Pangea Survival Development Team
Windows
Adapt. Survive. Thrive. In a world of ancient, prehistoric wonders you will have to learn to rely on your instincts as dinosaurs and poachers compete to SURVIVE PANGEA!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 72% ★, RPG 18.6%, Action 9.4%
- #19 Ashes of Creation
82% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,678 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Studios, Inc
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ashes of Creation is an old-school take on the modern MMORPG set in a living, reactive world where your choices shape civilization. In this PvX open world sandbox, players will build cities, forge empires, and lay siege to foes. Uncover the Ancients as you fight to reclaim the fallen world of Verra.
Why similar: MMORPG 40.5% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Action RPG 13.3%, RPG 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #20 Dead Event
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: MrSpartano
Windows
Dead Event is a indie RPG survival game in which the player grows up as a creature. The creature will grow bigger overtime and with interactions in-game also lose some growth on death. Form a colony or hunt alone, become part of a player-created ecosystem. Survive, eat or be eaten...
Why similar: Dinosaurs 27% ★, MMORPG 25.4% ★, Creature Collector 16.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Action RPG 9%
- #21 Outlaws of the Old West
83% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Crafting 45.6%, RPG 35.9%, Action 18.5%
- #22 Mesorift Survival
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Meik.W Interactive
Windows
Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 39.1% ★, Third Person 19.9%, Exploration 14.4%, Realistic 13.1%, Action 7.3%
- #23 Palworld
78% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Creature Collector 45.9%, Crafting 17.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10.4%, RPG 5.2%
- #24 ATLAS
81% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 112.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: MMORPG 46.8% ★, Crafting 20.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, RPG 10.3%, Exploration 6.4%
- #25 Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 360 reviews2024
Dev: Sofa Mauve Studio Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions - Embark on a medieval fantasy survival odyssey. Reclaim the stolen Crown, battle dark forces, and explore diverse lands. Uncover secrets, wield magic, and craft your destiny. Will you become the true champion of Atham?"
Why similar: Sandbox 17.2%, Action RPG 16.5%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Third Person 9.6%
- #26 Xsyon - Prelude
80% 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: MMORPG 28.7% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Action RPG 11%
- #27 Dune: Awakening
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 16.1%, Third Person 11.3%
- #28 Dawn of Defiance
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,736 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Building 19.6%, Sandbox 18.8%, Crafting 17.5%, Third Person 16%, Exploration 12.9%
- #29 Spirit Animal Survival
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2018
Dev: TRUEFX GAMES Pub: TRUEFX GAMES
Windows
SAS is an Open World Multiplayer PVP and CO-OP Survival Game. Set in a vast environment that features Building, Crafting, Taming, Riding, Flying and Exploring Wildlife, Dinos and Dragons as well as Horrific Creatures and Instances with the ability to Morph into Spirit Animals.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 28.9% ★, Creature Collector 21.7%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #30 Therais Book
77% matchMixed61% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: CrossOrbit Studio
Windows
Therais Book is an open world online RPG where you harvest resources, craft items and equipment, hunt animals for food, monsters for loot, and even players in PVP
Why similar: MMORPG 34.3% ★, Creature Collector 23.7%, Realistic 9.8%, Third Person 8.4%, RPG 7.9%
- #31 Primeval
75% matchMixed63% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Exhibyte
Windows
Can you survive this unforgiving prehistoric world? Experience the life of 65+ prehistoric species. Emerge as a hatchling and survive to reach adulthood. Evolve, gain talents and traits, and eat a healthy diet to gain powerful buffs. Collect a hoard of items to customize your dinosaurs.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 48.5% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Third Person 8.3%, Exploration 7%
- #32 FEROCIOUS
73% matchMixed64% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: OMYOGPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Immerse yourself in a survival FPS adventure. Stranded on a dangerous island, face mercenaries, dinosaurs, and a vibrant yet hostile ecosystem. Explore breathtaking environments and survive the onslaught of intense, fast-paced encounters.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 39.2% ★, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Realistic 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #33 INCUR Survival
74% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Building 22.1%, Crafting 20.3%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Third Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%
- #34 Carth
74% matchMixed58% of 73 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: Crafting 24.3%, Building 22.4%, Sandbox 22.4%, Realistic 19.7%, RPG 11.2%
- #35 Mortal Online 2
73% matchMixed60% of 13,523 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: MMORPG 47.3% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 13.1%, RPG 8.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #36 Start Over
71% matchMixed62% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Crafting 21.2%, Sandbox 20.4%, Building 19.1%, Realistic 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #37 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
72% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: MMORPG 28.9% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Loot 12.7%, Building 12.4%
- #38 KAOS SurVival
73% matchMixed63% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Agostinho DiasPub: Shark3D Studio
Windows · Linux
Get ready for chaos in KAOS SurVival! Explore an open world, gather resources, and build shelters to survive. Form clans, raid other players, and craft essential items. In a world where everything can be destroyed, only the strongest will reign. Prove your strength and dominate the chaos!
Why similar: Action RPG 22.4%, Sandbox 21.6%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, RPG 14%, Third Person 11.1%
- #39 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
71% matchMixed69% of 841 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 31.3% ★, Crafting 20.3%, Building 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Futuristic 10.2%
- #40 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
69% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Crafting 20%, Building 19.5%, Sandbox 18.1%, Third Person 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #41 Myth of Empires
68% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: MMORPG 41% ★, Building 17.2%, Sandbox 16.8%, Third Person 7.7%, RPG 7.2%
- #42 Last Oasis
70% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Crafting 19.2%, MMORPG 18.7% ★, Building 17.8%, Sandbox 16.6%, RPG 13.2%
- #43 Re.poly
70% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Action RPG 17.8%, Sandbox 17.6%, Crafting 17.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Third Person 8.7%
- #44 Pathless Woods
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 26%, Sandbox 25.7%, Building 22.3%, Exploration 9.4%, RPG 9.3%
- #45 Brinefall
71% matchMixed42% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: Loot 14.9%, Sandbox 13.6%, Action RPG 13.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.1%
- #46 GRAV
72% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Sandbox 36.6%, Crafting 30.2%, Third Person 10.7%, RPG 10.5%, Action 6.1%
- #47 Prehistoric Hunt
68% matchVery Positive82% of 710 reviews2020
Dev: Antiproto Studios
Windows
Dive into intense dinosaur hunting adventures with your friends. Complete hunting contracts for Preton Corporation. Gather rewards, improve your equipment and become a master hunter. Are you the hunter or the hunted?
Why similar: Dinosaurs 42% ★, Hunting 36.1% ★, Realistic 10.7%, Exploration 7.6%, Action 3.6%
- #48 Haven & Hearth
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 947 reviews2024
Dev: Seatribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A free-to-play MMORPG with crafting, building, landscaping, foraging, hunting, fishing, a dash of poetry, and open PvP combat,
Why similar: MMORPG 35.7% ★, Hunting 21.4% ★, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 11.2%, RPG 7.7%
- #49 Creatures Inc
70% matchMixed54% of 162 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Creatures Inc is an open world survival experience where taming creatures is the key to survival. Explore a hostile world solo or in 2 player online co-op, make impactful choices, upgrade your character, and turn deadly creatures into powerful allies.
Why similar: Building 27.8%, Sandbox 26.7%, Action 19.3%, Third Person 15.6%, Exploration 10.7%
- #50 The Cenozoic Era
67% matchMixed57% of 979 reviews2023
Dev: Opendix [Studios]
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
The Cenozoic Era is a realistic animal survival game taking place during the rise of mammals, take control of a variety of animals and fight to survive among other players to reach the top of the food chain. Death, Destruction, Survival, Scavenge, Nature, Thrive, Conquer, Hunt. The Cenozoic Era
Why similar: Dinosaurs 42.5% ★, Realistic 13.5%, Action-Adventure 12%, Third Person 11.9%, Exploration 8.5%
- #51 Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 952 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 47.1% ★, Building 17%, Sandbox 16.9%, Realistic 11.7%, Exploration 7.3%
- #52 Day of Dragons
67% matchMixed65% of 7,699 reviews2019
Dev: Beawesome Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Day of Dragons is an online creature survival game set in a large, beautiful, sandbox open world with multiple biomes and distinct creatures. Rule the world as one of several dragon species, or play as an elemental.
Why similar: MMORPG 36.6% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Realistic 11.6%, Third Person 9.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #53 PIONER
64% matchMixed65% of 3,315 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: MMORPG 48.9% ★, Crafting 19.5%, Realistic 11.4%, RPG 10.2%, 3D 5.2%
- #54 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Creature Collector 31.7%, Crafting 26.5%, RPG 14.1%, Third Person 11.3%, Exploration 10.7%