- #1 Starbound
97% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 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 38.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Space 8.4%, Survival 7.7%, Building 6.4%
- #2 Aniverse
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AniLab
Windows
Chop trees, cook meals, build your home and play music to control the wild! Explore a procedurally generated world and survive your way through art.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Open World 10.6%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #3 ARCANA
96% 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 41.3% ★, Survival 12%, Sandbox 10.3%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Building 8.1%
- #4 Cosmorists
95% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 31% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10%, Survival 9.5%, Building 8.8%
- #5 Terraria
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 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 41.1% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 10.3%, Building 9.2%, Open World 5.9%
- #6 Infinilands
94% 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 30.7% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 7.5%
- #7 Nimoyd - Survival Sandbox
93% 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% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.7%
- #8 Solar System Colonist
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteroid MinersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
The conquest of the Solar System has begun – prove yourself as a space colonist! Pilot the spaceship, choose the planet you wish to inhabit and build your new home. However, remember that there are no rules or laws in outer space. Don't underestimate the danger and stay vigilant – enemies are near!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Space 12.9%, Open World 11.5%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Survival 9.9%
- #9 Signs of Life
91% 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 43.9% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Survival 10.4%, Space 8.3%, Building 7.8%
- #10 No Man's Sky
91% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Space 13.9%, Open World 12.5%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #11 Edge of Space
90% 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: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Space 9%, Survival 6.8%, Building 5%
- #12 Cube Life: Island Survival
89% 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 47.9% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 9.2%
- #13 Pixplorer
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: whiax
Windows
Pixplorer is a 2D sandbox action-RPG ... set in a world of cubes! Explore biomes, conquer dungeons, craft, build a house, fight, mine, farm, catch fish and insects! Enjoy the game's atmosphere and complete freedom to shape your own adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.1% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Open World 6.3%
- #14 Planet Explorers
87% matchMixed62% of 6,817 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 44.1% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 9.2%, Building 8.1%
- #15 Remains
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Space 11%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 9.6%
- #16 2D?!
86% 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 37.8% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 11.2%, Building 10%, Open World 7.9%
- #17 Wispera
85% 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 36.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.5%, Survival 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #18 Whisper of the Swallows
84% matchVery Positive86% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 10.9%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 8.9%
- #19 Necesse
83% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 9%, Survival 8.7%, Building 8%
- #20 Sandustry
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.9%
- #21 Floating in Space
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wingfinity Games
Windows
A cozy open-world survival game, a relaxing experience in zero gravity. Explore mysterious places, craft, build and collect to reach a colony of your tribe. Enjoy the silence and beauty of the universe. Unravel mysterious puzzles along the way, that could even lead to an entirely different outcome.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Cozy 17.2%, Space 12%, Survival 10.1%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #22 Cubits
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango Nebula Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 8.7%, Difficult 7.3%
- #23 Vagabond
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Pierre Vigier
Windows · Linux
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Open World 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #24 Realms of Magic
79% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.6% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 9.8%, RPG 8%, Survival 5.9%
- #25 Blockscape
81% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.5% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 8.8%, Open World 8.4%, Survival 8.2%
- #26 XenoHaven
77% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.4%, Building 10.5%
- #27 Crea
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 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 47.1% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Survival 8.9%, Building 6.9%, Open World 5.5%
- #28 Undercraft
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PlayUndercraft
Windows
Create your world in this sandbox game where you can dig, build, explore, fight, and farm. Have a different experience in a day or night adventure. Explore a procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Survival 11.4%, Building 10.7%
- #29 SpiritBorn
78% 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 41.5% ★, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.3%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #30 Breathedge 2
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Sent on a reckless mission, you find yourself in outer space filled with numerous dangers and things to explore. Build, craft, manage your crew, look after the chicken, and defeat the evil space corporation in this new breathtaking survival game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Survival 14.4%, Space 12.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 7.1%
- #31 WildCraft
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Explore a vibrant open world where every item is fully physics-based, master a high-skill combat system to defeat dangerous creatures, and build defensive fortresses to protect your hard-earned power from monster attacks.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Sandbox 18%, Building 15.6%, Survival 6.7%, Exploration 6.1%
- #32 Junk Jack
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 44.9% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 12.2%, Building 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #33 Romestead
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Procedural Generation 11%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 8.9%
- #34 KYORA
75% 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 34% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 8.2%
- #35 Tinkerlands
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 9.9%, Building 9.4%
- #36 Starfuse
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devshift
Windows
Embark on an epic sci-fi sandbox adventure across multiple planets in this 2D sidescroller. Explore, fight creatures, craft, and build in in a fully destructible world. Unleash the power of simulated elements, ride vehicles, and customize your character.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Space 8.6%, Open World 8.4%
- #37 Fragmented
75% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.5% ★, Survival 14.7%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 7.1%
- #38 Drill Space
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drill Space is a rogue-lite survival mining game where gravity shapes your journey. Explore a vibrant, randomly generated solar system, mine for resources, upgrade your ship, and defend against alien invasions. How long can you survive as you conquer the vastness of space?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 10.5%, Building 10.4%, Open World 8.1%
- #39 ASTRONEER
72% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Space 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #40 Astral Terra
74% 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 39.4% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Building 9.3%
- #41 Core Keeper
70% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 10.1%
- #42 Paper Needs Inspiration!
71% 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 30.8% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 10.7%, Open World 10.4%, Survival 9.7%
- #43 The Long Dark
71% matchVery Positive89% of 121,879 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 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 52.4% ★, Survival 17.7%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 6%, Exploration 4.5%
- #44 Hazordhu
71% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: F0lak
Windows
Delve into the low-fantasy medieval lands of Hazordhu, where you will explore a vast open world full of dangers and wonders where every building and every item is player-made, and the online world changes based on your actions.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 6.8%
- #45 Restart
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 49Wares
Windows
A scientist with great knowledge about humanity ends up back in the Stone Age and has to build a civilization and develop it into the modern age.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 10.6%, Survival 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #46 Space Trash Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Space 11%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.2%
- #47 Wonderia
70% matchNo user 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 33.3% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 10.1%, Survival 10%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #48 Moonlight
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firewood Digital Ltd
Windows
Moonlight is a survival crafting game set in a dynamic alien world that shifts around you. Change the landscape of a beautiful, deadly, procedurally-generated 2D world by growing food, slaying strange creatures and building powerful machines that will one day help you escape this lonely place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Space 9.9%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #49 Pumpkin Woods
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Collect magical ingredients and build your cozy witch home while exploring the wonderful sights and secrets of these mysterious lands. Beware though, danger might be lurking deep in these woods...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Cozy 12.6%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #50 ISO-CORE
68% 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 24.1% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 8.6%, Cozy 8.3%
- #51 Everplant
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JesperPub: TakeLime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover an infinite procedural world, unite with monsters, discover the universe and create your own one with some friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #52 Force of Nature
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 9.7%, Building 9.7%
- #53 Nighthold
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.5% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 8.9%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 7.5%
- #54 Crashlands
68% matchVery Positive90% of 6,682 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.4%, Building 9.7%
- #55 Unforged
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lisowi Studios
Windows
A dark survival experience where you must explore a mysterious wilderness, gather resources, craft tools, and survive the horrors that emerge after nightfall. The wilderness is unforgiving. The night is worse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 8.5%, Open World 7.6%
- #56 Skillwood
66% matchVery Positive92% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: sshulin
Windows · Mac
Skillwood is a relaxing woodcutter simulator inspired by survival simulators and incremental games. Chop wood, mine stone, trade with NPCs, upgrade forests, unlock new trees or new areas and prestige to do even better next run.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Cozy 18.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 9.6%, Relaxing 8.2%