- #1 Rust
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 421.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Survival 21.1%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 11%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive open-world survival game that perfectly captures the base-building, raiding, and competitive PvP loop of BEACHED.
- #2 Once Human
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 173,391 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.6%, Survival 9.1%, Co-op 8.9%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, high-quality free-to-play survival game that emphasizes base construction and cooperative exploration in a hostile world.
- #3 Deadside
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,248 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Survival 12.2%, Massively Multiplayer 10.2%, Open World 10.2%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on hardcore shooter mechanics and high-stakes PvP survival in a massive, unforgiving open world.
- #4 Unturned
95% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.7%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 11.7%, Co-op 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the low-poly aesthetic and free-to-play survival shooter model while offering deep base-building and multiplayer combat.
- #5 XERA: Survival
94% matchMixed66% of 7,908 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Survival 10.1%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct match for the PvP-focused survival shooter loop with a strong emphasis on looting and player interaction.
- #6 SCUM
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 124,053 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.9%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep survival mechanics and a realistic approach to competitive multiplayer combat and base fortification.
- #7 Hurtworld
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 63.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Survival 17.6%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a stylized visual style and intense PvP combat that mirrors the competitive nature of BEACHED.
- #8 Subsistence
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Sandbox 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging survival experience with a heavy focus on base building and defending against both AI and players.
- #9 DayZ
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 461,119 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.8 hrsMean: 275.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 16.4%, Survival 14.6%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: The classic hardcore survival experience that sets the standard for high-stakes PvP and environmental survival.
- #10 Nomad
91% 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 44.1% ★, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Open World 10.7%, Massively Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: An early survival title that shares the competitive multiplayer focus and resource-gathering loop.
- #11 Sunkenland
89% matchVery Positive81% of 23,216 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 12%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Water-based survival that focuses on raiding, scavenging, and building fortified bases.
- #12 Raft
89% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 16.1%, Co-op 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique co-op survival experience that centers on building and expanding a base while drifting through an open ocean.
- #13 Will To Live Online
90% matchMixed69% of 18,236 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Survival 20%, Open World 14.4%, Massively Multiplayer 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An MMO survival game that combines exploration with shooter mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #14 Stranded Deep
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 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 47.8% ★, Survival 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Open World 10.1%, Co-op 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core survival and crafting aspects in an open-world island setting.
- #15 7 Days to Die
85% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Excellent base-building and fortification mechanics that are essential for surviving against constant threats.
- #16 Fragmented
88% 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 46.9% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Sci-fi survival that balances open-world exploration with combat and crafting mechanics.
- #17 Out of Reach
86% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 12.6%, Massively Multiplayer 11.5%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Island-based survival that emphasizes base building and PvP combat in a sandbox environment.
- #18 ARK: Survival Ascended
84% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 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: Survival 23.5%, Open World 21.8%, Massively Multiplayer 18.2%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Sandbox 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world survival game with a heavy emphasis on base defense and competitive multiplayer interaction.
- #19 Conan Exiles Enhanced
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 14%, Massively Multiplayer 10.6%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features robust base building and clan-based PvP raiding in a harsh, expansive open world.
- #20 GRAV
86% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Sci-fi open-world survival that features sandbox building and exploration in a hostile alien environment.
- #21 Project Castaway
82% matchMixed67% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Co-op 11.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Exploration-focused survival with a modern crafting loop and a focus on long-term survival.
- #22 Miscreated
83% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 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 45.9% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 11.4%, Massively Multiplayer 9.4%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: Post-apocalyptic survival that emphasizes PvP combat and exploration in a detailed, dangerous world.
- #23 Volcanoids
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.8%, Co-op 14.6%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.7%, Shooter 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unique base-building mechanics where you must survive environmental threats in a shifting, hostile landscape.
- #24 Crushed
81% matchMixed54% of 311 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 12.6%, Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Co-op 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Sandbox survival that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and building in an open-world setting.
- #25 Reign Of Kings
81% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Medieval-themed survival that centers on base building, resource control, and intense raiding mechanics.
- #26 The Forest
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 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 48.6% ★, Survival 15%, Open World 11.2%, Survival Horror 7.3%, Horror 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Intense survival and base building with a strong focus on defending your structures against aggressive threats.
- #27 Re.poly
79% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11.4%, Action-Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a low-poly aesthetic with survival and sandbox mechanics that mirror the feel of BEACHED.
- #28 Dead District: Survival
79% matchMixed48% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22%, Third-Person Shooter 15.4%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 11%, Multiplayer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Action-oriented survival that focuses on shooter mechanics and defending against waves of enemies.
- #29 Outerstellar
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.3%, Third-Person Shooter 11.9%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #30 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
78% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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 47.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 8%, Massively Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A standard open-world survival game with multiplayer elements and a focus on scavenging.
- #31 Ruins To Fortress
75% matchMixed64% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Survival 12.6%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Co-op 9%
- #32 Rem Survival
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.7%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 12%, Co-op 6.2%
- #33 Strayed
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 370 reviews2024
Dev: Crustacean Interactive
Windows
Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.8% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9.5%, Co-op 8.7%
- #34 Stone Rage
77% matchMixed49% of 167 reviews2020
Dev: Mountainwheel Games
Windows
Stone Rage is a prehistoric, open-world survival game. Play as a Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal and shape-shift into beasts as you secure your place in a harsh landscape of dangerous animals, scarce resources, and unforgiving climates. Make friends and enemies. Build. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.5%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 11%
- #35 Plains of Pain
74% matchVery Positive84% of 757 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Third-Person Shooter 11.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 10%, Survival 9.9%
- #36 Mesorift Survival
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 119 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Open World 12.7%, Survival 12%, Shooter 10%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #37 Urge
73% matchVery Positive90% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Survival Horror 11.9%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.4%
- #38 Project: Mist
71% matchMixed69% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a remote island solo or in MULTIPLAYER co-op in this open-world survival horror. Manipulate objects and enemies with the Gravity Gun, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and survive a hostile world shaped by abandoned, mysterious facilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Survival Horror 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 8.9%, Shooter 8.4%
- #39 INCUR Survival
72% matchVery Positive82% of 107 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: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 5.9%
- #40 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
75% matchMixed54% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18.9%, Survival 11.9%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Open World 7.5%
- #41 Zero-based World-从零开始
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2020
Dev: zerogame
Windows
Zero Based World is a multiplayer sandbox survival game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.4%, Open World 11.1%, Co-op 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #42 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
70% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17%, Open World 10%, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.3%
- #43 Grim
70% matchMixed59% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Spoonfed InteractivePub: Beyond Frames
Windows
GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 13.7%, Open World 12%, Massively Multiplayer 11.6%, Multiplayer 10%
- #44 Grounded
69% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Survival 16.2%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Open World 8.2%
- #45 Longvinter
70% matchMixed67% of 7,565 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #46 The Front
69% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.3%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 9.1%
- #47 KeepUp Survival
71% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.8%, Co-op 10.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #48 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
68% matchVery Positive91% of 7,431 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Open World 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 8.5%
- #49 StarRupture
66% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.5%, Co-op 10.5%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #50 DeadPoly
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,910 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 15.7%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #51 Palworld
65% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Open World 14.7%, Survival 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Co-op 8.2%
- #52 Polygeddon
68% matchMixed41% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 12.7%, Co-op 12.4%
- #53 Betrayal Beach
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Jared Nolen
Windows
Crashed on a strange island, survivors must forage, craft, and complete objectives to stay alive. But ferocious beasts, harsh weather, and secret saboteurs seek to make sure they never escape. Betray your friends or survive the island in Betrayal Beach, a 4-8 player social deduction survival game.
Why similar: Survival 36.7%, Co-op 28.7%, Multiplayer 23.7%, Casual 11%
- #54 Wild Omission
66% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #55 Far Lands
67% matchMixed65% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 12%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Action-Adventure 6%
- #56 ARK: Survival Evolved
66% matchVery Positive83% of 767,761 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 201.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 43.4% ★, Survival 13.1%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Massively Multiplayer 8.1%
