- #1 Cloud 9
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mantra Games
Windows
After surviving a gravitational anomaly, humankind must find a home among the floating rocks in the skies. Build a home in the clouds, fly an airship, battle dragons, collect supplies, and help the Cloud 9 initiative rekindle humanity in this new era of survival.
Why similar: Flight 25.8%, Base Building 14%, Building 12.5%, Survival 9.3%, Exploration 8.7%
- #2 Gaia
96% matchMixed58% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Eternal Stardust Studios
Windows
A sci-fi base building survival game, featuring raids, agriculture, intelligent AI, natural disasters and more.
Why similar: Flight 23.5%, Base Building 18.5%, Building 11%, Survival 10.3%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #3 Kingdom Craft
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PimpGameStudio
Windows
Kingdom Craft is a survival game in a world of floating islands with unique gravity. Craft items by combining different materials, explore, build, and progress to reach the ancient portal and return home.
Why similar: Base Building 21%, Flight 17.8%, Survival 14.2%, Building 13.5%, Open World 7.2%
- #4 Forest Of Fear
95% matchMixed52% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Richard BuenoPub: Two Void Studios
Windows
On a mission to explore a secret island discovered by the military, your plane crashes, leaving you as the sole survivor. Now, on the Island of the Condemned, your only concern is to survive and escape at any cost.
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Building 12.6%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 10.5%, Exploration 8%
- #5 Rocks Tools Hordes
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neural Monkeys
Windows · Mac
Rocks, Tools, Hordes is a survival crafting game where a brave little girl explores vast caves, builds her base, and battles endless zombie waves. Play the Demo! Add to Wishlist! Mine resources, craft gear, and pilot powerful robots to withstand the horde. Robots, rocks, and really rude zombies.
Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 15.2%, Open World 14%, Exploration 10.8%
- #6 Project Longshot
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LongshotWorks
Windows
Launch from a familiar world into a 1:1 scale solar system of beautiful, unforgiving planets. Colonise, mine, and explore real places that people may walk upon within your lifetime. Project Longshot hands you a space program and asks only one question. How far can your program go?
Why similar: Flight 21.3%, Base Building 15%, Building 11.3%, Open World 9.4%, Physics 8.1%
- #7 Everlost
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kub3sqtPub: Orivilon
Windows
Stranded in a world that never stops growing. Gather, craft, build and survive in an infinite procedurally generated wilderness where no two worlds are ever the same.
Why similar: Building 20.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Survival 15.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #8 Sky Safari: FPV Drone
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dinomore Games
Windows
Take to the skies in Sky Safari: FPV Drone, an open-world FPV drone simulator. Track majestic animals, master realistic flight physics, and capture the perfect cinematic shot. Complete challenging missions and explore beautiful natural environments in the ultimate aerial photography safari.
Why similar: Flight 30.9%, Animals 23.4% ★, Exploration 9.1%, Physics 8.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #9 Gengu Survival
91% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Survival 18.7%, Building 12.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Sandbox 10%
- #10 Keplerth
91% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Building 19.2%, Survival 18.3%, Open World 15.2%, Exploration 13%, Base Building 12.6%
- #11 Bush 1022
89% matchVery Positive98% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: dimitars
Windows · Linux
Fly bush planes on the moon of a gas giant. Do deliveries, challenges and explore an open world.
Why similar: Flight 49.2%, Open World 15%, Exploration 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Adventure 3.9%
- #12 Tides of Despair
90% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Base Building 27.7%, Survival 17.7%, Building 17.6%, Open World 14.1%, Exploration 8.3%
- #13 Nyric
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lovelace Studio
Windows
Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Building 14.5%, Survival 14%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 9.8%
- #14 Sol Survivor
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Space Games
Windows
Build, host, and survive in a persistent multiplayer space sandbox set in the outer Sol system. Construct orbital habitats, manage fragile station systems, and keep your crew alive while expanding through zero-g, Saturn-ring danger, and player-built infrastructure.
Why similar: Flight 33%, Building 15.7%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #15 Dinosaur World
87% matchMixed62% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Dinosaur StudioPub: CoolRabbit Games
Windows
Dinosaur World is a survival game about dinosaurs.
Why similar: Base Building 42.8%, Building 29.5%, Survival 26.8%, Adventure 0.7%, Indie 0.2%
- #16 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
86% matchMixed62% of 1,001 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Building 18.9%, Survival 17%, Open World 13.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #17 Aetheria
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nick Mead
Windows
Aetheria is a survival crafting game where you explore islands in a vast ocean, gather resources, build bases and physics-driven vehicles, catch fish, slay monsters and unlock recipes in a procedurally generated voxel world.
Why similar: Flight 29.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Open World 7.8%
- #18 WILDLAND: Initial Attack
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Wingler
Windows
Stamp out fires with your friends using planes, helicopters, and your hands in a huge beautiful world.
Why similar: Flight 29.6%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Open World 8.7%
- #19 Exot
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Base Building 22.3%, Building 18.2%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 10.6%
- #20 Blightrest
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Hype Games
Windows
Blightrest is a co-op survival action game set in a dark, open world where every decision brings you closer to either salvation or eternal damnation. Master survival, build fortifications, banish demons with ancient rituals, and explore the Wastes where even shadows have eyes.
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 16.1%, Building 9.9%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
- #21 The Islands
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trash Studios
Windows
An open-world survival game. Use your environment to craft items and structures. Physics based with weather and day/night. More than 50 different animals. Combat and non-combat activities fishing.
Why similar: Base Building 25.8%, Survival 17%, Open World 13.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Physics 10.1%
- #22 Village 51
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karman Studios
Windows
Village 51 is a Farm manager RPG where peace and danger grow side by side. Build your farm, explore the land, and defend your home from the threats lurking beyond your fields.
Why similar: Animals 21.5% ★, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 12.3%, Building 9.9%
- #23 暴食海岛 Munchy Island
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: clownpiece
Windows
Play as a fennec fox in a survival adventure on an island packed with food! Keep your belly full as you explore the island, build defensive structures, and fend off relentless attacks from monsters of the deep.
Why similar: Base Building 30.1%, Building 20.4%, Survival 20%, Exploration 11.2%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #24 Alterworld
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Building 16.3%, Exploration 13.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 12.4%
- #25 99 Nights
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ammonite Design Studios
Windows
Chop down trees, gather fuel & scrap, search abandoned structures, and build a base camp strong enough to withstand what comes after the sun sets. The wilderness grows more dangerous with every passing night, and something is always watching from beyond the firelight. Survive all 99 Nights.
Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 9.8%
- #26 Shush
80% matchMostly Negative33% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Bright DevelopersPub: Elijah Anadon
Windows
You are one of the "Waste Warriors", navigating hazardous forests to gather trash for the Eco-Collector. Collect resources, build a base, evade enemies, and uncover the dark secret hidden within the Eco-Collector to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 19.7%, Survival 15.2%, Building 14.4%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 10.2%
- #27 Fragment Sky
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polydove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, upgrade and expand your own custom sky-ship as you explore the fragments of a lost world in the sky. Alone or with friends, you can explore different flying islands, trade with the locals, hunt wildlife, stage epic sky-battles and much more.
Why similar: Flight 29.3%, Building 16%, Base Building 14%, Exploration 10.2%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #28 Flyra: FPV Drone Simulator
78% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Playbyte Studios
Windows
Flyra is an FPV drone simulator with Racing, Challenges, Missions, and Free Fly. Explore 10 environments, fly 8 FPV and cinewhoop drones, and play with keyboard, gamepad, or RC controller.
Why similar: Flight 41.6%, Physics 12.5%, Exploration 11.5%, Open World 5.6%, Realistic 5.6%
- #29 Enshrouded
76% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 27.2%, Survival 19%, Open World 17.9%, Building 12.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #30 Ignisia
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Dracula's Cat
Windows
Ignisia is a magical world where majestic dragons and other mysterious creatures live in harmony, protecting their lands from the forces of darkness. However, not all the secrets of this world are revealed at once — some of its inhabitants remain hidden in the shadows, waiting for their time.
Why similar: Flight 28.6%, Building 15%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 9.8%
- #31 Deadstick - Bush Pilot Simulator
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spiral HousePub: Mythwright
Windows
A career-driven bush flight simulator where judgement, skill and reading the terrain determine whether you make a profit. Take on flying jobs across unforgiving wilderness, build crucial infrastructure and earn a reputation among the island's scattered communities.
Why similar: Flight 29%, Survival 12.7%, Building 12.3%, Open World 10.9%, Physics 9.1%
- #32 Spaceflight Simulator 2
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Build rockets and fly them around the Solar System in this realistic aerospace sandbox. Attempt landings, build space stations, drive rovers, perform spacewalks, explore alien worlds, and get your crew home safe.
Why similar: Flight 27.3%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Exploration 9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #33 Aviassembly
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,569 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Flight 33.7%, Building 20.5%, Physics 12.4%, Open World 9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #34 Symbiosis
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aberratic
Windows
A solo or coop hero-shooter set in a procedural alien world. Explore, build, evolve, and fight side-by-side against waves of mechanical hybrids. Wishlist now!
Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Building 14.4%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 11%, Exploration 8%
- #35 Creatures Inc
77% 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: Survival 25.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Building 13.5%, Open World 12.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #36 Light No Fire
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
A game about adventure, building, survival and exploration together. Set on a fantasy planet the size of Earth.
Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 13.4%, Building 12.2%, Exploration 10.2%
- #37 Lou's Lagoon
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: Tiny RoarPub: Megabit Publishing
Windows
A cozy exploration-and-crafting adventure: fly your seaplane between tropical islands, collect resources with the Swirler, rebuild storm damaged communities, and unravel the mystery surrounding Uncle Lou’s disappearance.
Why similar: Flight 30.5%, Base Building 20.7%, Open World 12.2%, Building 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #38 Scrap Mechanic
69% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 22.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 13.8%, Physics 12.3%
- #39 Oldwoods
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arda Yn Games
Windows
A sandbox game set in a fully modifiable world. The environment changes through interaction.
Why similar: Base Building 25%, Building 18.8%, Survival 17.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #40 Upon Dusk
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Frogforge
Windows
Welcome to the world of Upon Dusk, a new PvPvE survival shooter. Set in Avalon, you were sealed in a city that was left for dead while the government finds out what went wrong outside the walls. Will you survive?
Why similar: Base Building 27.3%, Building 14.8%, Open World 13.5%, Exploration 12.7%, PvE 10.6%
- #41 Remains
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 323 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: Base Building 21.1%, Building 14.6%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 9.7%, Physics 9.5%
- #42 Stoned to Death
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Pita
Windows
While trapped in a stunning procedurally generated wilderness, engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat with a notorious drug cartel producing dangerous illegal drugs to uncover the mysteries of their crimes.
Why similar: Base Building 27%, Survival 18.9%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Building 6.5%
- #43 Lost Zone: Survival
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: İlker YelkenPub: Lofwin Games
Windows
Lost Zone: Survival ,Survive in a vast open world by battling harsh conditions, hunger, and unknown threats. Explore with friends, gather resources, fish, farm, and craft tools to stay alive. Beware of other players who can steal your hard-earned loot. Only the strongest will survive!
Why similar: Base Building 22.9%, Building 15.4%, Survival 15%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 9%
- #44 To-Gather
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poeka Studio
Windows
When a cult disrupted the peace 200 years ago by summoning terrible creatures, they couldn't reverse their mistake! Gather resources, Explore the abandoned Island and battle the curse with your friends before it takes over your home!
Why similar: Base Building 24.4%, Survival 16.6%, Building 16.4%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #45 Starvector
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Base Building 17%, Survival 14.5%, Building 14.1%, Exploration 11.9%, Sandbox 9%
- #46 The Last Viking
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoBrain Studio
Windows
Play as a young viking, learn to survive and fight in the wilderness. To fulfill your destiny, explore an island alone or in cooperation with friends, build structures, confront Norse gods and mythological creatures. Will you be the last Viking?
Why similar: Base Building 23.1%, Survival 17.1%, Building 15.6%, Open World 14.2%, Exploration 10.6%
- #47 Sunny Shores
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mungbungo
Windows · Linux
Sunny Shores is software for casual and retired gamers who have prematurely reached unc-status in their careers. It features cozy lo-fi fishing mechanics, block-building and an open-world sandbox. Play with friends or play with yourself.
Why similar: Building 19.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 16.2%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #48 WormWorld
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyjmo
Windows
A creative sandbox adventure with a focus on exploration, discovery and survival. Shape your worlds, build, mine, and farm. Expand your reach and travel to other worlds using your ship, and worm holes!
Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Building 16.9%, Survival 13.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Open World 9%
- #49 Terrafort
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Tessellation Specifications
Windows · Mac · Linux
A procedurally generated sandbox survival game with RTS elements.
Why similar: Base Building 27.4%, Open World 14%, Survival 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Building 9.8%
- #50 Bestgame
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Best Gamedev
Windows
Bestgame is an exploration/survival game, set in a whimsical fantastical world. Fend off increasingly tougher sieges at night as you try to conquer all of the world's most powerful bosses! Build your base, craft your tools, and get creative to survive!
Why similar: Base Building 29.7%, Open World 17.9%, Exploration 13.4%, Building 12%, Survival 11.5%
- #51 Isle of Survival: The New Dawn
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BlueSlay3r
Windows
“Survive and rebuild on a mysterious island. Explore diverse biomes, battle zombies, craft, farm, trade, and harness electricity in this open-world sandbox adventure — alone or with friends.”
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Base Building 20.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, PvE 10.9%, Open World 10.1%
- #52 Start Over
67% matchMixed61% of 382 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: Base Building 24.5%, Building 15.6%, Survival 15.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Open World 8.8%
- #53 Broken World
67% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: N777
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Base Building 22.6%, Survival 18%, Building 16.3%, Open World 14.5%, Exploration 10.9%
- #54 Winter Warfare: Survival
68% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Orbis Studio
Windows
Hardcore survival game set in a frozen harsh ambient
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Building 19.2%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #55 IslaNode Rescue Signal
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Gor Yeritsyan
Windows
Stranded on a deserted island, survive alone or invite your friends in co-op multiplayer! Explore an infinite procedural open world, gather natural resources, master node-based crafting, and construct bases with real physics in IslaNode Rescue Signal.
Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Building 13.6%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 10.7%
- #56 ATMOSFAR
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apog LabsPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
ATMOSFAR is a sky-high odyssey set on an alien planet of floating islands explored by flying crafts and a mobile airbase as you uncover the fate of your collapsed colony.
Why similar: Flight 28.3%, Base Building 20%, Building 14.3%, Survival 12.9%, Exploration 8%