- #1 Medieval Dynasty
97% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 19.6%, Building 15.5%, Medieval 14.6%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest experience to Bellwright, focusing on building a village from scratch while managing individual villager needs and survival mechanics.
- #2 ASKA
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,320 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Online Co-Op 17.1%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 13.5%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep villager recruitment and colony management mechanics that mirror the settlement expansion found in Bellwright.
- #3 Soulmask
96% 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: Survival 20.3%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 18.9%, Building 16.6%, War 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique tribe management system where you recruit NPCs to automate tasks, closely paralleling the villager command system in Bellwright.
- #4 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
95% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 30.9%, Open World 25.2%, War 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Strategy 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the premier medieval combat and troop command experience, perfect for players who enjoy the tactical warfare aspect of Bellwright.
- #5 Sengoku Dynasty
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,351 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 10.6%, Medieval 10.5%, Crafting 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, crafting, and village-building in a historical setting, offering a very similar gameplay loop to Bellwright.
- #6 Manor Lords
94% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Survival 20.3%, Open World 19.2%, Building 15.8%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines detailed medieval city-building with tactical real-time battles, capturing the strategic management and combat balance of the seed game.
- #7 Enshrouded
93% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 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: Open World 21.6%, Survival 20.8%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-quality survival, exploration, and base-building mechanics within a vast, dangerous open world.
- #8 Going Medieval
92% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: City Builder 35.1%, Survival 23.3%, Crafting 20.5%, RPG 6%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a medieval colony with a focus on building, defense, and survival against environmental threats.
- #9 Myth of Empires
91% 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: Survival 15.5%, Open World 15.4%, Building 14.1%, Medieval 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features large-scale base building and a complex recruitment system for NPCs, set in a massive open-world medieval environment.
- #10 Life is Feudal: Your Own
91% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Medieval 19.3%, Open World 18.1%, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 16.5%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic medieval survival and group-based building, requiring coordination and resource management.
- #11 Kenshi
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 27.7%, Survival 22.2%, City Builder 15.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal sandbox that excels at squad management and base building, offering the same sense of starting as a nobody and becoming a leader.
- #12 Farthest Frontier
88% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Building 21.8%, Medieval 19.6%, Survival 17.9%, Strategy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, challenging city-building experience with a strong emphasis on resource management and survival against the elements.
- #13 Norland
89% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 18.7%, Building 15.8%, Simulation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that focuses on the complex social dynamics and management of your people, similar to the villager-focused gameplay of Bellwright.
- #14 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
90% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Medieval 13.4%, Survival 13.2%, Building 9%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated colony simulator that tasks you with managing the survival and growth of a medieval village.
- #15 Kingdoms Reborn
87% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Medieval 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 8.3%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused city-builder that allows for expansion and management in a shared medieval world.
- #16 Valheim
86% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Survival 19%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly rewarding survival and building experience that emphasizes progression and exploration in a harsh, atmospheric world.
- #17 Conan Exiles
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Survival 25.6%, Open World 20.3%, Crafting 15.4%, Building 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Includes a robust thrall system that allows you to capture and recruit NPCs to defend your base and perform tasks, similar to Bellwright's villagers.
- #18 V Rising
84% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Survival 22%, Open World 20.4%, Crafting 16.5%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers top-tier base building and combat mechanics that reward strategic planning and resource gathering.
- #19 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
85% 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: Survival 15.5%, City Builder 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Open World 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base building in a dangerous world, emphasizing crafting and exploration.
- #20 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
83% matchMixed69% of 1,050 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.
Why similar: Medieval 22.3%, Open World 17.4%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 14.9%, Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world exploration and RPG elements with base-building mechanics centered around a growing camp of followers.
- #21 Stonehearth
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: City Builder 38.2%, Survival 17.2%, Building 15%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony-sim that emphasizes building and managing a settlement of villagers with distinct roles.
- #22 Nightingale
82% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Open World 15.7%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique survival and crafting experience with a focus on exploration and base building.
- #23 Settlement Survival
81% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Medieval 19.7%, Survival 18.4%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistical challenges of managing a growing population in a medieval-themed survival setting.
- #24 Frozenheim
82% matchMixed70% of 3,855 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.6%, Medieval 23.3%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 11.6%, War 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A Viking-themed city-builder that incorporates base-building and tactical combat elements.
- #25 Dawn of Defiance
81% 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: Survival 21.4%, Online Co-Op 19.8%, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and base building in a hostile environment.
- #26 Pax Dei
79% 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: Medieval 24.2%, Crafting 24%, Open World 22.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%, RPG 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused sandbox that emphasizes large-scale building and community-driven survival in a medieval fantasy setting.
- #27 Blacksmith Master
79% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Survival 20.1%, Open World 18.2%, Building 16.2%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the crafting and management side of medieval life, allowing you to grow a business and settlement.
- #28 The Guild 3
80% matchMixed61% of 7,840 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Medieval 26.2%, Life Sim 18.3%, Open World 12.6%, Building 9.1%, Survival 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on life simulation and economic management within a medieval society, offering a different perspective on building a legacy.
- #29 Renown
78% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Survival 16.2%, Crafting 15.4%, Medieval 14.9%, Open World 14.6%, Online Co-Op 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base building and multiplayer combat in a medieval open world.
- #30 Nested Lands
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Survival 14.4%, Medieval 14.3%, Crafting 14%, Open World 13.2%, Online Co-Op 13.2%
- #31 Noble Legacy
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Medieval 17.5%, Open World 15.8%, Building 13.2%, Life Sim 10.7%
- #32 Foundation
75% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 46%, Medieval 18.8%, Building 9.7%, Survival 7.6%, Open World 7.4%
- #33 KINGDOMS
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Open World 21.1%, Medieval 20.1%, Survival 17.3%, Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox medieval simulator that focuses on building and managing your own domain within a living world.
- #34 The Front
74% matchMixed68% of 10,753 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: Survival 18.6%, Crafting 17.1%, Open World 15.5%, Building 13.1%, Online Co-Op 10.6%
- #35 Life is Feudal: Arden
76% 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: Crafting 18.1%, Medieval 15.2%, Survival 15.2%, Building 15.1%, Open World 11.4%
- #36 Noble Fates
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Medieval 18.5%, Survival 15.2%, Building 14.3%, Third Person 5.5%
- #37 Life is Feudal: MMO
77% 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: Medieval 21.1%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 17.1%, Open World 14%, Building 12.4%
- #38 Saleblazers
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,877 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight. Sell. Survive. Live off the land, build your perfect shop, and defend against nightly horrors in this open world survival shop simulator for 1-8 players.
Why similar: Survival 22.7%, Crafting 22%, Open World 21.4%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Simulation 6.1%
- #39 Viking Frontiers
74% matchMixed54% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: Open World 23.6%, Medieval 23.6%, City Builder 21.4%, Life Sim 8.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #40 Everwind
71% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Survival 16.8%, Open World 15.8%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.1%
- #41 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,441 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Survival 18.1%, Crafting 17.5%, Open World 17.2%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Building 12.7%
- #42 Empires and Tribes
73% matchMixed67% of 419 reviews2023
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Crafting 17.5%, Medieval 17.3%, Building 14.5%, Open World 10.1%
- #43 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
73% matchMixed60% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Survival 16%, Crafting 15.2%, Open World 13.1%, Medieval 11.8%, Building 10.4%
- #44 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
70% matchVery Positive82% of 11,474 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Survival 20.7%, Crafting 18.9%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Building 13.8%, Open World 11.7%
- #45 VEIN
69% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Open World 23.5%, Crafting 15.8%, Co-op 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #46 StarRupture
68% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 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: Survival 19.8%, Open World 18%, Crafting 17.6%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Co-op 10.8%
- #47 Chinese Frontiers
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 485 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Crafting 16%, Medieval 15.8%, Open World 11.8%, Building 11.3%
- #48 Land of the Vikings
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,203 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Survival 24.3%, Building 16.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 5.1%
- #49 Mirthwood
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Medieval 20.7%, Crafting 20.2%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 14.1%, Life Sim 11.1%
- #50 Omega Crafter
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: City Builder 15.9%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 14.3%, Online Co-Op 9.1%
- #51 The Last Plague: Blight
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,349 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Survival 33.3%, Medieval 20.6%, Building 20.1%, Co-op 14.2%, Third Person 8.7%
- #52 Dune: Awakening
67% 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: Survival 17.2%, Open World 16%, Crafting 15.9%, Online Co-Op 15%, Building 12.7%
- #53 Wartales
67% matchVery Positive87% of 34,222 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Open World 25.9%, Medieval 21.9%, Survival 11.5%, Co-op 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.9%
- #54 Medieval Engineers
72% matchMixed52% of 7,282 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Medieval 20.8%, Building 18.8%, Open World 17%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.1%
- #55 Patron
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Survival 20.9%, Medieval 13.7%, Open World 11.2%, Building 9.8%
- #56 Reign Of Kings
71% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 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: Survival 19%, Open World 16.6%, Medieval 16.5%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 11%
- #57 ENDALOR
67% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Survival 15.6%, Open World 14%, Online Co-Op 14%, Medieval 13.7%, Crafting 11.9%
- #58 Dawn of Man
68% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 56.7%, Survival 23.6%, Open World 7.5%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 4.5%
- #59 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
65% matchVery Positive81% of 23,948 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World 18%, Survival 17.7%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 10.2%