- #1 Northern Lights
97% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Snow 13% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Survival 8.9%
- #2 FRIGID
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Nature 8.5%
- #3 Arid
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,959 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Viscacha StudioPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.3%, Nature 9%, Sandbox 7%
- #4 Bushcraft Survival
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Michael Jared Software
Windows · Linux
Alone. Hungry. Freezing. Test your grit in this unforgiving, Bushcraft Survival simulator set deep in the icy forests of Northern Canada. Collect resources, build shelters, hunt, fish, track, and trap in a brutal open world where every decision counts - and any mistake could be your last.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Snow 21.3% ★, Cooking 12.1%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%
- #5 Walkabout
94% matchMixed62% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Wafflesoft
Windows
Survive in a realistic Tasmanian wilderness recreated with real‑world data. The land is beautiful, harsh, and indifferent to your survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Survival 10.4%, Realistic 10.2%, Crafting 9.3%
- #6 COLDNIGHTS
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Addiekin Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Learn how to survive, craft and build the essentials, find source of food and construct necessary shelter before the snow starts falling. And may be someday, after building a bridge, you will find your way back home. Keep building bridges.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Snow 19.2% ★, Cooking 14.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.5%
- #7 The Long Dark
93% matchVery Positive89% of 123,417 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.4 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 47.4% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.1%, Post-apocalyptic 5.3%
- #8 Under A New Sun
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 400 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 8.2%, Nature 7.7%
- #9 Primal Man Simulator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 13%, Realistic 9.2%, Open World 9%
- #10 Arctico
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,527 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Snow 11.9% ★, Survival 10.6%, Nature 8.2%, Crafting 7.9%
- #11 Permafrost
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SpaceRocket GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Permafrost is a story-driven survival sandbox set in a frozen, post-apocalyptic world. Discover a vast lore-rich open world, alone or in co-op with up to 4 players. Explore, scavenge, craft, and build a network of shelters to outlast the cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Snow 19.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Nature 8.5%
- #12 Unforged
89% matchNo user reviews
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 36.3% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Cooking 13.5%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #13 Beyond Horizon
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Pie
Windows · Mac
Beyond Horizon is a survival adventure where your mind is transferred inside of an advanced rover crashlanding on a frozen post-apocalyptic Earth.
Why similar: Snow 26.1% ★, Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Crafting 8%, Open World 7.7%
- #14 Project Canopy
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 8.6%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #15 Root Scourge
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Diakamos
Windows
An open world crafting game where surface is occupied by a mutated plant species. Humanity has been exiled and is living under the surface for hundreds of years. You are one of the few professionals that can roam the surface. As a mercenary, you take on jobs and face the root scourge on surface.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 7.7%
- #16 By the Dead
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Loomeit Studios
Windows
Explore the dark, fight the un-dead forces, gather valuable resources, craft for survival, build safe shelters, and survive the night in this eerie open world survival crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 8.4%, PvE 8%
- #17 Stranded Deep
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 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 48.6% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 7.6%, Realistic 5.3%
- #18 Category 6
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 7.6%
- #19 Fade to Silence
85% matchMixed62% of 1,336 reviews2019
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Snow 8.6% ★, Open World 7.5%
- #20 Scorching Desert
84% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Runner Studio
Windows
"Scorching Desert" is an open-world survival crafting game, where your main objective is to survive in a hot, unforgiving desert plagued by an ancient evil! You will need to gather resources, build a resillient shelter, stay hydrated & explore a massive 64km^2 Map!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Realistic 10.5%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%
- #21 Road Survival: Bigger on the Inside
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Folded Worlds
Windows
In a toxic, zombie-ridden wasteland, survival is brutal. Upgrade your RV into a foldable-space mobile base—farm, craft, gather resources, and fend off the undead to build your last safe haven.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Survival 10.1%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #22 Hiraeth
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Jade Horse
Windows
A first‑person hard sci‑fi survival game on Ahra Prime. Explore, craft, fight, and endure a hostile alien world. Story Mode begins — uncover what happened to the vanished colony.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #23 Novus Inceptio
82% matchMixed52% of 1,304 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #24 Crushed
81% matchMixed54% of 318 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 37.6% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Open World 8.3%
- #25 Defend Till Sunshine
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Survival 18.4%, Crafting 17%, Nature 9.7%, Open World 7.5%
- #26 Until the Fire Dies
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Cloud Games
Windows
A first-person survival horror game where you chop trees and split logs by day, then keep the fire alive through the night as horrors close in beyond its light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 15.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Realistic 5.9%
- #27 BugOut
81% matchMostly Negative41% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: A2G Studios
Windows
First Person, Exploring, Surviving, Hunting, Foraging, Buiding, Hoarding, Looting, Prepping, Crafting Work against Time and Survive, Storms, Earthquakes, Nuclear Events, Radical Weather, and much more
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 11.9%, Cooking 11.8%, Open World 6.1%
- #28 Collinwood
79% matchNegative0% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WhatHunts
Windows
Explore a vibrant sandbox world full of wildlife and nature. Gather materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a cozy home. Build your shelter and hunt for food to survive—but be careful, the forest can be a dangerous place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Cooking 14.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 7.9%
- #29 Project: Mist
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Cooking 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 8.5%
- #30 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
78% matchMixed54% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #31 Among Trees
77% matchMixed68% of 2,233 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Cooking 15.5%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 7.4%
- #32 The Forest
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 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 50.6% ★, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 8.7%, Sandbox 3.4%
- #33 Erzurum
77% matchMixed41% of 5,049 reviews2021
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Crafting 15%, Survival 14.3%, Nature 10.5%, Realistic 9.6%
- #34 The Glade
76% matchMixed60% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Michael Schade
Windows
The Glade is a beautiful open world survival set on a stylized island which has been struck all over from large and mysterious meteorites creating a bridge for evil creatures from another world to enter and destroy anything in their path.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Survival 11.4%, PvE 10.2%
- #35 SpiritBorn
75% 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 42.5% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 9.1%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #36 Alchemist's Awakening
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 497 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 9.3%
- #37 Far North
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legnd
Windows
Far North is a captivating survival game set deep inside the procedurally generated North. Alone or together with friends you can build, farm, cook, hunt and increase your various skills in order to survive the dynamic seasons and thrive in the North.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Cooking 20.2%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #38 Force of Nature
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 46.9% ★, Crafting 16.9%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 7.9%, Open World 7.6%
- #39 The Gold River Project
71% matchMixed63% of 659 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.7%, Nature 7.3%
- #40 Andarilho
73% matchMixed66% of 1,312 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #41 Mineval
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MinegamerFrance Studios
Windows
Explore, build, survive, and gather all the resources you need! Customize your hero with unique armor and outfits! Mineval listens to its community and will do everything to bring your ideas and suggestions to life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 10.7%, Realistic 9.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #42 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
72% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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 51.5% ★, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.8%
- #43 The Stormy Islands
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Survival 16.1%, Open World Survival Craft 12.4% ★, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 11.1%
- #44 POLYARIS
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Magic Pie
Windows
Survive the Arctic in this first-person single-player game. Move by skis and boat, stay warm, dry, and hydrated, loot what's left behind, fight enemies, and escape the lonely north by any means. For fans of The Long Dark and other similar survival games.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Snow 19% ★, Crafting 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Survival 7.9%
- #45 Primal Survival
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantum Box
Windows · Linux
A realistic prehistoric survival game where you play as Homo habilis or Homo erectus. Craft primitive tools, build shelter, hunt massive beasts, and survive the harsh forces of nature in a vast multiplayer world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.2%, Nature 9.1%, Realistic 7.4%
- #46 Claycrafter
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: scoz
Windows
Gather resources, build structures, and craft increasingly wondrous items to unlock the secrets of a mysterious world made entirely out of clay.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 5.9%
- #47 Starsand
69% matchMixed66% of 1,254 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.5%, Realistic 9%, Resource Management 9%
- #48 CrossWorlds: Escape
70% matchMixed64% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Nature 11.3%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #49 Wild
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 12%, Nature 7.9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #50 Ozone Wipeout
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CitrioN
Windows
Ozone Wipeout is a post apocalyptic zombie survival game in a procedurally generated open world. Staying alive is your only goal which is much easier said than done. Harsh weather conditions, zombies and resource scarcity are only a few of many things you will have to deal with.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 11.4%, PvE 8.5%, Open World 8%
- #51 Ötzi
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Morpho Games
Windows
Ötzi is a Neolithic survival and crafting game. Hunt, fish and forage so you don't starve. Craft tools, clothing and shelter to withstand the cold, wind and rain in a living ecosystem, solo or in co-op for up to four.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 6%, Sandbox 6%
- #52 KeepUp Survival
67% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.1%, Realistic 8.1%, Open World 8%
- #53 ICARUS
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 6.8%, PvE 6.2%
- #54 INCUR Survival
67% matchVery Positive83% of 109 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 37.4% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 7.5%, Realistic 6.3%
- #55 Nord
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nord Studios
Windows
NORD is a story-driven survival game set in a flooded Swedish archipelago. Alone or with friends, engineer your raft to navigate a strange, petrifying ocean.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Survival 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Crafting 7.6%, Modern 5.8%
- #56 Bromeliad
67% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #57 Frost World
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Estoty LLC
Windows
The world has frozen over, and survival means more than just escaping the mysterious danger—it's about conquering the cold.
Why similar: Snow 26.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, PvE 13.2%, Third Person 7.9%, Open World 7.9%