- #1 Eco
96% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a collaborative, player-driven economy and ecosystem where building and resource management directly impact the world's survival.
- #2 Creativerse
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Voxel 20.1% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, voxel-based sandbox that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and building in a shared online environment.
- #3 Trove
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 92,685 reviews2015
Dev: gamigo US Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!
Why similar: Voxel 23.5% ★, MMORPG 15% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Open World 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based MMO that captures the lighthearted, blocky aesthetic and social exploration elements found in Boundless.
- #4 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Voxel 18.9% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 9.5%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep space-faring experience with voxel-based ship and base construction similar to the building freedom in Boundless.
- #5 Rising World
94% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Voxel 22.7% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a highly detailed, procedural voxel world with extensive building tools and a focus on immersive survival.
- #6 Space Engineers
93% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Open World 21.8%, Building 20.6%, Survival 13.6%, Space 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on complex voxel-based construction and physics-driven engineering in a vast, open-world space setting.
- #7 Valheim
92% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.2%, Survival 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines rewarding survival and exploration with a robust building system that encourages creative base design in a persistent world.
- #8 7 Days to Die
91% 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 34.4% ★, Voxel 21% ★, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 10%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that excels in destructible environments and intricate base-building mechanics against persistent threats.
- #9 Citadel: Forged with Fire
91% matchMixed68% of 5,884 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.4%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 8.4%, MMORPG 7.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: A magic-infused survival MMO that emphasizes building, exploration, and social interaction in a large, open world.
- #10 Dark and Light
90% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 24.3%, Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, MMORPG 9.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival MMO that offers massive scale and complex building mechanics within a persistent world.
- #11 No Man's Sky
89% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Open World 16.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 7%, Survival 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers vast, procedurally generated universes to explore and build upon, mirroring the multi-world travel aspect of Boundless.
- #12 Wurm Unlimited
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,133 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep crafting and terraforming system that allows for massive, player-built settlements.
- #13 Necesse
85% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, voxel-inspired survival game that features deep crafting, base-building, and multiplayer progression.
- #14 Life is Feudal: Your Own
88% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 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: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic medieval survival and collaborative building in a persistent, player-managed environment.
- #15 ARK: Survival Evolved
86% 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% ★, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Massively Multiplayer 9%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A massive survival game with extensive base-building and taming mechanics that thrive in a persistent multiplayer environment.
- #16 StarMade
87% matchMixed68% of 2,982 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Voxel 22.7% ★, Sandbox 20%, Open World 14%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based space sandbox that allows for the construction of massive, functional ships and stations in a multiplayer setting.
- #17 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 31.9% ★, Open World 13%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a brutal, open-world survival experience with a strong emphasis on building massive structures and player-driven politics.
- #18 Blockscape
86% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.8%, Voxel 6.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: A pure voxel-building experience that focuses on high-fidelity block manipulation and creative freedom.
- #19 Myth of Empires
83% matchMixed67% of 17,381 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 229.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, MMORPG 16% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 11.4%, Open World 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale multiplayer sandbox that focuses on building, crafting, and territorial control in a persistent, historical-fantasy world.
- #20 Solace Crafting
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 11.2%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting with a focus on scaling difficulty across a massive map.
- #21 Wurm Online
82% matchMixed63% of 2,533 reviews2020
Dev: Code Club AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, MMORPG 12% ★, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The persistent, free-to-play MMO version of the deep crafting and building sandbox experience.
- #22 Terraria
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 8.3%, Survival 7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D sandbox that offers unparalleled depth in exploration, building, and progression systems.
- #23 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
81% matchMixed52% of 3,445 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, MMORPG 9.2% ★, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival MMO that emphasizes crafting, building, and social interaction in a harsh, evolving world.
- #24 Crea
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 5.7%, Open World 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox RPG that provides deep crafting and world-shaping mechanics in a vibrant, procedural world.
- #25 Unturned
79% 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 28.5%, Sandbox 17.1%, Crafting 16.4%, Open World 15.1%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-style survival game that features accessible building mechanics and a strong focus on multiplayer interaction.
- #26 Life is Feudal: MMO
82% matchMixed40% of 7,344 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.4%, MMORPG 13.5% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale version of the medieval survival experience, focusing on community building and large-scale territorial warfare.
- #27 Cubic Odyssey
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 13.1%, Open World 5.5%, RPG 5.2%
- #28 Astral Terra
80% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Voxel 16.3% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox that blends survival, exploration, and building in a fantasy-themed, procedurally generated world.
- #29 Planet Explorers
78% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Voxel 6.4% ★
- #30 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
75% 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 28.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.2%, MMORPG 12.3% ★, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 8.5%
- #31 Starbase
77% matchMixed56% of 6,719 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.2%, Open World Survival Craft 15.4% ★, Voxel 15.1% ★, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #32 GRAV
78% 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 45.3% ★, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.7%
- #33 Last Oasis
75% matchMixed62% of 24,224 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 31.7%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #34 Project: Gorgon
69% matchVery Positive83% of 4,849 reviews2026
Dev: Elder Game, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 84.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Project: Gorgon is a fantasy MMORPG that allows you to forge your own path through exploration and discovery.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 51.7%, MMORPG 21% ★, RPG 7.8%, Open World 6.6%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #35 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
69% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 11%, Building 10%
- #36 Novus Inceptio
73% matchMixed52% of 1,302 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 37.8% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 11.5%, Building 8.8%
- #37 Wild Terra Online
72% matchMixed60% of 1,839 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 28.6%, Sandbox 15.2%, Open World 12.2%, MMORPG 10.2% ★, Crafting 8.9%
- #38 Angeldust
71% matchMixed64% of 1,428 reviews2019
Dev: Frank LucasPub: Metagaming B.V.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
ADVENTURE. ANYWHERE! Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures alongside millions of friends. Ride your own horse, bear or moa and discover the many game world wonders. Unleash your imagination by crafting beautiful buildings.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 45.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 11.2%, Building 9.8%, RPG 7.8%
- #39 Stars End
70% matchMixed61% of 1,419 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.8%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.8%
- #40 Force of Nature
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 7.9%
- #41 New World: Aeternum
68% matchMixed67% of 296,647 reviews2021
Dev: Amazon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 58.9 hrsMean: 196.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30%, MMORPG 21.8% ★, Open World 16.2%, Open World Survival Craft 12.8% ★, Crafting 6.2%
- #42 Fragmented
72% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.7% ★, Open World 10.1%, Survival 9.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Crafting 8.3%
- #43 Nightingale
67% matchMixed67% of 17,932 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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: Open World Survival Craft 43.4% ★, Open World 13%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 11.1%, Survival 8.6%
- #44 ASTRONEER
67% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 8.6%, Survival 8.1%
- #45 Starbound
67% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.8% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 7.8%, Building 6.3%
- #46 Skullborn
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Snubber
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skullborn is an infinite massively multiplayer sandbox game! Begin as a skeleton, fight, gather resources, and craft armor/weapon to upgrade your bones! Explore and team up with other players around the world.
Why similar: Voxel 25.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.6%, MMORPG 16.4% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 12.1%
- #47 Xsyon - Prelude
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, MMORPG 12.8% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 10.3%
- #48 TerraTech
66% matchVery Positive91% of 24,617 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 14.4%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%
- #49 Dune: Awakening
63% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 9.5%
- #50 BitCraft Online
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,504 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Laboratories, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 97.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Join thousands of players in a true single-world MMORPG. Carve out a cozy nook, master a player-driven economy, or band together to transform the ancient wilderness into thriving cities. From humble beginnings to legend, your choices matter - because in BitCraft, your actions shape our world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, MMORPG 20.3% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #51 Mortal Online
69% matchMixed52% of 2,959 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 31.2%, Open World 16.9%, Sandbox 15.7%, MMORPG 13% ★, Survival 6.6%
