- #1 Beyond the Map
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Isometric 13.7%, Loot 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Hack and Slash 9.4%, Crafting 9.3%
- #2 Solace Crafting
96% 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: Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 13.7%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #3 Lay of the Land
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 971 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.6%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.5%, Base Building 10.4%
- #4 Valorborn
95% matchMixed63% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%
- #5 Survive the Fall
94% matchMixed69% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Isometric 15.7%, Loot 15%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 12%
- #6 Lantern Forge
94% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Crafting 28.1%, Sandbox 27.7%, Survival 23.1%, RPG 14.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #7 Enshrouded
92% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 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 17.6%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 8.9%
- #8 Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Sofa Mauve Studio Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions - Embark on a medieval fantasy survival odyssey. Reclaim the stolen Crown, battle dark forces, and explore diverse lands. Uncover secrets, wield magic, and craft your destiny. Will you become the true champion of Atham?"
Why similar: Hack and Slash 17%, Sandbox 13.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Action RPG 11.3%, Crafting 9.5%
- #9 Everwind
91% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Crafting 16.1%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Action RPG 14%, Survival 13.3%
- #10 RAIDBORN
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 352 reviews2023
Dev: Phodex Games
Windows
RAIDBORN is an addicting fantasy action RPG with base building and procedural dungeons. Loot legendary treasures, upgrade your gear, level up your skills, and hurl yourself into intense combat.
Why similar: Base Building 16%, Hack and Slash 14%, Action RPG 13.7%, Loot 13.4%, Crafting 11.2%
- #11 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Isometric 13.9%, Sandbox 11.4%, Action RPG 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 10.1%
- #12 Warlocks Quarry
89% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Use your skills in looting, fighting, exploring and base building to survive and progress in Warlocks world.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Hack and Slash 20.1%, Action RPG 19.7%, Building 12.6%, Exploration 7.8%
- #13 Ash & Rust
89% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Ash and Rust Studios
Windows
For seasoned ARPG lovers, a unique Indie entry is here! Construct a deep build as you fight your way through mysterious places. Enemies are strong and smart, but you'll have a massive arsenal of tools and abilities to master in order to vanquish them. Dive in!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 19%, Isometric 17.4%, Action RPG 15.4%, Loot 13.5%, Crafting 9.3%
- #14 Mirthwood
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,338 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Sandbox 21.8%, Crafting 20.8%, Survival 14.5%, Action RPG 13.2%, Open World 10.5%
- #15 Arcane Vale
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Dynamic Zero
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Arcane Vale is an action packed open-world RPG. Embark on an adventure to discover a long-lost treasure in a vast and dangerous world.
Why similar: Action RPG 21.1%, Open World 12%, RPG 9.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #16 DYSMANTLE
86% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 15.1%, Loot 12.4%, Open World 12.4%
- #17 Warlocks Deeds
85% matchVery Positive86% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Embark on an extraordinary journey through a mystical realm where warlocks and magic reign supreme. Introducing "Warlocks Deeds," a superbly crafted medieval survival sandbox voxel game that will transport you to a world of enchantment and adventure!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 17.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Action RPG 14.8%, Crafting 14.5%, RPG 7.1%
- #18 Shards of Azuria
86% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Crafting 22.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Survival 13.3%, Building 12.7%, Action RPG 10.2%
- #19 Regions of Ruin: Runegate
83% matchVery Positive87% of 306 reviews2026
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Embark on an explorative RPG hack-and-slash adventure where you attempt to re-establish a haven for the lost dwarven civilization. Journey across varied lands, help those in need, gather resources and fight off goblins and monsters as you slowly rebuild a home for your people.
Why similar: Loot 16.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Hack and Slash 16.3%, Action RPG 13%, Building 12.4%
- #20 Pathless Woods
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 13.2%, Survival 12.8%
- #21 Adventure Craft
84% matchVery Positive82% of 225 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Building 15.3%, Action RPG 13.6%, Survival 13.1%
- #22 Cubic Odyssey
82% 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: Base Building 26.5%, Sandbox 19.8%, Building 19.3%, RPG 8.9%, Crafting 6.2%
- #23 Tile Miner
82% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!
Why similar: Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 14.1%, Loot 13.1%, Survival 11.8%
- #24 Border Town
80% matchVery Positive80% of 302 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Building 19.1%, Survival 15.9%, Open World 15.8%, Base Building 9.6%
- #25 Force of Nature
81% 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: Crafting 21.2%, Survival 17.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Building 12.5%, Open World 11.1%
- #26 Starsand
81% matchMixed66% of 1,241 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 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: Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.7%
- #27 Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira
79% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Shed of Ideas
Windows
Action RPG with survival elements. Manage resources and bond with NPCs to unlock crafting and gain allies who may become playable. Use them to solve puzzles and battle together. Survive the frozen wilds and uncover the truth behind your exile.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 20.7%, Crafting 19.2%, Action RPG 18.4%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 11.6%
- #28 Len's Island
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Building 15.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 14%, Survival 13.8%
- #29 Deep Despair 2
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 17.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 11.9%, Survival 10.5%
- #30 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
77% matchVery Positive80% of 2,332 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.6%
- #31 Balrum
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 789 reviews2016
Dev: Balcony Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Balrum is an old-school, turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your home, and craft your own custom items.
Why similar: Isometric 17.6%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 12.1%, Survival 11.1%
- #32 Survive The Island
78% matchMixed52% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
survive the island you survive from skeletons and humans you can build and mine and level up your stats you can build whatever you want you can raid enemies you can mine and cut down trees and you have to hunt for your own food and you can grow your own crops and you can craft weapons
Why similar: Sandbox 15.6%, Action RPG 14%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10.2%
- #33 Crystalfall
76% matchMostly Negative24% of 2,112 reviews2026
Dev: CRG Studio
Windows
Crystalfall is a free online Action RPG where your ground loot matters and your skills offer endless procedural customization. Survive in a world destroyed by a mysterious asteroid and grow more powerful with steampunk weapons and lootable skills in an infinite endgame.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 18.7%, Isometric 17.2%, Loot 16.2%, Action RPG 15%, Crafting 11.5%
- #34 The Bloodline
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Sandbox 23.4%, Action RPG 20.5%, Open World 16.9%, Fantasy 11.4%, RPG 10.4%
- #35 HammerHelm
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 387 reviews2021
Dev: SuperSixStudiosPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!
Why similar: Building 21.1%, Crafting 20.8%, Base Building 18.5%, Open World 13.8%, Fantasy 9.7%
- #36 Dragon Forge
76% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful dragon & automate massive factories! Dragon Forge is an incremental base building adventure game. Uncurse & explore a huge fantasy world full of quests. Gather resources & craft upgrades to become unstoppable! Discover over 100 fables of ancient wisdom at the Dragon Forge.
Why similar: Base Building 19.1%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 11.6%
- #37 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
75% matchMixed63% of 997 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 17.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Open World 12.6%
- #38 Atomfall
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,109 reviews2025
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Why similar: Open World 26%, Action RPG 23.5%, Survival 18.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 8.1%
- #39 Core Keeper
70% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 13.5%, Survival 12.7%
- #40 Svarog's Dream
72% matchVery Positive90% of 825 reviews2023
Dev: VI Game Forge
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Awaken as a soul from the Underworld. Discover who you are and explore an ever-changing open world full of mystery. Battle beasts and gods, or forge alliances with them. Die and be reborn in this adventure.
Why similar: Isometric 21.2%, Action RPG 14.2%, Open World 13.2%, Loot 9.9%, Hack and Slash 9.6%
- #41 Project 5: Sightseer
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: Building 27.6%, Sandbox 25.8%, RPG 16.1%, Open World 13.3%, Adventure 9.4%
- #42 Re.poly
73% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Base Building 15%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 12.3%, Action RPG 11.7%
- #43 Ocean Punk
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Sandbox 18.4%, Building 16.9%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 11.8%
- #44 Towers of Aghasba
70% matchMixed69% of 2,030 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Action RPG 13.6%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #45 Novus Inceptio
74% 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: Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 12.7%, Building 11.6%
- #46 Village RPG
73% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: kazakovstudios
Windows
Create a hero and fight your enemies in 2D Village RPG with your friends. A huge world, PVE arena, and Dungeons are already waiting for you!
Why similar: Crafting 40%, Exploration 16.9%, RPG 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Action 6.8%
- #47 Nightingale
70% 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: Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 14.9%, Building 14.6%, Open World 12%
- #48 The Quinfall
69% matchMixed52% of 12,297 reviews2026
Dev: Vawraek Technology Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Embark on an adventurous journey to explore the Quinfall universe. Be a part of unique battles and an immersive story with dozens of different professions in the depths of medieval times in an all-new MMORPG experience.
Why similar: Crafting 22.7%, Action RPG 21.3%, Building 21.3%, Open World 19.3%, RPG 10.3%
- #49 Renown
69% matchMixed59% of 1,558 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Crafting 15.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 12.7%
- #50 Gatewalkers
71% matchMixed68% of 336 reviews2023
Dev: A2 Softworks
Windows
Gatewalkers is a unique mixture of co-op game, survival and RPG. You, as a Gatewalkers, travel across different worlds in order to save your own. Explore procedurally generated worlds, face hostile inhabitants and challenges like extreme weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, lack of water and more.
Why similar: Isometric 18.9%, Hack and Slash 16%, Crafting 14.9%, Action RPG 14.6%, Survival 13.1%
- #51 Of Ash and Steel
68% matchMixed65% of 6,426 reviews2025
Dev: Fire & FrostPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Action RPG 27%, Crafting 19%, RPG 10.9%, Open World 8.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #52 Rogue Harvest
72% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Genetix Studio
Windows
Rogue Harvest is a finely crafted Rogue-like Open World Adventure - Dig, Mine, Build, Craft, Explore, and Survive in a massive Procedurally Generated World and work to unravel the mystery of how you ended up in this dream like place.
Why similar: Crafting 19%, Hack and Slash 16.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 14.2%, Action RPG 13.4%
- #53 Muck
66% matchVery Positive93% of 183,134 reviews2021
Dev: Dani
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
Why similar: Survival 20.7%, Crafting 18.3%, Building 14.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Open World 10.8%
- #54 Romestead
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 16.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 12.6%, Action RPG 11.6%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #55 Lucid Blocks
65% matchVery Positive94% of 3,990 reviews2026
Dev: Lucy B. Locks
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Crafting 15.5%, Open World 15%, Building 14%, Survival 11.6%
- #56 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
68% matchMixed69% of 1,072 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.5 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: Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.7%, Action RPG 10.1%, Open World 9.8%
- #57 The Riftbreaker
67% matchVery Positive90% of 23,789 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Hack and Slash 12.8%, Isometric 12.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 10.4%
- #58 Necesse
64% 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: Sandbox 16%, Crafting 15.1%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 13%, Building 12%
- #59 Realms of Magic
67% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Open World 18%, RPG 17.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.1%
- #60 Sands of Aura
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 826 reviews2023
Dev: Chashu EntertainmentPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.
Why similar: Isometric 20.2%, Action RPG 20.1%, Hack and Slash 17.1%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 9.5%