- #1 The Overlap
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Back Pocket Games
Windows
The Overlap is a survival-cosmic-horror 2D sandbox. Explore procedurally generated wastelands, scavenge resources, craft, build, customize and upgrade your survivor, face eldritch horrors, survive the post-cataclysmic world alongside friends online and find out the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Survival 8.5%
- #2 The Long Dark
96% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 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 45.4% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 6.6%, Post-apocalyptic 4.3%
- #3 Project Canopy
96% 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 34.1% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #4 The Forest
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 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 43.6% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 9%, Survival Horror 6.7%
- #5 FRIGID
94% 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 30.1% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 8.7%, Building 8.1%
- #6 Desolated District
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Building 9.4%, Open World 9.2%
- #7 Unhinged
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 9.1%
- #8 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
91% matchMixed55% of 102 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 33% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #9 Force of Nature
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 41.5% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 8.3%, Building 7.6%
- #10 Cube Life: Island Survival
90% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9.2%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #11 THE LAST BREATH
89% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Y Games
Windows
Survive the post-apocalypse world. There's a predator who's going after you. This is Online and local party games enjoyed by 1 to 5 players. you have to Survive in an end-of-life world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.1%
- #12 Novus Inceptio
89% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 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 32.5% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.1%, Building 8.1%
- #13 Urge
88% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival Horror 10%, Crafting 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Building 8.2%
- #14 Cataclysm Upon Us
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.3%, Building 8.8%
- #15 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Survival Horror 9.1%
- #16 The Highrise
86% matchMixed57% of 275 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Survival Horror 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 9%, Survival 8.5%
- #17 Odd Woods
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 10.8%, Building 9.8%, Open World 9.7%
- #18 Wrongworld
84% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 7.5%, Building 6.8%
- #19 SURVIVAL 2099
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomsday GamesPub: Open World Entertainment
Windows
Survival 2099 is an open world survival crafting game. Human beings have been discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea for a long time, and Marine creatures are slowly mutated by radiation. In 2099, the apocalypse comes, and the terrible creatures after mutation begin to attack human.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.6%, Perma Death 7.9%, Survival Horror 7%
- #20 SpiritBorn
83% 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 36.5% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.7%, Open World 9.7%
- #21 Whisper of the Swallows
81% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Building 9.2%, Open World 8.1%
- #22 Vortex: The Gateway
82% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.3%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #23 Planet Explorers
82% 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 42% ★, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #24 Nighthold: Number 1
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.6%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 9%
- #25 Ship Builder
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Play with up to three companions and become the best shipwrights on this side of the globe! Explore and gather materials needed to build legendary ships! Soon they will call you a legend as well.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Fishing 11% ★, Survival 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #26 WildCraft
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival 6.3%
- #27 Don't Starve
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 7.4%, Perma Death 6.4%
- #28 Blockscape
79% 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 51.5% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 7.8%, Open World 7.7%
- #29 Hostile Planet: Survival
77% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10.4%
- #30 Stranded Deep
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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 47% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 9%, Building 5.5%
- #31 PostCollapse
77% matchMixed57% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 10.3%, Fishing 9.8% ★
- #32 Polygon Survival
75% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #33 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
76% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 9.9%, Survival Horror 9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #34 Dandelion Void
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manzanita Interactive
Windows
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Survival Horror 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 8.8%
- #35 Bromeliad
74% 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 39% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.6%, Building 9.5%
- #36 ARCANA
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 7.9%, Building 7.8%
- #37 Crushed
74% matchMixed55% of 307 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 35.7% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.7%, Building 8.2%
- #38 Terraria
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 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 42.4% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 10.7%, Building 8.5%
- #39 SCP
70% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Molance Games
Windows
Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Crafting 11%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Survival 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.6%
- #40 Cubits
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango Nebula Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.5%, Perma Death 9.6%, Open World 8.2%
- #41 Wurm Unlimited
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 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 38.1% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Survival 9.8%
- #42 Far North Survival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 12.3%, Building 11.4%, Open World 10.6%
- #43 Signs of Life
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 7.2%
- #44 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 48.9% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 9%, Crafting 9%, Building 6.1%
- #45 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
71% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 48.7% ★, Survival 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 7.2%
- #46 Green Hell
69% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Survival 14%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 7.9%, Survival Horror 5.2%
- #47 Nighthold
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8.2%, Building 7.6%, Open World 6.9%
- #48 Project: Mist
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Join the Project Mist in this new open world survival horror. Explore an enigmatic Island. Fight against colossal monsters. Build and defend your base while crafting traps, siege weapons, upgrading your gear and Gravity Gun. Survive or perish while unraveling the secrets behind the giant wall!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Survival Horror 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 8.6%
- #49 Herd is Coming
69% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Crafting 12%, Open World 10.3%, Survival 10.3%
- #50 Subsistence
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 9.3%, Building 7.7%
- #51 Necesse
64% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 45.4% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #52 Crea
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 46.2% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 8.8%, Building 6.1%
- #53 Primal Man Simulator
67% 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 39.4% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 4.3%
- #54 Ancient the Dimensions
66% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10%, Building 9.7%
- #55 Junk Jack
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.7% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 11%, Building 9.3%
- #56 Breathedge 2
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Sent on a reckless mission, you find yourself in outer space filled with numerous dangers and things to explore. Build, craft, manage your crew, look after the chicken, and defeat the evil space corporation in this new breathtaking survival game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 7.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Building 6.2%