- #1 Portals World
97% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Power
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi action strategy tower defense digging 2D top down game, Dig, explore, build production and defensive facilities, take care of robot's battery and manage power wisely..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.1% ★, Tower Defense 17.3%, Building 11.7%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #2 After Hell Freezes Over
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Deathless Games
Windows
Venture into the desolate frozen wasteland in this open-world survival horror. Struggle to survive in the cold, where strange creatures roam in the darkness. Build a shelter, collect supplies, fend off unimaginable threats, and fight for survival After Hell Freezes Over.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Horror 6.4%
- #3 Unhinged
96% 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 27.3% ★, Survival Horror 12.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 10.9%, Building 10.5%
- #4 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
95% 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 27.7% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.1%, Open World 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.3%
- #5 Dig or Die
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Tower Defense 11.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #6 Nimoyd - Survival Sandbox
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nudge Nudge Games
Windows
You’ve crash-landed on Earth in 2702. Craft, dig, fight through a vast and colorful post-apocalyptic open world full of wonder, generated cities, dungeons, aliens, mechs, and an underworld. Find love. Or beat the ultimate Underlord!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11.8%, Open World 11.1%
- #7 The Overlap
93% 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 24.3% ★, Survival Horror 12.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #8 Planet Explorers
92% 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 35.1% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 9.7%
- #9 Odd Woods
91% 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 27.2% ★, Building 14.1%, Crafting 14%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Open World 11.9%
- #10 Lost Sanity: Cthulhu
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Manin StudiosPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Horror 10.9%
- #11 Crea
89% 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 36.9% ★, Crafting 16%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 8.2%, RPG 6.2%
- #12 Force of Nature
89% 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 35.7% ★, Crafting 18.3%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 10.4%
- #13 ARCANA
88% 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 36.5% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.8%, Tower Defense 10.2%
- #14 The Forest
87% 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 39.2% ★, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 9.6%, Horror 9.2%
- #15 Planetaries
86% matchMixed59% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Tower Defense 15.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 12.5%, Open World 10.4%
- #16 Infinilands
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyCreature
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infinilands is a pixel art sandbox survival game that lets you explore and modify a procedurally generated world full of unique plants, creatures and ruins. You can build houses and fight monsters with your friends in online/split-screen co-op. This game also supports dedicated server.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 8.8%
- #17 THE LAST BREATH
85% 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 23.6% ★, Survival Horror 12.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.4%, Open World 10.2%
- #18 Signs of Life
84% 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 36.7% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 9.9%, Open World 6.4%
- #19 Crashlands
84% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Building 11.4%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #20 INANIMA
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obscure Tales
Windows · Linux
A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.5%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #21 XenoHaven
82% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.6%
- #22 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 9.1%
- #23 Graveyard Keeper
81% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 24.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Management 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Building 11.4%
- #24 Terraria
81% 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 35.4% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 12%, Open World 7.1%
- #25 SURVIVAL 2099
80% 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 27.4% ★, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Building 8.8%
- #26 The Sleep Experiment
79% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 11.9%
- #27 Cataclysm Upon Us
79% 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 25.7% ★, Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #28 Solitude
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amuzo Limited
Windows
Beached upon the coast of a haunted land you must survive the trials of an ancient malevolent force which seeks freedom from its shackles. Battle against the horrors of the night, build shelters to weather the elements, scavenge for supplies and uncover the mystery at the heart of the island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Crafting 16.8%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Open World 12.1%, Building 9.8%
- #29 Night of the Dead
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Tower Defense 16.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.6%
- #30 Aniverse
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AniLab
Windows
Chop trees, cook meals, build your home and play music to control the wild! Explore a procedurally generated world and survive your way through art.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 11%, Building 8.8%
- #31 Wurm Unlimited
78% 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 32% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 13.7%, Open World 13.6%
- #32 Souls Alive: Origins
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.2%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #33 2D?!
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 12.6%, Open World 9.2%
- #34 Edge of Space
77% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Building 6.4%
- #35 Project Cobalt
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Building 12.7%, Survival Horror 12%, Open World 11.2%
- #36 Candy Factory TD
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.4%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 10.4%, Management 8.6%
- #37 Dandelion Void
73% 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 24.1% ★, Survival Horror 13%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 9.7%
- #38 Nighthold: Number 1
71% 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 32.8% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 9.8%
- #39 Blockscape
75% 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 45.2% ★, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 10.9%, Open World 9.8%
- #40 Last Chance Market
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Premonition Games
Windows
When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.8%
- #41 Junk Jack
73% 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 36.6% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #42 Tinkerlands
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 11.8%, Open World 11.7%
- #43 Realms of Magic
71% matchVery Positive81% of 986 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, RPG 11.4%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #44 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 25.9% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Building 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Open World 10.5%
- #45 Cube Life: Island Survival
72% 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 41.6% ★, Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 11.2%
- #46 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
70% matchVery Positive92% of 7,831 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, RPG 10.9%, Crafting 10.6%
- #47 Block Story™
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,973 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 11.2%, RPG 9.1%
- #48 CARGO:HUMAN
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENDROLL
Windows
A dark delivery adventure through the slums as a state-licensed carrier. Load. Haul. Sell. ——Decide whether to look inside the unknown cargo.
Why similar: Mystery 23.2%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Lovecraftian 20.7%, Simulation 6.9%, RPG 6.5%
- #49 Necesse
67% 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 38.9% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10.9%, Building 10.5%
- #50 Starbound
69% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 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 37.7% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 9.4%, Open World 8.6%
- #51 The Infected
68% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Building 13.3%, Open World 11.1%, Survival Horror 11%
- #52 FortressCraft Evolved!
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Crafting 15%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 7%
- #53 Survive or Die
67% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Imperian Online - Pardubice
Windows
Survive Or Die is a first-person survival game. It takes place in an open world that is full of traps and mysteries. You are an outlaw who has escaped from death in prison. Can you escape all the manhunts? Can you survive the pitfalls the mysterious valley holds at night?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival Horror 13%, Building 12.1%, Open World 10.9%
- #54 Call of Cthulhu®
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #55 FRIGID
67% 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 29.1% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Building 13.3%, Open World 12.3%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #56 Bromeliad
68% 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 34.3% ★, Crafting 17.9%, Building 14.2%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #57 Category 6
66% 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 30.3% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Survival Horror 13%, Building 12.7%, Open World 11.1%