- #1 ARK: Survival Ascended
97% matchMixed60% of 115,434 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 197.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 24.1%, Open World 19%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 12%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Conan, it drops you into a hostile open world where gathering, building fortified bases, taming allies, and surviving on multiplayer servers drive the entire experience.
- #2 ARK: Survival Evolved
96% matchVery Positive83% of 775,567 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 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 35.6% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 11.6%, Building 8.7%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the same addictive survival-craft loop of progressing from primitive tools to massive strongholds while defending yourself against players and world threats.
- #3 Soulmask
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,184 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 14.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors Conan Exiles especially well with its tribal survival setting, deep crafting and base-building, recruitable NPC followers, and a brutal open world built for solo or clan play.
- #4 Myth of Empires
95% matchMixed68% of 17,516 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 229.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.3% ★, Survival 14.4%, Building 14.3%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on large-scale building, territorial warfare, NPC management, and persistent multiplayer sandbox systems makes it one of the closest mechanical alternatives to Conan Exiles.
- #5 Enshrouded
94% matchVery Positive86% of 104,579 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 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: Survival 22.7%, Open World 22.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 10.6%, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This blends survival, crafting, exploration, and excellent base-building in a fantasy world, giving a softer but very compatible take on Conan's sandbox formula.
- #6 Valheim
94% matchVery Positive94% of 540,232 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 77.8 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 31.9% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 12.1%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same satisfaction of surviving a mythic world, constructing impressive bases, and venturing out for dangerous boss-driven progression with friends.
- #7 Dune: Awakening
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 78,012 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.1 hrsMean: 99.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Survival 12.3%, Open World 10.6%, Building 9.8%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival MMO structure, harsh environment, base-building, and factional conflict make it a natural fit if you like Conan's mix of survival and domination.
- #8 SCUM
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,288 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 9.3%, Nudity 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its mature survival tone, open-world sandbox systems, crafting, base-building, and multiplayer emphasis make it a strong pick for players who like Conan's unforgiving side.
- #9 V Rising
91% matchVery Positive89% of 136,623 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Survival 21.7%, Open World 18.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 10.8%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its castle-building, boss progression, resource gathering, and PvP server gameplay deliver a similarly compelling loop of survival, expansion, and power fantasy.
- #10 Nightingale
91% matchMixed66% of 18,030 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 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 29.6% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12.2%, Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a fantasy survival-crafting structure with strong building systems, co-op exploration, and progression through dangerous realms that Conan fans can easily sink into.
- #11 Bellwright
89% matchVery Positive80% of 21,252 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Open World 20.9%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 13.3%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It scratches the same itch for open-world crafting and building while adding settlement growth and recruit management that feel adjacent to Conan's thrall-and-fortress appeal.
- #12 Citadel: Forged with Fire
90% matchMixed68% of 5,894 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 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% ★, Open World 16.5%, Survival 14.4%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the most Conan-like fantasy sandboxes on Steam, with open-world survival, magical combat, base-building, and multiplayer kingdom-style play.
- #13 Rust
89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,391,799 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 428.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 23%, Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: While less fantasy-driven, it matches Conan's ruthless player-driven survival, raiding, base defense, and constant tension on multiplayer servers.
- #14 ATLAS
88% matchMixed47% of 42,929 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 111.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Survival 23.9%, Open World 19.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Massively Multiplayer 12.8%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It channels the same large-scale multiplayer survival energy with big bases, clan politics, progression, and a world designed for cooperative conquest.
- #15 Last Oasis
87% matchMixed62% of 24,230 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 120.6 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: Survival 21.9%, Open World 16.7%, Massively Multiplayer 16.1%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its nomadic survival design, clan warfare, and emphasis on building and defending mobile bases give it a similar PvP-sandbox appeal.
- #16 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
86% matchVery Positive82% of 10,415 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 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 27.6% ★, Survival 15%, Open World 11%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished survival-crafting and base-building loop in a dangerous world, making it a good fit if you mainly love Conan's exploration and progression systems.
- #17 Mortal Online 2
86% matchMixed60% of 13,903 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 150.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Open World 19.6%, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy Conan for its dangerous world, player conflict, sandbox freedom, and grounded fantasy setting, this MMORPG delivers a harsher and more social version of that formula.
- #18 Green Hell
85% matchVery Positive85% of 101,099 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 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 36.7% ★, Survival 18.7%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: This leans harder into survival realism, but its crafting, shelter building, and hostile open-world pressure will appeal to players who enjoy Conan's struggle-to-thrive gameplay.
- #19 Once Human
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 181,360 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 52.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 11.8%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural open-world survival, territory building, co-op play, and progression-driven sandbox structure make it a modern live-service cousin to Conan Exiles.
- #20 ICARUS
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,311 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Though more mission-structured, it still delivers satisfying gathering, crafting, building, and survival progression with a strong co-op focus.
- #21 Medieval Dynasty
83% matchVery Positive90% of 51,954 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 20.9%, Crafting 18.8%, Survival 18.2%, Open World 15.1%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It trades high-stakes PvP for a more grounded settlement-building approach, but the crafting, open-world progression, and historical vibe still overlap nicely with Conan.
- #22 7 Days to Die
82% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 110.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 30.9% ★, Survival 22.6%, Open World 13.8%, Building 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its crafting, base construction, progression, and constant need to fortify against threats make it a great alternative if the building-and-surviving cycle is what hooked you.
- #23 Sons Of The Forest
81% matchVery Positive88% of 317,373 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 28.5%, Open World 21.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers tense survival, meaningful base-building, and co-op exploration in a hostile world, even if it is more horror-focused than Conan.
- #24 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,386 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 77.1 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 29.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 12.4%, Building 12%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Although sci-fi, it offers a huge survival sandbox with deep crafting, construction, and multiplayer progression that scratches a similar systems-heavy itch.
- #25 The Front
81% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes open-world survival, automation, fortification building, and multiplayer conflict in a way that feels very compatible with Conan's base-focused sandbox loop.
- #26 The Forest
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,259 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 20.7%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Like Conan, it excels at making every expedition for resources feel risky while steadily rewarding better tools, stronger shelters, and multiplayer teamwork.
- #27 ASKA
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 12,061 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 10.2%, Building 9.8%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its Viking survival theme, village construction, NPC workforce management, and harsh world survival create a similar fantasy-survival rhythm to Conan's clan-building appeal.
- #28 Sengoku Dynasty
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,779 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Survival 22.2%, Open World 19.3%, Building 15.8%, Crafting 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This emphasizes open-world crafting, village building, and co-op progression in a historical setting that will suit players who enjoy Conan's settlement side more than its PvP.
- #29 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
80% matchMixed52% of 4,137 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 30.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11.2%, Survival 9.6%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down perspective changes the feel, but the persistent medieval survival MMO structure, crafting, building, and PvP elements align well with Conan's sandbox priorities.
- #30 Pax Dei
78% matchMixed57% of 11,262 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Crafting 22%, Sandbox 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.1%, PvP 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: For players who mainly want the persistent multiplayer building and social-sandbox side of Conan Exiles, this offers a similarly communal world-focused experience.
- #31 Dark and Light
77% matchMixed52% of 11,834 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 49.0 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: Survival 20.3%, Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Open World 18.8%, Massively Multiplayer 13.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #32 Life is Feudal: Your Own
77% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.0 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 33% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.8%
- #33 Miscreated
76% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #34 Hurtworld
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 21.4%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 10%
- #35 Reign Of Kings
76% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.8%
- #36 Savage Lands
75% matchMixed54% of 6,690 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #37 New World: Aeternum
72% matchMixed67% of 296,918 reviews2021
Dev: Amazon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 58.8 hrsMean: 197.5 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: Open World 26.6%, Massively Multiplayer 20.3%, Open World Survival Craft 15.2% ★, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #38 Outlaws of the Old West
74% matchMixed59% of 6,295 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 19%, Open World 15.5%, Massively Multiplayer 9.7%, Multiplayer 7%
- #39 Renown
71% matchMixed58% of 1,577 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: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.2%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
- #40 PixARK
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,218 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Survival 24.1%, Open World 17.5%, Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.6%
- #41 Age of Conan: Unchained
74% matchMixed69% of 2,927 reviews2013
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Age of Conan: Unchained is an award-winning and critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game set in the sexy, savage and brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. Tread in the footsteps of the greatest fantasy hero of all time, and explore the vast reaches of Hyboria.
Why similar: Nudity 26.7%, Massively Multiplayer 24.1%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Gore 10.7%, RPG 8%
- #42 Deadside
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,488 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #43 Windrose
67% matchVery Positive87% of 51,723 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.0 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11%, Open World 9.6%
- #44 My Island
71% matchMixed66% of 1,734 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 6.7%
- #45 Mortal Online
73% 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: Open World 22.4%, Massively Multiplayer 17.1%, Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Nudity 9.5%
- #46 Dawn of Defiance
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,840 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 10.7%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 7.5%
- #47 Frozen Flame
70% matchMixed63% of 2,989 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.3%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9%
- #48 Subsistence
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,764 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 38% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 8.1%
- #49 Heat
71% matchMixed49% of 2,935 reviews2020
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.9% ★, Survival 22%, Open World 17.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Building 7.1%
- #50 Life is Feudal: MMO
72% matchMixed40% of 7,349 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.6 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 31% ★, Survival 14.9%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.5%
- #51 Rem Survival
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.9%
- #52 Outward Definitive Edition
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 31,299 reviews2022
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Why similar: Open World 32.8%, Survival 26.4%, RPG 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Co-op 7.3%
- #53 Everwind
64% matchVery Positive81% of 3,733 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 13.9 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: Survival 17.4%, Open World 15.5%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #54 No One Survived
65% matchMixed64% of 7,773 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 26.7%, Open World 19.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 10.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #55 Sunkenland
65% matchVery Positive80% of 23,774 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Survival 18.5%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #56 Force of Nature
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,207 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 35.5% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 10.5%, Building 8.5%
- #57 Wurm Unlimited
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,138 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 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 31% ★, Open World 13.4%, Survival 12.4%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%
- #58 Out of Reach
68% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 9%, Building 8%
