- #1 Ruins of Majika
97% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Ariel EstipularPub: Gears2Game
Windows
Strategically build impenetrable towers & defenses, to endure the endless foes that emerge in the shroud of night. Each passing day is an opportunity to grow stronger. so take what you need from the environment. Gather, Craft, Survive, Defend, Thrive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.6%
- #2 Nature Hunter
96% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Elisabeth Mila Rose
Windows
Realism, craftsmanship, self-regulating vegetation, plants, insects, mushrooms, ruins, in a semi-open world.
Why similar: Agriculture 21.9% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.9%
- #3 Citadel Anew
96% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Radical Byte
Windows
The game is an unholy blend of base defense, tower defense, roguelite elements, and some colony management. Also, mechs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 11.1%
- #4 Gengu Survival
95% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 16%, Survival 14.5%, Building 10.8%, FPS 10.3%
- #5 Tides of Despair
94% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Crafting 16.7%, Building 15.3%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #6 Start Over
93% matchMixed62% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.8%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #7 Bandit the game
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Adrian Ubiorski
Windows
Bandit the game is an open-world RPG with unique quests, character development, intense combat and interesting exploration. With optional elements: tower defense, city/base building and gang management.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.5%
- #8 Iron grid
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iscreamdye
Windows
Iron grid is first person tower defense survival game. Liberate earth from alien invasion sector by sector. Setup colossal super-weapon called "Iron Grid" to protect earth. Aliens will adapt to your towers making each encounter more challenging. Unlock new towers based on enemy types you encounter.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Building 15.5%, FPS 14.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 9.1%
- #9 ENDGAME: Survival
91% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 19.7%, Crafting 17.1%, Building 15.6%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 13.2%
- #10 Survivor 53
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: berkthedev
Windows
Survive inside a mysterious walled jungle. Gather resources, build your base, craft your gear, and defend against deadly enemy waves every night.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 13%, FPS 8.3%
- #11 The Islands
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trash Studios
Windows
An open-world survival game. Use your environment to craft items and structures. Physics based with weather and day/night. More than 50 different animals. Combat and non-combat activities fishing.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.5%, Base Building 18.8%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 13.3%, Building 8.5%
- #12 Shallow Sea Roaming
89% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: ACC_Studio
Windows
Find the secret treasure and explore the secrets of this mysterious island,and there are a large number of enemies on the island.You need to use your courage and scientific knowledge to survive on this island,And find a way to leave this island!
Why similar: Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.7%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, FPS 12.8%
- #13 Hold Your Own
89% matchMixed68% of 574 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 13.9%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #14 Everlost
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kub3sqtPub: Orivilon
Windows
Stranded in a world that never stops growing. Gather, craft, build and survive in an infinite procedurally generated wilderness where no two worlds are ever the same.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Building 19.5%, Crafting 18.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 12.9%
- #15 Project Tomorrow
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Advance Nine
Windows
A base-building survival game with terraforming and crafting. Earth lies poisoned and abandoned ten thousand years after invasion. Awaken from stasis, defend your fragile foothold, and restore a dead world so humanity can live here again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Base Building 23.9%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #16 Automate Defend Repeat
86% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: BigScorchPub: Sage Games
Windows
Automate, Defend, Repeat: A combination of factory management and tower defense strategy. Build a planet-dominating factory, defend it from disgruntled resource-carrying monsters, and defeat a total of 6 bosses. Once you have done that, select a New Game + modifier and do it again!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #17 X Space
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: X SPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.3%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.8%
- #18 IslaNode Rescue Signal
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Gor Yeritsyan
Windows
IslaNode Rescue Signal it is a unique survival adventure ,set on deserted island where you have nothing but natural resources. Stranded alone, you’ll need to explore, gather materials, and craft with unique node-based crafting system.
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 15%, Building 14.3%, Survival 13.6%
- #19 Wildlands Resurgence
84% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
section for a game where players need to survive from wildlife, mine resources, craft items and structures, and even form tribes:
Why similar: Sandbox 18.8%, Building 16.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 10.9%
- #20 Reforge Front
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Four Games
Windows · Mac
Defend the furnace from waves of goblins by building and upgrading in an FPS tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, FPS 15.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.3%
- #21 Chicken Defense
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lazy4Games
Windows
Plant, harvest, and defend your farm! Build turrets, gather resources, and fight off waves of enemies. And most important defend your CHICKEN!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Agriculture 21.1% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 10.3%
- #22 Cubical World
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ullizoz
Windows
This is a cube-based survival sandbox. You place cubes break cubes ad experience a procedurally generated world. Do whatever YOU wish to do. Build a house or a statue. Fight ants sheep zombies and survive through the night. Play regular world generation or try islands or flat. There is lots to do...
Why similar: Sandbox 18.6%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Survival 8.8%
- #23 AnUncommonWinter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crapo
Windows
AnUncommonWinter is a game of survival and progression through different worlds
Why similar: Sandbox 16.9%, FPS 12.5%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 8.1%
- #24 Medieval Dynasty
80% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 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: Crafting 18.8%, Building 18.1%, Agriculture 17.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #25 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
79% matchVery Positive90% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
Why similar: Agriculture 22.1% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.4%, FPS 9.4%
- #26 A Package For Space
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Reading Time Studio
Windows
A real race against time, your priorities will be the key to success..
Why similar: Agriculture 21.6% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 11.8%, FPS 10.8%, Building 10.7%
- #27 Alterworld
79% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 10.2%
- #28 Coastline Survival
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbitami Entertainment
Windows
Unleash your ultimate survival skills in Coastline Survival - a game that redefines open-world excitement! Craft, build, farm, hunt, and fish amidst breathtaking coastal scenery. Conquer the wild, master survival, and carve your path to triumph in this thrilling adventure today!
Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #29 Guardians of the Wild Sky
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Isle Studios
Windows
Survive, build, craft and explore a vast magical world as you capture and bond with powerful Guardians. Captain your own airship and sail the cloud seas. Build everything from cozy homes to flying castles. Explore this world solo or with friends; the skies are yours to conquer!
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Building 16.1%, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 15.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #30 Ghost Villa
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
A ghostly round based FPS with tower defense, roguelike, and farming elements. Survive the rapidly changing seasons, build up your farm during the day, by night you will fight endless hordes of ghosts that want to haunt and capture your home.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 16%, Building 14.5%, FPS 10.3%, Survival 9.5%
- #31 SkyFab
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oltimo Games
Windows
Stranded on a floating island in the shadow of a mysterious cube planet, you must survive using only your wits and advanced engineering. Build intricate automation lines, manage power grids, and transform a single tree into a sprawling industrial space station. Will you find your way home?
Why similar: Agriculture 23.7% ★, Base Building 23.5%, Crafting 18.6%, Building 17.4%, First-Person 7.6%
- #32 ReTower: Custom Defense
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baturalp ÖZMEN
Windows
A modular tower defense strategy game where you design, build, and upgrade fully customizable towers to survive relentless enemy waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, Base Building 19.7%, Sandbox 18.5%, Building 18.1%, Strategy 7.4%
- #33 Apocalyptica
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Soullessregent Gaming LLC
Windows
Fight, Mine, Explore, Survive, Build, Fortify, Adapt. Conquer the apocalypse as you build a base to survive the wild lands.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 15.1%, Tower Defense 14.4%, Survival 11.6%, Building 11.5%
- #34 Utopiq
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VOLUMIQ Software SAS
Windows
Welcome to Utopiq, INC. Planet Tourism Program!Embark on an adventure to build your base, and ensure the planet is habitable for humanity. Document the diverse fauna and flora... even if sometimes, ignorance is bliss!
Why similar: Agriculture 23% ★, Building 18%, Sandbox 15.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 8%
- #35 Emberhaven
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Third Variable Co., Ltd.Pub: Jexar Games Co., Ltd.
Windows
Survive in a procedurally generated fantasy world overrun by creeping corruption. Build impenetrable strongholds, tend your farms, forge deadly weapons, and fend off hordes of mutated abominations to defend your last sanctuary.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 13.3%
- #36 ArcaneOutpost
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: VortexRingGame
Windows
A strategy game that combines MOBA and Tower Defence, You would control guardians with different skills,building your outpost to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Base Building 22.6%, Building 16.4%, Strategy 11%, Survival 7.6%
- #37 Slime Factory
75% matchMostly Negative21% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Stone
Windows
Slime Factory is a game in which you have to develop your factory for breeding Slimes. Manage resources and construction, unlock new building types, and explore a variety of biomes in an open world!
Why similar: Agriculture 25.8% ★, Base Building 16%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #38 Candy Factory TD
73% 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: Tower Defense 22.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 14%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #39 Vironics
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dragon Flame Games LLC
Windows
Control a Nanite body from a space station to gather Nanite resources on Earth, seized by a rogue AI. Build and fortify your dropbase with turrets and defenses, fight waves of robotic enemies, and collect Nanites for extraction, balancing fast FPS combat with strategic tower placement.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, FPS 14%, Building 13.1%, Base Building 10.1%, Strategy 7.4%
- #40 Grandiose
73% matchMixed66% of 213 reviews2021
Dev: Valentin SupiotPub: Heldenlied
Windows
Grandiose is a calming and creative base builder game full of botany, building and strategy. Land on the island that will become your domain in a universe soon to be borrowed from the ingenious and creative abilities of your mind.
Why similar: Agriculture 25.1% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 10.9%
- #41 Gutfarm
71% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: TincatGames
Windows
Gutfarm is a top-down 2D pixel art game that blends farming, tower defense, and survival elements. On this alien island, you will expand and grow your farm by planting crops, unlocking genetically mutated varieties, defending against waves of monster attacks, collecting relics, and more!
Why similar: Agriculture 25.4% ★, Tower Defense 23.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 13.6%, Survival 11.9%
- #42 On Island
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SystemGames P.S.A.
Windows
On Island is a game where you must survive on a mysterious archipelago and recover your memories. Enter a world where every day brings new challenges. Complete quests, experience an amazing adventure, and find your way to escape!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.3%, Building 16.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 11%
- #43 Undead Development 2
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Masterstrike
Windows
Your resources are your surroundings. Break down, drag, and nail together furniture to safeguard your home. Explore other regions to restock supplies and weapons. Construct wild defenses by nailing together unlikely objects. Fight against the hordes with online co-op in or out of VR.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Sandbox 16.4%, Survival 13.6%, FPS 11.9%, Building 10.3%
- #44 Exot
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Crafting 19.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Survival 14.8%
- #45 Cats and Cows
70% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Joseph Cook
Windows
Plant, craft, farm, and build as a Cat in Cats And Cows. Paint and design your island landscape, build farms and expand your island to build your farming empire!
Why similar: Agriculture 30.3% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 17%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 16.4%
- #46 Deadburg
71% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Reanimated Games
Windows
Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Survival 18.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Crafting 11.8%, FPS 11.1%
- #47 Maze and Fairy tale
69% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: HJ Game StudioPub: Wise Games
Windows
This is a 2.5D style game combining Survival, Maze Exploration, and Tower Defense gameplay. During the day, you need to enter the maze to collect supplies necessary for survival. At night, you must return to the main base and build defense towers to fend off invading monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 12.2%
- #48 End of Everything
68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Happy Dayz Games
Windows
Survive a first-person world overrun by the infected in End of Everything. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons and tools, build shelters, and explore a hostile wasteland filled with secrets and hidden quests. Play solo and adapt to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 12.9%, FPS 12.2%
- #49 Solitary Horizons
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PaceBloom
Windows
Alone in a hostile universe, you're the last of your kind. Team up in a crew of up to 4 players, gather vital resources, upgrade your gear, and defend your spacecraft with the help of intelligent robots. But beware, in the dark, something is watching - and it won't stop until it finds you.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 17%, Crafting 14%, Survival 8%
- #50 Edge Of Survival
70% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Builderline
Windows
Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 18.6%, Building 16.5%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 14.2%
- #51 Machine Mind
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 484 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #52 Far North
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legnd
Windows
Far North is a captivating survival game set deep inside the procedurally generated North. Alone or together with friends you can build, farm, cook, hunt and increase your various skills in order to survive the dynamic seasons and thrive in the North.
Why similar: Agriculture 21.2% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.6%
- #53 Outpost
69% matchVery Positive87% of 790 reviews2020
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.5%, Base Building 15.5%, Building 13.6%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%
- #54 Astronaut Assault
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: DalyForge Games
Windows · Mac
Dive into Astronaut Assault, a third-person Sci-Fi tower defense game, and battle against relentless enemy waves in diverse arena settings. Arm yourself with an array of turrets, traps, and gadgets to halt, hinder, and outmaneuver your foes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 15.2%, Survival 13%
- #55 NodeLord
68% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: HowDeerYou
Windows
Build, automate and create - but most of all - survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 10.5%
- #56 Symbiosis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aberratic
Windows
A solo or coop hero-shooter set in a procedural alien world. Explore, build, evolve, and fight side-by-side against waves of mechanical hybrids. Wishlist now!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.7%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #57 Catch it
66% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: CCLXGAMES
Windows
"Dusk to Dawn, Strategy Drawn" In this blighted realm, daylight grants but fleeting respite— While darkness unleashes the reaper's carnival. As the Last Nightwatch, you must wield more than steel: To orchestrate the symphony of survival.
Why similar: Base Building 26.5%, Tower Defense 21%, Building 20.3%, Survival 14%, Combat 4.4%
- #58 Isolation Edge
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EzGameStudio
Windows
Isolation Edge is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a desolate world reclaimed by zombies. Traverse dangerous zones to scavenge, craft gear, and build your fortress to endure the relentless hordes. The past is lost, but on this isolated edge, every breath is a victory worth fighting for.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.7%
- #59 Factory Defense
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KV4 STUDIO
Windows
Factory Defence - is a first-person shooter in which you build automated factories and defend them. Plan your factory and defensive structures to take the enemy by surprise. Explore and colonize the planet alone or with friends.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.3%, Building 15.2%, Crafting 15.1%, FPS 12.2%, Sandbox 12.2%