- #1 Palworld
97% matchVery Positive95% of 480,493 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 40.2 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Open World 18.3%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the unique blend of creature collection, automation, and open-world survival found in Craftopia.
- #2 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 30.1% ★, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar loop of exploration, base building, and challenging boss-focused progression in a vast open world.
- #3 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 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: Open World 24.8%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Online Co-Op 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep voxel-based building with action-RPG combat and exploration in a survival-focused setting.
- #4 Omega Crafter
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 10.3%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the automation and survival aspects of Craftopia, allowing players to program helpers for base tasks.
- #5 Nightingale
94% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Open World 14.7%, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes exploration and crafting within procedurally generated realms, mirroring Craftopia's multi-biome approach.
- #6 Core Keeper
94% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar mix of automation, resource gathering, and dungeon crawling within a sandbox environment.
- #7 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
93% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
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 25.2% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar perspective on survival and building, focusing on exploration and resource management.
- #8 Terraria
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 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 33.3% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the quintessential sandbox experience with extensive crafting, boss progression, and building mechanics.
- #9 Grounded
91% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Survival 18.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a polished survival experience with creative base building and exploration in a unique, scaled-down environment.
- #10 Soulmask
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 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 26.2% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Open World 17.6%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex tribe management and building mechanics that appeal to players who enjoy the automation aspects of Craftopia.
- #11 Portal Knights
91% matchVery Positive83% of 22,346 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Crafting 23.4%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Bridges the gap between sandbox building and RPG progression with distinct, explorable worlds.
- #12 Necesse
89% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 34.4% ★, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 8.9%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down survival and building with automation and RPG elements in a procedurally generated world.
- #13 Len's Island
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,866 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 13.6%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a satisfying loop of building, farming, and dungeon crawling in a vibrant open world.
- #14 Scrap Mechanic
87% matchVery Positive92% of 122,134 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Crafting 19.6%, Open World 19.4%, Survival 15.1%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Highlights the engineering and automation side of sandbox survival, allowing for complex machine building.
- #15 Dinkum
88% matchVery Positive92% of 29,064 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.6% ★, Crafting 16%, Sandbox 8.4%, Building 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more relaxed take on farming, building, and exploration, sharing the charm found in Craftopia's lighter moments.
- #16 V Rising
86% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 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: Open World 23.8%, Crafting 18.9%, Survival 18.7%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and base building with highly satisfying action-RPG combat and progression.
- #17 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,060 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43.5% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9%, Building 9%, RPG 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Merges creative building with a structured RPG narrative and exploration.
- #18 Myth of Empires
85% matchMixed68% of 17,524 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 229.1 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 29.8% ★, Open World 14.9%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a large-scale sandbox experience with deep building and survival mechanics.
- #19 Raft
84% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to build and expand a base while managing survival needs in an open-world setting.
- #20 Tribes of Midgard
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,242 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.4% ★, Survival 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Co-op 6%
Why You'll Like It: Mixes survival and base defense with action-RPG combat, perfect for fans of Craftopia's multiplayer sessions.
- #21 Satisfactory
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Crafting 18.5%, Open World 18.3%, Open World Survival Craft 15.5% ★, Automation 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Perfect for players who prioritize the automation and building aspects of Craftopia above all else.
- #22 Keplerth
83% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Open World 24%, Survival 19.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a top-down sandbox experience with deep crafting and exploration mechanics.
- #23 ARK: Survival Ascended
82% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 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: Open World 23.7%, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 18.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive creature taming and survival mechanics that mirror the core appeal of Craftopia.
- #24 7 Days to Die
81% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 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% ★, Survival 18.7%, Open World 16.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base fortification against waves of enemies, similar to Craftopia's combat-heavy survival.
- #25 ICARUS
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 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 29.8% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 12.6%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a session-based survival experience that emphasizes crafting and exploration under pressure.
- #26 Don't Starve Together
80% matchVery Positive95% of 541,972 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.8% ★, Survival 24.6%, Open World 4.6%, Multiplayer 4.2%, Crafting 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a challenging survival experience with unique art and deep crafting systems.
- #27 Subnautica
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 378,847 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Open World 17.4%, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and building in a hostile, immersive environment.
- #28 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Survival 19.7%, Open World 17.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hardcore survival simulation with extensive crafting and base-building mechanics.
- #29 Shamania
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Crafting 15%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 10.7%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #30 Longvinter
77% matchMixed67% of 7,664 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Crafting 17%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 14.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #31 Night of the Dead
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 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 27.6% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #32 Dark and Light
78% 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: Open World 25.7%, Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Survival 19%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 8%
- #33 Last Oasis
77% 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: Open World 23.7%, Survival 21.2%, Crafting 18%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #34 Tinkerlands
73% matchVery Positive86% of 4,087 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.2 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 27.9% ★, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #35 Cloudheim
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,956 reviews2025
Dev: Noodle Cat Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Master chaotic physics-based combat inspired by Zelda and Devil May Cry. Explore islands and dungeons, smash monsters, loot and craft powerful gear, and grow your home in the sky. Play solo or online co-op with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Crafting 35.1%, Building 14.8%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Co-op 7.8%
- #36 Re:Legend
76% matchMixed55% of 2,025 reviews2022
Dev: Magnus Games StudioPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Adventure with friends in a beautiful world of wonder and fantastic creatures. Build, craft, farm and fish, as you raise and breed amazing pet companions!
Why similar: Crafting 36.7%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, RPG 11.3%, Co-op 9.2%
- #37 PixARK
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,223 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.6 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: Open World 23.3%, Survival 21.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #38 Cultivation Tales
74% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 22.1 hrsMean: 65.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Open World 15%, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 10.2%
- #39 Aloft
72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,682 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Crafting 17.8%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.6%, Building 9.2%
- #40 StarRupture
70% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #41 ATLAS
74% 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: Open World 24.9%, Survival 21%, Crafting 20%, Multiplayer 9%, Online Co-Op 7.6%
- #42 Force of Nature
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 33.3% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Survival 13%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #43 Farever
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,295 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.
Why similar: Open World 25.7%, Crafting 20.6%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #44 Eden Crafters
68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Crafting 15%, Open World 13%, Survival 9.2%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #45 Volcanoids
71% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Open World 17.6%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 10.4%
- #46 Solarpunk™
67% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 12.7%, Survival 9.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #47 Scrapnaut
71% matchMixed70% of 837 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 13%, Open World 11.5%, Building 9.9%
- #48 Planet Explorers
71% matchMixed62% of 6,818 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 33.3% ★, Open World 16.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 9.4%
- #49 Citadel: Forged with Fire
70% 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 29.8% ★, Open World 22%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #50 Solace Crafting
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 898 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #51 GRAV
72% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Open World 16.4%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 8%
- #52 Wonderia
67% matchVery Positive82% of 347 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #53 Sun Haven
68% matchVery Positive81% of 25,417 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Crafting 40.1%, Multiplayer 28.6%, RPG 14.1%, Character Customization 12.3%, Adventure 3.8%
- #54 Witchspire
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Crafting 21%, Open World 19.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #55 Re.poly
69% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Crafting 16.9%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #56 Everwind
64% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Crafting 18.5%, Open World 18.3%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 9.8%
- #57 Boundless
69% matchMixed70% of 2,774 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 15.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 8.4%
- #58 The Planet Crafter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.8%, Building 7.8%
- #59 Outlaws of the Old West
69% 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 41.4% ★, Open World 20%, Survival 16.8%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Crafting 7.3%
