- #1 District 99
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: PolyGames
Windows
Unidentified objects began to fall to the ground, from which aggressive monsters emerged. Your task is to clear one of these areas from enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 12.7%, Survival 9.3%, Aliens 7.6%
- #2 WILDZONE
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PrayToWin
Windows
Open world first person shooter powered by DEEP LOCOMOTION SYSTEM.
Why similar: Experimental 27.8% ★, Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Open World 10.4%, Realistic 6.4%, Exploration 5.8%
- #3 FarWest Colony
96% matchMixed57% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: JCP
Windows
Lead a rebellion against tyranny in this open-world, survival sci-fi RPG game. Utilize alien technology to explore, build bases, craft, and farm. Prepare for an unequal combat to rescue humanity from tyranny and a mysterious deadly virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Open World 12.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Aliens 11.2%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #4 Planet Explorers
95% 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 45.9% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 15.3%, Survival 7.9%, Exploration 5.2%
- #5 Zibbs - Alien Survival
94% matchMixed56% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Mykhail Konokh
Windows
Zibbs - Alien Survival is an open world game where you play as an alien trying to survive on the unknown planet - Earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Experimental 21.1% ★, Aliens 12.5%, Open World 8.3%, Third Person 6.4%
- #6 The Long Dark
93% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.7% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 13.8%, Sandbox 6.8%, Exploration 6%
- #7 QANGA
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 553 reviews2024
Dev: iolaCorp Studio
Windows
QANGA: Dive into a sci-fi adventure of exploration and resilience across the cosmos. Merge your mind with a state-of-the-art cyborg crafted by ICLabs Industries, and journey through this expansive universe!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Futuristic 12.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 11.1%, Third Person 9.9%
- #8 Dandelion Void
91% 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 30.7% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 10.6%, Aliens 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #9 VIFA
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NavySparkStudio
Windows
Vifa is a survival-building game where each hero character brings unique talents that change how you play. Team up with friends, craft and build your base, deploy worker bots to gather resources, and assemble powerful mechs to defend your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 7.5%, Survival 7%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #10 Fragmented
91% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.1% ★, Survival 12.6%, Open World 12.2%, Sandbox 9.5%, Third Person 3.8%
- #11 Project Canopy
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #12 Road to Eden
89% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 11.9%, Aliens 11.2%, Survival 9.5%
- #13 Beyond Horizon
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Pie
Windows · Mac
Beyond Horizon is a survival adventure where your mind is transferred inside of an advanced rover crashlanding on a frozen post-apocalyptic Earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Open World 13%, Loot 10.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Driving 8.1%
- #14 Blockscape
87% 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 59.9% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 7.3%, Exploration 2.8%
- #15 GRAV
86% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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 48.6% ★, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Survival 12.2%, Third Person 3.6%
- #16 RTE Worlds
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Dive into a thrilling multiplayer survival adventure in RTE Worlds. With a procedurally generated world, random dungeons, and limitless replayability. Explore by land, sea, air, and immerse yourself in a captivating story brimming with quests and unforgettable NPCs. Your epic journey begins here!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Loot 10.9%, Aliens 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
- #17 Starsand
84% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Open World 12.1%, Aliens 10.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 8.8%
- #18 The Fifth Day
86% matchMostly Negative37% of 940 reviews2014
Dev: Touz
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Open World 15.9%, Survival 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #19 Alchemist's Awakening
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.1% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Open World 15.2%, Survival 10.1%, Action 4.5%
- #20 WILDLANDS
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsen Games
Windows
Dive into a unique adventure that will put you against a world ruled by natural forces! Explore, craft, battle predators, tame animals, build homes, harvest crops & so much more. Gather your friends, grab a weapon, and head out to conquer the WILDLANDS!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.8% ★, Open World 13.7%, Survival 11.6%, Realistic 9.3%, Exploration 7.9%
- #21 WildCraft
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Sandbox 21.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Open World 7.4%, Survival 6%
- #22 ARCANA
82% 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 51% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 9.4%, Exploration 5.9%
- #23 Alien Apocalypse
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Umbu Games
Windows
Alien Apocalypse is an open-world sandbox survival game set after a devastating alien invasion. Scavenge for resources, craft, build defenses, and harness alien technology to fight back. Play solo or in co-op and reclaim what’s left of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Aliens 16.9%, Open World 15.4%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #24 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
80% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 7.9%
- #25 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
81% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 10.7%, Realistic 7.2%
- #26 Crushed
79% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Open World 13.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%
- #27 Signs of Life
79% 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 51.5% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Survival 10%, Open World 7.7%, Sci-fi 4.6%
- #28 Robowork
78% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Edvar Studio
Windows
Explore a planet with your friend or alone, upgrade yourself and try to return to Earth in your adventure that begins with your spacecraft sent by "Space-T" to explore other planets!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Open World 15%, Realistic 9.2%, Third Person 7.9%, Exploration 7.9%
- #29 Moon Colony Crafter
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 10.1%, Aliens 9.2%
- #30 Nighthold: Number 1
76% 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 43.9% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 11.2%, Exploration 5.7%
- #31 Herd is Coming
78% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Loot 15%, Open World 14.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%
- #32 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
77% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.7% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Sandbox 4%
- #33 Northern Lights
76% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 13%, Survival 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #34 Andarilho
75% matchMixed66% of 1,295 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 13.1%, Aliens 12.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #35 Dude Simulator 4
75% matchMixed58% of 418 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Dude Simulator 4 – a first-person open-world sandbox game with a plot. Some new adventures are awaiting the dude. The main character of the game decides to meet a girl through a mobile dating app, but during a date someone attacks him.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 15.4%, Realistic 8.9%, Survival 6.9%
- #36 Tormans
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CCCP
Windows
Tormans is a space sandbox in an open world — survival with RPG elements set in a far-future post-technological universe. You are one of the last survivors after the collapse of a highly advanced galactic civilization, now scattered among the stars.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Open World 20.8%, Sandbox 14.8%, Survival 13.1%, Third Person 8.2%
- #37 Force of Nature
74% 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 51.2% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 12.2%, Exploration 5.3%
- #38 Stranded Deep
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.6% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 6.3%, Realistic 5.5%
- #39 The Highrise
72% matchMixed57% of 275 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 8.4%, Aliens 7.8%
- #40 SpiritBorn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 10.9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #41 WarpedSpace
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
WarpedSpace is a sci-fi survival adventure game set in deep space. A massive, open environment full of wonder and peril awaits you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Loot 11.3%, Survival 9.2%
- #42 Novus Inceptio
73% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 14%, Survival 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%
- #43 Edge of Space
73% 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 55.1% ★, Sandbox 20.9%, Open World 6.9%, Survival 6.6%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #44 Vortex: The Gateway
72% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.3% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 14%, Aliens 10.7%, Action 4%
- #45 The Forest
69% 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 56.5% ★, Open World 14.7%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 6.1%, Exploration 3.4%
- #46 VECTOR ZONE
70% matchMostly Negative31% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Survival Sphere Studios
Windows
VECTOR ZONE is a gripping survival game where the weight of leadership rests on your shoulders. Set in a post-apocalyptic world teeming with dangers, your task is to manage a camp of diverse NPC survivors and lead them to safety while constructing vital structures for their survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.5% ★, Loot 14.2%, Driving 11.5%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 8.9%
- #47 Miscreated
70% matchMixed66% of 31,585 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 53.8% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, Sandbox 5.3%
- #48 Strayed
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 332 reviews2024
Dev: Crustacean Interactive
Windows
Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Loot 18.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 10.1%, Survival 7.4%
- #49 Astoaria
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feres Studio
Windows
A sandbox open-world survival set in a dynamic world of floating islands, each with its own ecosystem and climate. Explore and thrive by strategically exploiting these environments. Harness energy, strategically farm, craft your airship and much more, while uncovering the mysteries of this world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Open World 11.6%, Aliens 10.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #50 Surviving Skeleton Island
66% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Bert Games
Windows
Surviving Skeleton Island is an open world survival crafting RPG set in a primitive 3D low poly island world of 12 unique biomes. Explore, hunt, craft, build, farm and fish to survive, while quests and clues unveil the secrets of the island, and your past. Forge your destiny and plot your escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 9.6%, Loot 9.4%
- #51 Hostile Planet: Survival
68% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Open World 15.8%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Aliens 8.4%
- #52 Rags 2 Riches
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KrysezPub: Kevin K. Phillips
Windows
Survive, build, and rise from nothing. Scavenge the island, craft your gear, build bases, claim vehicles, and fight your way to fortune in this open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.3%, Driving 15%, Survival 14%, Exploration 9.8%, Open World 8.5%
- #53 Breathedge
67% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #54 Phoning Home
68% matchMixed69% of 1,074 reviews2017
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Open World 15.7%, Survival 11.8%, Exploration 8.4%, Action 5.8%
- #55 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 46.3% ★, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 11.4%, Realistic 7.5%
- #56 Desolated District
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Open World 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Survival 8.2%, Exploration 6.9%
- #57 No Man's Sky
67% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Open World 18.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Exploration 8.9%, Survival 8.3%