- #1 Fragmented
97% 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 48.8% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 8.3%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #2 Space Trash Scavenger
96% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Space 10.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9%, Space Sim 8.9% ★
- #3 GRAV
96% 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 38.7% ★, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 8.1%
- #4 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.8%
- #5 The Planet Crafter
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 28% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Space 9.3%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.8%
- #6 Star Crafter
94% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Space 11.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 7.4%
- #7 Cubic Odyssey
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Open World 7.8%, Space 7.7%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #8 Hostile Planet: Survival
93% 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 36.1% ★, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #9 Starbound
91% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 9.2%
- #10 Breathedge
91% 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 31.8% ★, Space 12.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 7.2%
- #11 Crashlands
90% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.9%
- #12 Minicology
89% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 8%
- #13 Outerstellar
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Space 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%
- #14 StarRupture
86% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 31% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 10.2%
- #15 ASTRONEER
87% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Space 12.8%, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 10.5%
- #16 FortressCraft Evolved!
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #17 TerraTech Worlds
86% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.6%
- #18 Nighthold: Number 1
85% 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 36.7% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 12%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #19 Astrometica
83% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.1% ★, Open World Survival Craft 16% ★, Space 10.7%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 10.5%
- #20 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 29.9% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #21 Volcanoids
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 11%, Survival 11%
- #22 Planetaries
82% matchMixed59% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 11.1%
- #23 Under A New Sun
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Open World 11%, Crafting 10.9%
- #24 XenoHaven
79% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.7%
- #25 Farworld Pioneers
81% matchMostly Negative38% of 691 reviews2023
Dev: IgloosoftPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Space 11.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #26 Remains
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Space 11.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.5%
- #27 Dig or Die
78% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.7% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 8.9%
- #28 Subnautica
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 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 36.2% ★, Survival 12%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 9.1%
- #29 Astrometica: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,281 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Astrometica: Prologue is the free game about surviving in space. You need to use your skills and tools to stay alive. There are many challenges to face, and you need to fight to survive. You also need to build a new base in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.3% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Space 12.5%, Survival 12%, Open World 11.9%
- #30 Interstellar Rift
77% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 20.7% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Space 11.7%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 9.9%
- #31 Planet Explorers
77% 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 44.3% ★, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #32 Outpost Zero
78% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 8.9%
- #33 Surviving Ceres
74% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 19.1%, Survival 18.2%, Open World 15.7%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #34 Star Shelter
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 435 reviews2018
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Space Sim 11.4% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Space 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #35 Wrongworld
75% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.9% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #36 Outerverse
75% matchMixed51% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Space Sim 14.7% ★, Voxel 11.7% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Space 10.3%
- #37 Project Asteroids
73% matchMixed56% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Serdiuk
Windows
In the vastness of space, you are a lone robot desperately trying to survive. Build, explore, and fight for your life as you face deadly threats in the asteroid belt. This hardcore game shows no mercy—dangers lurk at every step, ready to destroy you at any moment.
Why similar: Crafting 18%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 15.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #38 Life Not Supported
73% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Space 12.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #39 CRABS MUST DIE!
71% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Roman Kharlamov
Windows
You've crash-landed on a forgotten planet and must survive in a hostile open world filled with mutated crabs and other enemies. Armed with weapons, a beat-up bike, and a few skills, you'll explore, fight, scavenge, and level up. A compact open-world shooter with light RPG and survival elements.
Why similar: Open World 25.6%, Space 19.8%, Sci-fi 16.9%, FPS 11.9%, First-Person 10.1%
- #40 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
70% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 10%, Survival 7.4%
- #41 Crashlands 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 2,314 reviews2025
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.6%
- #42 Beyond Contact
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,108 reviews2023
Dev: Playcorp StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead! Alone, or with a crew, do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Space 8.6%
- #43 Jitter
70% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.1% ★, Space 15.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 9%
- #44 Abiotic Factor
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.7%, Aliens 6.4%
- #45 Stars End
72% matchMixed61% of 1,414 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Space Sim 13.1% ★, Space 11.7%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 8.6%
- #46 Eden Crafters
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.2%, Space 8.6%
- #47 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 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 26.2% ★, Space Sim 13.3% ★, Space 10.7%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 8.5%
- #48 Starbase
70% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.3% ★, Open World Survival Craft 16.4% ★, Open World 12.7%, Space 12.5%, Crafting 8.3%
- #49 Keplerth
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 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: Survival 20.2%, Open World 20.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Base Building 11.2%
- #50 Signs of Life
71% 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 44.4% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 10.1%, Space 9.4%
- #51 Edge of Space
72% 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 48.3% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Space 10.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 7.3%
- #52 Skyformer
66% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 10.8%, Space 10.5%, Survival 10.2%
- #53 Occupy Mars: The Game
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Base Building 16.5%, Space 14.6%, Crafting 14%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 11.9%
- #54 Drift: Space Survival
67% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Space 13.1%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10%, Base Building 9.1%
- #55 Lost Nova
66% matchVery Positive92% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Open World 22.9%, Space 21.4%, Crafting 21.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Exploration 12.2%
- #56 Grounded
63% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 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 37.6% ★, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 11%, Open World 8.9%