- #1 Creativerse
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly similar voxel-based sandbox experience with a focus on creative building and exploration in a vibrant, colorful world.
- #2 Trove
96% matchVery Positive80% of 92,653 reviews2015
Dev: gamigo US Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!
Why similar: Building 17.7%, Sandbox 16.4%, Massively Multiplayer 16%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based MMORPG that mirrors the social, building-heavy, and adventure-focused nature of the seed game.
- #3 Portal Knights
96% matchVery Positive83% of 22,116 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 21.2 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: Building 23.4%, Sandbox 21.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RPG elements with sandbox building and platforming, capturing the same adventurous spirit as Cubic Castles.
- #4 Boundless
94% matchMixed70% of 2,766 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 33.0 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 34.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10.3%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a massive, interconnected universe of voxel worlds where players can build, trade, and explore together.
- #5 8BitMMO
94% matchMixed60% of 4,325 reviews2015
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 24.9%, Building 21.9%, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled massively multiplayer sandbox where the world is built entirely by the player community.
- #6 Terraria
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 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 43% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential sandbox adventure game that shares the core loop of gathering, crafting, and building in a multiplayer environment.
- #7 Growtopia
93% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,277 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft Abu DhabiPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Growtopia is a 2D sandbox game, that brings together millions of players in an expansive pixel world. Collaborate in building anything you can imagine, become anyone you want to be, and delve into numerous mini-games. Unleash your creativity and join the massive universe in Growtopia today!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.6%, Building 19.4%, MMORPG 13.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11.6%, Crafting 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic social sandbox MMO that relies heavily on player-driven economies and creative world-building.
- #8 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 46.8% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 8.8%, Crafting 7.4%, Open World 7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a vast, procedurally generated universe with deep building, crafting, and exploration mechanics in a 2D space.
- #9 Deepworld
91% matchMixed61% of 738 reviews2015
Dev: Bytebin
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Deepworld is a massively-multiplayer 2D crafting adventure game. Mine and craft your way through a persistent online universe where there's always something new to discover. Battle frightening monsters, mysterious automatons, and other players in PvP!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 38.6%, Sandbox 24%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D steampunk-themed MMO sandbox that focuses on exploration and building within a persistent, player-populated world.
- #10 Dragon And Home
90% matchMixed60% of 1,378 reviews2021
Dev: HIG
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dragon and Home is a sandbox MMORPG where players can choose freely how they desire to play. Whether you want to play as a courageous adventurer, or you want to experience the tranquil rural lifestyles, growing plants, and feeding animals with your friends in the Homeland, you can find it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10.2%, Building 9.5%, Massively Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox MMORPG that blends farming, building, and adventure in a cute, stylized world.
- #11 Junk Jack
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game with a strong emphasis on collecting, crafting, and building in a charming pixel-art style.
- #12 Teravit
89% matchMostly Negative32% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Welcome to "Teravit", a sandbox game created by players! With its three elements of "Create, Play, and Share", you can travel to the world of adventure and endless creation, alone or with friends!
Why similar: Building 25.2%, Sandbox 18.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Survival 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D voxel sandbox that allows for extensive world creation and multiplayer platforming challenges.
- #13 Blockscape
88% 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 52.5% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 9.5%, Open World 7.5%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers advanced voxel building tools that allow for highly detailed structures in an open-world setting.
- #14 Cube World
87% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,693 reviews2019
Dev: Picroma
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
Why similar: Open World 33.3%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 11%, Co-op 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on voxel-based exploration and adventure, capturing the whimsical aesthetic of the seed game.
- #15 Angeldust
86% matchMixed64% of 1,423 reviews2019
Dev: Frank LucasPub: Metagaming B.V.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
ADVENTURE. ANYWHERE! Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures alongside millions of friends. Ride your own horse, bear or moa and discover the many game world wonders. Unleash your imagination by crafting beautiful buildings.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 38.8%, Building 14.8%, Open World 11%, Sandbox 11%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, class-based MMO that emphasizes building and exploration in a stylized, fantasy-themed world.
- #16 Total Miner
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 760 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 12.1%, Open World 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A feature-rich voxel sandbox that provides extensive building and survival options for multiplayer groups.
- #17 Planet Explorers
85% 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 43.2% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 11.1%, Building 9%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sandbox building with adventure and RPG elements on a vast, alien planet.
- #18 Tinkerlands
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 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 38.7% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 11.2%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that features charming pixel art and a focus on building and exploration.
- #19 Castle Story
84% matchMixed65% of 10,510 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Building 23.6%, Sandbox 15.7%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Open World 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A creative building game where players construct fortresses and manage units in a voxel-based environment.
- #20 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
82% matchVery Positive92% of 7,831 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 51.8% ★, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 6.4%, Open World 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A polished RPG that integrates block-based building and creative design into a structured, narrative-driven adventure.
- #21 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
83% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox MMORPG that focuses on survival, crafting, and building in a persistent, player-driven world.
- #22 Genesis Online
84% matchMostly Negative32% of 1,886 reviews2015
Dev: Shumkov Dmitriy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Genesis Online! First Person Multiplayer Adventure game in an editable procedural cubic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Open World 16.9%, Survival 12.9%, Building 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features multiplayer building and exploration in an open-world environment.
- #23 Playcraft
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 700 reviews2023
Dev: Bebop Games
Windows
Playcraft is a multiplayer game-creation sandbox accessible to anyone!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer sandbox game designed specifically for creating and sharing custom games and worlds.
- #24 Milkcraft
81% matchMixed55% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: Milkcraft Studio
Windows
Milkcraft is a multiplayer RPG social sandbox game. In this mysterious world of Norse mythology, you can freely build your own territory and village, or start a survival adventure to challenge the dark dragon. Come with Us!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.6%, Building 11%, Open World 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, social-focused sandbox MMO that encourages players to build and explore together.
- #25 Unturned
78% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 14%, Crafting 13.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sandbox that features blocky graphics and extensive base-building mechanics in a multiplayer setting.
- #26 Craft The World
79% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Building 28.4%, Sandbox 22.1%, Crafting 19.8%, Open World 12%, Survival 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox management game that tasks players with building and expanding a base while exploring a dangerous world.
- #27 Rising World
78% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic, open-world sandbox experience with deep building and terraforming capabilities.
- #28 Cubic Odyssey
75% 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 43.1% ★, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 6.2%
- #29 Core Keeper
73% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 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 32% ★, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%
- #30 Necesse
72% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 46.5% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9.4%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7.5%
- #31 CastleMiner Z
76% matchVery Positive81% of 11,088 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.1% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Multiplayer 9%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #32 Feel The Snow
75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Multiplayer 9.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 7.6%
- #33 Villagers and Heroes
77% matchMixed61% of 3,427 reviews2014
Dev: Mad Otter Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Enter a magical, 3D fantasy world filled with hundreds of unique locales, immersive lore, and exciting quests -- and it's all free to play. Join thousands of players from around the world, and be part of a one of a kind community.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 35.6%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 8.9%
- #34 Forager
74% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.2% ★, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 8.2%, Survival 7.1%
- #35 Wurm Online
74% matchMixed63% of 2,510 reviews2020
Dev: Code Club AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 11.4%, MMORPG 6.1% ★
- #36 TerraTech
72% matchVery Positive91% of 24,455 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Building 18.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 8.3%
- #37 Block Story™
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,973 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.8%, Building 8.4%
- #38 Cultivation Tales
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 66.1 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 31% ★, Building 15.1%, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #39 Spiral Knights
71% matchVery Positive84% of 23,935 reviews2011
Dev: Grey Havens
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 44.5%, Multiplayer 17%, MMORPG 9.1% ★, Open World 7.2%, Co-op 5.8%
- #40 Miniland Adventure
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Building 15.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 7.4%
- #41 Omega Crafter
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 35.1% ★, Building 11.4%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Multiplayer 9%
- #42 FortressCraft Evolved!
71% 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 45.2% ★, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 10%, Open World 6.2%
- #43 PixARK
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 12,998 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 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: Massively Multiplayer 21.7%, Open World 14.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #44 Wild Terra Online
71% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 12.9%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #45 Dawnlands
69% matchMixed52% of 3,131 reviews2023
Dev: SEASUN GAMES PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Building 13.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 8.8%
- #46 Citadel: Forged with Fire
69% matchMixed68% of 5,882 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 33.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.1%, Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Crafting 5.7%
- #47 BLOCKADE 3D
70% matchMixed59% of 25,388 reviews2014
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
BLOCKADE 3D! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
Why similar: Building 29.1%, Multiplayer 20.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Massively Multiplayer 13.7%, Open World 7.3%
- #48 Aberoth
70% matchMixed64% of 1,457 reviews2015
Dev: Jarbit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Aberoth is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role playing game with charming retro graphics and tons of freedom.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 43%, Open World 22.9%, MMORPG 9.2% ★, Multiplayer 8.9%, Adventure 5%
- #49 Magicite
68% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Multiplayer 25.5%, Co-op 10.5%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #50 Shamania
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2025
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 36.4% ★, Open World 11.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.7%
- #51 Wurm Unlimited
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 8.8%
- #52 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
63% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 37% ★, Building 13.3%, Open World 9.3%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 9.2%
