- #1 Citadel: Forged with Fire
97% 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: Massively Multiplayer 19.2%, Open World 13.9%, Open World Survival Craft 13.5% ★, Survival 9.9%, MMORPG 7.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the most DNA with Dark and Light, focusing heavily on spellcasting, magical creature taming, and massive open-world exploration.
- #2 ARK: Survival Ascended
96% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 28.6 hrsMean: 195.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Survival 21%, Open World 20.3%, Massively Multiplayer 17.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the modern, graphically overhauled version of the classic survival experience, offering a more polished take on the core gameplay loop.
- #3 ARK: Survival Evolved
96% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 15.1%, Massively Multiplayer 11.5%, Sandbox 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, this game provides the foundational survival and taming mechanics that make Dark and Light so engaging.
- #4 Conan Exiles
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Open World 18.5%, Massively Multiplayer 13.9%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: A premier survival sandbox that excels in building, thrall management, and brutal combat within a vast, unforgiving world.
- #5 Enshrouded
94% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 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 27.5%, Survival 23.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 8.6%, RPG 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a stunning fantasy world with deep building mechanics and survival elements that feel like a refined evolution of the genre.
- #6 Pax Dei
94% matchMixed57% of 10,783 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: MMORPG 21.8% ★, Open World 16.5%, Sandbox 15%, Magic 8.6%, RPG 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This social sandbox MMO emphasizes player-driven economies and massive construction projects in a sprawling medieval fantasy landscape.
- #7 Nightingale
93% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 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 27.4% ★, Open World 19.6%, Survival 19.3%, Crafting 6.6%, Base Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A Victorian-fantasy survival game that features unique realm-hopping mechanics and intricate crafting systems.
- #8 V Rising
92% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 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 23.5%, Survival 22.2%, Massively Multiplayer 17.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines top-down action with satisfying base-building and survival mechanics in a dark, atmospheric fantasy setting.
- #9 Soulmask
91% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, MMORPG 17.4% ★, Open World 14.6%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep survival experience with complex tribe management and a focus on uncovering the mysteries of a primitive, magical world.
- #10 Mortal Online 2
91% matchMixed60% of 13,523 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: MMORPG 19.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.4%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Survival 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, first-person sandbox MMORPG that offers a truly persistent world where player choices have significant consequences.
- #11 Myth of Empires
90% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 21% ★, MMORPG 19.9% ★, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox survival game that allows players to build empires, manage armies, and engage in large-scale warfare.
- #12 Dune: Awakening
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 20.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Open World 12.9%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world survival game that blends massive scale with intense resource management and social interaction.
- #13 PixARK
89% 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 25.4%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 17%, Sandbox 12.7%, RPG 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based take on the survival-taming formula that offers a more accessible and creative approach to the genre.
- #14 Last Oasis
89% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 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: Massively Multiplayer 32.6%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, RPG 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This unique survival game features nomadic gameplay and massive walking bases, providing a fresh take on the sandbox genre.
- #15 Valheim
86% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 29.4% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 19.5%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: While more stylized, it captures the essence of fantasy survival and cooperative base-building better than almost any other title.
- #16 Life is Feudal: MMO
87% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 17.6%, MMORPG 16.1% ★, Open World Survival Craft 15.8% ★, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 10%
Why You'll Like It: A highly realistic, hardcore sandbox experience that focuses on community building and complex crafting systems.
- #17 ATLAS
86% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 112.2 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: Massively Multiplayer 23.4%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 16.7%, MMORPG 15.1% ★, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer survival game that focuses on sailing, exploration, and building empires across a vast ocean.
- #18 Boundless
85% 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: Massively Multiplayer 24.3%, Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, MMORPG 9.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox MMO that encourages exploration and creative building across diverse, interconnected planets.
- #19 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
84% 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: Massively Multiplayer 22.7%, Open World Survival Craft 16.4% ★, MMORPG 11.2% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that offers a wide variety of crafting and progression paths in a persistent world.
- #20 The Isle
84% matchVery Positive80% of 107,823 reviews2015
Dev: Afterthought LLC
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 123.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
Why similar: Survival 26.4%, Massively Multiplayer 24.8%, Open World 24.6%, Sandbox 7.7%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty creature-survival simulator that emphasizes the harsh realities of life in a dangerous, prehistoric ecosystem.
- #21 Savage Lands
83% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 14.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Dragons 10.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: A harsh fantasy survival game that pits players against dragons and other mythical threats in a frozen, unforgiving landscape.
- #22 Bellwright
81% matchVery Positive81% of 18,990 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 31.7%, Open World 31.4%, Crafting 9.8%, RPG 7.9%, Medieval 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival and base-building with village management, allowing you to lead a rebellion in a medieval setting.
- #23 Dragon And Home
82% 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: MMORPG 16.8% ★, Open World Survival Craft 16.4% ★, Open World 13%, Massively Multiplayer 11.3%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox MMORPG that emphasizes freedom, allowing players to choose their own path between adventuring, farming, or building.
- #24 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
80% matchMixed68% of 10,474 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22.7%, MMORPG 19.1% ★, Open World 14.2%, Open World Survival Craft 11.1% ★, Survival 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A low-fantasy, realistic MMO that focuses on player-driven conflict, crafting, and territorial control.
- #25 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
81% matchMixed44% of 980 reviews2017
Dev: encurio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.7%, Open World 17.6%, Survival 15.5%, Open World Survival Craft 9.7% ★, MMORPG 8.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: A Viking-themed survival RPG that combines exploration, crafting, and combat in a world inspired by Norse mythology.
- #26 Reign Of Kings
79% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Survival 18.8%, Open World 18.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval-themed survival game that centers on player-driven politics, base-building, and territorial conquest.
- #27 Day of Dragons
77% matchMixed65% of 7,699 reviews2019
Dev: Beawesome Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Day of Dragons is an online creature survival game set in a large, beautiful, sandbox open world with multiple biomes and distinct creatures. Rule the world as one of several dragon species, or play as an elemental.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.6%, Dragons 12.9% ★, MMORPG 12.9% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.8%
- #28 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
74% 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 24% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 16.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Base Building 6.8%
- #29 GRAV
78% 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 26.7% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival sandbox that features base-building and exploration across procedurally generated alien planets.
- #30 Life is Feudal: Your Own
77% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Open World 16.4%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 7.4%
- #31 Outlaws of the Old West
76% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 25.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Open World 17.4%, Survival 17.4%, Multiplayer 4.6%
- #32 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
72% matchVery Positive81% of 23,948 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Open World 18.2%, Survival 15.6%, Sandbox 7.8%, Dragons 7.7% ★
- #33 Wild Terra Online
75% 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 28.1%, Open World 13.8%, Sandbox 13.4%, Survival 13.4%, MMORPG 10.4% ★
- #34 Mortal Online
76% matchMixed52% of 2,957 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29.1%, Open World 18%, Sandbox 13%, MMORPG 12.7% ★, Survival 10.5%
- #35 Frozen Flame
73% matchMixed63% of 2,965 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Open World 15.4%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #36 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 29.1% ★, Survival 18.9%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 7.5%
- #37 Wurm Online
73% 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: Massively Multiplayer 27.5%, Sandbox 16%, MMORPG 15% ★, Open World Survival Craft 14% ★, RPG 7.2%
- #38 Life is Feudal: Arden
73% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: MMORPG 22.7% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 9.4%
- #39 Project: Gorgon
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,441 reviews2026
Dev: Elder Game, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 75.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Project: Gorgon is a fantasy MMORPG that allows you to forge your own path through exploration and discovery.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 49.8%, MMORPG 20.8% ★, RPG 11.5%, Open World 6.9%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #40 ENDALOR
69% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Open World 17%, Survival 16.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, RPG 6.4%
- #41 Wurm Unlimited
71% 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 21% ★, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 11.9%, MMORPG 8.6% ★
- #42 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 30.2% ★, Survival 21.2%, Open World 17.6%, Massively Multiplayer 14.4%, Sandbox 5.1%
- #43 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,320 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World 19.1%, Survival 16.8%, Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 6.5%
- #44 Alchemist's Awakening
71% 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 29.5% ★, Open World 17.9%, Sandbox 17.7%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 7.3%
- #45 Renown
67% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 18.1%, Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Open World 13.1%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #46 Villagers and Heroes
70% 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 34.5%, MMORPG 13.9% ★, Open World 13.6%, RPG 8.4%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #47 Rising World
68% 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 32.3% ★, Survival 20.3%, Sandbox 19.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Crafting 8.1%
- #48 Len's Island
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 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 28.3% ★, Survival 19.1%, Open World 18.4%, Sandbox 16.2%, Crafting 6.8%
- #49 Dawn of Defiance
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,736 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Survival 20.2%, Open World 16.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 6.7%
- #50 Ylands
67% matchMixed64% of 8,354 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Open World 25.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #51 Ashes of Creation
65% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,678 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Studios, Inc
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ashes of Creation is an old-school take on the modern MMORPG set in a living, reactive world where your choices shape civilization. In this PvX open world sandbox, players will build cities, forge empires, and lay siege to foes. Uncover the Ancients as you fight to reclaim the fallen world of Verra.
Why similar: MMORPG 50.8% ★, RPG 17.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 8.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #52 Carth
66% matchMixed58% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Deidre Reay Studios LLC
Windows
Carth is a survival rpg set in a ravaged open world. You will need to explore, build, and fight to thrive. Gain extraordinary skills as you take on an incredible evil. Join together or go at it alone as you attempt to survive Carth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Open World 14.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Dragons 12.9% ★, Magic 7.5%
