- #1 Enshrouded
97% 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: Online Co-Op 15.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar focus on high-quality base building and exploration within a vast, fantasy-inspired open world.
- #2 Valheim
96% 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 28.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Survival 8.8%, Mythology 8.3%, Base Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a cornerstone of the survival-craft genre that perfectly captures the feeling of building a legacy in a world steeped in ancient mythology.
- #3 Conan Exiles
96% 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 10.6%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a strong mythological foundation and brutal survival mechanics that mirror the epic, god-like progression found in Dawn of Defiance.
- #4 Nightingale
95% 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 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a visually distinct survival experience with a heavy emphasis on crafting and exploring mystical, procedurally generated realms.
- #5 Soulmask
94% 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 34.9% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 10.8%, Building 9.6%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The game emphasizes tribal progression and complex survival mechanics that align well with the journey from weak soldier to powerful leader.
- #6 V Rising
94% 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: Base Building 15.9%, Survival 15.3%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling progression loop where players build a gothic empire while mastering supernatural abilities.
- #7 Grounded
93% 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 33.8% ★, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a polished cooperative survival experience with intricate base-building and a strong sense of discovery.
- #8 Citadel: Forged with Fire
92% 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 39.6% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 7.5%, Base Building 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This fantasy survival game focuses heavily on magic and building, making it a great thematic match for the Greek myth setting.
- #9 ICARUS
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a session-based approach to survival that emphasizes preparation and strategic building in a hostile alien landscape.
- #10 ARK: Survival Ascended
91% 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 19.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Open World 13.6%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features an expansive world and a deep taming and crafting system that rewards players for their persistence and growth.
- #11 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
90% 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 27.9% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.8%, Building 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: The game provides a unique perspective on survival with creative building mechanics and a focus on exploring a dangerous, oversized world.
- #12 Bellwright
89% 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 21.4%, Online Co-Op 19.8%, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival with village management, allowing players to lead their own community in a way that feels like a natural evolution of the genre.
- #13 Aloft
89% matchVery Positive84% of 3,496 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Survival 14.1%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The unique floating island exploration and base-building mechanics provide a fresh take on the survival genre that feels adventurous and rewarding.
- #14 Myth of Empires
88% 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 33.2% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox survival game features large-scale base building and warfare that mirrors the epic, historical feel of Greek mythology.
- #15 ASKA
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,320 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival with colony simulation, allowing players to build and manage a tribe in a harsh, mythological-inspired setting.
- #16 Medieval Dynasty
86% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 18.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the long-term growth of a settlement, providing a grounded but satisfying progression system similar to base-building survival games.
- #17 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
85% matchVery Positive82% of 11,474 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 9.4%, Building 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a cooperative survival-craft game that emphasizes mining, building, and exploring deep, lore-rich environments.
- #18 Frozen Flame
86% 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 28.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 9%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This fantasy survival game features an open world and a focus on magical progression that complements the themes of Dawn of Defiance.
- #19 Eden Crafters
84% 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 33% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival 8.4%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on planetary terraforming and automation, providing a satisfying long-term progression loop for fans of base-building.
- #20 Sons Of The Forest
82% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Base Building 18.1%, Open World 14.8%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a high-stakes survival experience with advanced building mechanics and a focus on uncovering the secrets of a mysterious environment.
- #21 Volcanoids
84% 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 30.8% ★, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.4%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique twist on the genre with mobile base-building, providing a fresh challenge for fans of traditional survival games.
- #22 Omega Crafter
83% 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 30.3% ★, Survival 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game introduces automation to the survival-craft genre, allowing for efficient base building and exploration with friends.
- #23 Subsistence
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 8%, Crafting 7.8%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This hardcore survival game emphasizes base defense and resource management in a challenging, persistent open world.
- #24 Dawnlands
81% 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 28.8% ★, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 8.6%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast open world with extensive building and crafting options, making it a solid choice for fans of the genre.
- #25 The Infected
81% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 10.7%, Building 8.8%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a solid foundation for base-building and survival, focusing on defending against threats in a hostile environment.
- #26 Outward Definitive Edition
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 30,417 reviews2022
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Why similar: Open World 25.6%, Online Co-Op 24.2%, Survival 23.5%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Third Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This RPG-survival hybrid focuses on the journey and preparation, offering a challenging experience for players who enjoy deep survival mechanics.
- #27 The Forest
78% 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 52.7% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 6.9%, Building 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the survival genre, it excels at creating a tense, immersive atmosphere with intuitive building mechanics.
- #28 Dune: Awakening
77% 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 8.3%, PvE 7.1%
- #29 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
76% 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 30.3% ★, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Survival 10.2%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 8%
- #30 Last Oasis
79% 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: Survival 25.4%, Open World 16.8%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The nomadic survival mechanics and unique world-building offer a distinct experience for players looking for something beyond static base-building.
- #31 Project Winter
78% matchVery Positive83% of 19,060 reviews2019
Dev: Other Ocean InteractivePub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.
Why similar: Survival 25.3%, PvE 21.2%, Crafting 18.9%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Exploration 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game adds a social deduction layer to the survival genre, making cooperative play feel intense and unpredictable.
- #32 Lost Skies
76% matchMixed62% of 2,832 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Sandbox 7%, Open World 5.9%
- #33 StarRupture
74% 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 31.8% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Open World 7.8%
- #34 Solace Crafting
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 6.7%
- #35 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 38.2% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 7.4%
- #36 The Front
74% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Building 8.1%
- #37 KeepUp Survival
75% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 8.2%, PvE 8.1%
- #38 Plains of Pain
73% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Base Building 11%, Survival 9.2%, PvE 7.4%
- #39 Lost Rift
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.7%, PvE 8.9%
- #40 Shamania
71% 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 29.6% ★, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 8%
- #41 Planetaries
73% 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 26.9% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 8.7%, Building 6.9%
- #42 Survival Machine
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Base Building 11%, Survival 9.6%, Building 7.4%
- #43 Forever Skies
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%
- #44 The Planet Crafter
69% 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 31.9% ★, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10%, Building 7.8%
- #45 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Mythology 14.6%, Base Building 13%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 8.9%
- #46 Tinkerlands
68% 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 34.9% ★, Online Co-Op 14%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 7.8%, Open World 7.8%
- #47 Survival: Fountain of Youth
69% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 7.1%
- #48 Len's Island
68% 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 33.7% ★, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 8.8%, Open World 7.2%
- #49 DeadPoly
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 10.1%, PvE 8.2%
- #50 Re.poly
71% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 8%
- #51 ENDALOR
67% 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 33.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 9.2%, Open World 7.2%
- #52 Sunkenland
67% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #53 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 8.2%
- #54 Niffelheim
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,327 reviews2018
Dev: Ellada Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Mythology 18.5%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #55 Everwind
64% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.8%, Survival 12.9%, PvE 10.5%, Building 10.2%, Open World 9.9%
- #56 TerraTech Worlds
67% 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 31% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 9.6%, Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.4%
- #57 IfSunSets
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 7.7%
