- #1 Valheim
97% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Survival 8.8%, Mythology 8.2%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core loop of progression, exploration, and satisfying base-building in a mythologically-inspired world.
- #2 Nightingale
96% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 31.2% ★, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and crafting within a mysterious, atmospheric world that rewards curiosity and preparation.
- #3 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 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 15.2%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features similar voxel-based building and a strong focus on exploration and character progression in a fantasy setting.
- #4 Soulmask
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Mythology 13.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 9.9%, PvE 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides deep survival mechanics and a focus on tribal progression that aligns well with the growth-oriented gameplay of the seed game.
- #5 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 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 11.7%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: The progression system and power fantasy of evolving from a weak entity into a formidable force mirror the journey in Dawn of Defiance.
- #6 ICARUS
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 30.3% ★, Survival 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 10%, Open World 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: The session-based survival and PVE focus provide a similar challenge for players looking to master their environment.
- #7 Myth of Empires
93% matchMixed68% of 17,524 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 229.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.9% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features large-scale building and survival mechanics set in a historical-inspired world that rewards strategic development.
- #8 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
92% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.9%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the exploration-focused survival aspect with a unique perspective and engaging crafting systems.
- #9 ARK: Survival Ascended
91% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 20.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Open World 14%, Building 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the definitive open-world survival experience with extensive base-building and a massive world to conquer.
- #10 Dune: Awakening
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 78,134 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.5 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Survival 8.3%, PvE 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It promises a vast open-world survival experience with a focus on building and faction-based power dynamics.
- #11 ASKA
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 12,091 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 30.4% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival with colony management, perfect for those who enjoy the base-building and community aspects of the seed game.
- #12 Grounded
89% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 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 34.5% ★, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Online Co-Op 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly polished survival experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and creative base-building.
- #13 Palworld
86% matchVery Positive95% of 480,493 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 40.2 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Survival 12.6%, Open World 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Base Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The combination of open-world survival, crafting, and creature-based progression offers a similar sense of discovery.
- #14 Frozen Flame
89% matchMixed63% of 2,989 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.5 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 29.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: The fantasy-themed survival and progression elements make it a strong thematic companion to the Greek-myth setting.
- #15 Sons Of The Forest
86% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 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 22.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Open World 15%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers intense survival and building mechanics in a hostile, exploration-heavy environment.
- #16 Solace Crafting
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 898 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 27.8% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a vast, open-world experience with a heavy emphasis on crafting and exploration.
- #17 Subsistence
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 43.4% ★, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 7.7%, Crafting 7.6%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a grounded, challenging survival experience with a focus on long-term base development.
- #18 Lost Skies
85% matchMixed61% of 2,976 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 41.6% ★, Online Co-Op 15%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 6.9%, Open World 6%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on adventure and base-building in a unique, floating-island setting mirrors the exploration goals of the seed game.
- #19 The Front
83% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 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 33.4% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival and base-building with a focus on defense and progression against hostile forces.
- #20 Green Hell
84% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Base Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more hardcore survival experience that emphasizes the struggle against the elements and environment.
- #21 Omega Crafter
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 33.6% ★, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Crafting 7.5%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: The integration of automation and survival mechanics provides a fresh take on the genre for players who enjoy building.
- #22 7 Days to Die
80% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Survival 14.9%, Online Co-Op 11%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: The deep base-building and defensive mechanics offer a satisfying challenge for players who enjoy fortifying their territory.
- #23 The Forest
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 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 53.3% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 6.8%, Building 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the survival genre that excels at creating an immersive, dangerous world for players to build and survive in.
- #24 Cubic Odyssey
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,720 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 42.1% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Online Co-Op 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This RPG-lite survival game provides a lighthearted take on the genre with a focus on co-op progression.
- #25 Windrose
77% matchVery Positive87% of 51,977 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Survival 10%, PvE 8.2%, Base Building 7.6%
- #26 Rust
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 21.1%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of the survival genre that focuses heavily on building and competitive PVE/PVP interactions.
- #27 Planetaries
79% matchMixed58% of 226 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 27.5% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 9.1%, Survival 8.7%, Building 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a cooperative survival experience with a focus on exploration and base-building.
- #28 DeadPoly
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 30.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 10.3%, Base Building 10%, PvE 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes looting, crafting, and building in an open world.
- #29 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 29,187 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.8%, Base Building 7.8%
- #30 StarRupture
76% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 32.6% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Open World 7.9%
- #31 Plains of Pain
78% matchVery Positive83% of 933 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 9.3%, PvE 7.2%
- #32 Witchspire
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Base Building 12%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 7.8%
- #33 Eden Crafters
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 7.3%
- #34 Everwind
73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 16.9%, Survival 13.5%, Building 11%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.8%
- #35 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
73% matchVery Positive81% of 12,363 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 29.3% ★, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 9.5%, Building 6.7%
- #36 KeepUp Survival
75% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 8.3%, PvE 7.7%
- #37 Niffelheim
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,338 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 25% ★, Mythology 18.4%, Online Co-Op 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.4%
- #38 The Planet Crafter
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 32.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Survival 10.1%, Building 7.8%
- #39 Shamania
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2026
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 30.1% ★, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7.9%
- #40 Romestead
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,827 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.5%
- #41 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 182 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 33.3% ★, Mythology 14.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.9%
- #42 Tinkerlands
70% matchVery Positive86% of 4,087 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.2 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 35.9% ★, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #43 Forever Skies
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 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 33.6% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.3%
- #44 Survival: Fountain of Youth
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,480 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 36.7% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 8%, Open World 7%
- #45 Bellwright
69% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 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 21.9%, Online Co-Op 19.6%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.2%
- #46 ENDALOR
69% matchMixed70% of 272 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 34.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9%, Open World 7.4%
- #47 Re.poly
71% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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 33.6% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.9%
- #48 Len's Island
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,866 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.2 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 34.5% ★, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 8.7%, Open World 7.3%
- #49 Sunkenland
68% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.0 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 42.1% ★, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 6.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #50 TerraTech Worlds
69% matchMixed63% of 2,287 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 31.6% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 9.6%, Building 7.8%, Open World 7.4%
- #51 Pax Dei
67% matchMixed57% of 11,286 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Base Building 18.3%, PvE 13.2%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #52 Whisper of the Swallows
66% matchVery Positive86% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9%, Building 7.3%
- #53 Renown
67% matchMixed58% of 1,578 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 31.2% ★, Survival 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 8.2%
- #54 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
65% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Survival 7.2%, Open World 7%
- #55 Lost Rift
66% matchMixed70% of 1,693 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.4% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 10.8%, PvE 8.6%
- #56 VEIN
64% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 23.6%, Base Building 21.7%, Open World 17.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Crafting 10.2%
