- #1 Valheim
97% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 8.9%, 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 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 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: Base Building 15.1%, Survival 15%, Online Co-Op 15%, Open World 12.9%, 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.
- #3 Nightingale
96% matchMixed66% of 18,084 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 31.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and crafting within a mysterious, atmospheric world that rewards curiosity and preparation.
- #4 Soulmask
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 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 24.7% ★, Mythology 13.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 9.9%, PvE 8%
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 ICARUS
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 68,864 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 46.7 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 30.5% ★, Survival 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Open World 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The session-based survival and PVE focus provide a similar challenge for players looking to master their environment.
- #6 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 137,392 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 58.2 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 15.8%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 11.8%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Crafting 8.4%
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.
- #7 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
93% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 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 28.6% ★, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 10%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the exploration-focused survival aspect with a unique perspective and engaging crafting systems.
- #8 Myth of Empires
92% matchMixed68% of 17,631 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 228.5 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 34.1% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 9.5%, Building 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features large-scale building and survival mechanics set in a historical-inspired world that rewards strategic development.
- #9 ARK: Survival Ascended
91% matchMixed60% of 118,321 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.2 hrsMean: 198.9 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 20.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 14.2%, 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 79,582 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 43.1 hrsMean: 98.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is a single- and multiplayer Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story 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 26.2% ★, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Survival 8.4%, 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% matchVery Positive80% of 12,267 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.5 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 30.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Base Building 11.3%, 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 95,977 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 41.9 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 34.7% ★, Survival 16%, Base Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
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 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 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 33.9% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, 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 Sons Of The Forest
87% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 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 23%, Base Building 17.7%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers intense survival and building mechanics in a hostile, exploration-heavy environment.
- #15 Frozen Flame
89% matchMixed62% of 2,997 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 29.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The fantasy-themed survival and progression elements make it a strong thematic companion to the Greek-myth setting.
- #16 Subsistence
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 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 43.6% ★, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 7.7%, Crafting 7.5%, 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.
- #17 Lost Skies
85% matchMixed61% of 2,995 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 19.3 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 41.8% ★, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Base Building 13.6%, 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.
- #18 Solace Crafting
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 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 28% ★, Survival 9.5%, Online Co-Op 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.
- #19 Green Hell
84% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Base Building 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more hardcore survival experience that emphasizes the struggle against the elements and environment.
- #20 The Forest
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 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 53.4% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 6.7%, Building 6.4%
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.
- #21 7 Days to Die
81% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.0 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 31.8% ★, Survival 15%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The deep base-building and defensive mechanics offer a satisfying challenge for players who enjoy fortifying their territory.
- #22 Omega Crafter
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 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 33.8% ★, Survival 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Open World 7.6%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The integration of automation and survival mechanics provides a fresh take on the genre for players who enjoy building.
- #23 Rust
80% matchVery Positive87% of 1,402,448 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.8 hrsMean: 431.0 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 31.1% ★, Survival 21.1%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of the survival genre that focuses heavily on building and competitive PVE/PVP interactions.
- #24 DeadPoly
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,250 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 31.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival 10.3%, Base Building 10%, PvE 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes looting, crafting, and building in an open world.
- #25 The Front
79% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 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 33.6% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, Building 8%, Online Co-Op 8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival and base-building with a focus on defense and progression against hostile forces.
- #26 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 30.9% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9%, Base Building 7.8%
- #27 Cubic Odyssey
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 42.4% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.8%, Online Co-Op 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This RPG-lite survival game provides a lighthearted take on the genre with a focus on co-op progression.
- #28 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
78% matchVery Positive81% of 12,511 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.2 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 29.4% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Survival 9.5%, Building 6.7%
- #29 Windrose
76% matchVery Positive87% of 53,040 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 33.3 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 31.2% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Survival 10.1%, PvE 8.1%, Base Building 7.6%
- #30 Planetaries
78% matchMixed58% of 228 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 27.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 9%, Survival 8.7%, Building 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a cooperative survival experience with a focus on exploration and base-building.
- #31 Romestead
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,129 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 29.4% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.4%
- #32 Plains of Pain
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,036 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 29.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 7.1%
- #33 Witchspire
75% matchVery Positive83% of 2,161 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 35.3% ★, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.7%
- #34 StarRupture
73% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 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 32.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Open World 8%
- #35 KeepUp Survival
76% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.8% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 8.4%, PvE 7.6%
- #36 Project Castaway
74% matchMixed65% of 1,893 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 6.7%
- #37 Night of the Dead
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Base Building 10%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 7.1%
- #38 Everwind
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 16.7%, Survival 13.6%, Building 11%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 9.8%
- #39 The Infected
72% matchVery Positive84% of 7,020 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 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 34.8% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 10.8%, Building 8.7%, Open World 8.6%
- #40 Forever Skies
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 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 33.7% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.2%
- #41 Len's Island
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,974 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 34.7% ★, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.7%, Open World 7.4%
- #42 Shamania
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 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 30.3% ★, Survival 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7.9%
- #43 Niffelheim
73% 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 25.2% ★, Mythology 18.5%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.4%
- #44 Sunkenland
70% matchVery Positive80% of 24,007 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.3 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 42.4% ★, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 6.4%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #45 Lost Rift
69% matchMixed69% of 1,717 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.2 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 33.7% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Survival 10.9%, PvE 8.5%
- #46 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 33.7% ★, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.9%
- #47 Out of Reach
72% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7.2%, Building 6.6%
- #48 Survival: Fountain of Youth
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,528 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 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 36.8% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.1%
- #49 ENDALOR
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 280 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 34.3% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 10%, Base Building 8.9%, Open World 7.5%
- #50 Eden Crafters
66% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 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 32.9% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 7.3%
- #51 Whisper of the Swallows
67% matchVery Positive87% of 207 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 31.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 8.9%, Building 7.3%
- #52 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 187 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 33.5% ★, Mythology 14.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 9%, Open World 9%
- #53 The Planet Crafter
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 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 33% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival 10.2%, Building 7.7%
- #54 Bellwright
66% matchVery Positive80% of 21,714 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.6 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 22.1%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, Open World 15.8%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.1%
- #55 Lodventure
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Open World 8.3%
- #56 TerraTech Worlds
67% matchMixed63% of 2,297 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 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 31.7% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 9.6%, Building 7.8%, Open World 7.4%
