- #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: Base Building 13.7%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar blend of deep base-building, exploration, and survival mechanics within a beautifully crafted fantasy world.
- #2 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
96% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Online Co-Op 9%, Base Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on survival and building in a vast, detailed world that rewards exploration.
- #3 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 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 8.6%, Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive open-world survival game that shares the same focus on exploration, crafting, and cooperative base construction.
- #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 26.9% ★, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.4%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration through varied biomes and intricate crafting systems, much like the relic-hunting in Dawnlands.
- #5 Palworld
94% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 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 28.2% ★, Survival 10.2%, Open World 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creature collection with open-world survival and building, mirroring the scale and freedom found in Dawnlands.
- #6 Craftopia
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 12%, Survival 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar 'Genshin-like' aesthetic combined with a massive open-world survival and crafting loop.
- #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 28.8% ★, Survival 13%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished survival game that emphasizes creative building and cooperative exploration in a dangerous environment.
- #8 ICARUS
92% 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 27.5% ★, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features session-based survival and intense building mechanics that cater to players who enjoy the challenge of Dawnlands.
- #9 Tinkerlands
91% 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 28.9% ★, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Survival 8.4%, Crafting 8.4%, Sandbox 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A charming survival-crafting game that captures the essence of exploration and building in a smaller, pixelated format.
- #10 Conan Exiles
91% 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 27.8% ★, Survival 13.3%, Building 10.6%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a vast, unforgiving world with extensive building options and survival elements for multiplayer groups.
- #11 ARK: Survival Ascended
90% 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 17.1%, Base Building 14%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world survival experience that offers deep building and exploration mechanics in a prehistoric setting.
- #12 Dawn of Defiance
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,736 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 8.6%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: A newer survival title that mirrors the cooperative, adventure-focused gameplay of Dawnlands.
- #13 Ylands
89% matchMixed64% of 8,354 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox environment that encourages exploration and creative building with a distinct visual style.
- #14 Dragon And Home
88% matchMixed60% of 1,378 reviews2021
Dev: HIG
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dragon and Home is a sandbox MMORPG where players can choose freely how they desire to play. Whether you want to play as a courageous adventurer, or you want to experience the tranquil rural lifestyles, growing plants, and feeding animals with your friends in the Homeland, you can find it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: An MMO-lite survival game that focuses on building and community-driven exploration.
- #15 Raft
86% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 12.5%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Co-op 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on cooperative survival and creative building, offering a unique take on the genre.
- #16 Creativerse
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.7%, Survival 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox that focuses heavily on building and exploration in a vibrant world.
- #17 No Man's Sky
86% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Open World 13.6%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 7.7%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an infinite universe for exploration, crafting, and base building, perfect for those who love the discovery aspect of Dawnlands.
- #18 V Rising
84% 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 14.9%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.2%, Online Co-Op 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down action with extensive base building and survival, providing a satisfying progression loop.
- #19 Solace Crafting
85% 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 24.2% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Base Building 8.2%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: Prioritizes crafting and exploration in a vast, procedurally generated world.
- #20 7 Days to Die
82% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 29.4% ★, Survival 13.6%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival experience that excels in building and defense mechanics, ideal for co-op play.
- #21 Subnautica
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Open World 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in exploration-heavy survival that rewards players for building and discovering the secrets of a new world.
- #22 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
84% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.4%, Survival 7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting and building in a persistent multiplayer world.
- #23 Frozen Flame
82% 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 25.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival game that shares the exploration and building vibes of the seed game.
- #24 ASTRONEER
81% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%, Open World 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes exploration and creative crafting in a colorful, low-gravity environment.
- #25 Medieval Dynasty
81% 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: Crafting 18.1%, Building 17.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the village-building and survival aspects of the genre, offering a more grounded experience.
- #26 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
79% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Base Building 10%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base-building and survival in a unique aquatic-themed environment.
- #27 Don't Starve Together
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.8% ★, Survival 19.9%, Multiplayer 4.1%, Co-op 3.5%, Crafting 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging cooperative survival game that requires teamwork for building and exploration.
- #28 Longvinter
78% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that blends crafting and exploration with a relaxed, social atmosphere.
- #29 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 24.3% ★, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8.4%
- #30 Force of Nature
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.3%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival-crafting game that offers a solid loop of building and exploration.
- #31 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
75% 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 25.7% ★, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Survival 8.3%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.9%
- #32 ENDALOR
76% 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 28.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 8.1%, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.8%
- #33 Shamania
75% 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 25.7% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #34 Undawn
76% matchMixed54% of 6,521 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Open World 16.6%, Crafting 16.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #35 Once Human
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 167,251 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 8.5%
- #36 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 24% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Crafting 8.6%, Base Building 8.2%, Building 8.1%
- #37 Savage Lands
74% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #38 Eden Rising
74% matchMixed64% of 1,447 reviews2019
Dev: The Wall Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Brace yourself for a brand new action-packed Open World. Explore a huge world to gather materials for gear and defenses. Use everything at your disposal to defend your bases and defeat hordes of hostile monsters. Play solo or up to 8-player online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Co-op 10.2%
- #39 Lodventure
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 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 31.1% ★, Survival 9%, Crafting 8.7%, Co-op 8.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #40 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
73% matchMostly Negative36% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.7%, Building 9.2%, Open World 8.6%
- #41 Night of the Dead
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 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 26.8% ★, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.5%
- #42 KeepUp Survival
70% 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 29.7% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #43 Alchemist's Awakening
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.8%
- #44 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
70% matchMixed60% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
- #45 In Next Life
68% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Crafting 11%, Online Co-Op 10%, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.6%
- #46 Re.poly
70% 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 29.7% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #47 Necesse
65% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 8%, Sandbox 6.9%, Survival 6.8%, Open World 6.7%
- #48 Dark and Light
71% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 6.3%
- #49 Nested Lands
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 7.6%
- #50 Cultivation Tales
69% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.3%
- #51 Feel The Snow
68% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Co-op 6.7%
- #52 Lost Skies
67% 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 38.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Crafting 7.6%
- #53 Omega Crafter
66% 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 26.2% ★, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.9%
- #54 The Gold River Project
66% matchMixed67% of 526 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 9.3%, Survival 9%
- #55 Len's Island
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Building 11.6%, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.3%
