- #1 Survive The Island
97% matchMixed53% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
survive the island you survive from skeletons and humans you can build and mine and level up your stats you can build whatever you want you can raid enemies you can mine and cut down trees and you have to hunt for your own food and you can grow your own crops and you can craft weapons
Why similar: RPG 18.8%, Action RPG 17.5%, Sandbox 16%, Action 12%, Building 9.1%
- #2 Shards of Azuria
96% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: RPG 17.5%, Sandbox 16.9%, Crafting 14.9%, Action RPG 12.9%, Building 9.8%
- #3 Escalate
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bastion Entertainment
Windows
A system-heavy RPG sandbox with interlocking skills and progression systems. Build your island, master your abilities, and face the Observer to unlock new features that evolve your gameplay.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Action RPG 21.6%, RPG 20.9%, Base Building 8.9%, Action 8.9%
- #4 99 Nights
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ammonite Design Studios
Windows
Chop down trees, gather fuel & scrap, search abandoned structures, and build a base camp strong enough to withstand what comes after the sun sets. The wilderness grows more dangerous with every passing night, and something is always watching from beyond the firelight. Survive all 99 Nights.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.7%, RPG 13.7%, Action RPG 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.3%
- #5 Incarnation - Lifetimes
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Craig SissonPub: Lone Hatchling LLC
Windows
All is not what it seems, will you have honed your skills enough to emerge victorious, or will you have to restart numerous times? Death is to be expected; each failure refines your choices. There is little RNG, your choices alone will decide your fate!
Why similar: RPG 25.5%, Action RPG 23.3%, Sandbox 19.3%, Action 15.9%, Building 8.4%
- #6 Minable & Create / ミナクリ
94% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: technopixel
Windows
World-building RPG "Minable & Create" is an easy-to-understand 2D screen sandbox game. Basically anything can be dug and you can create your own base with the acquired materials. Find and collect the people who were attacked by the Demon King and scattered, and save the world.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Action RPG 21.5%, Crafting 13.5%, RPG 12.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #7 Q's Curse
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QGames
Windows
Join Q on a quest to challenge the Giants of the world in a fast-paced ARPG with a heavy focus on crafting, experimentation, and complete build freedom. You are what you wear; craft powerful gear, create unique builds, explore dangerous biomes, and carve your own path through relentless combat.
Why similar: Action RPG 21.6%, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 15.3%, RPG 12.1%, Action 10.5%
- #8 Mistaken
91% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Storken
Windows · Mac
A dark fantasy progression RPG set in a world swallowed by eldritch mist. Fight, gather, and build your refuge while shaping powerful builds through randomized gear, affixes, and magical Cartifacts. Survive… or be Mistaken.
Why similar: Sandbox 15%, Action RPG 14.8%, Building 10.2%, RPG 10%, Crafting 9.9%
- #9 Zombie Watch Part II
92% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Wildlak
Windows
First-person single-player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.
Why similar: Action RPG 21.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, RPG 17.1%, Action 10.2%, Building 9.9%
- #10 Tree of Mu
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Squaretide Studios
Windows
Tree of Mu is a 2D procedurally generated open-world sandbox RPG that immerses you in a mystical land called Mu, once ruled by kingdoms and plagued by countless wars. But in this land, nothing lasts forever.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Sandbox 22.4%, Action RPG 11.4%, Action 8.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #11 It Lurks Below
90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,288 reviews2019
Dev: Graybeard GamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.
Why similar: RPG 22.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Action RPG 13.4%, Action 11.8%, Survival 10.8%
- #12 Avelia
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Avelia Entertainment
Windows
Delve into a low-poly survival adventure. Craft, build, thrive, breed animals, master fishing, farming, face formidable bosses. Elevate skills with stats, levels, a skill tree. Equip magic, bows, and swords to survive and dominate in a captivating medieval world
Why similar: Action RPG 20.6%, Sandbox 18.9%, RPG 16.7%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 10.8%
- #13 Everwind
86% 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: Action RPG 17.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, RPG 12%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.8%
- #14 Primitive Survival
89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Troper Games
Windows
Conquer the stone age! Primitive Survival is a skill-based survival RPG. You begin as a primitive human and progress through the first steps toward civilization. Become a hunter/gatherer in a primitive world. Avoid dangerous predators as you learn the skills needed to overcome all obstacles.
Why similar: RPG 39.8%, Action 23.4%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.3%
- #15 Light No Fire
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
A game about adventure, building, survival and exploration together. Set on a fantasy planet the size of Earth.
Why similar: Action RPG 16.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, RPG 12.7%, Building 8.7%, Survival 8.6%
- #16 Craterlands
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TBone Games
Windows
Wake up in the future to a world on the brink of extinction. Discover the source of the calamity and save civilization from a mysterious threat. Mine, build, craft and explore a vast interconnected world!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Action RPG 19.9%, RPG 19%, Aliens 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #17 ENDGAME: Survival
86% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Sandbox 16%, Action RPG 14.6%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 13.1%
- #18 Romestead
82% 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: Action RPG 15.2%, RPG 12.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 9%
- #19 It Takes a Village
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hoftware.io
Windows
It Takes a Village is a city-building RPG taking inspiration from games like Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing. Venture into a procedurally generated world filled with monsters, dungeons, and more as you collect resources to build up your village to push back the evil that infests your world.
Why similar: RPG 15%, Sandbox 13.4%, Action RPG 13%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%
- #20 Sketch Tales
85% matchMixed66% of 142 reviews2015
Dev: 8D Studio
Windows
Descend into creative madness with Sketch Tales, a sandbox action RPG where what you draw becomes what you play! Build imaginative worlds, creatures, and weapons and watch your drawings come to life. Share your created worlds and maps with friends and battle it out in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, RPG 22.4%, Action RPG 19.8%, Action 12.7%, Open World 10.4%
- #21 Blightrest
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Hype Games
Windows
Blightrest is a co-op survival action game set in a dark, open world where every decision brings you closer to either salvation or eternal damnation. Master survival, build fortifications, banish demons with ancient rituals, and explore the Wastes where even shadows have eyes.
Why similar: RPG 16.3%, Action RPG 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 10%
- #22 Wormhusk
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeoln Studios
Windows
The world is dying. The answer lies beneath. Dig deep into the husk of an ancient god-worm, build your defenses, slay the parasites that feed on its remains, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Why similar: RPG 20.5%, Sandbox 20.3%, Survival 12%, Open World 10.4%, Action 9.8%
- #23 Return to Lumia
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: hwangso.world
Windows
Mine, craft, and explore deeper underground. Forge powerful gear, conquer 10 dungeons, and reclaim Lumia from the darkness in this 2D mining sandbox RPG.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.7%, RPG 13.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Action RPG 12.6%, Base Building 11.3%
- #24 HORDE Survival
82% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: WDS Games
Windows
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 12%, RPG 10.9%
- #25 Three Kingdoms: Boundless
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WU HUI CHEN
Windows
Explore a first-person open world set in the Three Kingdoms era. Travel through cities, roads, rivers and battlefields, fight soldiers and warlords, gather gear, recruit allies and build your place in a land divided by rival factions.
Why similar: RPG 28.9%, Action RPG 24%, Sandbox 19.8%, Action 18%, Open World 4.6%
- #26 Symbiosis
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aberratic
Windows
A solo or coop hero-shooter set in a procedural alien world. Explore, build, evolve, and fight side-by-side against waves of mechanical hybrids. Wishlist now!
Why similar: Action RPG 17%, Sandbox 13.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10.5%, Crafting 10.2%
- #27 Astro Combat
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Bladestorm Games
Windows
Astro Combat is a Pixel Space Shooter, with Action-RPG elements.
Why similar: RPG 26.8%, Action RPG 24.5%, Action 16.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Combat 6.4%
- #28 Townslife
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bartek1009
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Townslife - a game about living in a small town, surrounded by forests and the sea, with the local mine somewhere in the distance. Place stuff around, customize the interior of your house, mine, fight with hostile creatures, talk to the locals and more! All in a nice retro pixel package!
Why similar: RPG 28.1%, Action RPG 25.6%, Sandbox 21.5%, Crafting 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #29 Isle of Survival: The New Dawn
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BlueSlay3r
Windows
“Survive and rebuild on a mysterious island. Explore diverse biomes, battle zombies, craft, farm, trade, and harness electricity in this open-world sandbox adventure — alone or with friends.”
Why similar: RPG 22.5%, Sandbox 22%, Survival 12.7%, Action 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #30 Far Out
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bekardo
Windows
Explore procedurally generated worlds, discover unique, randomly generated resources, create tools and machines in a free-form crafting system and progress from sticks and stones to space rockets in a sandbox loop of discovering and inventing
Why similar: RPG 27.2%, Sandbox 22.1%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 8.4%
- #31 Girl Travels Forest of Dream
77% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 조규석(Cho Gyu Seok)
Windows
Let's start the journey with the girl who picks up machete and eats grilled fish! please remember. What is needed to save the world is 'recipes to try', 'border privet', and 'balanced diet'. Needless to say, the smell of cat paws and the warmth of loved ones!
Why similar: Action RPG 29%, Action 18.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, RPG 9.3%
- #32 Gelatine
77% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Tactical Air Horse
Windows · Linux
A 2D sandbox with a heavy emphasis on action and combat. Features music-synchronized boss fights, village invasions, and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 10.6%, RPG 10.2%, Survival 9.2%
- #33 7 Keys Saga
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Politebot LLC
Windows · Linux
7 Keys Saga is a top-down 2D action RPG where you embark on a quest to find seven mystical keys scattered across a dangerous world.
Why similar: RPG 30.6%, Action RPG 27%, Action 20%, Pixel Graphics 7%, 2D 4.9%
- #34 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Action RPG 20.1%, Sandbox 17.3%, RPG 15.6%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.3%
- #35 Final Islands
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Mor North 3
Windows
Final Islands is a Top-down view Action Roguelike. 2 most important thing are Action and Build. -- Action With unique physic system you need to "manually" control your character, an action Diablo like game. -- Build More than 150 attributes, items, skills, runes and classes. Combine these together to build your own style.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Action 24.6%, Sandbox 19.5%, Survival 9%, Indie 5%
- #36 Advenclave
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zemeck Studios
Windows
Join the Grand Archive in Advenclave - an open world action RPG. You are tasked with filling a magical grimoire with your own story. Learn spells, engage in thrilling combat, and work with the Head Librarian to chronicle your adventures. Explore different realms and cement your place in history!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, RPG 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Action 11.2%, Crafting 10.1%
- #37 Void Lands
74% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Independent
Windows
A fast-paced 2D action RPG where you play as a skilled archer battling through intense monster hordes, epic boss fights, and loot-rich arenas. Customize your abilities, find powerful gear, and master dynamic combat in a world filled with endless challenges and upgrades.
Why similar: RPG 28.3%, Action RPG 26.7%, Action 17.6%, Crafting 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #38 Forsaken Isle
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 518 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, Crafting 17.7%, RPG 17.5%, Survival 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
- #39 Layer Hunt
73% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Edvin Andersson
Windows
Layer Hunt is a singleplayer, survival sandbox game where the goal is to survive and hunt down all the bosses. To reach your goal you will have to mine, craft, build, farm, fight and explore for new abilities and resources.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.5%, RPG 12.7%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 8.5%
- #40 Dark Age Empires
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phoenix Studio
Windows
Dark Age Empires is an open world survival game that can be played in single player mode or as an online multiplayer game on a dedicated server.Do you have what it takes to not only survive in this dark age, but to rise up, fight back and create your own Dark Age Empire?
Why similar: Action RPG 18.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, RPG 13.3%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.7%
- #41 Project 5: Sightseer
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 550 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: RPG 29.3%, Sandbox 24.8%, Building 19.6%, Action 16.2%, Open World 6.7%
- #42 Enshrouded
69% 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: Action RPG 13.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11.5%, RPG 11.5%
- #43 Rebirthing
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quater Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create and explore endless worlds, fight, craft and build. Play alone or with friends. Travel the planets. Enjoy freedom, creativity and fantasy.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.7%, RPG 21.4%, Action 12%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%
- #44 Kingdom of Fallen: The Last Stand
71% matchMixed45% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: DigitalSouls
Windows
This is a game inspired by survival and souls-like games. You need to gather clues of your missing daughter, using your own way to defeat fearsome bosses, fighting to survive, crafting to weaponize, building for your future, to reveal the secrets, and get out of this cursed kingdom.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.9%, Action RPG 13.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11%, RPG 9.8%
- #45 Kopno: Blightfall
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Urar Studio
Windows
Explore the cursed continent of Kopno and shape your path through moral choices. Choose one of six unique races and survive in a living open-world built on two layers, the Surface and the Underground. Gather resources, hunt, and build a thriving fantasy settlement worthy of leading your people.
Why similar: RPG 21.3%, Action RPG 14.9%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 10.8%
- #46 Arcane Vale
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: Dynamic Zero
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Arcane Vale is an action packed open-world RPG. Embark on an adventure to discover a long-lost treasure in a vast and dangerous world.
Why similar: Action RPG 24.8%, RPG 18.1%, Action 11.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #47 陰陽師絵巻
69% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Vantan Game Academy
Windows
このゲームは次々と襲ってくる妖怪を陰陽師であるプレイヤーが武器を使って倒していく「アクションゲーム」です。
Why similar: Action RPG 39.4%, RPG 37.5%, Action 20.6%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #48 Cryst
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ANDX7072
Windows
In this action-packed game, unknown creatures invade a factory and steal diamond pieces. Your mission is to play through exciting stages, recover the missing pieces of diamond scattered across various locations, and restore them to the factory.
Why similar: RPG 28.3%, Action RPG 25.5%, Action 18.4%, Aliens 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #49 Space Frontier
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delabs Inc
Windows
Land on a new planet as a space refugee. Craft items, build bases, and battle aliens to survive. Pioneer your future in this online survival RPG.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.5%, Action RPG 15%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 12.3%, RPG 11.5%
- #50 Lilia
68% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: shinon
Windows
Explore the island with your unique companions and aim for the top of the tower! An action RPG where you explore using various items and magic.
Why similar: Action RPG 35.3%, RPG 30.7%, Action 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, 2D 4.6%
- #51 Direland
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAIJIUUUUU
Windows
A sandbox survival craft game set in a vast world. Explore the wilderness, defeat monsters, gather materials, and conquer colossal bosses.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.6%, RPG 20%, Crafting 18.5%, Survival 11.9%, Action 10.9%
- #52 Journey's Spirit
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hulvdan
Windows
Journey's Spirit is an action RPG epic adventure. Use the elements of nature during combat. Adapt your equipment along the way. And rescue your comrades from the hands of the Darkest Warlock!
Why similar: RPG 31.4%, Action RPG 25.5%, Action 19.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Combat 4.9%
- #53 Kindling Wilds: Symbiotic Wasteland
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EasyLovePub: 猫耳游戏
Windows
Ember: Symbiotic Wilderness is a 2D pixel-art co-op survival game set in a living wilderness shaped by temperature, weather, seasons, and ecology. Start with a single fire, divide the work with your team, and build a camp that can endure.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Building 13.4%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.3%
- #54 Cube Universe
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Beosar
Windows
Cube Universe is a first-person voxel RPG. Visit many different, procedurally generated planets. Team up with your friends to fight against fierce enemies in dungeons. Do quests to save the world from the forces of evil - or throw it into chaos.
Why similar: RPG 28%, Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #55 You Ain’t the Hero
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: InkCat Game Studio
Windows
A top-down game where you don't save the world; you just live in it.
Why similar: RPG 36.6%, Action RPG 29.4%, Action 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 4.8%
- #56 Vestalborne
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mythryl Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Break the world, then build your own. Vestalborne is a co-op action-RPG sandbox of fast combat, deep dungeons, and endless crafting across many dimensions. Keep the Eternal Flame burning in a solo adventure, with friends, or against them.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Action RPG 16.8%, RPG 16.3%, Base Building 8.5%, Action 7.3%
- #57 BorderZone
69% matchMixed43% of 123 reviews2014
Dev: Saturn-plusPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
BorderZone is a role-playing action with a complex non-linear storyline in which the player can choose a profession to his liking (mage, thief or soldier), learn the needed skills and spells, create a team of up to 5 dare-devils and leave for a trip full of unexpected discoveries in the world of Terra filled with various creatures.
Why similar: RPG 54.2%, Action 28%, Action RPG 17.9%
- #58 Yondel
65% match8 user reviews89% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Martal GamesPub: Orca
Windows
Yondel is an open-world PvE survival crafting game. Gather resources, manage hunger and health, craft tools and equipment, build your base, fight hostile creatures, and descend through dangerous underground floors in an infinite procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.7%, Action RPG 14.2%, RPG 14.1%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.9%