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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Crafting, Open World, Base Building.

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Descending is a hardcore open world survival in which you are alone in a struggle for survival against these creatures. Please do not buy this unless you want to support further development of the game. There will be bugs and stuff broken.

Reviews: Mixed — 40% — of 10 reviews
Released: 2018-11-14
Developer: oldnag
Genres: Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Why similar: Crafting 31.3%, Open World 29.8%, Survival 26.8%, Indie 12.1%

  2. #2 Just Us
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    Dev: eelDev
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    After global warming drowns most of the planet, only fragments of land remain above the rising seas. Among them lies a lonely island—once part of Sweden. Here, a couple struggles to survive the new world, searching for warmth, food, and meaning in the cold remnants of humanity.

    Why similar: Crafting 33.7%, Survival 32.9%, Open World 22.6%, Indie 10.9%

  3. #3 e-River Cabin Journal
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    Dev: Wilderness Journal Games
    Windows

    A real-time (with casual option) Diary Driven PC Game. Simulating homesteading and survival in your own Log Cabin, deep in the Alaskan Wilderness.

    Why similar: Indie 27.2%, Survival 26.2%, Crafting 25.6%, Base Building 21%

  4. #4 Valhalla Path: Survival
    94% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2025
    Dev: Survival Saga Studios
    Windows

    Valhalla Path casts you as a Viking warrior stranded in a hostile land. Build a village, defend against the fallen warriors, lead your people to glory and secure your place in Valhalla's legends.

    Why similar: Crafting 29%, Base Building 26.8%, Survival 25.8%, Open World 18.4%

  5. #5 Enshrouded
    93% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
    Dev: Keen Games GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Base Building 27%, Open World 25.2%, Survival 22.3%, Crafting 21.2%, Indie 4.3%

  6. #6 Age of Survival
    92% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: Silky Sullivan
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

    Why similar: Survival 31%, Crafting 23.4%, Open World 20.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Indie 8%

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    91% 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: Base Building 25.9%, Open World 22.7%, Crafting 21.5%, Survival 20.1%, Indie 9.8%

  8. #8 Hold Your Own
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    Dev: DistrictWare inc.
    Windows

    A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?

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    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ElderCat
    Windows

    Struggle to survive! Drawn by an unknown force, you’ve crashed onto a deserted planet. Hunt, gather, and endure through harsh seasons. Face terrifying monsters at each season’s end and find a way to escape. Can you survive and return to safety?

    Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Crafting 24.1%, Base Building 23.7%, Survival 21.8%, Indie 5.1%

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    89% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
    Dev: Survival Poly Games
    Windows

    After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.

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  11. #11 Cannibal Island: Survival
    88% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2024
    Dev: EchoTale Games
    Windows

    It was a dark and stormy night when the helicopter had to make an emergency landing on an isolated island. Unfortunately for them, fate had a cruel twist in store. As the storm progressed, the chopper was violently tossed and turned until it landed on an isolated island shrouded in mystery.

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  12. #12 Landiscape
    87% match6 user reviews57% of 6 reviews2026
    Dev: GTI
    Windows

    Landiscape is a relaxed 1–4 player open-world survival sandbox set on a zombie-infested island. Build bases, scavenge resources, explore dangerous landmarks, grow crops, and survive together — or turn on your friends.

    Why similar: Base Building 29.1%, Crafting 26.5%, Survival 22.3%, Open World 22.1%

  13. #13 Profectus
    86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
    Dev: Alrek Studios
    Windows

    Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.

    Why similar: Crafting 32%, Base Building 31.7%, Open World 20.1%, Indie 9.6%, Survival 6.6%

  14. #14 Alone on the Lost Isle
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Khachatur Antonyan
    Windows

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  15. #15 Broken World
    84% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2024
    Dev: Hunt Studio
    Windows

    "Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.

    Why similar: Base Building 23.3%, Crafting 23%, Survival 22%, Open World 21.3%, Indie 10.4%

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    84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: PH Networks
    Windows

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    Why similar: Crafting 27.3%, Base Building 24%, Survival 21.9%, Open World 18.7%, Indie 8%

  17. #17 The Dome
    85% matchMostly Negative33% of 33 reviews2017
    Dev: Route 66 Games
    Windows

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  18. #18 Last Float
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LapsaDev
    Windows

    Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!

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  19. #19 Better Late Than DEAD
    83% matchMostly Negative28% of 909 reviews2016
    Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%

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    Dev: Kraftverk Softworks
    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    78% matchNo user reviews
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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    76% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    77% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
    Dev: WDS Games
    Windows

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    75% matchNo user reviews
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  30. #30 Sons Of The Forest
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
    Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
    Windows
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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  31. #31 Crow Forest: New World
    74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: FullHead Game
    Windows

    “Crow Forest: New World” is a new survival game. Explore the world. Create your own weapons and tools. Build your own house and protect yourself from the dangers that could happen.

    Why similar: Base Building 34.2%, Open World 31.3%, Survival 27.6%, Indie 6.8%

  32. #32 Kenshi
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
    Dev: Lo-Fi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: FDST
    Windows

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    Windows

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    73% matchNo user reviews
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    72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: spielepk
    Windows

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    72% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive93% of 182,033 reviews2021
    Dev: Dani
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

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  39. #39 Sheltered
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  40. #40 Outpost Zero
    71% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
    Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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  41. #41 Rem Survival
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
    Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
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    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    70% matchMixed56% of 128 reviews2024
    Dev: Aleksandr Serdiuk
    Windows

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  43. #43 The Red Reactor
    71% matchMixed67% of 14 reviews2019
    Dev: Blue Palm Studio
    Windows

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  44. #44 Far Lands
    69% matchMixed66% of 166 reviews2024
    Dev: Scalpel Softworks
    Windows

    Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!

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  45. #45 XenoHaven
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
    Windows

    In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.

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  46. #46 Bestgame
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Best Gamedev
    Windows

    Bestgame is an exploration/survival game, set in a whimsical fantastical world. Fend off increasingly tougher sieges at night as you try to conquer all of the world's most powerful bosses! Build your base, craft your tools, and get creative to survive!

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  47. #47 Gengu Survival
    68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Gengu Games
    Windows

    Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...

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  48. #48 Industriworks
    69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: PredposledniyRubikon
    Windows · Linux

    Dig and build in a blocky sandbox world, economize heat in smelter to smelt more resources at once. There is few ores, metals, alloys and other materials, that you can use in your crafting to make powerful tools and golems.

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  49. #49 Grounded 2
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 19,870 reviews2025
    Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.

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  50. #50 From Nothing
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Power Hobo Games
    Windows

    Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.

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  51. #51 STOLEN CITY
    68% matchMixed53% of 38 reviews2022
    Dev: LeeJones Games Development
    Windows

    This is a survival game in a city that has been captured by gangs. Survive, develop, explore a huge city, craft, build bases, fight gangs and other players for resources.

    Why similar: Base Building 28%, Crafting 27.1%, Open World 23%, Survival 22%

  52. #52 Squad Zero
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
    Windows

    Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.

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  53. #53 Apexiom
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: QuesoPub: Queso Studios
    Windows

    Explore an open, procedurally-generated world, loot caves, chests and fight monsters to craft better gear. Can you take on the toughest bosses to unlock new abilties and become increasingly overpowered?

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  54. #54 Edge Of Survival
    67% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Studio Builderline
    Windows

    Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.

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