- #1 Primal Man Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 9.3%
- #2 Bromeliad
96% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 8.9%
- #3 Unhinged
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Open World 8.2%
- #4 Life Not Supported
95% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 9.7%, Building 6.7%
- #5 Remains
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9%, Physics 8%
- #6 Crushed
94% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 8.3%
- #7 Eldercraft: Mountaineers
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derivative Synergistics
Windows
Eldercraft: Mountaineers is an RPG about crafting, surviving and exploring. Forge your routes and pathways up the mountain to reach valuable treasures. These will help you forge more pathways that will lead you to the summit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 8.4%
- #8 Wild
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #9 Moon Colony Crafter
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8%
- #10 Starsand
91% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 7.6%
- #11 Rem Survival
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #12 Under A New Sun
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9%
- #13 Subsistence
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 44.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Open World 8.1%
- #14 Skyformer
87% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 7%
- #15 Odd Woods
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9%
- #16 Forever Skies
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 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 26.4% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #17 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
86% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 9.7%, Open World 9.7%
- #18 Far North Survival
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 9.5%, Building 8.9%
- #19 Nighthold: Number 1
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.9%, Building 7.7%
- #20 SpiritBorn
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 9.1%
- #21 The Ocean
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floares Mihai
Windows
You are the only surviving sailor from a pirate crew. The angry ocean waves bring you on the beach of an tropical island. Your ony goal is to survive
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 9.3%, Building 8.1%, FPS 7.9%
- #22 Solitude
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amuzo Limited
Windows
Beached upon the coast of a haunted land you must survive the trials of an ancient malevolent force which seeks freedom from its shackles. Battle against the horrors of the night, build shelters to weather the elements, scavenge for supplies and uncover the mystery at the heart of the island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 9%, Building 5.5%
- #23 XenoHaven
80% 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.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.2%
- #24 Alone in the Outback
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Dinosaur Games
Windows
Alone in the Outback is a story-driven survival experience. Traverse through the Australian outback, survive deadly heat of the day and cold of the night. Stay hydrated and choose your strategy to survive the dangerous Australian wildlife. Explore the territory to find out why you are here alone...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Realistic 6.1%
- #25 Force of Nature
81% 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 43.1% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 8%, Building 6.4%
- #26 Frostrail
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FakeFishPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Dive into a ruthless survival FPS, solo or co-op. Explore, scavenge, craft and fight to endure a frozen, corrupted world. Operate and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland, where every choice is a matter of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.1%, FPS 9.1%
- #27 No Light
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 匠门电子科技有限公司
Windows
When wake up, you in a strange world. You must learn to be strong in this dangerous and dark world. Look for all the materials that can live, light the torch in hand, this light may be the last hope, but don't forget, in this boundless darkness, the light will also let "them" See you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.4%, Building 10.6%, Exploration 6%
- #28 Hostile Planet: Survival
78% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 15.3%, Open World 9.8%, Building 8.5%
- #29 Breathedge
77% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #30 Stranded Deep
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 8.4%, Building 4.5%
- #31 Far Lands
76% 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!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 15%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 8.5%
- #32 Unknown Planet
75% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Synthetic Games
Windows
Your spacecraft has crash landed on an alien planet. Explore this unknown world, mine the resources, build your base, grow farms, craft equipment, fight off the alien lifeforms and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 10%, Crafting 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #33 Green Hell
75% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Open World 7.3%
- #34 Drift: Space Survival
74% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 7.1%
- #35 Outpost Zero
76% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 15%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.7%
- #36 Desolated District
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 13%, Open World 9.3%, Survival 8.8%
- #37 Echoes Below
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Echo Division
Windows
Echoes Below is a tactical first-person shooter set in an unforgiving open-world survival environment. Build and fortify your base, craft essential gear, and recruit companions to fight alongside you. Explore a hostile archipelago, hunt for resources and engage in intense firefights.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 11.9%, FPS 9.1%, Survival 7.9%
- #38 Solaria
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pva Games
Windows
Collect various androids known as "Pvas" on the futuristic colony planet named "Solaria", deploy them for battles, construction, farming, crafting; pilot your own mobile base to explore the vast world. This is a brand-new, single player open-world survival and crafting game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Crafting 13%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9%
- #39 Nightingale
73% 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 34.4% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #40 The Forest
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 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 48% ★, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 9.4%, Building 5.7%
- #41 The Infected
71% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 30.2% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 8.2%
- #42 Beyond The Shadow
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyrenal Games, LLC
Windows
As the sole specialist sent into a quarantined part of the Midwest , discover all you can about the mysterious corruption rapidly taking over. Utilize all you can find around you to survive the evolving area, find the source and eliminate the threat. Will you defeat what lies Beyond The Shadow?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 9.8%, Building 8.6%
- #43 Craterbound
71% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.6%
- #44 Blind Descent
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PokuchPub: META Publishing
Windows
Immerse yourself in a new Martian underground adventure with Blind Descent, an open-world survival craft game that unveils the mysteries of the Martian depths. Play solo or with friends as you search for the missing team. Adapt and mutate to survive in this bizarre alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 9.6%, Physics 8.5%
- #45 Red Planet: Survive
72% matchNegative12% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Silent Parrot Studio
Windows
Red Planet: Survive is a first person survival game for Microsoft Windows. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Red Planet will be hard, but if you are strong enough, you will succeed. Find the best way to survive, but be careful, since each wrong step will ensure your demise. The environment is your main enemy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 6.1%
- #46 Middle Ages: Peasants & Knights
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Neronian Studios
Windows
Survive in an open world inspired by 14th century Europe. Immerse yourself in crafting based on real historical methods and experience true inventory system and realistic resource management. Take control of your destiny and embrace a world full of possibilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Survival 11%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 11%, Open World 8.3%
- #47 Survival: Fountain of Youth
68% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 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 31.7% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 6.6%
- #48 Deadly Flare
69% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 12%, Building 8.5%, FPS 8.2%
- #49 Hurtworld
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 13.2%, FPS 12.3%, Open World 10.2%
- #50 Novus Inceptio
70% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.1%
- #51 Ship Builder
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Play with up to three companions and become the best shipwrights on this side of the globe! Explore and gather materials needed to build legendary ships! Soon they will call you a legend as well.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.2%
- #52 Out of Reach
69% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 43.5% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 9.3%, Base Building 7.5%
- #53 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
66% 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 34.3% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 8%, Survival 7.3%
- #54 Crashlands
68% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 8.9%
- #55 The Long Dark
67% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.8% ★, Survival 17.8%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 7.7%, Exploration 4.6%
- #56 Project Canopy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 9.9%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #57 Ancient the Dimensions
66% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 9.3%
- #58 Lost Track
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Junkyard Games
Windows
Survive alongside your companions in the outskirts of a town after a supernatural experimental accident. Gather survival resources, upgrade your vehicles and mobile fortress, and explore unknown areas to gradually uncover the truth behind the experiment…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%