- #1 Unturned
96% matchVery Positive91% of 563,568 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Survival 12.7%, Zombies 12.3%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10.8%, Shooter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly popular voxel-based survival shooter that perfectly mirrors the blend of building and combat found in Digger Online.
- #2 BLOCKADE 3D
96% matchMixed59% of 25,388 reviews2014
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
BLOCKADE 3D! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
Why similar: Shooter 19.1%, Zombies 15.5%, Building 14%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Survival 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced voxel shooter that emphasizes team-based combat and destructible environments.
- #3 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 400,969 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 108.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Zombies 18.4%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep voxel-based base building with survival mechanics and intense shooter gameplay against zombies.
- #4 Blockland
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,537 reviews2013
Dev: Eric HartmanPub: Step 1 Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Blockland is a non-linear sandbox game with no set goals, giving players the freedom to design and construct elaborate structures. Styled as a tiny minifigure, players build inside of the virtual world using bricks reminiscent of toy blocks.
Why similar: Sandbox 24%, Building 16.8%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox building game that offers immense freedom for multiplayer interaction and construction.
- #5 Scrap Mechanic
94% matchVery Positive92% of 117,723 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 16.3%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on creative engineering and building within an open-world survival environment.
- #6 Creativerse
93% 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: Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 11.9%, Building 11.8%, Co-op 10%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant voxel sandbox that emphasizes creative building, crafting, and exploration.
- #7 Rust
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,373,048 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.6 hrsMean: 423.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Open World 14.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A premier multiplayer survival game where base building and tactical combat are the core pillars of the experience.
- #8 CastleMiner Z
92% matchVery Positive81% of 11,139 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Survival 18%, Zombies 16.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that pits players against hordes of zombies in a destructible world.
- #9 Terraria
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,530,276 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.7 hrsMean: 150.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Survival 17.5%, Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a 2D take on the voxel exploration, building, and combat loop that defines the genre.
- #10 Hurtworld
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 63.8 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: Survival 24.4%, Open World 16.6%, Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore multiplayer survival game that integrates shooter mechanics and base building.
- #11 Space Engineers
89% matchVery Positive89% of 133,889 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Survival 14.6%, Realistic 14.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 13.6%, Building 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers advanced voxel-based building and survival mechanics in an open-world setting.
- #12 Garry's Mod
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,244,083 reviews2006
Dev: Facepunch StudiosPub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.5 hrsMean: 287.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.6%, Building 13.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Co-op 10.4%, Comedy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sandbox experience for building and multiplayer interaction with endless community mods.
- #13 BLOCKPOST LEGACY
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 16,529 reviews2019
Dev: Skullcap Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Procedural cubic 3D-shooter in the best traditions of the genre. The game is a rich cocktail consisting of the most popular and functional gaming solutions. Customization of characters, opening cases and improving the existing arsenal — all this is available in the game now!
Why similar: Shooter 25.5%, Multiplayer 24.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Action 10.6%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive voxel-style shooter that prioritizes fast-paced action and multiplayer combat.
- #14 Building Destruction
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: 180°
Windows
Multiplayer sandbox with destructible environment. Destroy different maps, build your own, and play with your friends and other people online
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Building 17.5%, Shooter 15.7%, Realistic 13.9%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physics of building and destroying structures in a competitive shooter environment.
- #15 Rising World
86% matchVery Positive86% of 5,914 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Sandbox 17.3%, Building 16.5%, Co-op 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that features realistic building mechanics and an expansive open world.
- #16 Longvinter
83% matchMixed67% of 7,593 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 43.8 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: Survival 18.7%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 13%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game with a focus on crafting, building, and open-world exploration.
- #17 Total Miner
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 767 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.1%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 13.8%, Building 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based game that focuses heavily on mining, building, and survival elements.
- #18 No One Survived
82% matchMixed65% of 7,677 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 20.6%, Open World 16.4%, Zombies 16.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base building and defense against zombies in an open world.
- #19 Volcanoids
84% matchVery Positive83% of 9,287 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 10.5%, Open World 10.5%, Shooter 10%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival game where you build and upgrade a mobile base to survive in an open world.
- #20 Genesis Online
84% matchMostly Negative32% of 1,886 reviews2015
Dev: Shumkov Dmitriy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Genesis Online! First Person Multiplayer Adventure game in an editable procedural cubic world.
Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes multiplayer cooperation and open-world building.
- #21 Playcraft
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 700 reviews2023
Dev: Bebop Games
Windows
Playcraft is a multiplayer game-creation sandbox accessible to anyone!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 14.9%, Building 14.6%, Survival 14.5%, Co-op 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that allows players to create their own multiplayer adventures and shooter maps.
- #22 Deep Rock Galactic
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 377,011 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Co-op 28.5%, Shooter 21.1%, Survival 17.7%, First-Person 14%, Atmospheric 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features fully destructible voxel environments and intense cooperative shooter gameplay.
- #23 Cubic Castles
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,274 reviews2014
Dev: Raptisoft
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Your blocks, your castle, your world! Build anything you can dream up and explore with other players! Cubic Castles is a mini-MMO that combines the best of block-building and 3D platform action! Create fantastic parkour challenges, explore worlds made by other players, or even make friend!
Why similar: Building 20%, Sandbox 18.1%, Open World 17.3%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Survival 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that focuses on building and multiplayer social interaction.
- #24 Survival: Lost Way
81% matchMostly Negative36% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that centers on crafting, building, and action-oriented gameplay.
- #25 FortressCraft Evolved!
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,058 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.9%, Building 18%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 12%
Why You'll Like It: A complex voxel-based game that blends building, tower defense, and resource automation.
- #26 Eco
79% matchVery Positive81% of 13,944 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 89.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Survival 21%, Sandbox 20.5%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Crafting 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game where building and resource management are essential to the world's survival.
- #27 Stationeers
78% matchVery Positive88% of 9,070 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Sandbox 19.9%, Building 18.6%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, technical building and survival mechanics in a voxel-like environment.
- #28 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
77% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Open World 16.8%, Multiplayer 12%, Zombies 8.1%, Crafting 5.8%
- #29 Project 5: Sightseer
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 28.6 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: Building 23.2%, Sandbox 23.2%, Open World 15.6%, Action 12.2%, RPG 9.6%
- #30 Everlasting Summer
75% matchVery Positive94% of 77,704 reviews2014
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 59.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Story Rich 75.8%, Comedy 17.5%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #31 Dead District: Survival
75% matchMixed48% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Shooter 14.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Zombies 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.8%
- #32 Keep Digging
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,175 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Realistic 17.8%, Co-op 16.6%, Multiplayer 14%, First-Person 11.2%
- #33 Gone: Survival
76% matchMixed44% of 310 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Survival 13%, Zombies 11.7%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 10.2%
- #34 BLOCKADE
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,548 reviews2019
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
BLOCKADE Classic! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
Why similar: Shooter 26.3%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Action 12.4%, Zombies 11.7%, Building 8%
- #35 Modiverse
74% matchMixed57% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Voodoo Games
Windows
An open multiplayer sandbox game; includes tools, props, levels, NPCs, character models, game-modes and much more! Make your own using our mod kit!
Why similar: Survival 32.3%, Building 29.8%, First-Person 20.5%, Crafting 17.4%
- #36 Madness Cubed
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,286 reviews2016
Dev: epic dreamsPub: diman production
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Online shooter with a variety of game modes and a huge arsenal of weapons. Fight with other players, or team up with them to defeat hordes of zombies and mutants!
Why similar: Zombies 19.3%, Action 15.7%, Shooter 15.7%, Building 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.4%
- #37 Counter-Strike Nexon
73% matchMixed67% of 43,170 reviews2014
Dev: ValvePub: NEXON
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Counter-Strike Nexon is a Free to Play MMOFPS offering competitive PvP and PvE action including content from the original Counter-Strike and all new game modes, map creation function, weapons, and hordes of Zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 27.6%, Sandbox 18.2%, Shooter 14.3%, Co-op 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.3%
- #38 Deadburg
71% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Reanimated Games
Windows
Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.
Why similar: Survival 24.3%, Zombies 21.2%, Sandbox 17.2%, Action 9.7%, Co-op 7.8%
- #39 OPG: Clan Wars
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Anarchy GamesPub: Street's Game
Windows
OPG: Clan Wars — a multiplayer action game with survival elements. Arena shooter, open world, crafting, and resource battles — fight, evolve, and survive alone or with your team.
Why similar: Realistic 12.8%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 12.1%, Co-op 10.3%, Building 9.3%
- #40 Walking Zombie 2
70% matchVery Positive88% of 13,200 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 15.1%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Shooter 11.5%
- #41 Dude Simulator
72% matchMixed61% of 2,082 reviews2017
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.
Why similar: Open World 19.5%, Sandbox 18.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Simulation 9.2%
- #42 Polygeddon
69% matchMixed41% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Zombies 15.9%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Co-op 10.2%
- #43 Zombie Survival Game Online
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 311 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Why similar: Zombies 16.9%, Survival 15.9%, Building 11.9%, Open World 11.8%, Shooter 11.2%
- #44 Force of Nature
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,204 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: Survival 21.3%, Sandbox 15%, Open World 14.9%, Building 12%, Crafting 12%
- #45 Panzar
70% matchMixed66% of 5,158 reviews2013
Dev: Panzar StudioPub: OVALIS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
PANZAR is a fantasy multiplayer third-person shooter. You get to choose from eight unique character classes, team-based PvP battles, exciting PvE adventures and regular tournaments with real prizes. Advanced RPG elements, the non-target combat system and the most modern graphics by CryEngine 3 will make your combat experience...
Why similar: Multiplayer 32.1%, Action 19.7%, Co-op 16.7%, RPG 9.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #46 DayZ
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 463,109 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 277.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Zombies 12.2%, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Shooter 9.7%
- #47 DeadPoly
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,942 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Zombies 17.9%, Survival 17.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 12.9%, Shooter 12%
- #48 Core Keeper
63% matchVery Positive93% of 65,043 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Survival 15.1%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 12.5%, Co-op 11%
- #49 Muck
64% matchVery Positive93% of 183,590 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.
Why similar: Survival 27.2%, Open World 15.5%, Building 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Crafting 11%
- #50 8BitMMO
69% matchMixed60% of 4,325 reviews2015
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 33%
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.7%, Building 22.3%, Open World 16.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Action 6%
- #51 Dota 2
66% matchVery Positive81% of 2,727,148 reviews2013
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 52.8 hrsMean: 1443.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Why similar: Multiplayer 57.1%, Co-op 19.1%, Action 15.1%, RPG 5.6%, Simulation 3.1%
- #52 Crushed
68% matchMixed54% of 316 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: Survival 15.8%, Open World 14.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 10.6%, Zombies 9.8%