- #1 AutoForge
97% matchVery Positive87% of 467 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 11.3%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core focus on combining automation mechanics with 3D exploration and fantasy-inspired crafting.
- #2 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
96% matchVery Positive83% of 2,294 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Automation 21.2%, Building 18.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Open World 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends automation with a charming fantasy aesthetic and exploration, mirroring the gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #3 Nova Lands
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,544 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the incremental progression and automation loop found in Dragon Forge within a vibrant open world.
- #4 Satisfactory
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 21%, Base Building 17.2%, Open World Survival Craft 10% ★, Open World 9.4%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: As a premier 3D automation game, it provides the deep factory-building experience that players of Dragon Forge often seek.
- #5 Dyson Sphere Program
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,831 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 10.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive scale for automation and resource management, appealing to those who enjoy the factory-building aspects of the seed game.
- #6 Eden Crafters
94% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Automation 16.9%, Base Building 12%, Open World 7.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on automation and base-building in an open-world environment, providing a similar sense of progression and scale.
- #7 Forager
93% matchVery Positive89% of 44,137 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title is a quintessential incremental crafting game that shares the addictive resource-gathering loop found in Dragon Forge.
- #8 FOUNDRY
92% matchVery Positive81% of 3,960 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 10.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This 3D factory-building game emphasizes automation and exploration, making it a natural follow-up for fans of the genre.
- #9 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,264 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 24.8% ★, Open World 17.3%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game features extensive automation, crafting, and fantasy elements that align well with the experience of Dragon Forge.
- #10 Omega Crafter
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 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 24.5% ★, Automation 19.8%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 9.6%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines automation with open-world survival and crafting, allowing players to build complex systems in a fantasy-adjacent setting.
- #11 Outpath
89% matchVery Positive93% of 3,137 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 16.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 8.8%, Collectathon 8.6%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a highly addictive incremental game that focuses on gathering, crafting, and building in a simplified, satisfying way.
- #12 Draconia
90% matchMixed65% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: Draconia Dev Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your dragon, customize it, level it. Explore the world of Draconia and unravel its story. Draconia is an MORPG where YOU play as the dragon!
Why similar: Dragons 35.2% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 13.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: For players specifically drawn to the dragon theme, this simulation game offers an immersive experience centered around dragon life.
- #13 First Dwarf
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 25.9%, Building 20.4%, Open World 17.7%, Crafting 16.2%, Third Person 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features action-oriented exploration and base-building with a fantasy theme that resonates with the dragon-centric world of the seed game.
- #14 Citadel: Forged with Fire
88% matchMixed68% of 5,895 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Open World 16.1%, Survival 11.5%, Dragons 9.5% ★, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive open-world fantasy experience with magic and base-building that appeals to the adventurous side of Dragon Forge.
- #15 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
87% matchMixed68% of 849 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Automation 16.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique progression system that incorporates automation and survival across different eras.
- #16 Techtonica
86% matchMixed65% of 3,273 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 23.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person automation game focuses on underground exploration and base-building, sharing the satisfying progression of Dragon Forge.
- #17 Mob Factory
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 12%, Open World 10.4%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses automation to manage resources gathered from mobs, offering a unique twist on the factory-building genre.
- #18 ASTRONEER
84% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 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 25.5% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Automation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and base-building with a heavy focus on resource management and automation in a beautiful, stylized world.
- #19 Incremental Factory
85% matchMixed67% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Idler 15.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Base Building 10%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the idle and incremental aspects of automation, perfect for players who enjoy the progression speed of the seed game.
- #20 Core Keeper
82% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Open World 12%, Building 11.3%, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends exploration, base-building, and automation in a top-down perspective that feels very similar to the incremental loop of the seed game.
- #21 Orebound
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Resource Management 24.7%, Automation 18.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 12.6%, Open World 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a simulation-heavy automation game that focuses on mining and resource management in a vast, open world.
- #22 Chocolate Factory
84% matchMixed56% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.6% ★, Automation 16%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 8.3%, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a whimsical take on automation and base-building, focusing on resource management and production chains.
- #23 Slime Rancher
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 157,673 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Open World 32.5%, Exploration 19.5%, Sandbox 18.5%, Management 13.1%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing yet engaging loop of resource management and automation within a colorful, exploration-heavy environment.
- #24 Skyformer
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2026
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! Play alone or up to 4 player co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.3% ★, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 8.4%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game integrates automation into an open-world survival-crafting framework, mirroring the core mechanics of Dragon Forge.
- #25 World Crafter TD
82% matchMixed46% of 691 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.4% ★, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 9.2%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines open-world survival with tower defense and automation, providing a strategic layer similar to the seed game.
- #26 Factorio
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 27.4%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 11.9%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive automation game, it provides the ultimate challenge for players who want to master complex production chains.
- #27 Aground
80% matchVery Positive94% of 2,039 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Dragons 13.6% ★, Building 10.2%, Open World 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a fantastic example of an incremental crafting adventure that starts small and scales up to complex fantasy technology.
- #28 shapez
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game strips away the survival elements to focus purely on the satisfying logic and geometry of automation.
- #29 Sandustry
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Automation 14.8%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #30 Forage Wizard
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,591 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.4% ★, Automation 13.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #31 Belts of Iron
77% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends
Why similar: Automation 18.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Open World 9.5%, Resource Management 8.8%, Crafting 8%
- #32 Keplerth
78% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 16.7%, Building 16%, Open World 16%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep survival and crafting experience with exploration elements that feel grounded and rewarding.
- #33 Nightwater
76% matchVery Positive86% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ashty
Windows
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Why similar: Automation 18.8%, Idler 11%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #34 Littlewood
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,833 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Collectathon 16.8%, Building 16.8%, Sandbox 15.9%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a chill, incremental building experience that captures the satisfying progression loop of the seed game.
- #35 Deep Crafter
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Deep Crafter StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 8.6%
- #36 MoteMancer
73% matchVery Positive92% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 22.9%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 8.5%
- #37 Elsewhere
73% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Automation 18.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.1%, Survival 9.8%
- #38 Solace Crafting
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 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 24.7% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #39 Force of Nature
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 30.4% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #40 XenoHaven
72% matchVery Positive82% of 73 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 19% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Open World 10.8%, Sandbox 9.9%, Automation 9.7%
- #41 Soulmask
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Automation 16.3%, Base Building 13.8%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #42 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
68% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Open World 12.4%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Dragons 9.4% ★
- #43 Frozen Flame
73% matchMixed62% of 2,997 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.5 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 24.9% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 10.4%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #44 MeowCraft
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Meow StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Manage your own feline forge in this cozy yet deep shop simulation! Craft epic legendary gear, expand your smithy, hire quirky cat staff, and dispatch hero squads into dangerous dungeons. You may be cursed to never wield a sword again, but you can build a forging empire to defeat the Demon Dragon!
Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Idler 15.3%, Building 13.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Crafting 12.3%
- #45 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,370 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 10%
- #46 Modulus: Factory Automation
67% matchVery Positive91% of 869 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 20.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #47 Lantern Forge
74% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Survival 26.5%, Crafting 23.8%, RPG 12.9%, Adventure 8.3%
- #48 Now THAT'S a Big Dragon!
68% matchNo user reviews76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Cotovelo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recruit an ever-growing army of heroes, stack powerful upgrades, and watch the numbers go up as your forces chip away at a colossal dragon!
Why similar: Dragons 29.7% ★, Idler 27.3%, Automation 23.2%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #49 The Planet Crafter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Automation 13.2%, Building 8.9%, Survival 8.5%
- #50 Brinefall
72% matchMixed42% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.5%
- #51 Outerverse
71% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Automation 18.5%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 9.5%, Open World 9.2%
- #52 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Open World 13%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.5%
- #53 Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Floodgate CrewPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge is a mix of a simulator, strategy, and auto-battler. Become a master smith, craft various weapons, and enhance them with magical runes. Equip a team of adventurers with your hand-made tools, send them on missions, gather loot to upgrade your forge, and save the land!
Why similar: Building 35.8%, Crafting 29.7%, Resource Management 18.5%, Simulation 16%
- #54 MergeCrafter
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 964 reviews2022
Dev: Fiveamp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to the magical world of Runaria! Explore dungeons, craft tools, chop trees, mine rocks, and discover treasure! Merge identical items to create valuable resources, Craft new tools and upgrade them with powerful enchantments! Setup passive mining drills and tree farms to rebuild your camp!
Why similar: Idler 18.4%, Collectathon 14.4%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 12.5%
- #55 The Unexpected Quest
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 205 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
Why similar: Base Building 29.5%, Building 20.6%, Crafting 16.6%, Management 15.3%, Exploration 10.8%
- #56 Dwarrows
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: Lithic Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Gather, build, puzzle, explore, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world.
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Open World 16.1%, Management 13.6%, Third Person 12.9%, Strategy 12.7%
- #57 Alaska Gold Fever
66% matchVery Positive80% of 1,056 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!
Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Building 16.5%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 13.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #58 Shamania
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 reviews2026
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 22.8% ★, Automation 13.1%, Open World 11.4%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.4%
- #59 Windforge
71% matchMixed68% of 623 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 11%, Building 10.6%
- #60 Dragon Cliff
67% matchVery Positive89% of 8,207 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Interaction
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Why similar: Idler 39.2%, RPG 17.5%, Management 15.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 6.8%
