- #1 Grounded
97% matchVery Positive90% of 95,977 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 41.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Open World 11.9%, Online Co-Op 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the charming, stylized aesthetic, base-building, and cooperative survival gameplay focused on protecting your home base.
- #2 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
96% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Survival 12.8%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar cooperative survival experience in a whimsical, oversized world where base building and defense are key.
- #3 Portal Knights
96% matchVery Positive83% of 22,395 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.7%, Survival 17%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Building 14.3%, Co-op 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines cooperative exploration, stylized crafting, and base building with a lighthearted adventure tone similar to Drake Hollow.
- #4 Grow: Song of the Evertree
95% matchVery Positive81% of 2,572 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Sandbox 22%, Open World 21.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Third Person 9.1%, Family Friendly 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same wholesome, nurturing vibe of caring for living worlds and whimsical creatures.
- #5 Enshrouded
94% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Open World 18.1%, Survival 15.3%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a robust cooperative survival and building adventure with a vibrant fantasy atmosphere.
- #6 Core Keeper
94% 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 13.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 12.2%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides top-down cooperative exploration and base-building mechanics with a strong focus on resource gathering and survival.
- #7 Palworld
91% matchVery Positive95% of 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World 20.2%, Survival 17.1%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends base building, creature care, and cooperative survival in an open-world setting.
- #8 The Survivalists
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,123 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.7%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 11.7%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines crafting, base building, and cooperative adventure on dynamic open-world islands.
- #9 Nightingale
92% matchMixed66% of 18,084 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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: Online Co-Op 16.7%, Open World 15.3%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a fantastical open-world survival crafting journey with cooperative base building.
- #10 Scrap Mechanic
90% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 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: Sandbox 16%, Open World 15%, Survival 14.2%, Building 13.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers creative sandbox building and survival mechanics in an open world with mechanical defenses.
- #11 Volcanoids
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 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: Sandbox 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on mobile base building, resource gathering, and defending against hazards in a steampunk setting.
- #12 V Rising
89% matchVery Positive89% of 137,392 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Open World 16.6%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-oriented combat with base building and territory defense in an open-world environment.
- #13 Valheim
88% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.1%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 13.9%, Base Building 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a rich cooperative survival and building adventure set in a striking Norse-inspired world.
- #14 ASTRONEER
89% 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 16.9%, Survival 15.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Base Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a charming, stylized exploration and base-building experience in a colorful sci-fi setting.
- #15 Raft
87% matchVery Positive93% of 379,035 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Open World 12.1%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Co-op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative ocean survival and customizable base building reminiscent of defending a home base.
- #16 Necesse
84% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides top-down colony building, survival, and adventure with charming pixel art aesthetics.
- #17 Slime Rancher
86% 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 27.1%, Sandbox 16.4%, Exploration 15.6%, Cute 13.3%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on capturing, feeding, and caring for cute creatures in an open vibrant environment.
- #18 Frozen Flame
86% 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: Online Co-Op 15.1%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a vibrant fantasy open-world with cooperative survival and base-building elements.
- #19 Voidtrain
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 9,990 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Survival 13.3%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Open World 12.2%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends cooperative survival and crafting aboard a customizable, moving train base.
- #20 Tinkertown
85% matchMixed67% of 1,345 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.7%, Open World 14.8%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Adventure 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a charming multiplayer sandbox experience with crafting, building, and light adventure.
- #21 Aloft
82% matchVery Positive83% of 3,782 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Survival 16.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 13%, Building 12.4%, Co-op 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines atmospheric sky island survival, base building, and cooperative exploration.
- #22 The Planet Crafter
81% 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: Online Co-Op 16.3%, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Involves transforming a hostile world into a habitable one through exploration, base building, and crafting.
- #23 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 476 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle GamesPub: Amplified Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Building 20.1%, Exploration 19%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Family Friendly 13.9%, Co-op 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features cozy exploration, crafting, and creature interaction in a relaxing, beautiful world.
- #24 My Time at Sandrock
80% matchVery Positive88% of 29,103 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Open World 21%, Building 19.6%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Character Customization 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community building, crafting, and nurturing a stylized settlement alongside exploration.
- #25 Creativerse
82% 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: Online Co-Op 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 11.9%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features stylized sandbox building and exploration in a colorful, approachable multiplayer world.
- #26 Staxel
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,839 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.5%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Open World 14.4%, Building 10.8%, Character Customization 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a cute, community-focused farming and building experience similar to the lighter side of Drake Hollow.
- #27 Dawn of Defiance
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,856 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are a fallen Spartan, cast into the realm between the living and the Underworld. In this survival adventure inspired by Greek myth, hunt, craft and build a home worthy of legend with up to 3 friends. Raid the gods' temples, defeat legendary creatures and loot the iconic weapons of the Olympians.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.7%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers cooperative open-world survival crafting with base building and mythological themes.
- #28 Everwind
77% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.4%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Survival 14.1%, Building 10.7%
- #29 ARK: Survival Evolved
78% matchVery Positive83% of 778,394 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Survival 23.1%, Open World 19.1%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base building, survival, and interacting with creatures in a large open world.
- #30 Eden Crafters
76% 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: Sandbox 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.9%
- #31 Tinkerlands
76% matchVery Positive86% of 4,122 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.9%, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.1%, Multiplayer 9%
- #32 PixARK
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,659 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Open World 19.8%, Sandbox 17%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based building, creature taming, and survival in a colorful open world.
- #33 Solarpunk™
74% matchVery Positive81% of 4,581 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 12.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11.9%
- #34 Rock the Islands
75% matchVery Positive90% of 337 reviews2024
Dev: HYPE GAME LLC
Windows
Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 9.9%
- #35 Scrapnaut
77% matchMixed70% of 839 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.2%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.3%, Open World 10%
- #36 Delverium
73% matchVery Positive85% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 14%, Open World 12.4%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #37 Shamania
73% 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 15.7%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 12%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #38 Notmads
73% matchVery Positive85% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Rhomita
Windows
Your home is a living beast. Explore a handcrafted open world in an action RPG where you fight with magic, gather resources, find loot, craft, and grow stronger. Customize and expand your home on its back, and take it with you as you explore solo or with friends.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.7%, Open World 15%, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #39 Hokko Life
75% matchMixed66% of 2,673 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Building 25.4%, Character Customization 19.7%, Family Friendly 14.1%, Cute 12.2%, Adventure 10.5%
- #40 Everdream Valley
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 971 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Building 18.2%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Cute 8.9%
- #41 Longvinter
72% matchMixed67% of 7,713 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 45.1 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 18.8%, Open World 17.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Building 8.8%
- #42 Wildmender
72% matchVery Positive84% of 2,245 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18%, Survival 16.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Third Person 12.6%
- #43 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
69% 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 16.7%, Online Co-Op 14%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Base Building 8.6%
- #44 DYSMANTLE
71% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Open World 24%, Survival 23.6%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 14.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #45 Squirreled Away
69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,074 reviews2025
Dev: Far SeasPub: Amplifier Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Live your best squirrel life. Explore, gather, craft, and build incredible treehouses in acres of beautiful parkland. Scurry across lawns, up trees, and leap limb to limb solo, or up to four friends can play together in co-op. Endless summer days of adventure await.
Why similar: Open World 17.8%, Base Building 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Building 9.7%
- #46 Lodventure
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World 15.8%, Survival 15%, Online Co-Op 12%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%
- #47 Voyagers of Nera
68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Character Customization 8.9%
- #48 Keplerth
70% 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 19.7%, Open World 17.8%, Survival 17.1%, Building 12.3%, Exploration 9.5%
- #49 AColony
70% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Survival 12.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 9.1%
- #50 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Building 11.2%
- #51 Fae Farm
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,598 reviews2023
Dev: Phoenix LabsPub: Gambit Digital
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Escape to the magical life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a farm sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your homestead, and use spells to explore the enchanted island of Azoria!
Why similar: Multiplayer 26.6%, Co-op 22.2%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Cute 11.9%, Colorful 9.9%
- #52 Disney Dreamlight Valley
67% matchVery Positive92% of 24,933 reviews2023
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 32.4 hrsMean: 118.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Relax in a cozy world filled with the magic of Disney and Pixar! Discover rich stories and build the perfect Valley alongside more than 50 heroes and villains in this life-sim adventure game.
Why similar: Sandbox 33%, Character Customization 22.9%, Exploration 18%, Family Friendly 12.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #53 Witchspire
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,161 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.8%, Open World 23.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Adventure 7.3%
- #54 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,103 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Building 18.8%, Open World 9.1%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 7.1%
- #55 Bellwright
66% matchVery Positive80% of 21,714 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Open World 21.6%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Building 10.4%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #56 Pathless Woods
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,121 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Open World 19.2%, Sandbox 18.3%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 11.7%
- #57 Sengoku Dynasty
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,879 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Open World 14.1%, Colony Sim 14%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.7%
