- #1 Grounded
97% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 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 22.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Open World 11.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar focus on survival, base building, and cooperative exploration within a stylized, high-stakes environment.
- #2 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
96% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Online Co-Op 12.7%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a comparable experience of building a home in a dangerous, oversized world while managing survival mechanics with friends.
- #3 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 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 17.8%, Survival 15.2%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep base-building and exploration with a focus on clearing blighted areas, mirroring the core loop of Drake Hollow.
- #4 Core Keeper
95% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 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 12.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Survival 12%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a top-down survival and base-building experience that emphasizes exploration and defending your territory.
- #5 Palworld
94% matchVery Positive95% of 480,493 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 40.2 hrsMean: 84.9 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%, Survival 17%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends creature management and base defense with survival mechanics, capturing the feeling of protecting unique entities.
- #6 Nightingale
94% matchMixed66% of 18,038 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 17%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 15.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features expansive world exploration and base-building mechanics that emphasize survival in mysterious, shifting realms.
- #7 Don't Starve Together
93% matchVery Positive95% of 541,972 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Survival 56.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Open World 8.8%, Online Co-Op 7.4%, Co-op 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct, stylized art direction and a challenging survival loop that requires constant base maintenance and defense.
- #8 ASTRONEER
92% matchVery Positive92% of 139,015 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.6 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 16.8%, Survival 15.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Base Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy, exploration-heavy experience with creative base-building mechanics in a vibrant, stylized universe.
- #9 Raft
91% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 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 23.2%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Open World 12%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Co-op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and expanding a mobile base while surviving in a hostile environment, perfect for cooperative play.
- #10 The Survivalists
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,097 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 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 16.9%, Survival 15%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative survival and crafting with a focus on managing helpers to maintain your base.
- #11 Valheim
89% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.2%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust survival and building system that rewards players for fortifying their homes against encroaching threats.
- #12 Portal Knights
90% matchVery Positive83% of 22,346 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.3 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 23.8%, Survival 16.9%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Building 14.3%, Co-op 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends voxel-based building with action-adventure combat, offering a similar lighthearted tone to Drake Hollow.
- #13 Slime Rancher 2
88% matchVery Positive95% of 49,727 reviews2025
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
Why similar: Open World 32.9%, Building 15.1%, Cute 12.2%, Family Friendly 10.2%, Colorful 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cute, creature-management aspect of base building and exploration in a colorful, relaxing world.
- #14 Scrap Mechanic
86% matchVery Positive92% of 122,134 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 64.5 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 16.1%, Open World 14.9%, Survival 14.1%, Building 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on creative building and engineering, allowing for complex base defenses against robotic enemies.
- #15 Volcanoids
89% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 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 12.2%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique take on base-building where you must defend and upgrade a mobile drilling ship against volcanic threats.
- #16 Frozen Flame
87% matchMixed63% of 2,989 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 15.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a survival-adventure experience with a focus on exploration and building in a fantasy-inspired world.
- #17 Kingdom Two Crowns
86% matchVery Positive90% of 39,408 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the core mechanic of building and defending a settlement from waves of enemies in a beautiful, side-scrolling world.
- #18 Forager
84% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 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: Survival 26.2%, Sandbox 17.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Open World 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory in a charming, top-down perspective.
- #19 Creativerse
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 13.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox that emphasizes exploration and building in a vibrant, stylized environment.
- #20 Terraria
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Survival 16%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox that emphasizes building, exploration, and defending your base against various environmental threats.
- #21 Eden Crafters
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 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 13.1%, Open World 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and base-building aspects of survival, allowing players to transform a hostile world.
- #22 My Time at Sandrock
81% matchVery Positive88% of 28,958 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.2 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 24.3%, Open World 20.8%, Building 19.6%, Multiplayer 17%, Character Customization 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the community-building and NPC-interaction aspects of base management within a stylized, desert setting.
- #23 Scrapnaut
83% matchMixed70% of 837 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 14.4%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.3%, Open World 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and survival with a top-down perspective, focusing on resource management and defense.
- #24 Craftopia
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,210 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 23.9%, Survival 18.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival, building, and creature interaction in a way that feels like a broader take on the genre.
- #25 V Rising
79% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 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 16.4%, Survival 15.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on base construction and territory defense within a survival-focused, top-down action game.
- #26 Dawn of Defiance
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,842 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18%, Survival 15%, Open World 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a survival-crafting experience with a focus on PvE combat and base construction in a mythological world.
- #27 Tinkertown
81% matchMixed67% of 1,344 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Open World 14.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, pixel-art adventure that encourages building and exploring with friends in a fantasy setting.
- #28 Everwind
77% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 16.7%, Open World 15%, Sandbox 14.7%, Survival 13.9%, Building 10.7%
- #29 DYSMANTLE
78% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 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 23.8%, Survival 23.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 14.2%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfaction of gathering resources and building up defenses in a post-apocalyptic, open-world setting.
- #30 Founders' Fortune
79% 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 16.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes building and managing a settlement, focusing on the needs of your villagers.
- #31 Tinkerlands
76% matchVery Positive86% of 4,087 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.2 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 17.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #32 Grow: Song of the Evertree
78% matchVery Positive81% of 2,561 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 22.1%, Open World 21.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Third Person 9%, Family Friendly 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a wholesome, simulation-focused experience centered on nurturing and building up a world.
- #33 Solarpunk™
75% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 14.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 12.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11.7%
- #34 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle 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 15.3%, Family Friendly 13.8%, Co-op 12.4%
- #35 Rock the Islands
76% matchVery Positive90% of 334 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 15.6%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 9.8%
- #36 Shamania
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 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 15.5%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 12%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #37 Hokko Life
75% matchMixed66% of 2,667 reviews2022
Dev: Wonderscope GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 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 25.5%, Character Customization 19.8%, Family Friendly 14%, Cute 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #38 Sun Haven
73% matchVery Positive81% of 25,417 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Multiplayer 38.2%, Character Customization 29%, Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #39 Staxel
74% 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 15.5%, Open World 14.2%, Building 10.8%, Character Customization 10.5%
- #40 Keplerth
72% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 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 19.2%, Open World 17.1%, Survival 16.6%, Building 12%, Exploration 9.2%
- #41 Necesse
69% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 14.3%, Survival 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.3%
- #42 Longvinter
71% matchMixed67% of 7,664 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 18.7%, Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Multiplayer 14%, Building 8.8%
- #43 Lodventure
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 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 15.6%, Survival 14.9%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Sandbox 11%, Base Building 10.4%
- #44 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
71% matchVery Positive92% of 8,060 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 25%, Building 18.8%, Open World 9%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 7%
- #45 Disney Dreamlight Valley
69% matchVery Positive92% of 24,686 reviews2023
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 32.3 hrsMean: 116.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.1%, Character Customization 23%, Exploration 17.9%, Family Friendly 12.4%, Adventure 9.2%
- #46 Wildmender
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,225 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 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 18.2%, Survival 16.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Third Person 12.5%
- #47 AColony
71% 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 19.3%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 9%
- #48 Everdream Valley
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 967 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 25.3%, Building 18.2%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Cute 8.9%
- #49 Voyagers of Nera
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,598 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 16.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Character Customization 8.9%
- #50 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,818 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.4%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 13%, Base Building 12.8%
- #51 Pathless Woods
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,110 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%, Sandbox 18.4%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 11.8%
- #52 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
66% matchVery Positive81% of 29,187 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 16.3%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Base Building 8.6%
- #53 Colony Survival
69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,976 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Survival 14.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 9.9%
- #54 No One Survived
66% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 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 22%, Open World 19.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Building 8.2%
- #55 Bellwright
66% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 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 21.9%, Open World 21.3%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Building 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #56 Witchspire
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 27.2%, Open World 22.9%, Base Building 20.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Adventure 7.2%
- #57 Fae Farm
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,575 reviews2023
Dev: Phoenix LabsPub: Gambit Digital
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 21.9 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 26.7%, Co-op 22.3%, Family Friendly 12.5%, Cute 11.9%, Colorful 9.9%