- #1 Rust
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Multiplayer 9%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival game that established the core PVP, base-building, and raiding loop found in DUCKSIDE.
- #2 DayZ
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, PvP 10.9%, Shooter 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The primary inspiration for the hardcore, open-world survival experience that DUCKSIDE emulates.
- #3 Deadside
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival 9.8%, Third-Person Shooter 8.4%, PvP 8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical survival shooter that strips away the fluff to focus purely on the PVP and open-world survival experience.
- #4 Unturned
95% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 14.8%, Shooter 10.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar blend of quirky, stylized visuals and hardcore survival mechanics with a heavy emphasis on PVP.
- #5 Once Human
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 167,251 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Survival 8.6%, Base Building 8.1%, PvP 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, high-quality survival game that combines base building with intense multiplayer PVP and PVE elements.
- #6 Sunkenland
94% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features water-based survival and base building that mirrors the raiding and resource-gathering mechanics of DUCKSIDE.
- #7 SCUM
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 11.9%, PvP 9.2%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed and complex survival simulation for players who want a more hardcore experience.
- #8 Palworld
91% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 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 Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Successfully combines creature collection with survival, crafting, and base-building mechanics in a multiplayer environment.
- #9 ARK: Survival Ascended
92% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 28.6 hrsMean: 195.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 21.6%, Crafting 17.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Open World 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep survival experience centered on creature interaction, base building, and competitive multiplayer combat.
- #10 V Rising
91% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 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: Survival 17%, Crafting 16.1%, Base Building 15.1%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base building and intense top-down PVP combat in a unique, atmospheric world.
- #11 Hurtworld
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Survival 17.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that mirrors the fast-paced PVP and crafting loop found in DUCKSIDE.
- #12 Grounded
89% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 11%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on survival with creative base-building mechanics and challenging environmental threats.
- #13 Miscreated
89% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Open World 7.6%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on open-world exploration and player-versus-player combat.
- #14 Longvinter
87% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, PvP 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on social interaction, crafting, and building in a persistent world.
- #15 XERA: Survival
88% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival shooter that prioritizes PVP combat and gear progression.
- #16 Conan Exiles
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival game with a strong focus on base building and large-scale PVP warfare.
- #17 Dune: Awakening
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.4%, PvP 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world survival game that features large-scale faction-based PVP and base construction.
- #18 7 Days to Die
84% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep crafting and base-building systems that are essential for surviving in a hostile, player-populated world.
- #19 Volcanoids
86% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Introduces unique base-building mechanics involving mobile drillships that add a fresh twist to the survival genre.
- #20 DeadPoly
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that captures a similar aesthetic and gameplay loop to DUCKSIDE.
- #21 Valheim
83% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Base Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly popular survival game that emphasizes building, exploration, and cooperative progression.
- #22 Don't Starve Together
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 62.8% ★, Survival 22.4%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Crafting 3.3%, Co-op 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky and challenging survival game that emphasizes multiplayer cooperation and resource management.
- #23 Next Day: Survival
82% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Open World 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Crafting 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a post-Soviet landscape that emphasizes PVP and faction-based gameplay.
- #24 Strayed
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 332 reviews2024
Dev: Crustacean Interactive
Windows
Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Crafting 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%, Loot 7.7%, Survival 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes loot collection and intense PVP combat in a virtual reality setting.
- #25 Crushed
82% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival experience that excels at providing the core crafting and building loops players expect.
- #26 Plains of Pain
79% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Third-Person Shooter 10.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on base building and sandbox exploration.
- #27 The Forest
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.5% ★, Survival 18.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 9.3%, Simulation 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base building while maintaining a high level of tension through environmental threats.
- #28 Outlaws of the Old West
80% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Survival 15%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Massively Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base building with a western theme and persistent multiplayer PVP.
- #29 Project Zomboid
78% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Survival 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Open World 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate hardcore survival experience for players who enjoy deep, punishing mechanics and long-term base management.
- #30 PolyZ
77% matchMixed50% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.7%
- #31 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
79% matchMixed54% of 630 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on water-based survival and base building with a strong emphasis on multiplayer interaction.
- #32 Lost Rift
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 10%, PvP 9.5%
- #33 Dysterra
76% matchMixed56% of 755 reviews2025
Dev: Reality MagiQ
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.1%, Base Building 9.1%
- #34 Dead District: Survival
77% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 15.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, PvP 8.4%
- #35 Escape From Duckov
72% matchVery Positive84% of 101,372 reviews2025
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 35.2%, Survival 20.7%, Base Building 20.1%, Shooter 18%, Action 3.1%
- #36 Zombie Survival Game Online
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.3%, Base Building 8.9%
- #37 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
76% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Crafting 6.8%
- #38 SurrounDead
73% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 16.9%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 7.6%
- #39 Taora : Survival
74% matchMixed63% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 8.8%
- #40 Mesorift Survival
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Meik.W Interactive
Windows
Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 12.1%, PvP 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Shooter 9.1%
- #41 Grim
71% matchMixed59% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Spoonfed InteractivePub: Beyond Frames
Windows
GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, PvP 8.7%
- #42 Road to Eden
73% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Third-Person Shooter 12.6%, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 8.3%
- #43 Sunrise: survival
74% matchMixed48% of 526 reviews2017
Dev: Fedorov Ilya & Andrew Konovalov
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!
Why similar: Survival 24%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Massively Multiplayer 10.9%, Crafting 7.3%
- #44 Survive the Nights
69% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Shooter 8.2%
- #45 Subsistence
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Base Building 7.2%
- #46 Outerstellar
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, PvP 8.6%
- #47 Survival Machine
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 11%, Online Co-Op 8.4%
- #48 Ruins To Fortress
70% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.2%, Base Building 8.2%, PvP 7.8%
- #49 GRAV
73% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 8.1%
- #50 Night of the Dead
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 9.2%, PvP 8.2%
- #51 MISERY
66% matchVery Positive85% of 17,893 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 8.3%
- #52 Out of Reach
71% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 7.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #53 Renown
68% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.4%, PvP 9.3%, Base Building 8%
- #54 BEACHED
70% matchMixed65% of 3,675 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Third-Person Shooter 13.2%, Survival 10.7%, Shooter 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #55 KeepUp Survival
68% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #56 DREADZONE
67% matchMixed51% of 1,171 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Crafting 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%
- #57 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
66% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #58 Nomad
69% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 15%, Multiplayer 11%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 7.6%
- #59 Last Whisper
67% matchMixed66% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: 12Studio
Windows
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 15.7%, Survival 11.5%, PvP 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
- #60 Forever Skies
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 11%, Base Building 11%
