- #1 Survival: Lost Way
97% matchMostly Negative36% of 295 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.4%, FPS 14.2%, Survival 13.5%, Loot 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%
- #2 Toy Tinker Simulator: BETA
96% matchVery Positive82% of 382 reviews2021
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Have you ever wanted to be a toy tinker? Here you can take the first step to become one! This is a tiny portion of Toy Tinker Simulator, which includes only ten toys.
Why similar: Economy 14.1%, Realistic 13.9%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 11.9%, First-Person 10.1%
- #3 Ship Graveyard Simulator: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive86% of 908 reviews2021
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.6%, Realistic 12.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Building 11.2%, Economy 11%
- #4 Dead District: Survival
95% matchMixed47% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.2%, FPS 15.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Shooter 13.1%, Survival 13.1%
- #5 Weapons Genius
94% matchMixed46% of 1,233 reviews2015
Dev: JDM4iKPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
You act as a weapon genius and create ever new types of weapon with better specifications.
Why similar: Gun Customization 14.3%, FPS 12.4%, Hidden Object 9.6%, Shooter 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #6 Volcanoids
94% 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: Steampunk 22.6% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, FPS 11.2%, Shooter 9.2%, Survival 8.6%
- #7 CHERNOBYL: The Secrets of Pripyat
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baker Game Forge
Windows
Step into the shadows of the Exclusion Zone as a war correspondent. Document its secrets, survive deadly anomalies, and navigate faction conflicts. Create stashes, preserve vital data, and uncover the truth in a world filled with mutants, danger, and harsh survival challenges.
Why similar: Hidden Object 18.2%, FPS 15.9%, Shooter 13%, Loot 9.1%, Realistic 8.3%
- #8 Logistics Tycoon Simulator
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
Start small, think big in “Logistics Tycoon.” Begin with a single vehicle and expand your freight empire across challenging terrains. Manage a fleet, tackle challenging deliveries, and optimize logistics to grow your business. Are you ready to become the ultimate logistics tycoon?
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.7%, Sandbox 18.8%, Realistic 10.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #9 Crushed
91% matchMixed54% of 318 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: FPS 18.2%, Sandbox 18%, Survival 15.1%, Building 10.9%, Exploration 9.9%
- #10 Music Store Simulator Prologue
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Realistic 12.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Building 11.1%, Economy 11.1%
- #11 Gengu Survival
90% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Sandbox 18.9%, Survival 14.2%, FPS 13.4%, Shooter 10%, First-Person 9.5%
- #12 Lone Apocalypse
88% matchMixed71% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: White Leaf Studio
Windows
Lone Apocalypse is an open-world survival game set on a frozen island in the near future. Players build, explore, and survive in extreme conditions while uncovering the truth behind a failed climate weapon. The game combines crafting, survival, and story for an immersive post-apocalyptic experience
Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, FPS 18.5%, Shooter 13.9%, Realistic 10.2%, Exploration 10%
- #13 ENDGAME: Survival
89% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Survival 13.5%, FPS 12.8%, Building 11.3%
- #14 Dune Mechanic : Survive The Steampunk Era
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Heaven BrotherhoodPub: TheGamesFortress
Windows
Create weapons of your dreams from gunpowder pistols to grenade launchers. Craft cartridges by mixing powder ingredients. Melt ore, blow glass, study chemistry, and make explosives. Cut, mine, dig, shoot, build, research, design, craft, explore and more in the Dune deserts!
Why similar: Steampunk 20.4% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, FPS 13.6%, Gun Customization 10.8%, Survival 9.9%
- #15 残存之物 Remnants
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Storm101
Windows
A survival crafting game set after an AI uprising. Stranded on a 4km × 4km island, you must gather resources, build shelter, and craft weapons to survive. Currently in early development, with core systems evolving and new content planned.
Why similar: Sandbox 19%, FPS 14.7%, Survival 14.4%, Building 12.8%, Shooter 11%
- #16 Piece Makers
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wiley Swikit
Windows
Piece Makers is a first person shooter where you need to find parts in order to build your own weapons.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, FPS 18.9%, Shooter 16.3%, Building 9.5%, Gun Customization 9.1%
- #17 Horn Of Africa
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Other Choice
Windows
Horn of Africa is an open-world survival and piracy game set on the coast of East Africa. Start with a small fishing boat, collect containers at sea, raid ships, trade contraband, and build your own pirate operation.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Loot 15%, FPS 15%, Simulation 14.7%, Survival 8.1%
- #18 Ship Graveyard Simulator 2: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive86% of 787 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.1%, Realistic 15.1%, Management 15.1%, Building 13.8%, Simulation 12.4%
- #19 30 DAYS. ALONE. ADRIFT.
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saito Soki
Windows
You are the only engineer on board an autonomous cargo ship drifting in the South China Sea 🌊 after a system failure. Explore containers, craft tools, repair mechanisms, furnish your cabin, and survive among dangers, strange finds, and self-irony.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, Hidden Object 18%, Simulation 10.7%, Realistic 9.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #20 Undead Development 2
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Masterstrike
Windows
Your resources are your surroundings. Break down, drag, and nail together furniture to safeguard your home. Explore other regions to restock supplies and weapons. Construct wild defenses by nailing together unlikely objects. Fight against the hordes with online co-op in or out of VR.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.1%, FPS 14.4%, Survival 12.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Simulation 8.5%
- #21 Wildlands Resurgence
81% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
section for a game where players need to survive from wildlife, mine resources, craft items and structures, and even form tribes:
Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Shooter 15.7%, Building 11.9%, Survival 10.7%, First-Person 9.3%
- #22 Float Night
82% matchMixed70% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Meng Games
Windows
Float Night is a small sandbox game that is easy to collect resources, simple to build, no craft, and sustainable.
Why similar: Sandbox 43.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Shooter 10%, Building 8.8%, FPS 7.9%
- #23 World Crafter TD: Prologue
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Survival 31.5%, Crafting 24.5%, Exploration 23.5%, Simulation 20.5%
- #24 Hold Your Own
82% matchMixed67% of 576 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Sandbox 15.4%, Loot 14.1%, Survival 13.9%, FPS 13.6%, Building 9.6%
- #25 Streamers Cleaning Simulator
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: House Renovation
Windows
Restore order and cleanliness to the rooms of famous Gaming Streamers after their epic gaming sessions. Find artefacts, explore streamers life. Play co-op with your friends.
Why similar: Hidden Object 16.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, FPS 13.8%, Realistic 8.3%, Simulation 8.1%
- #26 Few Nights More: Genesis
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 278 reviews2023
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, and fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.
- #27 Hoversteppers: Zone 1
78% matchVery Positive85% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: EM GamesPub: TheGamesFortress
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Hoversteppers is a freestyle hoverboard skating game. Flip, spin, and test your boarding skills with timed challenges across multiple stages.
Why similar: Simulation 47.5%, 3D 34.7%, Exploration 17.8%
- #28 Bygone Dreams: Prophecy
77% matchVery Positive87% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Prime Time
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Bygone Dreams: Prophecy is a free prologue for a high fantasy Action-Adventure game set inside a surreal dream world. Face fantastical adversaries, solve puzzles, and fight your way through challenging bosses in your quest to save the world's matron deity and stop the nightmare consuming the dream.
Why similar: Crafting 37.9%, 3D 31.5%, Combat 30.6%
- #29 Future Breach: Youngblood
77% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Yurii NikshychPub: TheGamesFortress
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Future Breach: Youngblood is a prologue chapter of the main game, Future Breach 3D. Breach and Clear areas tactically in a team-based shooter.
Why similar: FPS 26.9%, Shooter 20.9%, Management 19.6%, First-Person 13.8%, Combat 10.1%
- #30 Pickup Point Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: River Way Studios
Windows
Become an entrepreneur and develop your retail outlet. Order goods and place them in the warehouse, give orders to customers by scanning QR-code, design and expand your premises, hire employees and learn new skills!
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.1%, Economy 13.8%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 10.8%
- #31 The Portal Trial
75% matchVery Positive80% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: Espale Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Ingression: The Portal Trial offers a sneak peek into the immersive world of precision platforming with portals. Experience the prologue of the full game for free, tackling not only the initial levels but also venturing into more challenging stages.
Why similar: Sci-fi 59.4%, Atmospheric 40.6%
- #32 Zapp
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seduck
Windows · Linux
Steampunk robots, drones and ... your airship zappeli? In ZAPP you play as a robot who tries to explore the dangerous unknowns. Work your way up from the deepest depths and conquer the skies. BUT be aware, you might not be welcome.
Why similar: Steampunk 23.5% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Economy 9.1%, Survival 8.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #33 Arcane Afterfall
74% matchMixed69% of 738 reviews2025
Dev: Nokhook EntertainmentPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A 2D MMORPG with turn-based combat, dungeons, PvP, PvE in a unique world with story driven content.
Why similar: Exploration 66.6%, Combat 33.4%
- #34 The Chef's Shift: First Course
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 513 reviews2025
Dev: Panitia GameDevPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING. Play through the Italian restaurant and get a taste of The Chef's Shift!
Why similar: Management 51.7%, Simulation 48.3%
- #35 Mine Digger
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mine Digger
Windows
Mine Digger is a minimalist mining game where you dig deeper, uncover hidden riches, upgrade your tools, and turn a simple hole in the ground into a profitable underground empire.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.8%, Simulation 18.8%, Building 12.6%, Economy 10.8%, First-Person 9.9%
- #36 Survivor 53
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: berkthedev
Windows
This is a Island Defense - Survival game. You are going to start every game from zero(literally nothing). Expand your island, plant some resources(like tree, vegetables etc.) and trade with Vending Machine. Then, prepare for underwater enemies(like giant Crab, Kraken etc.). It's that simple.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Building 10.6%, FPS 10.6%, Management 10.5%
- #37 HackHub: Free Trial
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 699 reviews2024
Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Why similar: Simulation 66.9%, Realistic 33.1%
- #38 One Way Road: Firehunt
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Shabunov LeonidPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Firehunt is a prologue for the main story One Way Road. Take part in space battles as you travel across the galaxy and fight to save humanity. This cinematic narrative driven action-focused space shooter, will take you on a journey into the near future, and put the destiny of mankind in your hands.
Why similar: Sci-fi 42.8%, 3D 35.1%, Combat 22.1%
- #39 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
72% matchVery Positive89% of 636 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: Survival 29.3%, Management 24.9%, Economy 21.9%, Simulation 18.8%, Building 5.1%
- #40 None Shall Intrude: Descent
71% matchVery Positive88% of 271 reviews2024
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
None Shall Intrude: Descent is a free Prologue version of None Shall Intrude. A roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign.
Why similar: Combat 100%
- #41 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
71% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Exploration 65.6%, Atmospheric 34.4%
- #42 Skelethrone: The Prey
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: 70`StrikePub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.
- #43 Music Store Simulator
70% matchMixed55% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Simulation 18.6%, Management 15.6%, Economy 15.6%, Realistic 10.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #44 Dark Lord
68% matchVery Positive89% of 190 reviews2024
Dev: Undead FoxPub: LTG Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Unleash your power in Dark Lord, a roguelike RPG filled with strategy, adventure, and sardonic wit. Rule your growing realm with an iron fist in Story Mode, dive deep into the legends created by other players, or forge your own in Community Stories Mode!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #45 Disco Simulator: Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 226 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full game. Disco Simulator: Prologue is a game where you play the role of the owner and manager of a music club. Buy equipment, sound system, lighting and decide on the appearance of your club. Make money and have fun!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Management 23.9%, Simulation 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.4%, 3D 8.8%
- #46 Delivery Boy
69% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Poroshin Develop
Windows
Become the best courier in Crystal City and build your own delivery business. Explore a big city, complete tasks, collect resources and build your own delivery services.
Why similar: Hidden Object 15.5%, Loot 15.2%, FPS 10.6%, Building 9.1%, Management 8.4%
- #47 Sever's Zone
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenko
Windows
"Sever's Zone" is a 3D first-person shooter about survival in the Anomalous Zone, full of artifacts, anomalies and dangerous inhabitants of the Zone - living and not so. The plot of the game is based on a series of books in the genre of science fiction.
Why similar: Loot 19.4%, FPS 13.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Gun Customization 13%, Realistic 9.5%
- #48 Sporting Goods Shop: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive87% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Business Tycoon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Run your sporting goods shop in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, and run little contests to entertain your customers. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.8%, Realistic 16.6%, Economy 15.6%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 12.6%
- #49 Last Harbor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tinyBuild
Windows
Zombie Apocalypse On A Boat. You’re stranded on a boat during a zombie outbreak in the beautiful San Juan islands of Washington State. How will you survive an open-world archipelago, where the living are just as much of a threat as the dead?
Why similar: Shooter 15.7%, Simulation 15.3%, FPS 14.9%, Survival 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #50 Hotel Business Simulator
68% matchMixed49% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
Welcome, Hospitality Maestros! 🌟 Dive into "Hotel Business Simulator where you craft the ultimate empire. Upgrade rooms, cater to guests' whims, set rates wisely, and maintain spotless standards. Your journey to mogul status begins now. Ready to build the hotel of your dreams? Game on!
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.4%, Realistic 11.7%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #51 The August Before: Chapter One
66% matchVery Positive93% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Little GamesPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Atmospheric 26.6%, 3D 16.1%, Exploration 11.5%