- #1 Caravan
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,036 reviews2016
Dev: it Matters GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Are you ready to embark on a journey through deserts and dangers? Will you be able to safely navigate your fellowship through the lands of the Orient and uncover your destiny? Through strategic trading and traveling you will overcome obstacles and adversity.
Why similar: Trading 65.2%, Strategy 27.2%, Adventure 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #2 High Seas, High Profits!
96% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: lexy.zip
Windows · Linux
Live your medieval trader life! Buy low, sell high and explore the world! Buy ships, build businesses, find or train captains. Deal with pirates, manipulate mayors and challenge traders. React to hundreds of events that shape your very own procedurally-generated world!
Why similar: Sailing 36.6% ★, Trading 35.2%, Economy 17.3%, Exploration 6.5%, Strategy 4.3%
- #3 Merchant of the Skies
95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,276 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
Why similar: Trading 46.1%, Economy 20.8%, Sandbox 16.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Strategy 6.7%
- #4 Dustland Delivery
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,255 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Why similar: Trading 43.5%, Economy 19%, Sandbox 17.4%, Strategy 9.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #5 Winds Of Trade
94% matchMixed62% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: Rhombico Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you!
Why similar: Sailing 37% ★, Trading 26.7%, Economy 16.1%, Sandbox 15%, Strategy 5.2%
- #6 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,044 reviews2023
Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!
Why similar: Sandbox 42.8%, PvE 18.1%, Open World 16.8%, Strategy 13%, Adventure 5.6%
- #7 Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,575 reviews2020
Dev: IndieMax
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.5%, Open World 19.3%, Exploration 19.2%, Stylized 12%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #8 Sandwalkers - Prologue
91% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based strategy game. Convoy goods to neighboring tribes, build relationships, survive hostile creatures, and discover a new world. Inspired by great games like Wartales, Curious Expedition, or For The King.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.1%, Exploration 26.4%, Strategy 23%, Fantasy 15.1%, Adventure 4.9%
- #9 TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
91% matchVery Positive81% of 1,427 reviews2024
Dev: AZAMATIKA
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Travel. Buy. Sell. Protect. Fight. Do Quests.
Why similar: Trading 43.9%, Sandbox 20.7%, Exploration 12%, Open World 11.6%, Colorful 5%
- #10 A Merchant's Promise
90% matchVery Positive87% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Game Draft Studio
Windows
Medieval Trading & Transport with Physics-Based Items. Start as a Worthless Merchant and work your way up as you carefully handle your goods through a Medieval World!
Why similar: Transportation 35% ★, Trading 27.4%, Sandbox 15.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Stylized 6.2%
- #11 This Merchant Life
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 185 reviews2019
Dev: Inexplicable Games
Windows
This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!
Why similar: Trading 50.4%, Strategy 23.1%, Strategy RPG 21%, Fantasy 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #12 Car Trader Simulator
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 521 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Do you know how to profit from trading cars while maintaining a good reputation? Car Trader Simulator lets you play the role of an American car dealer. Your goal is to get rich. How you do it depends entirely on you.
Why similar: Trading 51%, Economy 22%, Inventory Management 11.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Open World 5%
- #13 Prospector
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Sandbox 39.8%, Open World 23.3%, Exploration 17.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Adventure 4.6%
- #14 Merchant of the Six Kingdoms
86% matchVery Positive92% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Cory LongPub: GooseGames
Windows
Become a medieval merchant and master the arts of bartering, haggling, and investing, Explore 20 markets, barter with 200 characters, and trade in over 1,800 items in a dynamic bartering and haggling system that will challenge and reward.
Why similar: Trading 42.6%, Economy 20.9%, Inventory Management 18.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Strategy 6.8%
- #15 Medieval Shopkeeper Simulator
87% matchMixed61% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.
Why similar: Trading 55.1%, Inventory Management 20.5%, Open World 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Adventure 4%
- #16 BIG LOOT
85% matchMixed68% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie Clouds
Windows
Roguelike caravan survival game about risk, loot, and smart trading. Every run is a journey of hard choices, clever upgrades, and the eternal question: Do I play it safe... or go for the BIG LOOT?
Why similar: Trading 39.8%, Sandbox 14.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Open World 9.8%, Stylized 9.4%
- #17 Irudo
84% matchVery Positive89% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: あとらそふと
Windows
このゲームは、海洋交易で資金を稼ぐゲームで、交易、探険、戦闘の3つが重要となります。交易で銀貨を稼いで仲間を増やし、探険で手に入れた資材で強い船をつくり、戦闘に勝利しましょう。交易、探険、戦闘をどういうバランスで進めていくかは、プレイヤーの自由な攻略に委ねられています。ゲームの舞台となる海域には、ライバルの勢力がいて覇権を競い合っています。プレイヤーはストーリー中の分岐によって、勢力同士争いに介入することができ、その選択が味方になる勢力と敵になる勢力に影響を及ぼします。
Why similar: Sailing 37.3% ★, Transportation 28.8% ★, Trading 26.2%, Strategy 4.5%, Fantasy 2.2%
- #18 Horizon's Gate
84% matchVery Positive95% of 1,248 reviews2020
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure.
Why similar: Sailing 40.5% ★, Trading 26.7%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Open World 8.8%, Exploration 7.3%
- #19 DuneCrawl
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 626 reviews2026
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.
Why similar: Open World 31.8%, Stylized 22.1%, Vehicular Combat 18.1%, Isometric 9.7%, Colorful 8.7%
- #20 Dust Raiders
83% matchMixed68% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Dust Raiders is a management strategy game, set in a lawless wasteland. Upgrade your vehicles, engage in tactical fights against raiders hunting for your resources and gather a crew to rule the area.
Why similar: Trading 44.2%, Economy 22.6%, Vehicular Combat 11.1%, Exploration 10%, Strategy 9.2%
- #21 Star Trucker
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,221 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Transportation 52.7% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 12.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #22 Ocean Punk
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Sandbox 39.1%, Open World 20.2%, Exploration 18.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #23 Caravan SandWitch
79% matchVery Positive86% of 3,683 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Plane ToastPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.
Why similar: Stylized 34.9%, Exploration 32.9%, Colorful 16.1%, Adventure 8.4%, 3D 6.6%
- #24 Sands of Salzaar
79% matchVery Positive82% of 22,965 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: Open World 38.2%, Sandbox 33.3%, Strategy 22.7%, Adventure 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #25 Starsand
81% matchMixed66% of 1,246 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Inventory Management 32.9%, Sandbox 23.5%, Open World 17.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #26 Cargo Company
80% matchMixed58% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Why similar: Transportation 43.4% ★, Economy 21.4%, Sandbox 15.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Open World 8.1%
- #27 Frontier Pilot Simulator
78% matchMixed70% of 956 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
Why similar: Transportation 33.1% ★, Trading 29.1%, Economy 19%, Exploration 7.2%, Open World 6.8%
- #28 Alaskan Road Truckers
76% matchMixed62% of 3,245 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Inventory Management 37.5%, Open World 23.4%, Exploration 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 4.7%
- #29 Island Market Simulator: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Zentium Studio
Windows
Island Market Simulator – In this strategy and economy simulation game set in an island town, build your trade empire by starting with a small market. Produce your goods through farming, livestock, and supply chain management, and expand your business with seasonal dynamics and festivals!
Why similar: Trading 31.5%, Economy 16.8%, Inventory Management 16%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy RPG 12.8%
- #30 Windward
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,625 reviews2015
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.
Why similar: Trading 30.4%, Sailing 26.6% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Open World 7.2%, Economy 5.2%
- #31 Star Merchant
78% matchMixed64% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #32 Dust and Salt
77% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 70.3%, Adventure 16%, Isometric 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #33 Sandwalkers
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 540 reviews2025
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 43.2%, Exploration 24.3%, Strategy 19.4%, Fantasy 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #34 Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: Rideon,Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!
Why similar: Exploration 49.9%, Fantasy 32.2%, Adventure 16.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #35 Void Destroyer 2
75% matchVery Positive80% of 672 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
Why similar: Trading 40.7%, Sandbox 22.7%, Open World 13.7%, Stylized 10.6%, Strategy 9.7%
- #36 Terror of the Seven Seas
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Cutthroat Games
Windows
Become a Mighty Captain in a Age of sail naval combat game, set in all of the Seven Seas! Sail the entire world: conquering, boarding, plundering, exploring and trading along the way! Gather your crew, ready your ship, hoist your sails and enter a world of swashbuckling and piracy!
Why similar: Sailing 42.3% ★, Trading 27.7%, Open World 8.8%, Exploration 6.9%, Stylized 5.8%
- #37 FAR: Lone Sails
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 26,094 reviews2018
Dev: Okomotive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
Why similar: Exploration 47.4%, Atmospheric 37.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #38 Desert Revenant
74% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Kreationware
Windows
Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr.
Why similar: Strategy 57.7%, Fantasy 40.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #39 Uncharted Ocean
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 596 reviews2019
Dev: HiRabbitgame
Windows
This is a world of oceans, islands and ships. Players will start their own journey from Faro, facing an impermanent ocean and awkward opponents, and gradually build a strong fleet with wisdom and luck. The chaotic seas and tempting treasures, under the guidance of the banner, work hard for survival!
Why similar: Sailing 44.7% ★, Trading 20.2%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Open World 6.9%
- #40 Storage Hustle
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,530 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Storage Hustle is a Simulation RPG where you go into storage auctions to buy different mysterious storages. Discover and sell many items, join Yard Sales and haggle your way for profit!
Why similar: Trading 46.5%, Economy 24.6%, Sandbox 20.3%, Open World 6.7%, 3D 1.7%
- #41 Abandon Ship
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,349 reviews2019
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.3%, Open World 25.9%, Exploration 22.4%, Strategy 17.3%
- #42 Sailwind
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,277 reviews2021
Dev: Raw Lion Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!
Why similar: Sailing 36.5% ★, Transportation 25.8% ★, Trading 21.1%, Open World 6.8%, Exploration 5.3%
- #43 Merchants of Kaidan
72% matchMixed79% of 817 reviews2014
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Regain your riches, restore your honor and avenge your father's murder. A challenging trading game with lots of RPG elements.
Why similar: Trading 51.7%, Economy 19.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Fantasy 5.1%
- #44 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
71% matchMixed66% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, Strategy 18.4%, Open World 17%, Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #45 Worldwide Rush
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 540 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
Why similar: Transportation 45.9% ★, Economy 20.9%, Sandbox 16.8%, Strategy 7%, Exploration 6%
- #46 Ship Graveyard Simulator: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive86% of 907 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 31.6%, Economy 25%, Strategy 16%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #47 U.N.P.O.C. Vessel of Opportunity
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Danny Ziemer
Windows
Opportunity is near. Follow clues, solve the puzzles, and stay persistent in the chase of a new way of life. Explore, survive, and thrive in this open world adventure story.
Why similar: Sailing 56.1% ★, Sandbox 19.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Open World 9.8%, 3D 2.3%
- #48 Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon
67% matchMixed70% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila ChengduPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is a simulation game where you take on the role of a shipping entrepreneur. Carefully plan shipping routes, balance supply and demand across ports, and maximize profits to fuel your expansion. Build a worldwide network and rise as the definitive global magnate.
Why similar: Sailing 24.2% ★, Transportation 20.5% ★, Trading 16.2%, Inventory Management 15.4%, Economy 10.2%
- #49 Caravaneer 2
68% matchVery Positive95% of 536 reviews2020
Dev: Dmitry Zheltobriukhov
Windows
A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.
Why similar: Trading 53.8%, Economy 27.7%, Open World 13.1%, Isometric 5.4%
- #50 Starminer
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,757 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Trading 31.4%, Economy 17.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Open World 8%
- #51 Loca Deserta: Odesa
67% matchVery Positive90% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: Dmytro Gladkyi
Windows
Take on the role of a simple Cossack who helps to build the economy of a new region. Find all treasures and place them on the Hill of Glory!
Why similar: Open World 40.4%, Colorful 17.7%, Atmospheric 17.1%, 3D 12.4%, Adventure 11.6%
- #52 Soulash 2
66% matchVery Positive86% of 2,385 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Sandbox 31.7%, Economy 29.2%, Open World 17.7%, Exploration 14.1%, Fantasy 7%
- #53 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,310 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.7%, Strategy RPG 20.6%, Open World 17%, Exploration 14%, Strategy 11.5%
- #54 Pixel Shopkeeper
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Economy 52.7%, Sandbox 21.4%, Strategy 19.7%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #55 Sail Forth
66% matchVery Positive92% of 638 reviews2022
Dev: Festive VectorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Sail a fleet of customizable ships across an ocean whose ancient depths have swallowed the key to the mysterious past. Befriend fishfolk to expand your boat crews, take up arms against petulant pirates, and chart a course across an expansive watery world. Will you answer the call of High Adventure?
Why similar: Sailing 57.3% ★, Stylized 11.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Colorful 5.2%