- #1 DYSMANTLE
97% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 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: Hunting 15.2% ★, Destruction 14.7%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11.4%
- #2 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 103,247 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 46.1 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 19.3%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 9.8%
- #3 Nightingale
96% matchMixed66% of 17,987 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 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: Base Building 17.2%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 16%, Building 15.4%, Survival 15.2%
- #4 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
95% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 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: Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 14.2%, Building 13.7%
- #5 Frozen Flame
94% matchMixed63% of 2,982 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.6 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: Base Building 17.6%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 13.4%, Survival 12.1%
- #6 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,822 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.3 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: Hunting 22.5% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 11.5%, Building 10.7%
- #7 Len's Island
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,790 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Building 16.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Base Building 15%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 14%
- #8 Tinkerlands
92% matchVery Positive86% of 3,973 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Open World 19.7%, Crafting 17.6%, Survival 17.4%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 13.4%
- #9 Beyond the Map
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 722 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 12.3%, Building 12.3%, Open World 11.9%
- #10 Outbreak Island
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,017 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 15.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 12.2%, Building 11.9%
- #11 Valorborn
90% matchMixed62% of 506 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Open World 13.9%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%
- #12 Romestead
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,222 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 19%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 14.3%, Building 12.6%, Open World 12.4%
- #13 Dawn of Defiance
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,820 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 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: Base Building 18%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 14.2%, Building 13%, Crafting 11.9%
- #14 Everwind
86% matchVery Positive81% of 3,601 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 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: Crafting 19.5%, Open World 19.4%, Building 18.6%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #15 Volcanoids
87% matchVery Positive83% of 9,298 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: Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 14%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 11.9%
- #16 Crushed
88% matchMixed54% of 316 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 16.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 12.8%
- #17 Witchspire
84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,706 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Base Building 24.5%, Crafting 21.6%, Open World 20.1%, Magic 15.4%, Fantasy 10.4%
- #18 Sunkenland
85% matchVery Positive81% of 23,452 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 19.1 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: Base Building 22.5%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 17.6%, Open World 15.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #19 DREADZONE
86% matchMixed51% of 1,197 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: Base Building 17.5%, Open World 15.6%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 13.6%, Building 12.5%
- #20 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
83% matchVery Positive81% of 27,065 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.7 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 18.3%, Survival 14%, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 13%, Building 12.3%
- #21 First Dwarf
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 28.1%, Crafting 25%, Building 24.4%, Open World 22.5%
- #22 VEIN
82% matchVery Positive89% of 11,054 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World 18.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 16.3%, Zombies 11.9%, Crafting 11.9%
- #23 Scrapnaut
82% matchMixed70% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.1 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: Building 16.4%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 12%, Open World 10.7%
- #24 Lay of the Land
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,072 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Destruction 19.6%, Open World 13.8%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #25 Solace Crafting
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 894 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 16.3%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 13.9%, Building 13.1%
- #26 Force of Nature
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,205 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Crafting 21.9%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 15.7%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #27 Wizard with a Gun
78% matchVery Positive80% of 3,910 reviews2023
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.
Why similar: Crafting 34.7%, Sandbox 29.6%, Exploration 22.2%, Multiplayer 13.5%
- #28 Drake Hollow
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,799 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Why similar: Open World 19.5%, Survival 16.1%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #29 Notmads
77% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Rhomita
Windows
Your home is a living beast. Raise it, build on its back, and explore the world as it becomes a moving fortress. Fight, gather resources, and grow stronger alongside it in a fast-paced action RPG with progression, crafting, and exploration, playable solo or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 17.2%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Magic 11.3%
- #30 Xsyon - Prelude
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Open World 15.5%, Building 14.5%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 12.8%
- #31 HumanitZ
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,392 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 19.6%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 16.2%, Zombies 13.6%
- #32 Lost Existence
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Lurid Spectre Games
Windows
Explore vast, forgotten lands, cryptic abandoned ruins, and mysterious caverns, in this open-world voxel action-RPG. Create your own uniquely crafted class. Build multiplayer dungeon, PvP, or siege experiences. Run, vault, and leap effortlessly across endless wilderness, or delve deep underground.
Why similar: Destruction 28.5%, Base Building 19%, Building 15.9%, Magic 11.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #33 Citadel: Forged with Fire
77% matchMixed68% of 5,891 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World 23.2%, Survival 15%, Magic 13.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 9.2%
- #34 Welcome to ParadiZe
76% matchMixed67% of 1,293 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Crafting 18.9%, Survival 17.8%, Zombies 16.6%, Open World 15.8%
- #35 Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
75% matchMixed58% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.Pub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Survival Nation: Lost Horizon is an open-world, top-down zombie survival game. Keep yourself and other survivors alive in a world gone to the zombies, upgrade your gear and skills, and keep civilization going in a world where humans are the top pick on the menu.
Why similar: Open World 20.5%, Crafting 18.9%, Survival 18%, Zombies 14.7%, Top-Down 12.7%
- #36 Adventure Craft
76% matchVery Positive82% of 228 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Open World 18.7%, Building 17.3%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #37 Plains of Pain
74% matchVery Positive83% of 869 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Crafting 17.8%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 14.9%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #38 Border Town
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 305 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Open World 21%, Building 18.9%, Survival 15.2%, Sandbox 13%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #39 The Last Plague: Blight
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,423 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Base Building 19.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 13.2%, Medieval 11.6%, Survival 11.6%
- #40 Taora : Survival
73% matchMixed60% of 416 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: Hunting 25.7% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Base Building 15%, Building 12.9%, Survival 12.5%
- #41 Blood Night
71% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.
Why similar: Crafting 17.5%, Building 17%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Zombies 13.3%
- #42 Dark and Light
75% matchMixed52% of 11,821 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World 25%, Survival 20%, Sandbox 12.7%, Magic 10.1%, Base Building 8.1%
- #43 Decision: Red Daze
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 889 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Open World 20.3%, Survival 18.8%, Zombies 15.7%, Building 14.3%
- #44 Project: Mist
71% matchMixed70% of 206 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Cooking 22.5%, Open World 16%, Crafting 15.4%, Building 14.7%, Survival 11.7%
- #45 V Rising
69% matchVery Positive89% of 135,460 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 57.6 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: Base Building 18.3%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 10.1%
- #46 Ruins To Fortress
71% matchMixed64% of 177 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: Base Building 25.2%, Crafting 23%, Open World 21.2%, Survival 19.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #47 Ars Notoria
70% matchMixed62% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 13.9%, Open World 13.6%, Survival 12%
- #48 Soviet Survival
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Open World 17.7%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 15.7%, Zombies 13.2%
- #49 DeadPoly
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,038 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 17.5%, Survival 15.9%, Building 15.6%, Zombies 13.5%
- #50 Voidtrain
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,612 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 14.3%, Building 12.2%
- #51 Shamania
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 154 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: Crafting 19.3%, Open World 19.2%, Survival 15%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 11%
- #52 iZolated
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Open World 17.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 12.1%, Survival 11.4%
- #53 Fargone
69% matchMixed69% of 591 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
Why similar: Base Building 18.8%, Crafting 17.2%, Building 16.7%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 14.1%
- #54 No One Survived
66% matchMixed64% of 7,705 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.6 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: Open World 20.5%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Zombies 13.1%, Building 11.6%
- #55 Lodventure
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 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 17.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 11.4%
- #56 Fera: The Sundered Tribes
68% matchMixed59% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.
Windows
Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with groundbreaking aerial traversal and combat mechanics.
Why similar: Hunting 37.8% ★, Base Building 20.8%, Open World 17.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #57 Forever Skies
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,551 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.8 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: Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Open World 16%, Survival 13.9%, Building 13.1%
- #58 Brinefall
69% matchMixed42% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Building 14%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 12.5%
- #59 Dysterra
67% matchMixed56% of 767 reviews2025
Dev: Reality MagiQ
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Base Building 29.4%, Crafting 26.1%, Survival 20.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Character Customization 8.5%