- #1 Alterworld
97% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.4%, Building 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 8.4%
- #2 Steamwrecked
96% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: sTeam
Windows
Ascend the skies and escape the hot desert caused by humanity's over usage of fossil fuels. Find blueprints, scavenge and craft items to build your airship to soar the skies up to society once more. Can you survive this tragedy or fall prey to the harsh nature of this decaying world?
Why similar: Sandbox 31%, Survival 13.5%, Building 11.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 10%
- #3 IslaNode Rescue Signal
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Gor Yeritsyan
Windows
IslaNode Rescue Signal it is a unique survival adventure ,set on deserted island where you have nothing but natural resources. Stranded alone, you’ll need to explore, gather materials, and craft with unique node-based crafting system.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.7%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.3%
- #4 Lost in Red Valley
95% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Alex Tyagniryadko
Windows
Lost in Red Valley is a survival game set in feudal Japan. Explore. Craft. Survive! Alone or with friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.3%, Building 12%, Survival 9.6%, Stylized 9.5%, Exploration 9%
- #5 On Island
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SystemGames P.S.A.
Windows
On Island is a game where you must survive on a mysterious archipelago and recover your memories. Enter a world where every day brings new challenges. Complete quests, experience an amazing adventure, and find your way to escape!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, Building 14.4%, Colorful 9.5%, Survival 7.9%, Mystery 7.8%
- #6 Above The Horizon
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BigUpdate Games
Windows
Above The Horizon is terraformation survival crafting game where you crash landed above the planet "Lunaris". The rest of your colonization team landed safely on the planet... so it's up to you to get back to the planet and terraform it along the way!
Why similar: Sandbox 29.5%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 12.9%, First-Person 9.9%, Crafting 9.7%
- #7 Broken World
93% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Building 13.1%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%
- #8 Last Float
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Sandbox 26%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Base Building 8.4%
- #9 Edge Of Survival
91% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Builderline
Windows
Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, Building 14.4%, Stylized 11.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 11%
- #10 Imagine Wind
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CHUCHI
Windows · Mac · Linux
Imagine Wind - an atmospheric first-person adventure about exploring the underground world beneath Antarctica. Gather resources, set up camp, study amber artifacts, and uncover the mystery of your own memory.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.8%, Mystery 11%, Exploration 10.2%, Building 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%
- #11 Gengu Survival
90% match3 user reviews33% of 3 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 22.4%, Survival 12.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Building 10.9%, Base Building 10.2%
- #12 Shaper
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: 生长工作室
Windows
《Shaper》 is a sandbox building exploration game. Defeat enemies and monsters by collecting square materials to synthesize tools and equipment. Build unique buildings to survive and develop in this fantastic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.3%, Building 14.7%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Crafting 9.1%
- #13 Undead Development 2
89% 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 20.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Building 9.2%
- #14 Tides of Despair
88% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.6%, Building 15.7%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.7%
- #15 Duskisle
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Defender Point
Windows
Explore a deserted island, collect resources, build a settlement from the ruins and survive the pitfalls of the wilderness. Every step holds danger, every night brings a new challenge. Nature will break you or make you stronger.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Building 11.3%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 7.9%, Colorful 7.7%
- #16 WormWorld
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyjmo
Windows
A creative sandbox adventure with a focus on exploration, discovery and survival. Shape your worlds, build, mine, and farm. Expand your reach and travel to other worlds using your ship, and worm holes!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Building 14.2%, Space 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Exploration 9.5%
- #17 Wildlands Resurgence
85% 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 25.8%, Building 15.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 8.9%
- #18 RAIN KILLS
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Screenshakes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Smash crystals, dodge rain, make money, upgrade your equipment, keep going.
Why similar: Minimalist 14.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Colorful 9.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #19 Physics Lab
84% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Barlow Games Ltd
Windows
Test Physics Through Multiple Labs And Push The Limits Of What Physics Can Do In A Sandbox Environment!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, Minimalist 19.4%, Stylized 12.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 9%
- #20 Door4:Ultimatum
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Dive into the captivating world of puzzles with the new part of the Door game series. Your task is to find the correct door among many options to advance to the next level. But be careful: only by understanding the patterns and solving puzzles you can unlock the coveted passage.
Why similar: Exploration 15.8%, First-Person 14.7%, Minimalist 13.7%, Colorful 9.4%, Adventure 9.2%
- #21 Super-Spatial
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Interline Studios LC
Windows
Explore, build, and master the art of automation. Build your base, discover colorful new worlds, and develop new technologies as you tame the far reaches of space and search for a way to return to Earth.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.6%, Space 14.1%, Building 11.5%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%
- #22 Rat`s Lair
81% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Simantick team
Windows
Horror game that combines elements of sandbox, horror, stealth, puzzle and a small open world.
Why similar: Sandbox 26%, Stylized 12.8%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #23 Celestium
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: alex197
Windows · Linux
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.9%, Space 13.2%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%
- #24 Ruins of Majika
81% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Ariel EstipularPub: Gears2Game
Windows
Strategically build impenetrable towers & defenses, to endure the endless foes that emerge in the shroud of night. Each passing day is an opportunity to grow stronger. so take what you need from the environment. Gather, Craft, Survive, Defend, Thrive!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.9%, Minimalist 15.8%, Base Building 12%, Building 11.6%, Survival 10.7%
- #25 Non-Euclidean Design
80% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Dennis Gaming
Windows
Design your home in the non-Euclidean world.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Building 16.7%, Space 13.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Colorful 10.6%
- #26 Last of Humanity
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, Building 14.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Crafting 10%, First-Person 9.9%
- #27 Cones in Space
79% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Calvin MacCaullPub: a_coneish_one
Windows
Cones in Space: Literally the best survival game you will ever play.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Building 13%, Stylized 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Space 9.6%
- #28 X Space
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XSPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.1%, Building 12.4%, Space 12.3%, Exploration 8.7%, Crafting 8.2%
- #29 Utopiq
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VOLUMIQ Software SAS
Windows
Welcome to Utopiq, INC. Planet Tourism Program!Embark on an adventure to build your base, and ensure the planet is habitable for humanity. Document the diverse fauna and flora... even if sometimes, ignorance is bliss!
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Building 17.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 8.3%
- #30 Elcom
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn38
Windows · Linux
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Sandbox 28%, Building 17.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 10.7%
- #31 OUT OF BOUNDS
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGITAL
Windows
OUT OF BOUNDS is a survival sandbox game set in the Backrooms universe. Explore, gather resources, craft weapons and components, fight enemies and build a base to survive while you try to escape the endless hellscape you're now stuck inside of.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Survival 13.5%, Exploration 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%
- #32 Wild Frontier
76% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: AMMCPub: AMMC Games
Windows
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Stylized 8.9%
- #33 The Hideaway
76% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Rec0re Studios
Windows
The Hideaway is a contemplative, realistic survival experience set in a low poly environment. Lost and wandering in a harsh environment without food, water and weapons, your objective here will be to survive and extract from this hostile area in one piece.
Why similar: Minimalist 15.5%, Building 12.5%, Survival 11.8%, Colorful 11.1%, Stylized 10.7%
- #34 Cubic Odyssey
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.7%, Building 13.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Space 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #35 What is snowman made of?
75% matchVery Positive88% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel JenikovskýPub: Ateliér Duchů
Windows
An atmospheric mini game that let's you explore a snowcapped yard in which you build your very own snowman.
Why similar: Sandbox 40.3%, First-Person 15.8%, 3D 12.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Adventure 9.6%
- #36 Cast Ashore
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unanchored Studios
Windows
After a catastrophic rocket crash, you find yourself stranded on an island with only the ocean and unexplored land before you. Immerse yourself in a peaceful, open-world adventure where curiosity guides your journey. Survive. Build. Explore.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, Building 10.7%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.8%, First-Person 9.4%
- #37 Outpost On Syrinx
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Polychrome Games
Windows
Establish an Outpost on a wondrous alien world. Harvest, craft, build a base for humanity, uncover alien mysteries, and explore strange new lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, Building 16.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Base Building 10.7%
- #38 The Stormy Islands
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Survival 13.8%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Crafting 9.2%
- #39 Exot
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.5%, Building 17.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12%, Exploration 10.6%
- #40 Survivor Island
75% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: SGStudio Games
Windows · Linux
Try to survive on this island by collecting resources and building items that will help keep you alive.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Building 16.7%, Crafting 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Survival 11.3%
- #41 Remains
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.2%, Building 13.4%, Space 12.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 9.5%
- #42 AstroPlanet
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: VIVA
Windows
AstroPlanet is a sandbox game where you find yourself in the role of an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a planet with an inhospitable atmosphere. Your task is not only to survive, but also to turn this world into a habitable place.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Space 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%
- #43 Starvector
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Starvector is a massive story-driven procedural universe where you aren't the main character. Collect resources, craft technology, build custom spaceships and bases, and so much more in a universe that existed long before you arrived, complete with pre-existing factions, conflicts, and history.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, Building 12.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Space 10.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #44 Triton Survival
70% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Sandbox 20.5%, Building 15.2%, Space 13.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 10%
- #45 Resilience
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Samskara Games
Windows
Come face to face with the dangers that await your crew on a distant planet with extreme temperature conditions. Gather resources, explore, defend against aggressive flora and fauna, develop technologies to survive and leave the planet.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, Space 11.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 10.1%
- #46 Tame It Too!
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manka Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tame It Too! is a survival harem breeding game! Face daily challenges: care for yourself and your girls, evolve, adapt to wildlife. Tame, build, conquer, learn and teach in this dangerous paradise!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.9%, Building 13.8%, Survival 12.1%, Stylized 11.4%, Crafting 9.5%
- #47 Chroma Zero
69% matchVery Positive96% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Minimalist 16.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Colorful 10.8%, Stylized 10.5%
- #48 The Three Moons
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beyond Aether Studio
Windows
A sci-fi survival game on a hostile alien world. As a lone robotic unit, manage resources, upgrade your systems, face extreme weather, and uncover the mystery of the three moons through choices that shape your fate.
Why similar: Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 12.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Space 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%
- #49 ENDGAME: Survival
69% 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 20.2%, Building 17%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 12.6%
- #50 Lux: The Journey
72% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: In The A.M Games
Windows
Explore a beautiful and mysterious world in Lux: The Journey. Seek lost knowledge, craft, build, survive the dark and find your destiny.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.7%, Building 14.1%, Crafting 11.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Survival 9.5%
- #51 Desperate Island
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endurance Games
Windows
In the game Desperate Island, the player takes on the role of a survivor on a deserted island and must use the island's resources to survive and overcome the challenges posed by nature. The player must search for food and water and create shelters.
Why similar: Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Colorful 11.4%, Survival 11.1%, Adventure 10.2%
- #52 Keplerth
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Building 19%, Exploration 13.5%, Survival 13.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #53 Monument
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mniszeko
Windows
Monument is a co-op or solo survival game set in a harsh zombie apocalypse. Scavenge, fight, and survive against the undead and dangerous humans. How far will you go to survive?
Why similar: Sandbox 22.7%, Building 14.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Crafting 10.2%, First-Person 9.6%
- #54 Hold Your Own
70% matchMixed68% of 574 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 19.1%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #55 Drill and Delve
65% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: noOne
Windows
You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 11.5%, First-Person 10.7%, Stylized 10.2%
- #56 Undergoes
66% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: David Montesi Rivas
Windows
Descend into endless mines. Pilot your drill ship. Survive the unknown. Undergoes is a surreal survival crafting game where players navigate a machine through procedurally generated mines, gather resources, craft tools, and build bases while fending off dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.2%, Minimalist 12.9%, Building 10.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Stylized 8.4%
- #57 Initial Civilization
65% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Sun Peiyi
Windows
A vast 6 handred-square-kilometer world evolves gradually step by step from the wild primitive age all the way to the advanced interstellar age, where countless spaceships are carefully built one after another to boldly explore the boundless outer space.
Why similar: Building 19%, Space 18.8%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 12.7%
- #58 Luminastadt
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a non-objective sandbox builder. Build in a procedurally generated world. No management, no combat, no goals, no objectives, no points.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.6%, Minimalist 23.3%, Building 20.3%, 3D 7.9%, Base Building 5.8%