- #1 Terra Taker
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Craft
Windows
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% β
, Colony Sim 15.3% β
, Automation 13.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.8%
- #2 Eden Crafters
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrsβ₯1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% β
, Automation 16%, Colony Sim 10.1% β
, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #3 World Turned Stone
96% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! Prologue link below.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% β
, Colony Sim 17.5% β
, Automation 15.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%
- #4 StarRupture
95% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrsβ₯1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% β
, Automation 14.5%, Colony Sim 14.5% β
, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #5 Woodland Rebels
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows Β· Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% β
, Colony Sim 15.1% β
, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 9%, Sandbox 9%
- #6 World Turned Stone: Apocalypse
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! The first stage of terraforming the world from the beginning of the apocalypse. Provides a discount for the full game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% β
, Colony Sim 18% β
, Automation 15.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.7%
- #7 Highreach
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VestGames
Windows Β· Linux
When calamity struck, the world of Highreach was shattered. In this open-world survival game, build encampments, rescue survivors, and soar across the skies on your airship to explore a lost world and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% β
, Colony Sim 17.6% β
, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 9%, Survival 7.7%
- #8 XenoHaven
92% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% β
, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Automation 10%
- #9 Re.poly
91% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% β
, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Survival 9.8%
- #10 SpiritBorn
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% β
, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Open World 7.2%
- #11 Cubic Odyssey
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrsβ₯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: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% β
, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #12 Space Trash Scavenger
89% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% β
, Automation 16.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #13 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
89% matchMixed69% of 841 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD π Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% β
, Colony Sim 16.2% β
, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 10.5%
- #14 PoliPlanet
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Open World Survival Craft 16% β
, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.4%, Colony Sim 10.7% β
- #15 Worlds Explorers
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows Β· Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% β
, Colony Sim 18.2% β
, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #16 Deus Mantle
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1SPEED
Windows
Craft, build, fight monsters, discover new technologies and explore an infinite procedurally generated world! Delve into unknown worlds to uncover ancient secrets and return home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% β
, Automation 14.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #17 Earthborne
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luminous Arts
Windows
Explore, craft, fight and develop an automated technological civilization complete with airships and robotic drones!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% β
, Automation 11.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Economy 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%
- #18 Astoaria
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feres Studio
Windows
A sandbox open-world survival set in a dynamic world of floating islands, each with its own ecosystem and climate. Explore and thrive by strategically exploiting these environments. Harness energy, strategically farm, craft your airship and much more, while uncovering the mysteries of this world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% β
, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Crafting 9%
- #19 Oceaneers
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% β
, Colony Sim 21.5% β
, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #20 Untethered
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% β
, Automation 16%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.5%
- #21 Chocolate Factory
83% matchMixed54% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% β
, Automation 18.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Management 6.7%
- #22 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 198 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% β
, Automation 19%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 6.8%
- #23 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
81% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters β an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% β
, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #24 FortressCraft Evolved!
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrsβ₯1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% β
, Automation 19.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 9.8%, Base Building 7.8%
- #25 Skyformer
79% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% β
, Automation 18.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.1%
- #26 Cosmorists
80% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% β
, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%
- #27 Nighthold: Number 1
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% β
, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 11.6%
- #28 Blue Energy
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ROWAN FUTURE
Windows
100000 years after the apocalypse, a mysterious entity guides you to build a factory on a desert island...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% β
, Automation 17.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10%, Base Building 8.3%
- #29 Ardaria
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wise Dragon Studio
Windows
Procedural building parts, schematics import/export on a open world voxel PLANET, mine, craft and upgrade your skills. Master parkour moves, face hordes of enemies, and tame powerful mounts! FREE PROTOTYPE
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% β
, Automation 16.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #30 Soulmask
77% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrsβ₯1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% β
, Colony Sim 17.5% β
, Automation 14.2%, Crafting 8.6%, Base Building 8.3%
- #31 Space Crafter
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sirhyss Games
Windows
Go on an adventure in the footsteps of an ancient civilisation. Explore hostile planets, build your base and acquire the technologies of the past before they are turned to create chaos.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% β
, Automation 14.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #32 Necesse
74% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrsβ₯1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% β
, Automation 10.2%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 9.3%, Survival 8.4%
- #33 Breathedge
76% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% β
, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.7%
- #34 Space
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% β
, Automation 16.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #35 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrsβ₯1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% β
, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Automation 8.9%
- #36 Force of Nature
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% β
, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 6.7%
- #37 Peasant Simulator
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NACorp
Windows
Peasant Simulator is an open-world medieval sandbox. As serf or liege, smith, trade, farm, build, or conquer your way to fortune, glory, and a thriving medieval kingdom. Use your skills in construction, warfare, and crafting to build great towns and castles, then defend them from your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% β
, Colony Sim 17.3% β
, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 8.7%, Action RPG 8.3%
- #38 ASKA
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,320 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrsβ₯1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% β
, Colony Sim 18.3% β
, Automation 11.5%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #39 Candy Factory TD
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% β
, Automation 19.2%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 7.9%
- #40 TerraTech Worlds
73% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% β
, Base Building 12.1%, Automation 11.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #41 Wild
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and UnverΓ€ndert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% β
, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11%, Exploration 7.1%
- #42 Astral Divide
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SΓ©bastien Aoki
Windows Β· Linux
You wake up alone in a damaged space station with no memories. To get out of here, you will have to build your own spaceship. But survival comes first: gather resources, build a base and a factory out of gear and steam, and explore hand-crafted planets with unique biomes and resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% β
, Automation 18.8%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 8.8%
- #43 Unhinged
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% β
, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Open World 7.5%
- #44 Gateworlds
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows Β· Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2% β
, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% β
, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #45 Shamania
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2025
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: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% β
, Crafting 14.1%, Automation 13.9%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #46 Ancient the Dimensions
70% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% β
, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #47 The Planet Crafter
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% β
, Automation 13.9%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.1%
- #48 Moon Colony Crafter
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% β
, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #49 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
68% matchMixed53% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
βοΈ Survival crafting adventure π π Through magical portals π πΉ Into fantasy worlds π° β‘ Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety π¨ β³ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel π°οΈ
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% β
, Automation 14.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 10.3%
- #50 Novus Inceptio
72% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrsβ₯1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% β
, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #51 ALL WILL FALL
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% β
, Colony Sim 19.5% β
, Automation 13.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #52 GRAV
71% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrsβ₯1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% β
, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #53 Starfuse
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devshift
Windows
Embark on an epic sci-fi sandbox adventure across multiple planets in this 2D sidescroller. Explore, fight creatures, craft, and build in in a fully destructible world. Unleash the power of simulated elements, ride vehicles, and customize your character.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% β
, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #54 Project Canopy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows Β· Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% β
, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Open World 8.2%
- #55 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
66% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% β
, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 8.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #56 Under A New Sun
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% β
, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 8%
- #57 Crashlands 2
65% matchVery Positive88% of 2,314 reviews2025
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 75%
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% β
, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #58 Atrio: The Dark Wild
66% matchVery Positive80% of 592 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrsβ₯1hr: 74%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% β
, Automation 18.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.3%