- #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 25.1% β
, Colony Sim 15.3%, Automation 13%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #2 Eden Crafters
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% β
, Automation 15.7%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #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 27.2% β
, Colony Sim 17.5%, Automation 14.9%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%
- #4 StarRupture
95% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 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 23.6% β
, Colony Sim 14.4%, Automation 14.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #5 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 27.5% β
, Colony Sim 17.9%, Automation 15.3%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 10.6%
- #6 Worlds Explorers
94% matchNo user reviews2026
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 26.6% β
, Colony Sim 14.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.3%, Base Building 6.9%
- #7 Highreach
93% matchNo user reviews2026
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 22.3% β
, Colony Sim 17.5%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 7.7%
- #8 XenoHaven
92% matchVery Positive86% of 69 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 25.9% β
, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.9%
- #9 Re.poly
91% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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 28.9% β
, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 10.1%, 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 35.8% β
, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #11 Space Trash Scavenger
90% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 75%
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 28.4% β
, Automation 16.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #12 Soulmask
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world β together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% β
, Colony Sim 17.4%, Automation 13.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Crafting 8%
- #13 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
89% matchMixed69% of 845 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 24.4% β
, Colony Sim 16.2%, Automation 15.1%, 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 18.9%, Open World Survival Craft 16.2% β
, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.4%, Colony Sim 10.7%
- #15 Deus Mantle
87% 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 29% β
, Automation 14.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #16 Oceaneers
86% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating 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 22.8% β
, Colony Sim 21.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%
- #17 Astoaria
86% 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 30.6% β
, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%
- #18 ForgeCraft
85% 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 25% β
, Automation 11%, Sandbox 9.8%, Economy 9.5%, Crafting 8.5%
- #19 Chocolate Factory
84% matchMixed56% of 145 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 27.2% β
, Automation 18.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Management 6.6%
- #20 Untethered
83% matchNo user reviews2027
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 27% β
, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #21 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 201 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 27.3% β
, Automation 18.7%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 6.8%
- #22 FortressCraft Evolved!
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,057 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 35.3% β
, Automation 18.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Base Building 7.8%
- #23 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
81% matchVery Positive91% of 7,431 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% β
, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #24 Cosmorists
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 31.3% β
, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%
- #25 Skyformer
79% matchVery Positive87% of 67 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 28.7% β
, Automation 18.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.2%
- #26 Wieldo
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Robin Nicolet
Windows
Wield your sword and your creativity to survive in this procedural world. Fight to build. Build to fight. Bring some friends and make it home π
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% β
, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Survival 9.1%
- #27 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 30.6% β
, Automation 16.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10%, Base Building 8.2%
- #28 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 30% β
, Automation 15.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #29 Cubic Odyssey
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrsβ₯1hr: 85%
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 35.5% β
, Base Building 13.9%, Sandbox 11%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
- #30 Breathedge
77% matchVery Positive82% of 16,224 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 38% β
, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%
- #31 Necesse
74% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 42.1% β
, Automation 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Survival 8.4%
- #32 Space Crafter
76% 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 32.3% β
, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 8.8%
- #33 Force of Nature
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 41.8% β
, Crafting 15.4%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 6.7%
- #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 21.3% β
, Automation 16%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #35 Peasant Simulator
75% 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 27.3% β
, Colony Sim 17.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 8.7%, Action RPG 8.3%
- #36 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,680 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 32.3% β
, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Automation 8.8%
- #37 ASKA
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
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 23.7% β
, Colony Sim 18.3%, Automation 11.3%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #38 Wild
73% 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 38.2% β
, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.9%, Exploration 7%
- #39 TerraTech Worlds
72% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 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 28.5% β
, Base Building 12%, Automation 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #40 Candy Factory TD
71% 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 28.1% β
, Automation 18.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 7.9%
- #41 Unhinged
71% 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 34.3% β
, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 9.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #42 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 26.1%, Open World Survival Craft 16.1% β
, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #43 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 33.9% β
, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #44 Shamania
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 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 31.7% β
, Crafting 14%, Automation 13.6%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #45 The Planet Crafter
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrsβ₯1hr: 92%
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 29.6% β
, Automation 13.4%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.2%
- #46 Astral Divide
70% 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 27.8% β
, Automation 18.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 8.8%
- #47 Novus Inceptio
72% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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 32.9% β
, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #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 34.2% β
, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #49 Emberhaven
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Third Variable Co., Ltd.Pub: Jexar Games Co., Ltd.
Windows
Survive in a procedurally generated fantasy world overrun by creeping corruption. Build impenetrable strongholds, tend your farms, forge deadly weapons, and fend off hordes of mutated abominations to defend your last sanctuary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% β
, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #50 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
68% matchMixed52% of 81 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 30.3% β
, Automation 14.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11%, Survival 10.3%
- #51 GRAV
71% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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 41.4% β
, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #52 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 31.2% β
, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #53 Woodland Rebels
67% 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 30.7% β
, Colony Sim 14.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 9.2%, Survival 9.1%
- #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 36.7% β
, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 8.2%
- #55 Under A New Sun
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 384 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 37.6% β
, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 8%
- #56 Romestead
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
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: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% β
, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 10.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #57 ASTRONEER
66% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% β
, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Automation 8.7%, Sandbox 8.6%