- #1 Night of the Dead
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Tower Defense 21.4%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on building elaborate traps and defenses to survive nightly waves of enemies in an open world.
- #2 The Riftbreaker
96% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.3%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Online Co-Op 14%, Survival 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the blend of base-building, tower defense, and action-oriented survival in an alien environment.
- #3 7 Days to Die
96% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Tower Defense 17.7%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive survival game where base building and fortifying against periodic massive horde attacks are core gameplay pillars.
- #4 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
94% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Co-op 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival and base building with a unique perspective and constant threats from the wild.
- #5 FortressCraft Evolved!
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥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 37% ★, Crafting 16%, Open World 10.1%, Survival 9.3%, Tower Defense 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines deep automation and survival mechanics with complex tower defense systems against waves of alien creatures.
- #6 Sanctum 2
94% matchVery Positive90% of 14,356 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.6%, Co-op 17.8%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Online Co-Op 6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a seamless integration of first-person shooter action and strategic tower defense mechanics.
- #7 ARK: Survival Evolved
93% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Open World 14.4%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 11%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive open-world survival, crafting, and base-building mechanics with constant threats from the environment and creatures.
- #8 Core Keeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Open World 14.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused survival game that requires building defensive bases to protect against boss encounters and environmental hazards.
- #9 Volcanoids
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique mobile base-building mechanic where you must defend your drillship from volcanic eruptions and enemy machines.
- #10 GRAV
92% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥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 34.2% ★, Open World 15.9%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that centers on building bases and defending them in a hostile sci-fi setting.
- #11 Dig or Die
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Tower Defense 13.2%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game where building increasingly complex defenses is the only way to survive the nightly waves of enemies.
- #12 Planet Explorers
90% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Open World 17.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 9%, Survival 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that allows for significant freedom in crafting and building defenses against hostile wildlife.
- #13 Dungeon Defenders II
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,057 reviews2017
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.5%, Multiplayer 24%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Survival 12.6%, Third Person 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly focused tower defense game that emphasizes co-op play and strategic character building.
- #14 Valheim
87% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a compelling survival and exploration loop where base building is essential for surviving periodic raids.
- #15 V Rising
86% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 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: Open World 23.7%, Crafting 18.1%, Survival 16.5%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on action-oriented survival and base building where defensive planning is crucial for protecting your territory.
- #16 Dawnlands
88% matchMixed52% of 3,131 reviews2023
Dev: SEASUN GAMES PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Co-op 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and building in a vast, explorable landscape.
- #17 ASTRONEER
85% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥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 29.2% ★, Open World 16.3%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Co-op 11.7%, Survival 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and base building in a sci-fi setting with a heavy emphasis on resource management.
- #18 Palworld
83% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Open World 17.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and open-world exploration with base building and creature management that can be used for defense.
- #19 Ylands
86% matchMixed64% of 8,354 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Crafting 15%, Open World 13.6%, Co-op 12%, Multiplayer 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox adventure game that provides tools for both exploration and creative base building.
- #20 Planetaries
84% matchMixed59% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Tower Defense 15.4%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Co-op 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival and crafting game that emphasizes multiplayer cooperation.
- #21 Outpost Zero
84% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Open World 14.5%, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Crafting 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes base building, automation, and defending your colony from threats.
- #22 Omega Crafter
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and automation with base building in an open-world setting.
- #23 Road to Eden
82% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Survival 11%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that prioritizes crafting and building within a challenging environment.
- #24 Fragmented
82% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.8%, Multiplayer 10%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that focuses on exploration and building in a dangerous open world.
- #25 Stellar Survivor
81% matchMixed66% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Sticks & Stones
Windows
Stranded on an alien planet, you must defend your Powercore! Use your weapons to fight hordes of alien enemies and strategically use traps in this new FPS tower-defense survival game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Co-op 21%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that incorporates strategy and co-op elements similar to Eden Rising.
- #26 Creativerse
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 12.4%, Co-op 12.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox exploration and building game that provides a creative outlet for base construction.
- #27 World Crafter TD
79% matchMixed46% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Tower Defense 24.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 11.7%, Survival 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated tower defense game that incorporates resource management and crafting elements.
- #28 Eden Crafters
77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥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 30.2% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Open World 14.4%, Co-op 11.3%, Survival 9%
- #29 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
76% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥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 – 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 29.6% ★, Open World 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Co-op 9.1%
- #30 Cultivation Tales
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Tower Defense 19.9%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features building mechanics and action-oriented combat.
- #31 Stars End
78% matchMixed61% of 1,414 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Co-op 15.8%, Open World 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi multiplayer survival game that focuses on exploration and building in space.
- #32 StarRupture
73% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥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 24.5% ★, Open World 13.3%, Co-op 13.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 9.5%
- #33 Ruins To Fortress
75% matchMixed62% of 164 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: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Survival 10.5%
- #34 Nomad
77% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Open World 14.7%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.1%
- #35 World Crafter TD: Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Tower Defense 24.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 8.3%
- #36 Shamania
73% 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 23.8% ★, Open World 15%, Crafting 14.1%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #37 Once Human
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 167,251 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Open World 15.1%, Co-op 15%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Survival 11%
- #38 Alchemist's Awakening
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Crafting 20.2%, Open World 18.6%, Survival 11.9%, Action 4.5%
- #39 Tinkerlands
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 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 Survival Craft 26% ★, Open World 12.8%, Co-op 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.1%
- #40 TerraTech Worlds
72% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥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 27.2% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 14.1%, Co-op 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%
- #41 Nightingale
71% matchMixed67% of 17,841 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Co-op 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #42 Grounded
70% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Co-op 14.1%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Crafting 11.3%
- #43 Cubic Odyssey
69% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Co-op 17.9%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 7.3%
- #44 Will To Live Online
71% matchMixed69% of 18,150 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Open World 22%, Survival 21.5%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Crafting 7.9%
- #45 The Front
68% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Tower Defense 18.2%, Crafting 12%, Open World 11.5%, Co-op 9.7%
- #46 Enshrouded
66% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 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 26.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Survival 16.3%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Online Co-Op 11.6%
- #47 Far Lands
69% matchMixed66% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Crafting 18.8%, Open World 16.2%, Survival 13.7%, Co-op 6.7%
- #48 Deadside
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Open World 16.2%, Survival 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Co-op 9.8%
- #49 Dune: Awakening
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 13%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Survival 9.6%
- #50 Solace Crafting
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Co-op 10.1%
- #51 Start Over
67% matchMixed62% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.8%, Co-op 10.8%
- #52 XERA: Survival
68% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Crafting 17%, Open World 15.8%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Survival 12.8%
- #53 The Planet Crafter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥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 28.3% ★, Co-op 13.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 10.3%
- #54 Genesis Online
70% matchMostly Negative32% of 1,886 reviews2015
Dev: Shumkov Dmitriy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Genesis Online! First Person Multiplayer Adventure game in an editable procedural cubic world.
Why similar: Open World 24.4%, Multiplayer 24.1%, Survival 23.2%, Co-op 12%, Crafting 6.6%
