- #1 Direland
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAIJIUUUUU
Windows
A sandbox survival craft game set in a vast world. Explore the wilderness, defeat monsters, gather materials, and conquer colossal bosses.
Why similar: Crafting 27%, Sandbox 23.3%, Open World 15.3%, Exploration 10.6%, RPG 8.4%
- #2 Elacoria
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows
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: Open World 25.9%, Sandbox 22.3%, Crafting 19.7%, Exploration 14.7%, Adventure 7.5%
- #3 The Adventurer’s Trial
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HY Studio
Windows
Every adventurer must face the Trial — a boundless pixel-art sandbox where you can explore, build, mine, farm, and challenge epic bosses. Play solo or with up to 3 friends in thrilling top-down adventures.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.4%, Crafting 23.5%, Open World 17.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #4 Q's Curse
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QGames
Windows
Join Q on a quest to challenge the Giants of the world in a fast-paced ARPG with a heavy focus on crafting, experimentation, and complete build freedom. You are what you wear; craft powerful gear, create unique builds, explore dangerous biomes, and carve your own path through relentless combat.
Why similar: Crafting 33.1%, Sandbox 16.4%, Exploration 14.5%, Open World 10.1%, Adventure 7.1%
- #5 Horrors Glade
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
You are a young scientist whose experiment turned into a disaster. When you wake up in the heart of a creepy forest, where every whisper of the wind hides a threat, you realize: there are no rules here. There is only hunger, fear, and shadows hungry for your flesh.
Why similar: Crafting 31.7%, Sandbox 24.3%, Open World 19.1%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #6 EONIA
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2019
Dev: GEOMETRIC BYTES
Windows
A first-person adventure game that takes place in a magical, colorful open world. Live Albius’ story, Master Enodio’s apprentice, and meet his loyal magical pet Flino, as you discover the dangerous secrets of EONIA.
Why similar: Open World 28.2%, Crafting 28.1%, Exploration 13.2%, RPG 10.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #7 Above The Horizon
91% 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 28.6%, Crafting 21.8%, Exploration 16.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Open World 11.3%
- #8 HIIS
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Bottled Fantasy Games
Windows
HIIS is an open world sandbox experimentation game, full of mystical vegetation, concealed secrets, and powerful potions. Domesticate the wild plants to farm them, brew elixirs from their products, and experiment to document their effects.
Why similar: Crafting 25.8%, Open World 23.8%, Sandbox 23.3%, Exploration 17.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #9 Wanderfar
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sozidar
Windows
Immersive first-person roleplaying adventure with a focus on exploring a rich handcrafted fantasy open-world filled with interesting places to find, powerful items to collect, challenging enemies to defeat, ancient mysteries to solve and, ultimately, good friends to make along the way.
Why similar: Open World 23.3%, Sandbox 19%, Crafting 18.2%, Exploration 13.5%, RPG 10.7%
- #10 Bridgelands
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PyliotPub: Pyliot Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the mysterious islands of Bridgelands, fight dangerous creatures, gather resources, and craft powerful gear. Discover hidden secrets, upgrade your tools, and dive into fast-paced battles across ever-changing islands. An action-packed adventure full of exploration and combat awaits.
Why similar: Crafting 27.3%, Open World 19.6%, Sandbox 17.2%, Exploration 12.9%, RPG 7.9%
- #11 The Joy of Mining
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: spielepk
Windows
Mine, loot, craft, build, fight, and explore the open world in this Minecraft/Terraria-inspired game. It includes quests from NPCs, farming and fishing, as well as a variety of arcade games to play in-game.
Why similar: Crafting 31.7%, Sandbox 23.7%, Exploration 16.7%, Open World 16.5%, Action 6.1%
- #12 Wormhusk
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeoln Studios
Windows
The world is dying. The answer lies beneath. Dig deep into the husk of an ancient god-worm, build your defenses, slay the parasites that feed on its remains, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Why similar: Open World 27.3%, Sandbox 21.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Crafting 12.6%, RPG 11.5%
- #13 Shards of Azuria
87% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Crafting 34.3%, Sandbox 21.7%, Adventure 13%, RPG 11.7%, Exploration 9.8%
- #14 Prospector
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathias Kaindl
Windows
Role-playing game set on the surface of a distant moon with a living society, full of underground bases, bio-domes and other places to explore. The player has to deal with lack of resources, equip controlled drones, fight insidious enemies and survive harsh environments with extreme conditions.
Why similar: Crafting 21.4%, RPG 21%, Open World 16.3%, Action 11.3%, Exploration 10.5%
- #15 WoodZone
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Desand Game StudiosPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
WoodZone is a unique opportunity to become an entrepreneurial lumberjack. Imagine that you have a company that grows in front of your eyes or you go up the ladder in another corporation to eventually become the boss in it.
Why similar: Crafting 21.2%, Open World 20.3%, Sandbox 19%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 6.4%
- #16 Sketch Tales
86% matchMixed66% of 142 reviews2015
Dev: 8D Studio
Windows
Descend into creative madness with Sketch Tales, a sandbox action RPG where what you draw becomes what you play! Build imaginative worlds, creatures, and weapons and watch your drawings come to life. Share your created worlds and maps with friends and battle it out in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.6%, Open World 28.3%, RPG 12.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 7%
- #17 Tinkertown
84% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Crafting 22.9%, Sandbox 18%, RPG 15.6%, Open World 15.6%, Adventure 12.7%
- #18 Vitality
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manta Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s the dawn of civilization: the fight for survival is fierce, resources plentiful, and empires nothing more than begrimed huts on the brink of collapse. The world is your sandbox and you can either rise to the top or fall with the weak. Can you withstand the tests of time?
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Crafting 19.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Open World 11.5%, RPG 11.2%
- #19 Shaper
83% 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%, Crafting 21%, Exploration 17.2%, Open World 13.3%, Adventure 12.7%
- #20 Rebirthing
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quater Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create and explore endless worlds, fight, craft and build. Play alone or with friends. Travel the planets. Enjoy freedom, creativity and fantasy.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, Crafting 18.2%, RPG 12.3%, Open World 12%, Exploration 10.3%
- #21 Lantern Forge
82% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Crafting 38.2%, Sandbox 32.5%, RPG 16.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #22 Keplerth
80% matchVery Positive84% of 4,145 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 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 26.1%, Open World 23.2%, Exploration 16.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Adventure 7.7%
- #23 FRONTIERS
81% matchMostly Negative25% of 330 reviews2020
Dev: AAD Productions
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 19%
FRONTIERS blends the feel of first-person RPG classics like Daggerfall with the relaxing tempo and simplicity of a point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Open World 33.4%, RPG 21.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Exploration 11.8%
- #24 Return to Lumia
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: hwangso.world
Windows
Mine, craft, and explore deeper underground. Forge powerful gear, conquer 10 dungeons, and reclaim Lumia from the darkness in this 2D mining sandbox RPG.
Why similar: Crafting 26.8%, Sandbox 22.7%, Open World 17%, Exploration 12.6%, RPG 8.1%
- #25 Yggdrasil
81% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Team Yggdrasil
Windows
Shape the world, the way you see fit!
Why similar: Crafting 22.1%, Sandbox 17.7%, Open World 16.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 9.9%
- #26 TERROVOX
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: TeemTroom
Windows
Explore a huge world. You can go in any direction. Get resources. Craft weapons and items. Create buildings. Use your imagination to the maximum.
Why similar: Crafting 43.3%, Sandbox 18.1%, Exploration 15.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 9.8%
- #27 Rise of Ages
79% matchMixed44% of 217 reviews2019
Dev: Anguis Game StudioPub: 99Gamers Digital
Windows
Rise of Ages is a sandbox game, allowing you to explore, build, found cities, make wars and evolve technologies to reach the highest level of a civilization and then travel to other planets! The game begins in prehistory and will advance ages, one by one, as the player evolves.
Why similar: Open World 27.9%, Sandbox 20.6%, RPG 15.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 10.5%
- #28 Red Frost
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
A story-driven, first person perspective, post-apocalyptic survival adventure set in the rough winter climates of last century’s Russia.
Why similar: Crafting 23.1%, Open World 18.3%, Sandbox 16.2%, RPG 11.1%, Exploration 10.9%
- #29 Natura: Reborn
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stargazing Games
Windows
Natura: Reborn is a top-down sandbox adventure where nature and creatures have fused. Explore, survive, and fight through an overgrown fantasy world.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.4%, Crafting 19.4%, Exploration 16.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Open World 9.6%
- #30 Profectus
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Alrek Studios
Windows
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Crafting 33.6%, Sandbox 23%, Open World 20.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #31 Alterworld
75% matchPositive90% of 10 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 30%, Crafting 22.6%, Exploration 16.9%, Open World 13.7%, Adventure 13.5%
- #32 Deep Despair
76% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Crafting 22.1%, Open World 16%, Sandbox 16%, RPG 12%, Adventure 9.3%
- #33 Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,218 reviews2017
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.
Why similar: Open World 30.4%, Crafting 26.1%, Exploration 15.2%, Sandbox 13.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #34 Kingdom Traveler
73% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: 烟熏渔
Windows
A survival exploration game where you can explore islands, challenge various monsters and defeat powerful Bosses. Craft various weapons and items, place items, grow vegetables and fruits, and trade with merchants. Set sail in the harbor, encounter pirates, monsters and random events in the sea.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.9%, Crafting 21.1%, Open World 17.4%, Exploration 15.3%, RPG 8.9%
- #35 Crystalic World
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XikariGames
Windows
A role-playing game in a manapunk setting where you can become an ordinary villager, a monster hunter, or an adventurer. Explore the open world, fight creatures, gather resources, and craft powerful gear. The main feature of the game is the freedom to choose your own path.
Why similar: Sandbox 36.4%, Open World 20.6%, Exploration 20.6%, RPG 17.3%, Indie 2.9%
- #36 Kuma's Panty
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KUMAPub: KUMA Software
Windows
A weak bear wore panties to become stronger!? You only have 30 days to spend with Panty! Survive together! Survive in the harsh nature and walk the path to power that plunders everything. As long as you have Panty, you have nothing to fear in the world!
Why similar: Crafting 36.8%, Open World 33.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Exploration 5.3%, Indie 4.1%
- #37 Advenclave
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zemeck Studios
Windows
Join the Grand Archive in Advenclave - an open world action RPG. You are tasked with filling a magical grimoire with your own story. Learn spells, engage in thrilling combat, and work with the Head Librarian to chronicle your adventures. Explore different realms and cement your place in history!
Why similar: Sandbox 29.8%, Crafting 21.2%, Exploration 17.1%, RPG 15.2%, Adventure 6.9%
- #38 CRAFTSMAN
74% matchMostly Negative31% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Boom TeamPub: Sweet Games
Windows
Craftsman is a game about a cubic world in which you can build anything you want. Explore the location, get resources and indulge in creativity!
Why similar: Crafting 29.1%, Sandbox 22.8%, Open World 13.9%, RPG 9.4%, Exploration 8.8%
- #39 Sunken Souls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sandhamn Studios
Windows
A modern spin on a classic RPG, built around mining, danger, discovery, and replayability. Players explore procedurally generated caves, dig for treasure, fight monsters, avoid traps, and discover artifacts, weapons, gems, and upgrades that change each run.
Why similar: Crafting 24.9%, Open World 22.3%, Sandbox 20.6%, Exploration 13.6%, RPG 7.4%
- #40 Nobody's Quest
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PixelSlop
Windows
A cozy sandbox RPG adventure in a mini pixelated open world. Explore the realm of Hubbington, collect crafting materials and resources, save the citizens of Hubb Burg so they can help you in return, defeat Evil spawns and face your ultimate foe!
Why similar: Sandbox 29%, RPG 18.2%, Exploration 16.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Adventure 14.2%
- #41 Getaway Driver
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Creative Games
Windows
An open world sandbox style shoot-'em-up. Hijack vehicles and go for a drive or unleash your weapon and cause mayhem across the city. You own this town!
Why similar: Open World 36.3%, Sandbox 32.8%, Exploration 18.6%, Action 10%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #42 Timberquest
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Embark on an adventure in our RPG game! Explore a new, wild continent and fight to survive against environmental factors and monsters. With a heavy focus on cooperative play. Customize your character's stat-driven abilities to suit your preferred playstyle.
Why similar: Crafting 28.1%, Sandbox 26.5%, RPG 17%, Open World 13.9%, Adventure 13.4%
- #43 Lumber and Plunder
70% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Cozy FoxPub: Sailing Fox Studios
Windows
An exploration-focused game set on a remote island said to hide a long-forgotten treasure. Scavenge resources, sell what you find, upgrade your gear, and carve your way through a mysterious forest. Uncover scattered clues, piece together a legend, and conquer the mountain- at your own pace.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.1%, Crafting 20.5%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Open World 14.3%
- #44 Huntian: StarTrace
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization—from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.4%, Open World 20.6%, Crafting 20.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 10%
- #45 Brutal Inventions
71% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Cankut Keskin
Windows
Brutal Inventions is a 3D tower defense and survival game. You are the king in a war between two castle.
Why similar: Crafting 27%, Sandbox 21.6%, Open World 19.1%, Adventure 14%, Action 11.2%
- #46 The Octots Survival
70% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: SFK Game Studio
Windows
The Octots tells the story of a community caught between the primitive world and the present world. Survive against hunger, thirst, wild jungle life. Build your house, farm, explore underwater and island life. Go hunting, complete missions!
Why similar: Sandbox 29%, Crafting 23.1%, Open World 16.3%, Exploration 15%, Adventure 13.1%
- #47 Hulltown
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sharlin Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Hulltown, where mythological creatures are hunted for food, but alas their numbers are dwindling. You've washed up here & must forge your own path. Will you investigate the Mythos, become a chef, healer, warrior, or smuggler? Explore the eerie streets & uncover Hulltown's dark secrets.
Why similar: Crafting 21.6%, Sandbox 20.9%, Open World 19.6%, Exploration 12.2%, RPG 9.7%
- #48 The Stormy Islands
68% 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%, Open World 25.3%, Crafting 21.4%, Exploration 14%, Adventure 8.2%
- #49 Last Float
68% 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: Crafting 33.8%, Sandbox 28.9%, Exploration 15.4%, Open World 11%, Action 7.9%
- #50 Village RPG
69% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: kazakovstudios
Windows
Create a hero and fight your enemies in 2D Village RPG with your friends. A huge world, PVE arena, and Dungeons are already waiting for you!
Why similar: Crafting 42.5%, Exploration 21.5%, RPG 12.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Action 6.6%
- #51 Blightscape
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CK
Windows
Craft your settlement, survive the cursed island, and uncover its dark mysteries. Strengthen your character by mastering new skills, learning recipes, and gaining favor with factions. Battle the Blight, a lingering curse of black magic that threatens to consume everything in its path.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.4%, Crafting 23.6%, Exploration 16.7%, RPG 14.4%, Adventure 10%
- #52 Asteria
70% matchMixed55% of 251 reviews2014
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Asteria is a fast paced indie platformer, wrapped up in a sandbox sci-fi world where everything is destructible, mineable, collectable, craftable and creatable.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.2%, Crafting 33.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 9.4%, Action 9.2%
- #53 Conan Exiles - Public Beta Client
69% match6 user reviews71% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A Public Beta Client for Conan Exiles.
Why similar: Crafting 28.2%, Open World 22.7%, Sandbox 20.3%, RPG 9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #54 Craterlands
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TBone Games
Windows
Wake up in the future to a world on the brink of extinction. Discover the source of the calamity and save civilization from a mysterious threat. Mine, build, craft and explore a vast interconnected world!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.8%, Open World 19%, Exploration 15.6%, Crafting 14.8%, RPG 12.4%
- #55 Hentai In The Forest
67% matchMixed47% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Boom Team
Windows
Hentai In The Forest is a Survival game in an open world full of dangers, interesting places and valuable resources.
Why similar: Crafting 27.9%, Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 19.1%, Exploration 8.4%, RPG 7.7%
- #56 Aculto
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Banshee Cat
Windows
Welcome to Aculto, a sandbox adventure game. Jump into a living world and explore an island with hidden secrets, artifacts to discover, and monsters to slay.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Open World 25.5%, RPG 15%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #57 Oceanborne
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Set sail in Oceanborne, a colourful 3D adventure RPG set on a sea wrapped in clouds. Explore mysterious islands, gather resources, and craft what you need to fix what’s broken. Meet friendly characters, help people along the way, and improve your abilities to reach new places.
Why similar: Crafting 33.9%, RPG 18.4%, Exploration 17.8%, Open World 15.3%, Adventure 9.4%