- #1 Starbound
97% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Space 6.4%, Crafting 6.2%, Survival 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest mechanical cousin to Edge of Space, offering 2D side-scrolling space exploration, deep crafting, and survival across multiple planets.
- #2 Dig or Die
96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 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 48.2% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 7.7%, Open World 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D side-scroller focuses heavily on base defense and survival against alien threats, mirroring the combat intensity of Edge of Space.
- #3 Terraria
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival 5.7%, Multiplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard of 2D sandbox games, it provides the foundational exploration and progression loop that defines the genre.
- #4 Signs of Life
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 7.6%, Space 5.5%, Survival 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling sci-fi survival game that captures the same lonely, dangerous space exploration vibe.
- #5 Necesse
92% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥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 51.8% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 7%, Survival 4.9%, Open World 4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes base building and progression in a similar vein to the seed game.
- #6 Planet Centauri
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that mirrors the exploration, creature taming, and crafting depth found in Edge of Space.
- #7 Darkout
94% matchMixed48% of 880 reviews2013
Dev: AllgrafPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crashed and alone on a world mankind tried to leave behind, Darkout challenges players to survive on Illuna, in harsh, procedurally generated biomes, utilizing the game’s sandbox features to build shelters, craft weapons, and research new technologies.You are not alone.
Why similar: Sandbox 40.5%, Crafting 18.4%, Survival 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game focused on light mechanics and alien environments that share the atmospheric tone of Edge of Space.
- #8 Junk Jack
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Survival 6.3%, Building 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game with a strong emphasis on exploration and crafting in diverse, procedurally generated environments.
- #9 ASTRONEER
91% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 43.4% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Space 9.8%, Survival 6.6%, Crafting 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the space-faring, resource-gathering, and base-building loop in a vibrant, sci-fi setting.
- #10 The Planet Crafter
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥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 44.1% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 8.9%, Space 8.3%, Survival 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the terraforming and survival aspects that drive the narrative and goal-oriented gameplay of Edge of Space.
- #11 Crea
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 4.5%, Multiplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox RPG that features deep crafting and world exploration mechanics similar to the progression in Edge of Space.
- #12 Breathedge
89% matchVery Positive82% of 16,224 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥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 48.2% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Space 10.4%, Crafting 7.1%, Survival 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar space-survival experience with a focus on crafting and managing resources in a hostile vacuum.
- #13 Planet Explorers
89% 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 48.4% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 7%, Open World 5.2%, Survival 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes building and terraforming on alien planets.
- #14 Core Keeper
85% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 37.6% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 6.8%, Open World 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival sandbox that excels at exploration, base development, and progression in an underground setting.
- #15 Windforge
88% matchMixed68% of 619 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Crafting 9.7%, RPG 4.6%, Open World 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features 2D side-scrolling exploration and crafting with a unique steampunk-meets-sci-fi aesthetic.
- #16 GRAV
87% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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 49.9% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 7.4%, Crafting 6.8%, Space 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes exploration and base building in a dangerous, procedurally generated universe.
- #17 FortressCraft Evolved!
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,057 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 51.9% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 5.3%, Building 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep automation and base-building mechanics that appeal to fans of the technical side of Edge of Space.
- #18 Eden Crafters
82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥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 44.1% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Space 6.6%, Survival 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and terraforming elements of survival in a sci-fi environment.
- #19 Fragmented
86% 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 55% ★, Sandbox 8.8%, Survival 7.7%, Crafting 6.1%, Open World 4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and combat in an alien environment.
- #20 Craft The World
84% matchVery Positive88% of 16,888 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.2%, Crafting 23.1%, Building 11.7%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that combines base building and survival with a unique management twist that appeals to fans of the genre.
- #21 Drift: Space Survival
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Space 9.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Survival 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A focused space survival experience that emphasizes the struggle of being stranded in orbit.
- #22 Cubic Odyssey
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥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 50.2% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Building 5.5%, Co-op 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi sandbox game that emphasizes co-op base building and exploration.
- #23 Space Engineers
80% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Space 17.7%, Survival 12%, Building 9.5%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: The premier space sandbox for players who want deep engineering, construction, and survival mechanics.
- #24 Life Not Supported
81% matchMixed67% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Space 9.5%, Survival 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that challenges players to manage resources while stranded in a hostile environment.
- #25 Stationeers
79% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Crafting 16.4%, Space 15.3%, Survival 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space survival game that focuses on the complex engineering and systems management found in sci-fi survival.
- #26 Forager
78% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 7.6%, Building 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that distills the crafting and exploration loop into a fast-paced, addictive experience.
- #27 Out of Reach
79% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.6% ★, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, Open World 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and building in a challenging, isolated environment.
- #28 Savage Lands
78% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.1% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 8.1%, Survival 7.8%, Open World 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the struggle against hostile environments and creatures.
- #29 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
75% matchVery Positive91% of 7,431 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥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 46.8% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Space 5.4%, Multiplayer 5.1%
- #30 Planetaries
77% matchMixed58% of 223 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 42.3% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 6.3%, Open World 4.8%
- #31 Under A New Sun
76% 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 56.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 6%
- #32 Wayward
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,357 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.2% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 3.8%
- #33 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,680 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥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 47.5% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 8%, Space 5.8%
- #34 Stars End
76% matchMixed61% of 1,419 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 40% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Space 9%, Crafting 7.6%, Survival 6%
- #35 Space Trash Scavenger
72% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥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 44.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 9.7%, Space 9.2%, Survival 6.3%
- #36 Craterbound
74% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Space 10.4%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 7.3%
- #37 Boundless
73% matchMixed70% of 2,767 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 5.3%, Survival 4.4%
- #38 Wrongworld
73% matchVery Positive94% of 545 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Survival 6.7%, Crafting 6.6%, Open World 3.9%
- #39 No Man's Sky
71% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Space 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 6.1%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #40 TerraTech Worlds
71% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 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 41.7% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 6%, Building 4.7%
- #41 Horizon Journey
71% matchMostly Negative26% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Redivided Studios
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure to Mars in Horizon Journey, an open-world survival game that blends colonization, terraforming, and exploration in both single-player and multiplayer co-op modes. You're tasked with the monumental challenge of making Mars a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.5% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 8.9%, Survival 6.4%
- #42 Voidtrain
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.5% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Survival 6.2%, Co-op 4.9%
- #43 Outpost Zero
72% matchMixed49% of 850 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 51.5% ★, Survival 9.1%, Sandbox 7.4%, Crafting 7%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #44 Astral Terra
73% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.8% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 7%, Survival 6.8%, Open World 5.4%
- #45 Tinkerlands
67% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 43.5% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 7.6%, Survival 6.1%, Open World 4.4%
- #46 Stranded Deep
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59.1% ★, Survival 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%, Sandbox 6%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #47 Remains
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 9.3%, Survival 6.2%
- #48 Radiation Island
70% matchVery Positive81% of 629 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 66.6% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 6.2%, Open World 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #49 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Space 9.2%, Crafting 7.8%, Survival 6.1%
- #50 Farworld Pioneers
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 693 reviews2023
Dev: IgloosoftPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Space 8.7%, Co-op 6.1%
- #51 Prospector
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 9.7%, Space 8.5%, Survival 5.5%
- #52 Cube Life: Island Survival
69% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.9% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival 5.4%, Building 4.5%
- #53 Feel The Snow
67% matchVery Positive87% of 3,047 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.3% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 6.9%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #54 Star Crafter
65% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Space 9.6%, Survival 5.3%
- #55 Beyond Contact
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,121 reviews2023
Dev: Playcorp StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead! Alone, or with a crew, do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.7% ★, Crafting 10%, Survival 7.7%, Space 6.4%, Co-op 5.6%
