- #1 Starbound
97% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 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 46.2% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Space 6.4%, Crafting 6.3%, Survival 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the closest 2D experience to Edge of Space, featuring deep space exploration, planet-hopping, and extensive crafting.
- #2 Dig or Die
96% 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 47.9% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 7.7%, Open World 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling survival game that emphasizes base defense against waves of alien creatures, mirroring the combat intensity of Edge of Space.
- #3 Terraria
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 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 46.6% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival 5.7%, Multiplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D sandbox survival game that shares the core loop of mining, crafting, and fighting bosses in a procedurally generated world.
- #4 Signs of Life
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 45.9% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 7.7%, Space 5.5%, Survival 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sci-fi survival game that focuses heavily on exploration, crafting, and managing resources on mysterious alien planets.
- #5 Necesse
93% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 51.6% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 7.1%, Survival 4.9%, Open World 4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down 2D survival game that combines base building and boss progression with a focus on managing a growing settlement.
- #6 Junk Jack
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 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 47.1% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 6.3%, Building 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that emphasizes exploration, farming, and crafting in a charming, retro-inspired world.
- #7 Core Keeper
92% 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 37.5% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 6.7%, Open World 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down 2D survival game with excellent progression, base building, and exploration that captures the addictive loop of gathering resources to survive.
- #8 The Planet Crafter
91% 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 43.7% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 9%, Space 8.2%, Survival 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D survival game focused on terraforming a barren planet, sharing the sci-fi exploration and base-building themes of the seed game.
- #9 Darkout
94% matchMixed48% of 878 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 40.6%, Crafting 18.4%, Survival 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling sandbox game that utilizes light and shadow mechanics, similar to the atmospheric survival found in Edge of Space.
- #10 Breathedge
91% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 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 47.9% ★, Sandbox 14%, Space 10.4%, Crafting 7.1%, Survival 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D space survival game that captures the sci-fi setting and crafting focus while adding a humorous narrative twist.
- #11 ASTRONEER
90% 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 43.2% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Space 9.8%, Survival 6.6%, Crafting 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D space exploration game that emphasizes planetary survival, resource gathering, and base construction in a vibrant, stylized universe.
- #12 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 48.1% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Crafting 7.1%, Open World 5.2%, Survival 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D open-world survival game that features voxel-based construction and a heavy focus on crafting and exploration.
- #13 Craft The World
89% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 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 23.2%, Building 11.7%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D base-building and survival game where you manage a group of dwarves to build defenses and survive against waves of enemies.
- #14 No Man's Sky
86% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 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 48.5% ★, Space 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 6.1%, Sci-fi 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate space exploration and survival game, offering endless planets to discover, build upon, and survive within.
- #15 Eden Crafters
84% 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 44.7% ★, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 10.1%, Space 6.8%, Survival 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D survival and automation game that focuses on terraforming and building complex production chains.
- #16 Forager
85% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 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 53.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 7.6%, Building 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D crafting and exploration game that focuses on rapid progression and expanding your territory in a sandbox environment.
- #17 Wayward
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 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 51.9% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a focus on crafting and exploration in a harsh, procedurally generated environment.
- #18 Subnautica
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.1% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 8.7%, Sandbox 8.2%, Open World 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive 3D survival game that excels at creating a sense of wonder and danger while exploring an alien environment.
- #19 Drift: Space Survival
84% matchMixed70% of 76 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 48.3% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Space 9.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that focuses on exploration, crafting, and managing resources while drifting through the cosmos.
- #20 Space Engineers
82% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: A deep space survival and engineering game that allows for complex ship and base construction, perfect for fans of the technical side of Edge of Space.
- #21 Cubic Odyssey
81% 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 43.3% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Space 6.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Crafting 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox base-building game with a sci-fi aesthetic that focuses on exploration and survival in space.
- #22 Volcanoids
82% 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 46.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 6.9%, Open World 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game featuring a unique mobile base mechanic that provides a fresh take on the base-building genre.
- #23 Factorio
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.5%, Crafting 21.1%, Survival 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Open World 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and base-building game that emphasizes automation and defense against alien threats, sharing the strategic depth of Edge of Space.
- #24 Stationeers
81% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 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 16.5%, Space 15.3%, Survival 11%, Sci-fi 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space survival game that focuses on complex atmospheric, electrical, and mechanical systems for those who enjoy technical challenges.
- #25 Star Valor
78% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.4%, Space 25.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Open World 9.5%, RPG 7%
Why You'll Like It: A space exploration and combat game that offers a sandbox experience with a focus on ship building and trading.
- #26 SteamWorld Dig 2
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,836 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Platformer 26.8%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 15.6%, 2D 14.8%, Action 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D mining and exploration game that focuses on upgrading gear and uncovering secrets in a subterranean world.
- #27 VoidExpanse
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 760 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!
Why similar: Space 30.3%, Sandbox 26.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Open World 10.3%, RPG 8%
Why You'll Like It: A space exploration and survival game with RPG elements that allows for deep character progression and ship customization.
- #28 Don't Starve
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D survival game that requires careful resource management and crafting to survive in a hostile, gothic world.
- #29 GRAV
77% 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 49.6% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 7.4%, Crafting 6.9%, Space 5.8%
- #30 Life Not Supported
75% matchMixed68% of 170 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 44.2% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Space 9.5%, Survival 6.7%
- #31 Planetaries
75% 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 42% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 6.4%, Open World 4.8%
- #32 Fragmented
77% 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 54.8% ★, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 7.8%, Crafting 6.1%, Open World 4%
- #33 Under A New Sun
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.5% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 6%
- #34 Out of Reach
76% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 55.3% ★, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, Open World 5.1%
- #35 Feel The Snow
73% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 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% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 7%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #36 Stars End
73% 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 39.7% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Space 9%, Crafting 7.7%, Survival 6%
- #37 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
70% 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 46.4% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Space 5.4%, Multiplayer 5.1%
- #38 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 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 47.2% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 8%, Space 5.8%
- #39 Windforge
74% matchMixed68% of 616 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% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Crafting 9.7%, RPG 4.6%, Open World 3.6%
- #40 Savage Lands
72% 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 55.9% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 7.8%, Open World 4.8%
- #41 FortressCraft Evolved!
73% 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 51.6% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 5.3%, Building 4.8%
- #42 Crea
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 48.4% ★, Sandbox 17%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 4.5%, Multiplayer 2.8%
- #43 Space Trash Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 9.2%, Survival 6.4%
- #44 Craterbound
71% 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 48.3% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Space 10.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 7.3%
- #45 TerraTech Worlds
68% 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 41.4% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 6%, Building 4.7%
- #46 Horizon Journey
69% matchMostly Negative25% of 81 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 40.2% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Space 8.9%, Survival 6.4%
- #47 Wrongworld
69% matchVery Positive94% of 538 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 58.8% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 6.7%, Crafting 6.7%, Open World 3.9%
- #48 Voidtrain
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 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 53.4% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 6.1%, Co-op 4.9%
- #49 Tinkerlands
65% 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 43.1% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 7.7%, Survival 6.1%, Open World 4.5%
- #50 Stranded Deep
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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 58.8% ★, Survival 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 6%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #51 Outpost Zero
70% 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 51.2% ★, Survival 9.1%, Sandbox 7.5%, Crafting 7.1%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #52 Solace Crafting
67% 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 44.2% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 7.2%, Open World 4.8%
- #53 Remains
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 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 41.6% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Space 9.3%, Survival 6.3%
- #54 Astral Terra
70% 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 48.5% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 7.1%, Survival 6.8%, Open World 5.4%
- #55 Radiation Island
68% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 66.4% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 6.3%, Open World 4.2%, Adventure 4.2%