- #1 Northern Lights
97% matchMixed67% of 299 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Crafting 13%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 12.3%, Hunting 11.8% ★, Sandbox 11.2%
- #2 Trials of Wilderness
96% matchMixed70% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: MightByte Games
Windows
You are alone on an island, trying desperately to survive amongst the village tribes of savages. To do this you need food, water, and shelter. Hunt animals, plant crops, tame and breed animals, make weapons, armors and potions, raid villages, defend your base, fight with big creatures...
Why similar: Hunting 20.7% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 12%, PvE 11.3%
- #3 Walkabout
95% matchMixed62% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Wafflesoft
Windows
Survive in a realistic Tasmanian wilderness recreated with real‑world data. The land is beautiful, harsh, and indifferent to your survival.
Why similar: Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.3%, Nature 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Realistic 11.7%
- #4 Escape The Pacific
94% matchMixed67% of 762 reviews2018
Dev: Gamers4Gamers Team
Windows
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
Why similar: Crafting 14.7%, Survival 13%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Nature 10.2%
- #5 Vantage: Primitive Survival Game
94% matchMixed58% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Dragon
Windows
Vantage is a passion project created by a solo developer where your main objective is simple... to stay alive! You explore the massive world searching for food, creating primitive tools and weapons to hunt, and craft other items to make life easier. Play Online/Offline Multiplayer or Single Player.
Why similar: Crafting 16.1%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Nature 11.4%, Open World 10.5%
- #6 KeepUp Survival
93% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Crafting 15.3%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 14.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, PvE 9.9%
- #7 Project Cobalt
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Crafting 18.9%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 16.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 8.2%
- #8 Wilderness
91% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Horizon Studios
Windows
Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.
Why similar: Hunting 19.8% ★, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 11.2%, Nature 10.5%
- #9 Away From Life
89% matchMixed67% of 238 reviews2026
Dev: Cursor GamesPub: IZilla Games
Windows
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
Why similar: Crafting 18.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 15.7%, Open World 12.9%, Realistic 9.2%
- #10 Hold Your Own
90% matchMixed67% of 577 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Crafting 20.7%, Survival 18.3%, Open World 15%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 7.4%
- #11 Erzurum
89% matchMixed40% of 5,080 reviews2021
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.
Why similar: Survival 16.9%, Crafting 16.7%, Open World 14.2%, Nature 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #12 Under A New Sun
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 406 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: Crafting 17.8%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 16.6%, Nature 11.2%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #13 Bootstrap Island
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,448 reviews2026
Dev: Maru VR
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A highly realistic VR survival roguelike adventure set on a ruthless 17th-century tropical island. Shipwrecked and alone, you must survive without guidance as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe. Every decision is yours. Your survival is in your own hands!
Why similar: Nature 17.7%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 16.8%, Realistic 11.6%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #14 Frost Survival VR
86% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Hunting 16.9% ★, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Nature 10.4%
- #15 CrossWorlds: Escape
85% matchMixed64% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Crafting 16.7%, Survival 15.8%, Nature 15.6%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 14.9%
- #16 The Hermit Chronicles
84% matchMixed57% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: WinterTent Studio
Windows
The Hermit Chronicles is a 1st-person survival horror game set in a deep forest. Assuming the role of a hermit, you will have to get food, scout your neighborhood, and search for resources to make gear. But after the sun goes down, you'll have to survive for real...
Why similar: Hunting 19.4% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Nature 10.5%
- #17 Eden Island
84% matchMixed61% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Studio
Windows
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
Why similar: Hunting 23.4% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 13.5%
- #18 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
83% matchMixed54% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Realistic 6.7%
- #19 Prologue: Go Wayback!
80% matchMixed62% of 771 reviews2026
Dev: PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Prologue: Go Wayback! is a single-player open-world emergent survival roguelike where every journey is unique. Traverse a new wilderness that is generated for you every time you play. Chart your path, overcome the elements, and write your own story of exploration.
Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Open World 15.5%, PvE 12%, Realistic 9.9%, Nature 8.4%
- #20 Start Over
81% matchMixed61% of 382 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: Crafting 17.6%, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Open World 10.4%, Realistic 9.2%
- #21 The Long Dark
79% matchVery Positive89% of 123,946 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Survival 30.4%, Open World 19.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 9%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #22 AREAZ
82% matchMixed60% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Project Solutions
Windows
True survival techniques: you live on what you discover. Everything here is connected - fire and rain, meat and predators, calories and every move you make. Day and night decide what is possible - being in the right place at the right hour is a skill. Your choices, your survival.
Why similar: Hunting 16.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.1%, Nature 11.3%, Open World 11%
- #23 Out of Reach
81% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Survival 23.4%, Crafting 19.4%, Open World 18.7%, Hunting 10.3% ★, Sandbox 9.5%
- #24 City 20
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Scavenge, craft, and build to stay alive, while earning trust or sparking conflict with the NPCs and factions who shape your fate.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.1%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #25 Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Crafting 33.1%, Survival 27.2%, Simulation 21.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #26 Cube Life: Island Survival
79% 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: Sandbox 18.7%, Open World 18.1%, Crafting 18%, Survival 17.7%, Building 10.3%
- #27 Green Hell VR
77% matchMixed57% of 1,257 reviews2022
Dev: Incuvo
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death
Why similar: Hunting 16.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Nature 9.5%
- #28 Among Trees
76% matchMixed68% of 2,238 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Survival 18.1%, Open World 16.4%, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Exploration 7.2%
- #29 Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors
77% matchMixed54% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Arcupion Art
Windows
Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.
Why similar: Hunting 15.6% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.6%, Nature 10.3%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #30 Subsistence
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Survival 28.6%, Crafting 25.7%, Open World 19.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 8.7%
- #31 Outbreak Island
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,124 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 20.6%, Sandbox 19.9%, Crafting 17%, Open World 13.5%, Exploration 7.9%
- #32 Rem Survival
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 809 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Crafting 26.1%, Survival 23%, Open World 21.5%, Building 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #33 INMATE: Survival
74% matchMixed57% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: SV Games
Windows
INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.
Why similar: Hunting 18.7% ★, Crafting 18%, Survival 16%, Open World 15.6%, Building 8.4%
- #34 Tribe: Primitive Builder
72% matchVery Positive81% of 805 reviews2023
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Nature 18.5%, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 13.6%, Realistic 11.1%, Building 8.1%
- #35 Winter Survival
71% matchMixed63% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Hunting 21.3% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #36 Project Castaway
71% matchMixed65% of 1,893 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 15.3%, Crafting 15%, Realistic 10.4%
- #37 Stranded Deep
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,919 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: Survival 25.8%, Crafting 19.2%, Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 7.6%, Realistic 7.5%
- #38 Survival: Fountain of Youth
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,528 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Crafting 17%, Survival 16.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 12.3%, Realistic 9.8%
- #39 PostCollapse
75% matchMixed57% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.
Why similar: Crafting 18.2%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 16.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Hunting 11.7% ★
- #40 Island Notes
70% matchVery Positive82% of 933 reviews2025
Dev: KangBaoGame
Windows
Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, choose self-preservation or alliances. Master base-building, farming, fishing, romance and pet taming in this morally-charged survival simulator that blends strategy with human drama. Forge bonds, conquer nature, and evolve your humanity.
Why similar: Open World 38%, Sandbox 35.7%, First-Person 11.8%, 3D 7.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #41 Retreat To Enen
73% matchMixed61% of 403 reviews2022
Dev: Head WestPub: indie.io
Windows
Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.
Why similar: Survival 15%, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 12.9%, Nature 12.6%
- #42 Card Survival: Tropical Island
70% matchVery Positive95% of 3,067 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Crafting 32.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 9.1%, Adventure 5.5%
- #43 On My Own
73% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Beach Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.
Why similar: Hunting 23% ★, Nature 18.8%, Survival 17.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Open World 8.8%
- #44 Echo of the Wilds
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 198 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.
Why similar: Crafting 22.5%, Survival 20.8%, Sandbox 17.9%, Open World 16%, Exploration 6.7%
- #45 Camping Simulator: The Squad
69% matchMixed57% of 1,095 reviews2025
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.
Why similar: Crafting 17.4%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 15.2%, Nature 13.7%, Building 7.1%
- #46 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
67% matchVery Positive83% of 704 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Crafting 20.9%, Realistic 12.6%, Sandbox 11%, Exploration 6.9%
- #47 Elsewhere
67% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Crafting 19.2%, Sandbox 16.9%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 14.2%, Building 8.3%
- #48 Island Paradise
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: GSG
Windows
Island Paradise is a survival game where you build, upgrade, customize your own island and use nearby resources to create a home for generations to come!
Why similar: Crafting 21.6%, Open World 20%, Sandbox 13.7%, Nature 12.8%, Building 9.6%
- #49 INCUR Survival
69% matchVery Positive81% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Crafting 18.3%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 14.9%, Building 9.8%, Realistic 7.8%
- #50 No Man's Home
66% matchVery Positive87% of 284 reviews2025
Dev: radrunner
Windows
You wander into the dangerous Asran Exclusion Zone. You will have to survive hunger, thirst, dangerous factions, radioactive emissions and the wild life. Remember, this is no man's home and you are not the hero.
Why similar: Survival 22%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Realistic 10%, PvE 9.6%
- #51 Solace Crafting
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 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: Crafting 20.2%, Survival 18.5%, Open World 16.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, PvE 9.4%
- #52 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
69% matchMixed62% of 1,001 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Survival 19.4%, Open World 18.1%, Sandbox 18%, Crafting 16.6%, Building 10.6%
- #53 Starsand
68% matchMixed66% of 1,268 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Crafting 16.3%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 12%, Realistic 11.2%
- #54 Polylithic
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 353 reviews2026
Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go it alone in a world where the apex predator is still a distant aspiration.
Why similar: Crafting 21.3%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 17%, Nature 11.2%
- #55 Winter Survivor Protocol
66% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Open World 37.7%, Survival 19.5%, Simulation 12.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 9.7%