- #1 Lunar Impact
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artem Rumyantsev
Windows
Go to the Moon to explore its harsh nature and mysterious anomalies. Build your own lunar base, craft equipment, extract valuable resources and make many discoveries. Overcome the challenges of extreme lunar conditions, an oxygen-free atmosphere and much more unknown...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Space Sim 10.8%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.2%, Base Building 8%
- #2 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,392 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 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 26.2% ★, Space Sim 10.8%, Building 8.2%, Space 7.8%, Survival 7.1%
- #3 Wildreach
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PickBits Studios
Windows · Linux
A pure-sandbox, living-world survival-builder. Explore a vast biodome where elephants graze beside wolves, hunt and cook, farm your homestead, and study ancient ruins to unlock new ways to build. No bosses, no win condition — the boss is your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Animals 19.1% ★, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Nature 7.4%
- #4 Reckfell
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: verkme
Windows
Survival is your only goal in Reckfell. The world is unforgiving - its creatures, the environment, and even other survivors will stop at nothing to end you. You must do whatever it takes to stay alive for one more day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Building 9.5%, PvP 9.1%, Survival 8.4%, Crafting 8.3%
- #5 Drift: Space Survival
94% 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 38.4% ★, Space 10.1%, Survival 9.6%, Building 8.7%, Crafting 8%
- #6 Longvinter
92% matchMixed67% of 7,664 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%, PvP 8.4%
- #7 ICARUS
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 10.3%, Base Building 8.9%, Building 7.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #8 WildCraft
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Dynamic survival crafting meets skill-based combat in a living, open world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44% ★, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Nature 6.9%, Survival 5.5%
- #9 Untethered
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Space Sim 12.2%, Survival 8.9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%
- #10 Woodland Rebels
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Animals 23.9% ★, Survival 8%, Sandbox 8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #11 Nighthold
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Building 7.6%, Base Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7.1%, Survival 7.1%
- #12 Moon Colony Crafter
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 7.8%, Space 7.7%
- #13 Subsistence
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 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: Open World Survival Craft 48% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #14 Middle Ages: Peasants & Knights
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Neronian Studios
Windows
Survive in an open world inspired by 14th century Europe. Immerse yourself in crafting based on real historical methods and experience true inventory system and realistic resource management. Take control of your destiny and embrace a world full of possibilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 9.3%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 9%, PvP 8.4%
- #15 Force of Nature
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.4%, Building 8.3%
- #16 Space
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Space Sim 12.2%, Space 9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Building 8.8%
- #17 Hurtworld
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 14.3%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%, FPS 8.6%
- #18 ASTRONEER
83% matchVery Positive92% of 139,015 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.6 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 36.7% ★, Space 10.8%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 8.5%, Multiplayer 8%
- #19 Life Not Supported
82% matchMixed67% of 173 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 34.6% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Space 9.6%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 9.4%
- #20 Out of Reach
82% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 44.9% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 8.4%, Building 8%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #21 Breathedge 2
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Survive on the edge of space! Craft and upgrade tools, scavenge resources, and save a galaxy gone completely off the rails. Can Ordinary Man save the galaxy with the help of the immortal Chicken and some duct tape?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 10.7%, Space 9.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Building 7.5%
- #22 Breathedge
80% matchVery Positive81% of 17,661 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 42.2% ★, Space 11.8%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Base Building 9.4%
- #23 Wild Omission
79% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Building 9.8%, PvP 9.6%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 9.2%
- #24 Red Planet: Survive
81% matchNegative12% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Silent Parrot Studio
Windows
Red Planet: Survive is a first person survival game for Microsoft Windows. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Red Planet will be hard, but if you are strong enough, you will succeed. Find the best way to survive, but be careful, since each wrong step will ensure your demise. The environment is your main enemy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Space Sim 10.9%, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Space 7.6%
- #25 Last Breath
77% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Mx
Windows
Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game. Dig through terrain, build powerful machines, and restore life to a dead planet. Work together to survive, automate, and reshape the world from the ground up, literally.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Survival 12.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Nature 8.8%, Building 8.5%
- #26 Triton Survival
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.6% ★, Space Sim 14%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Space 9.8%
- #27 Lost Isle
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wunder Entertainment
Windows
Castaway on an island built upon the corpse of a dead god. Build settlements, master melee, archery, and magic. Choose your fate in huge multiplayer PvP and PvE conflicts to begin your story of survival, betrayal, and conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, PvP 9.6%, Base Building 8.6%, Building 8.6%, Survival 8.2%
- #28 Crushed
79% matchMixed54% of 318 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 9.8%, Building 8.7%, Sandbox 8.1%, Crafting 7.8%
- #29 Craterbound
78% matchMixed53% 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 34.2% ★, Space Sim 11.2%, Space 9.6%, Survival 9.1%, Base Building 8.8%
- #30 Rust
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Survival 17.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #31 TROLLHEIM: GNOMES
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trollheim
Windows
TROLLHEIM: GNOMES is a reimagined classic survival crafting game where you play as tiny gnomes in an ancient Nordic wilderness. Brave the elements, encounter the mythical Väsen that dwell within it and build your home among the trees, by yourself or with up to 7 friends. The Dark Forest found you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 10.2%, Nature 9.9%, Building 8.5%
- #32 Aurendor
75% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Building 10.2%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%
- #33 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,709 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 36.6% ★, Survival 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Multiplayer 8%
- #34 Blockscape
76% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.5% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 8.1%, Survival 7.2%, Crafting 7.1%
- #35 Moose Builders
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Dig sand with a shovel and process into iron, silicon and more. Craft and merge better tools and machines to build solar panels to power them. Research new machines to automate everything in multi-story factories. Play alone or with friends to survive in the desert and turn it into a solar farm.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Animals 15.4% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Building 7.6%, Survival 7.4%
- #36 CrossWorlds: Escape
74% 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: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Nature 13%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #37 Green Hell
72% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Survival 13%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Crafting 7.6%, Base Building 6.6%
- #38 Fragmented
74% 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 52.2% ★, Survival 13%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Crafting 6.7%, Building 6.6%
- #39 Divided Land
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mich
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a vast medieval open world. Explore, hunt, craft powerful gear, raid and plunder enemy villages, or forge your own path. As darkness falls, the dead awaken - prepare your defenses or seek shelter. Team up with allies in co-op PvE or face the wilderness alone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Building 9.4%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Base Building 8.4%
- #40 WormWorld
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyjmo
Windows
A creative sandbox adventure with a focus on exploration, discovery and survival. Shape your worlds, build, mine, and farm. Expand your reach and travel to other worlds using your ship, and worm holes!
Why similar: Nature 14.2%, Space Sim 12.9%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 9.6%
- #41 Survivor Island
73% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: SGStudio Games
Windows · Linux
Try to survive on this island by collecting resources and building items that will help keep you alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Nature 15.6%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%
- #42 14: Overmind
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Next Genium
Windows
Immersive survival-adventure. Wake up in deep space with no memory, amid debris and dangerous 5D fractals of an alien world. Piece together the catastrophe, build a base, drive vehicles, laser-cut asteroids, fight for life and remember who you are among these secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Space Sim 13.6%, Survival 8.6%, Base Building 8.5%, Space 8.4%
- #43 Stranded Deep
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 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 51.8% ★, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 6.1%
- #44 Wurm Unlimited
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,138 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9%
- #45 Coastless
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
Survival crafting game: build your raft, explore procedurally generated islands, feed the monster that powers your ship, and clean the black waters to expand and save the world. Solo or co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #46 Arid
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,959 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Viscacha StudioPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Nature 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #47 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
67% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 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 37.2% ★, Base Building 10%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Crafting 8%, Building 7.8%
- #48 Junk Jack
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 47.2% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 11%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.9%
- #49 Solace Crafting
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 898 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 35.6% ★, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%
- #50 Wild
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.6% ★, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Nature 9.2%, Crafting 8.3%
- #51 Raft
67% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Survival 14.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 8.1%
- #52 Stars End
68% matchMixed61% of 1,428 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.2 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 28.1% ★, Space Sim 10.3%, PvP 8.8%, Space 8.2%, Survival 7.5%
- #53 No Man's Sky
68% matchVery Positive85% of 414,381 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.7 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 42.3% ★, Space 12.7%, Space Sim 8.3%, Survival 8%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #54 Space Trash Scavenger
67% matchVery Positive84% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 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 35.1% ★, Space 9.4%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Space Sim 8.7%
- #55 Renown
66% matchMixed58% of 1,578 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, PvP 10%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 9.1%
- #56 Unknown Seas
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RobinPub: Ragnox
Windows
Explore the unknown procedurally-generated world of islands and seas. Fight enemies, farm materials, craft equipment, build your base, slay bosses and level up your character. Conquer the unknown with your friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #57 Drill Space
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Burrow through alien worlds and mine for hidden treasures. As your foothold spreads across the vastness of space, dark forces hunt you down. How will you carve out your legacy among the stars?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Space Sim 10.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.6%