- #1 Planet Explorers
97% 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 44%, Crafting 17.9%, Exploration 13%, RPG 11.2%, Action RPG 8%
- #2 Wild West and Wizards
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 387 reviews2020
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Wild West and Wizards is an open world exploration RPG set in a re-imagined new frontier. Pick a class and level up unlocking abilities and exploring a world filled with quests, loot, outlaws, bosses, spells, caves, towns, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Western 47.9% ★, Open World 16.2%, Action RPG 10.1%, RPG 8.5%, Exploration 6.3%
- #3 Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone
96% matchMixed65% of 732 reviews2025
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.
Why similar: Gun Customization 19.3%, Open World 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Action RPG 12%
- #4 ELEX
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 19,503 reviews2017
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.
Why similar: Open World 36%, Post-apocalyptic 25%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Third Person 6.7%
- #5 GRAV
94% 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 56.5%, Crafting 23.5%, RPG 9.7%, Third Person 9.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #6 Star Valor
93% matchVery Positive89% of 3,349 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: Mining 32.4% ★, Open World 30.6%, Exploration 14.9%, RPG 13.1%, Atmospheric 7%
- #7 Fragmented
94% 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 45.7%, Crafting 20.6%, RPG 11.8%, Third Person 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%
- #8 Z.O.N.A: Origin
91% matchVery Positive84% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: AGaming+
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Z.O.N.A: Origin is an immersive adventure in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Dive into a captivating story, explore a stunning open world, avoid dangerous anomalies, and hunt for powerful artifacts. Every choice you make can be decisive in this unpredictable world.
Why similar: Gun Customization 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Open World 18.2%, Action RPG 13.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #9 This Land Is My Land
91% matchMixed68% of 4,612 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Western 53.1% ★, Open World 22.9%, Crafting 9.7%, RPG 7.4%, Third Person 5.7%
- #10 EXOME
90% matchVery Positive80% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: RudeFrog Studios
Windows
EXOME is a co-op sci-fi survival shooter that blends wave-based survival with open-world exploration. Battle hordes of aliens, upgrade your arsenal, and uncover the hidden truths of the deep forest. Will you face it alone or bring your friends along?
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.2%, Open World 19.3%, PvE 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Exploration 11.4%
- #11 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 132,906 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 29.4 hrsMean: 55.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
Why similar: Open World 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Lore-Rich 7.2%, Exploration 7.1%
- #12 Pine
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,841 reviews2019
Dev: TwirlboundPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
An open-world action adventure game set in a simulated world in which humans never reached the top of the food chain.
Why similar: Open World 31.1%, Action RPG 15.7%, Third Person 13.5%, RPG 10.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #13 Death Trash
87% matchVery Positive92% of 3,680 reviews2021
Dev: Crafting Legends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Action RPG 16%, Open World 15%, Choices Matter 10.2%, PvE 9.3%
- #14 INSOMNIA: The Ark
88% matchMixed59% of 1,256 reviews2018
Dev: Mono StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Action RPG 15.9%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 11%, RPG 9.4%
- #15 Old Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
86% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Crafting-survival Indie game. Explore at your own pace or team up with your friends in multiplayer. Early access game!
Why similar: Gun Customization 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Open World 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 8.5%
- #16 Craterbound
85% 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 45.6%, Crafting 24%, Exploration 21%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #17 The Outer Worlds
82% matchVery Positive82% of 28,216 reviews2020
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Why similar: Open World 26.3%, Action RPG 24.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Exploration 10.6%, RPG 9.6%
- #18 Outcast - Second Contact
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,008 reviews2017
Dev: Appeal StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Outcast – Second Contact is the complete remake of the cult title which sparked the open world, action-adventure genre. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where your heroic journey places the fate of two worlds in your hands.
Why similar: Open World 60.2%, Third Person 20.9%, Story Rich 7.8%, Exploration 7.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #19 Badiya: Desert Survival
84% matchMixed49% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: Semaphore
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
Why similar: Open World 35%, Crafting 20.5%, Exploration 16.1%, Third Person 13.1%, RPG 12.6%
- #20 Planetaries
81% 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 31.8%, Crafting 18.3%, PvE 14.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Third Person 9.7%
- #21 ASTROBOTANICA
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Space Goblin Studio
Windows
Science-driven exploration adventure on prehistoric Earth with a relaxing vibe. Farming, crafting, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.8%, Open World 31.9%, Crafting 17%, Exploration 15.3%
- #22 Hostile Planet: Survival
80% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World 59%, Crafting 38.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #23 Novus Inceptio
81% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Action RPG 14.9%, Crafting 14.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #24 Next Day: Survival
79% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Open World 37.4%, Post-apocalyptic 34.2%, Crafting 11.6%, PvE 6.5%, RPG 5.4%
- #25 Within the Cosmos
78% matchMixed44% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: debdev
Windows
Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Action RPG 32.6%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Exploration 16.9%, RPG 14.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #26 Wild West Legacy
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,125 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Western 50.1% ★, Open World 17.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, RPG 6.7%
- #27 Starcom: Unknown Space
74% matchVery Positive93% of 4,302 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Open World 28.7%, Action RPG 25.3%, Exploration 14.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #28 Space Trash Scavenger
75% 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 36.4%, Crafting 24.3%, Exploration 14.9%, Third Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #29 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
75% 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 43.9%, Crafting 25%, Exploration 20.4%, Story Rich 6.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #30 Starcom: Nexus
76% matchVery Positive91% of 2,295 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Open World 34%, Exploration 22.1%, Action RPG 18.8%, RPG 18.5%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #31 Landinar: Into the Void
77% matchMixed56% of 244 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Open World 44.1%, RPG 29.6%, Action RPG 13.9%, Third Person 6.5%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #32 The Planet Crafter
71% 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 42%, Crafting 25.9%, Exploration 19.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #33 ASTRONEER
71% 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 48.1%, Exploration 19.8%, Crafting 17.1%, Third Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #34 Mars: War Logs
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,013 reviews2013
Dev: SpidersPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.
Why similar: RPG 26.2%, Action RPG 21.3%, Third Person 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Crafting 6.6%
- #35 Outlaws of the Old West
73% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Western 64.5% ★, Open World 21.6%, Crafting 4.5%, RPG 4.2%, Choices Matter 3.1%
- #36 Lightyear Frontier
70% matchVery Positive84% of 4,457 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Open World 36.7%, Crafting 27.1%, Exploration 20.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #37 Thousand Threads
73% matchVery Positive81% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: Seamount
Windows · Mac
Explore a beautiful open world where you deliver mail, find artifacts, help people out, and fend off folks you’ve wronged.
Why similar: Open World 27.1%, Nonlinear 21.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Exploration 13.7%
- #38 Satisfactory
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Open World 52.3%, Crafting 30.1%, Exploration 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #39 PIONER
70% matchMixed63% of 3,493 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.1%, Open World 29.8%, Crafting 16.6%, RPG 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #40 Penkura
72% matchVery Positive90% of 196 reviews2018
Dev: LionsArt
Windows
Embark on an odyssey to a distant alien world through an ancient singularity. Establish your base, engineer indispensable bots, create cutting-edge equipment, and unravel the mysteries of civilizations lost in time. Welcome to a universe where the mind has defeated death.
Why similar: Open World 22%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Action RPG 19.1%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Crafting 11.9%
- #41 GearStorm - Armored Survival
73% matchMixed56% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Iron City Games
Windows · Mac
GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven, open-world sci-fi survival adventure. Discover what led to the Phage, a deadly virus apocalypse and our escape to a alien world. Explore a vast alien planet, build your base, create your colony, acquire vehicles, weapons, and supplies to defend it.
Why similar: Open World 43%, RPG 31%, Post-apocalyptic 26%
- #42 Fargone
69% matchMixed69% of 585 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Action RPG 18.3%, Open World 17%, PvE 12.3%, Crafting 12%
- #43 Volcanoids
69% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 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 38.5%, Crafting 26.3%, Exploration 20.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #44 StarRupture
65% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World 47.5%, Crafting 27.1%, Exploration 21.3%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #45 Star Merc
71% matchMixed64% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: D247 GamesPub: New Worlds Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Merc is an open world rpg where player choices heavily affect outcomes and drastically change the storyline. The game is about exploring different planets, learning about the inhabitants and dealing with the different factions that like to think they control the universe.
Why similar: RPG 45%, Open World 37.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #46 Cubic Odyssey
66% 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: RPG 34.2%, Open World 31.1%, Exploration 17.1%, Crafting 14%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #47 Walkabout
70% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Wafflesoft
Windows
Tasmania is a harsh environment and to make things worse, the world is ending. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Open World 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, PvE 18.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Atmospheric 9%
- #48 TerraTech Worlds
67% 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 30.3%, Mining 28.4% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Exploration 14%, Third Person 8.5%
- #49 Surviving Ceres
65% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Open World 39.9%, Crafting 27%, Exploration 15.8%, RPG 13.7%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #50 Outerverse
68% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Open World 24.8%, RPG 16.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Exploration 12.1%
- #51 Afallon
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Stargazing interactive
Windows
Afallon is a single-player RPG with the feel of an MMO. Choose your class and race to forge a unique character, explore a large open world with diverse zones and biomes, and experience a living world that changes based on your actions.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.4%, Open World 21.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Third Person 12.7%, RPG 12.6%
- #52 Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira
64% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Shed of Ideas
Windows
Action RPG with survival elements. Manage resources and bond with NPCs to unlock crafting and gain allies who may become playable. Use them to solve puzzles and battle together. Survive the frozen wilds and uncover the truth behind your exile.
Why similar: Action RPG 32%, Open World 24.5%, Crafting 16.9%, Third Person 12%, RPG 8.3%