- #1 Initial Civilization
97% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Sun Peiyi
Windows
A vast 6 handred-square-kilometer world evolves gradually step by step from the wild primitive age all the way to the advanced interstellar age, where countless spaceships are carefully built one after another to boldly explore the boundless outer space.
Why similar: Space 22.6%, Crafting 18.2%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 11.2%, Building 9.3%
- #2 Echo Signal
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlashkaPlain
Windows
An immersive survival crafting adventure game set on an alien planet. Explore the surroundings and build an understanding of the world around you. Create tools, devices, and structures to overcome the limitations of the harsh environment and unravel the mysteries of the unknown signals.
Why similar: Space 15.5%, Sandbox 13.4%, Minimalist 11.9%, Crafting 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #3 Trail of Singularity
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEB3 Studios
Windows
In 2207, Earth vanished. As a Hyper Station engineer, explore abandoned spaceships, face android guardians, craft tools, and mend your ship to find the last station in a 3000-light-year radius. Survival is key in this post-cataclysmic space odyssey.
Why similar: Crafting 25.7%, Space 24%, Open World 19.8%, Survival 17.7%, Exploration 5.7%
- #4 Alterworld
95% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Crafting 17%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10%, First-Person 9.5%
- #5 Survivance
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endless Worlds Studio
Windows
Stranded on an uncharted alien world with a broken ship and no rescue coming. Scan the wildlife, uncover the truth behind abandoned human outposts, and build the technology you need to escape, before this planet becomes your grave.
Why similar: Survival 18.8%, Open World 17%, Space 14.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.1%
- #6 Ugmania
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: ErroneousCreationist
Windows · Mac
A sandbox survival game set in a universe full of procedurally generated worlds to explore and conquer!
Why similar: Crafting 17.2%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Aliens 10.7%
- #7 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
93% 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: Open World 17.3%, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 10.5%
- #8 Moon Colony Crafter
92% 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: Crafting 15.9%, Space 15.6%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 12.2%, Aliens 9.5%
- #9 Breathedge 2
90% matchVery Positive87% of 1,680 reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Space 19.8%, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, First-Person 8.7%
- #10 AlterSpace
91% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Freeworld DevelopmentsPub: Studio Grandis
Windows
Explore a vast universe, uncover the mystery of humanity's demise, gather resources, build bases, and scan the unknown. Your journey awaits in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Space 21%, Open World 17.6%, Crafting 16%, Survival 11.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #11 DISTANT VISITANT
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TriadPixel
Windows
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
Why similar: Aliens 17.8%, Crafting 17.2%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #12 Interstellar Rift
89% matchMixed68% of 1,667 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Crafting 15.9%, Space 14.8%, Open World 13.3%, Aliens 10.8%, Survival 9.1%
- #13 Minus Zero
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Thorn Labs LLC
Windows
Minus Zero is an island survival game about scavenging, crafting, and fighting to endure a hostile island. Explore a mysterious bunker, face zombies within and dangerous threats outside, then build the tools and solar-powered systems you need to survive.
Why similar: Crafting 23%, Survival 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #14 Elacoria
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Open World 26.4%, Crafting 19%, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 10.9%
- #15 Huntian: StarTrace
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Rebuild civilization from the first flame! As last pioneer, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Space 23.7%, Open World 16.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 7%
- #16 Project Create
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Norcher Developments
Windows
Gain experience and level up in this voxel sandbox world as you travel through space and time. Craft equipment and recipes to help you survive the treacherous landscape and sculpt it into your own masterpiece!
Why similar: Crafting 22.6%, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 14%, Survival 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #17 MewnBase
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,456 reviews2023
Dev: Cairn4
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.
Why similar: Crafting 20.2%, Space 19.3%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #18 Hostile Planet: Survival
86% matchMixed64% 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: Crafting 22.7%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 17%, Sandbox 9.1%, Building 9.1%
- #19 Scrap Mechanic
82% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Crafting 20.5%, Open World 17.3%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 12.3%
- #20 The Stormy Islands
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Open World 20.3%, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, First-Person 10.4%
- #21 Horrors Glade
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
You are a young scientist whose experiment turned into a disaster. When you wake up in the heart of a creepy forest, where every whisper of the wind hides a threat, you realize: there are no rules here. There is only hunger, fear, and shadows hungry for your flesh.
Why similar: Crafting 28.7%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 18.2%, Sandbox 16%, Simulation 7.5%
- #22 Celestium
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: alex197
Windows · Linux
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space 20.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #23 Space Engineers 2
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,654 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Moddable 21%, Space 17.7%, Open World 12%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #24 Craterbound
82% 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: Space 19.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 11.7%, Aliens 8.5%
- #25 Not Enough Space
81% match2 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: r0keePub: EmptyFridge
Windows
Land with your friends on the surface of various planets, gather resources, create items and buildings, defeat enemies and move to other planets to discover their secrets and secrets
Why similar: Space 16.7%, Crafting 14.9%, Aliens 14.6%, Minimalist 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.7%
- #26 Broken World
80% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: N777
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Crafting 19.4%, Open World 18%, Survival 15%, Sandbox 12%, Building 8.9%
- #27 Dimensional Craft
78% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Limitless Square
Windows
This is an anime-style sandbox game where you can do anything you want, unleash your imagination, and create your own world.
Why similar: Moddable 29%, Open World 15.8%, Sandbox 14.5%, Level Editor 11.7%, Building 8.8%
- #28 Worldsmith by Charles A. Debczak
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Charles A. DebczakPub: Games by Charles A. Debczak
Windows
Write books that open rifts into procedurally generated dimensions in this 2D open-world survival adventure. Build, craft, mine, fight, create custom spells, choose your bloodline, and explore strange worlds alone or with friends.
Why similar: Moddable 22%, Open World 15.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #29 Moon Rocks and Slimes
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voided Pixels Studio
Windows
A sci-fi, base-building adventure where you build a 'ship' on an asteroid; explore space, battle slimes, raiders, space rhinos, and more. A story that includes following orders from a mysterious AI, shooting fish with a space grappling hook, invading space stations, fixing the exploded moon, etc.
Why similar: Space 22.4%, Crafting 18.6%, Open World 18.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 9.3%
- #30 Everlost
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kub3sqtPub: Orivilon
Windows
Stranded in a world that never stops growing. Gather, craft, build and survive in an infinite procedurally generated wilderness where no two worlds are ever the same.
Why similar: Crafting 24.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Survival 14.5%, Building 12.8%, Exploration 8%
- #31 Dream of Becoming
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 镜
Windows
You will become “Dream”, exploring, growing, trading, building, and forging alliances across the boundless universe. Wielding multi-dimensional strategies in battle, you sail toward your own distant horizon within a constantly Becoming, ever-shifting reality.
Why similar: Moddable 22.4%, Space 21.2%, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 10.6%
- #32 Tides of Despair
77% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Crafting 23%, Open World 19.2%, Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10.5%
- #33 Lost in Tropics
76% matchNegative9% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Lukas GameLabsPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Lost in Tropics: Embark on an unforgettable survival adventure where the lush, unpredictable tropics become your testing ground. In this immersive game, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious island, where every corner hides both breathtaking beauty and perilous challenges.
Why similar: Open World 18.5%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 12%, Building 10%
- #34 Space
75% 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: Space 19.4%, Crafting 18.1%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 10%
- #35 YUGOPUNK
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunbox Games
Windows
A post-catastrophe co-op PvE survival game set in a 1980s Yugoslavia-inspired open world. Scavenge, build, farm, and fight with up to 9 friends as a retired mercenary thrust into the chaos left behind by disaster, searching for the truth and trying to figure out what actually happened to this place.
Why similar: Crafting 16.8%, Open World 16.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 9.3%
- #36 Mars Colony Builder
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Moddable 19.2%, Crafting 14.5%, Space 14.4%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 12.2%
- #37 Triton Survival
73% 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: Space 20.5%, Crafting 19.5%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 11.6%
- #38 Profectus
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Alrek Studios
Windows
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Crafting 28.2%, Open World 17.8%, Simulation 17.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, First-Person 5.7%
- #39 Red Frost
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
A story-driven, first person perspective, post-apocalyptic survival adventure set in the rough winter climates of last century’s Russia.
Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Open World 16.3%, Survival 14.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Sandbox 10%
- #40 Last Float
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Crafting 27.1%, Survival 20.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 9.3%, First-Person 7.2%
- #41 SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
73% matchVery Positive89% of 7,782 reviews2009
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic HeroGet out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions.
Why similar: Space 31.1%, Open World 19.9%, Simulation 15%, Sandbox 13.1%, Exploration 6.1%
- #42 Winter is coming
71% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: mantou
Windows
"Winter is Coming" is an open world survival simulation game independently developed by "mantou", in this game, you will be on an island as an island survival contestant, As time goes by and the weather gets colder, Pack enough food to last the last winter before it gets cold enough!
Why similar: Open World 19.6%, Survival 16%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.4%
- #43 WarpedSpace
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
WarpedSpace is a sci-fi survival adventure game set in deep space. A massive, open environment full of wonder and peril awaits you!
Why similar: Crafting 19%, Space 17.7%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #44 Mikseli: Genesis
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mikseli Oy
Windows
A sci-fi FPS where a pirate ambush scatters your family across alien planets. Play as Arin, fight bosses, travel through portals, and reunite the Mikseli family. Demo available now. Wishlist for launch updates.
Why similar: Space 21.9%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Open World 9.1%
- #45 Astario
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ondřej Hroch
Windows
Astario is a universe in which you can build functional ships and orbital stations with automated factories. Collect materials, craft new blocks, and expand into the universe. Nothing is ever truly static, ships, stations, asteroids, planets, everything follows the laws of orbital motion.
Why similar: Space 22.8%, Crafting 18.1%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 9.7%, Building 9.4%
- #46 Tiny Pixel Planets
70% matchPositive86% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: SP Possibilities
Windows
Explore the pixel cosmos, jumping from star system to star system. Land on fully procedural planets, and make them your home.
Why similar: Space 21.9%, Crafting 21.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 11.4%, Building 10.5%
- #47 StarMade
71% matchMixed68% of 2,992 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 34.6%, Open World 18.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 9.4%
- #48 X Space
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: X SPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Space 19.9%, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 15.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 10.5%
- #49 Starvector
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Space 17.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 9.6%
- #50 AstroPlanet
68% matchMixed67% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: VIVA
Windows
AstroPlanet is a sandbox game where you find yourself in the role of an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a planet with an inhospitable atmosphere. Your task is not only to survive, but also to turn this world into a habitable place.
Why similar: Crafting 22.8%, Space 18.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 14.1%, Building 8.5%
- #51 Super-Spatial
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Interline Studios LC
Windows
Explore, build, and master the art of automation. Build your base, discover colorful new worlds, and develop new technologies as you tame the far reaches of space and search for a way to return to Earth.
Why similar: Space 23%, Open World 17.9%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #52 90° North
67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ambient Games
Windows
Survive a brutal three-day expedition to the North Pole. Gather wood, build shelters, manage cold, and make hard choices. Every decision matters in this intense, minimalist survival journey to the literal edge of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 17.4%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11%
- #53 Mozi
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mozi
Windows
In the distant Milky Way galaxy, there hides a mysterious planet named Mozi Planet. This planet has a vast and boundless ocean, and every drop of seawater is shining with a mysterious light, as if telling the ancient interstellar secrets.
Why similar: Moddable 17.8%, Crafting 16.9%, Space 16.1%, Aliens 11%, Survival 9.3%
- #54 XenoHaven
66% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World 19.1%, Crafting 17.9%, Space 13.8%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 13%
- #55 Paloma Island
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Houari Mohamed AminePub: Damz Games
Windows
Stranded after a storm, survive the uncharted dangers of Paloma Island. Gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter in this open-world sandbox survival adventure. Explore lush biomes and diverse locations, uncover secrets, and face wildlife and enemies to stay alive.
Why similar: Crafting 22.9%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 14.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.6%
- #56 ToGather:Island
68% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Studio KamiiPub: Todak Studios
Windows
ToGather:Island is an open world survival game set in a science-fantasy archipelago
Why similar: Crafting 23.3%, Survival 17.5%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Open World 9.6%
- #57 Exot
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Open World 16.9%, Survival 15.9%, Sandbox 14%, Building 11.1%
- #58 Start Over
66% 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 20.5%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 9%