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Games Like Farworld Pioneers

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Crafting, Sandbox, Open World, Survival.

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Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.

Reviews: Mostly Negative — 38% — of 693 reviews
Released: 2023-05-30
Developer: Igloosoft
Publisher: tinyBuild
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
    Dev: Osaris Games
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    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Crafting 9.3%, Co-op 8%

  2. #2 The Planet Crafter
    96% 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 Survival Craft 25.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Co-op 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Crafting 9%

  3. #3 StarRupture
    96% 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 Survival Craft 21.1%, Colony Sim 13.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Co-op 9.9%, Crafting 8%

  4. #4 Occupy Mars: The Game
    95% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,070 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Co-op 10.5%, Space 9.7%

  5. #5 CryoFall
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,430 reviews2021
    Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 8.2%

  6. #6 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 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 25%, Co-op 13.4%, Space 10.2%, Crafting 8.4%, Sandbox 8.1%

  7. #7 Lightyear Frontier
    93% 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 Survival Craft 24.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Co-op 10%, Online Co-Op 10%

  8. #8 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
    92% matchVery Positive91% of 7,431 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 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 27.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9%, Co-op 7.6%

  9. #9 Cubic Odyssey
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
    Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32%, Base Building 15%, Co-op 14.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%

  10. #10 Stars End
    91% matchMixed61% of 1,419 reviews2023
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.2%, Co-op 13.6%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Space 8.9%, Crafting 7.4%

  11. #11 Necesse
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
    Dev: Fair Games ApS
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4%, Co-op 9.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 8.1%

  12. #12 Starbound
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
    Dev: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  13. #13 Outpost Zero
    90% matchMixed49% of 850 reviews2019
    Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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  14. #14 Keplerth
    87% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  15. #15 TerraTech Worlds
    86% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows
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  17. #17 Volcanoids
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  18. #18 Planet Explorers
    86% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  20. #20 Tinkerlands
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
    Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
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    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows · Linux
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  22. #22 Astro Colony
    83% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  23. #23 Scrapnaut
    84% matchMixed70% of 827 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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  24. #24 Everwind
    81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
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    Windows
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  25. #25 ASTRONEER
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows
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  28. #28 ICARUS
    78% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  29. #29 Stationeers
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
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  30. #30 Craterbound
    79% 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.

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  31. #31 Planet Centauri
    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
    Dev: Permadeath
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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  32. #32 Beyond Contact
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,121 reviews2023
    Dev: Playcorp StudiosPub: Deep Silver
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  33. #33 Voidtrain
    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
    Dev: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  34. #34 Satisfactory
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    72% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
    Dev: Pocketpair
    Windows
    Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3%, Survival 10.5%, Co-op 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

  36. #36 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,680 reviews2021
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,057 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  38. #38 Drake Hollow
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,796 reviews2020
    Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  39. #39 Interstellar Rift
    75% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
    Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.5 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!

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    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,012 reviews2020
    Dev: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

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  41. #41 Techtonica
    71% matchMixed65% of 3,202 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  42. #42 Longvinter
    70% matchMixed67% of 7,565 reviews2025
    Dev: Uuvana Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 42.7 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!

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  43. #43 Fragmented
    74% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
    Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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  44. #44 Soulmask
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
    Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

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  45. #45 Outworld Station
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 714 reviews2026
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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  46. #46 Nova Lands
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
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    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

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  47. #47 AColony
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
    Dev: ZeroTris
    Windows

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

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  48. #48 Star Crafter
    69% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

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  49. #49 Dig or Die
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

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  50. #50 Oceaneers
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2026
    Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
    Windows

    A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.

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  51. #51 Space Haven
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 10,442 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 14.4%, Space 11.2%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 10.2%

  52. #52 One Lonely Outpost
    68% matchMixed59% of 645 reviews2025
    Dev: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Space 14.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 11.2%

  53. #53 Space Engineers
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019
    Dev: Keen Software House
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

    Why similar: Base Building 14.8%, Co-op 14.8%, Space 12.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, PvP 10.3%

  54. #54 Horizon Journey
    68% matchMostly Negative26% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Redivided Studios
    Windows

    Embark on an epic adventure to Mars in Horizon Journey, an open-world survival game that blends colonization, terraforming, and exploration in both single-player and multiplayer co-op modes. You're tasked with the monumental challenge of making Mars a new home for humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Co-op 11.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.8%

  55. #55 Prospector
    66% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
    Dev: Loonworks Games
    Windows

    Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Space 10.9%

  56. #56 Signs of Life
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
    Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 9.8%, Space 8.8%

  57. #57 Edge of Space
    71% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
    Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Space 8.7%, Co-op 6.1%

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