- #1 Terraria
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D sandbox survival game that perfectly mirrors the crafting, boss-fighting, and exploration loop of Feel The Snow.
- #2 Necesse
96% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 42.4% ★, Survival 8%, Crafting 7.6%, Multiplayer 7%, Sandbox 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with town management and RPG mechanics in a top-down perspective.
- #3 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Co-op 8%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that excels at progression, base-building, and challenging boss fights in a beautiful pixel-art world.
- #4 Starbound
95% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar 2D side-scrolling experience with a heavy focus on RPG elements, questing, and planetary exploration.
- #5 Tinkerlands
94% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 7.8%, Sandbox 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact cozy pixel-art survival and crafting vibe with a focus on exploration and combat.
- #6 Forager
94% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 12%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Sandbox 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An addictive blend of crafting, exploration, and base-building with a charming pixel-art style.
- #7 Keplerth
93% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Sandbox 17%, Open World 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that features deep crafting, genetic modification, and exploration similar to the progression systems in Feel The Snow.
- #8 The Survivalists
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,935 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?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Online Co-Op 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that emphasizes crafting, base-building, and exploration with a unique companion system.
- #9 Crea
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 8.3%, Multiplayer 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox RPG that emphasizes skill-based progression and crafting in a vibrant world.
- #10 Dig or Die
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 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.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 9.6%, Open World 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on 2D survival and defense, requiring players to craft and build to survive against waves of enemies.
- #11 Planet Centauri
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 15%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Open World 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep 2D sandbox RPG that allows for extensive creature taming and complex crafting systems.
- #12 Junk Jack
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 42.8% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D sandbox game focused on exploration, collection, and building with a distinct art style.
- #13 Realms of Magic
88% matchVery Positive81% of 986 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.2% ★, Sandbox 7.6%, RPG 7.1%, Open World 6.5%, Survival 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-heavy survival game that focuses on fantasy exploration and character progression.
- #14 Force of Nature
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 44.1% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 7%, Open World 6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that combines crafting, exploration, and RPG elements in a sandbox environment.
- #15 Portal Knights
87% matchVery Positive83% of 22,116 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Crafting 17.6%, Survival 16.7%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Sandbox 16.3%, Co-op 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D sandbox RPG that shares the questing, building, and boss-fight focus of Feel The Snow.
- #16 Tinkertown
86% matchMixed67% of 1,340 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Crafting 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.7%, RPG 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that prioritizes building and adventure in a charming pixel world.
- #17 Don't Starve Together
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.2% ★, Survival 20.2%, Multiplayer 4.1%, Co-op 3.4%, Crafting 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more challenging survival experience with a unique, quirky art style and strong co-op mechanics.
- #18 Aground
85% matchVery Positive94% of 1,965 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that starts simple but evolves into a massive progression journey from primitive tools to space travel.
- #19 Longvinter
84% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 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 33.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 12.3%, Multiplayer 11%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes crafting, social interaction, and open-world exploration.
- #20 Arctico
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,417 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Survival 11.4%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features survival in a snowy, desolate environment with a focus on exploration and base-building.
- #21 Craftopia
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that blends crafting, farming, and RPG elements into a massive sandbox experience.
- #22 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
81% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Co-op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique survival perspective with base-building and exploration in a giant, immersive world.
- #23 Wayward
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Sandbox 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a procedurally generated world.
- #24 Lodventure
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Survival 11.5%, Co-op 10.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game that focuses on adventure, crafting, and exploration in an open world.
- #25 Survival Machine
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Co-op 8.7%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base-building and vehicle management while defending against hordes.
- #26 Dawnlands
80% matchMixed52% of 3,131 reviews2023
Dev: SEASUN GAMES PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Co-op 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and exploring a vast landscape.
- #27 Edge of Space
82% 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 49% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 7%, Multiplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game set in a sci-fi environment with heavy emphasis on crafting and exploration.
- #28 Staxel
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,816 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.7%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Co-op 11.5%, Open World 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox farming and building game that captures the cute, cozy aesthetic of Feel The Snow.
- #29 Creativerse
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 10.1%, Co-op 8.1%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that focuses on exploration, building, and crafting.
- #30 Miniland Adventure
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.7% ★, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist survival and crafting game that focuses on expanding your world through exploration.
- #31 Shamania
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Open World 7.8%
- #32 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
77% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 5.6%
- #33 Alchemist's Awakening
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.3% ★, Crafting 14%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 8.2%
- #34 ASTRONEER
73% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 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 40.5% ★, Survival 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Open World 8.2%, Co-op 7.7%
- #35 Voidtrain
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Survival 9.6%, Co-op 8.5%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #36 HAINYA WORLD
73% matchVery Positive82% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: NETWORKGO
Windows
You are an adventurer, you need to explore this continent, make good use of the resources of this continent to arm yourself, explore this world full of monsters and unknown things and survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #37 Palworld
70% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Survival 12.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 8.6%
- #38 Omega Crafter
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 11%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Co-op 8%
- #39 Cubic Castles
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,272 reviews2014
Dev: Cosmic Cow LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Your blocks, your castle, your world! Build anything you can dream up and explore with other players! Cubic Castles is a mini-MMO that combines the best of block-building and 3D platform action! Create fantastic parkour challenges, explore worlds made by other players, or even make friend!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Multiplayer 9.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 7.6%
- #40 Re.poly
73% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 7.6%
- #41 Blockscape
74% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.6% ★, Sandbox 10%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 8%, Open World 5.7%
- #42 Wild Omission
71% matchVery Positive88% of 59 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 38.1% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #43 The Gold River Project
68% matchMixed67% of 526 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 9%, Co-op 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #44 Wrongworld
70% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.6% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 7.7%, Sandbox 6.7%, Open World 5.9%
- #45 Solace Crafting
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 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% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #46 Scrapnaut
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 824 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Survival 13.2%, Co-op 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Crafting 9.4%
- #47 Astral Terra
71% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 9%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 8.2%
- #48 CrossWorlds: Escape
69% matchMixed64% of 157 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 40.2% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 7.6%
- #49 Sun Haven
66% matchVery Positive81% of 24,588 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Multiplayer 25.6%, Crafting 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, RPG 12.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #50 Piworld
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Ahaha studio
Windows
Piworld is a unique multiplayer game where everyone can find something to do to suit their desires. Try out different roles: from a simple fisherman to an adventurer. Explore the world alone or with friends, fight evil, develop your skills, and create your own story.
Why similar: Survival 20%, Crafting 19.9%, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%
- #51 Milkcraft
69% matchMixed55% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: Milkcraft Studio
Windows
Milkcraft is a multiplayer RPG social sandbox game. In this mysterious world of Norse mythology, you can freely build your own territory and village, or start a survival adventure to challenge the dark dragon. Come with Us!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51% ★, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%, RPG 5.6%, Survival 5.5%
- #52 Savage Lands
67% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Open World 6.5%
- #53 Crashlands
67% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 8.2%, Open World 7.7%
- #54 Cubic Odyssey
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Co-op 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 7.9%, Crafting 7.2%
- #55 Deep Despair
67% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 8.2%, RPG 7.8%
