- #1 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 18.8% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down sandbox survival game mirrors the exploration and base-building focus of the seed game while adding engaging boss progression.
- #2 Force of Nature
97% 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 27.9% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 10.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, this game shares the exact core mechanics, art style, and survival loop that define the series.
- #3 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 31.2% ★, Crafting 11%, Open World 11%, Sandbox 10.1%, Survival 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar top-down perspective with deep survival, crafting, and settlement management mechanics in a procedurally generated world.
- #4 Realms of Magic
95% 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 41.3% ★, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, RPG 8.1%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends open-world survival with traditional RPG elements, mirroring the character customization and fantasy world-building of the seed game.
- #5 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Base Building 20.3%, Open World 17.9%, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 16%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a polished top-down survival experience with a heavy emphasis on base building and fantasy-themed combat.
- #6 Solace Crafting
94% 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 21.7% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on open-world exploration and crafting, offering a similar sense of scale and progression.
- #7 Enshrouded
92% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 16.7%, Open World 16.6%, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels in base building and survival within a fantasy setting, providing a more modern take on the genre's core loop.
- #8 Craftopia
93% 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 21.6% ★, Crafting 18.6%, Open World 18.6%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world survival and crafting with a wide variety of fantasy elements, much like the diverse gameplay found in the seed game.
- #9 Len's Island
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 11.1%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a clean top-down perspective with a focus on building, farming, and dungeon-crawling exploration.
- #10 Terraria
91% 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 31.5% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 12.4%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D survival-crafting game that shares the deep progression, building, and exploration focus of the seed game.
- #11 Valheim
89% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it perfectly captures the fantasy survival and base-building atmosphere that makes the seed game so addictive.
- #12 Dark and Light
90% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World 19.1%, Survival 16.8%, Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox survival game that emphasizes fantasy creatures and magic-based crafting systems.
- #13 Nightingale
88% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique fantasy survival experience with a strong focus on crafting and exploring distinct, mysterious realms.
- #14 Citadel: Forged with Fire
89% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Open World 16.4%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the magical and fantasy aspects of survival, allowing players to build massive structures and explore a dangerous world.
- #15 Don't Starve Together
87% 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 58% ★, Survival 29.3%, Open World 4.6%, Crafting 4.2%, Sandbox 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar top-down survival aesthetic with a strong emphasis on resource management and surviving against environmental threats.
- #16 Survival: Fountain of Youth
86% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the survival and exploration aspects of the genre, rewarding players for careful resource management.
- #17 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
86% 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 26.3% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 9.9%, Open World 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a sandbox survival experience with a focus on crafting and building in a persistent, evolving world.
- #18 Tinkerlands
83% 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 27.6% ★, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration, capturing the charm of the seed game's progression.
- #19 KeepUp Survival
84% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward open-world survival experience with a focus on building and gathering resources.
- #20 Alchemist's Awakening
85% 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 32.1% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on sandbox crafting and exploration, allowing players to shape the world around them in a fantasy setting.
- #21 IfSunSets
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a day-night survival cycle that forces players to balance exploration with base fortification.
- #22 Brinefall
84% matchMixed42% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines sandbox survival with base building and hack-and-slash combat, fitting the seed game's action-survival hybrid style.
- #23 Ars Notoria
82% matchMixed63% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy survival game that highlights magic and exploration as core pillars of the gameplay experience.
- #24 Medieval Dynasty
79% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 20.4%, Building 16.7%, Base Building 14.2%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the survival and building aspects, tasking players with creating a thriving settlement in a realistic medieval setting.
- #25 Grounded
79% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Survival 19.3%, Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished survival and base-building experience that emphasizes exploration and environmental interaction.
- #26 Dawnlands
81% 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 22.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game emphasizes co-op building and exploration in a vast, fantasy-inspired landscape.
- #27 Lost Skies
78% matchMixed62% of 2,832 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and crafting in a unique world, encouraging players to build and survive in a challenging environment.
- #28 Novus Inceptio
81% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 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 Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a sandbox survival experience that emphasizes crafting and long-term world development.
- #29 Life is Feudal: Your Own
80% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Open World 15%, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a hardcore survival and building experience set in a medieval world with deep crafting systems.
- #30 Cubic Odyssey
77% 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 24.4% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11%, Open World 10%
- #31 Starbound
78% 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 33.6% ★, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a massive universe to explore with deep crafting and building mechanics similar to the seed game's sandbox nature.
- #32 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.5%, Base Building 8.6%, Action RPG 7.3%
- #33 Towers of Aghasba
76% matchMixed69% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 13%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #34 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
75% matchMixed53% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
⛏️ Survival crafting adventure 💎 🌌 Through magical portals 🌀 👹 Into fantasy worlds 🏰 ⚡ Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety 💨 ⏳ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel 🕰️
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13%, Open World 11.3%
- #35 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 10.6%
- #36 Re.poly
75% 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 21.3% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 11%
- #37 CrossWorlds: Escape
76% 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 22.1% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.7%
- #38 Gedonia
73% matchVery Positive87% of 3,849 reviews2022
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.
Why similar: Open World 23.5%, Crafting 19%, Character Customization 13.4%, Magic 10.8%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #39 Night of the Dead
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #40 Starsand
73% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.2%
- #41 Forager
72% 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 31.8% ★, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 14.4%, Base Building 10%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #42 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,197 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.
Why similar: Open World 22%, Crafting 21.6%, Survival 18.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Character Customization 10.4%
- #43 Tales of Morrow
73% matchMixed47% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: GameMechanic
Windows
Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 10.8%, Survival 9.1%
- #44 DYSPLACED
69% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
The realm is dying. As its Guardian, you have one desperate option — tear it apart to rebuild it stronger. Explore a vast open world, master its secrets, and forge salvation from the ruins. Sometimes, saving the world means destroying it first.
Why similar: Base Building 15.5%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 11.7%, Building 11.5%
- #45 Keplerth
71% 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: Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 15.9%, Building 14.9%, Base Building 9.1%
- #46 Outbreak Island
68% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 15.5%, Sandbox 15.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 11.1%
- #47 Astral Terra
74% 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 26.9% ★, Open World 13.8%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 10%
- #48 The Planet Crafter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 23.1% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11%, Open World 10.4%
- #49 Dragon Forge
71% matchMixed50% of 113 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful dragon & automate massive factories! Dragon Forge is an incremental base building adventure game. Uncurse & explore a huge fantasy world full of quests. Gather resources & craft upgrades to become unstoppable! Discover over 100 fables of ancient wisdom at the Dragon Forge.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #50 The Faraway Land
69% matchVery Positive86% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: FireTail
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Faraway Land is an open world survival simulator. Plunge into the relaxing atmosphere of a magical world filled with cute and dangerous creatures.
Why similar: Base Building 15.5%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 11.6%
- #51 Of Ash and Steel
67% matchMixed64% of 6,121 reviews2025
Dev: Fire & FrostPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Crafting 19.1%, Action RPG 17%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Open World 10.3%, RPG 8.4%
- #52 Grounded 2
66% matchVery Positive81% of 19,870 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Survival 16.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 12.7%
- #53 Gaia
70% matchMixed59% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Eternal Stardust Studios
Windows
A sci-fi base building survival game, featuring raids, agriculture, intelligent AI, natural disasters and more.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 10.4%, Building 9.8%
- #54 Nighthold: Number 1
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #55 Mist Survival
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Survival 20.6%, Open World 15.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 10.3%
- #56 Out of Reach
70% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Survival 15%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 13.1%, Building 8.7%
- #57 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
68% matchMixed70% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Base Building 19.2%, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 12.6%, Fantasy 7%
- #58 REKA
65% matchVery Positive83% of 3,273 reviews2024
Dev: Emberstorm EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Channel your inner witch! Build your cozy chicken-legged hut, practice witchcraft, and forage for ingredients in autumnal woodlands. Solve quests & uncover the great mysteries of the legendary witch Baba Jaga…
Why similar: Crafting 14.6%, Building 13.2%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Character Customization 10.7%
- #59 Shamania
65% 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 22.2% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Open World 13.5%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
