- #1 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
97% matchVery Positive80% of 2,320 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
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 sequel, it refines the core survival and crafting mechanics that made the original game so engaging.
- #2 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 30.8% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down sandbox game perfectly mirrors the exploration, base-building, and progression loop found in Force of Nature.
- #3 Don't Starve Together
96% 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 67.3% ★, Survival 21.1%, Crafting 3.1%, Multiplayer 2.5%, Open World 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the top-down survival aesthetic and emphasizes the constant struggle against hunger and environmental threats.
- #4 Necesse
95% 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 45.6% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 7.5%, Open World 7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox game that combines complex base-building and RPG elements with a focus on exploration and boss progression.
- #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: Survival 21.3%, Crafting 20.4%, Open World 15.9%, Building 9%, Base Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a polished top-down perspective with deep base-building and survival mechanics that feel like a more modern evolution of the genre.
- #6 Green Hell
94% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.8% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more realistic, it offers an intense survival and crafting experience that tests your ability to manage resources in a hostile wilderness.
- #7 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 32.6% ★, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends open-world survival, crafting, and RPG elements into a massive sandbox that rewards exploration and experimentation.
- #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 35.2% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 8%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the essence of island survival, crafting, and management with a charming top-down perspective.
- #9 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
91% 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 34.5% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 7.3%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game features a unique perspective and deep building mechanics that emphasize exploration and crafting.
- #10 DYSMANTLE
91% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Crafting 24.5%, Survival 23%, Open World 16.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying top-down survival experience where destroying the environment to gather resources is central to your progression.
- #11 Solace Crafting
90% 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 34.4% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 7.5%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast open world with deep crafting and survival mechanics that cater to players who enjoy long-term progression.
- #12 Subsistence
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 13%, Open World 7.2%, Building 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a challenging open-world survival experience with a heavy emphasis on base-building and long-term resource management.
- #13 Night of the Dead
88% 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 36.5% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 10.1%, Sandbox 8.3%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival and crafting with tower-defense elements, offering a more combat-focused take on the genre.
- #14 Scrapnaut
89% 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 30.9% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on building and resource management within a stylized, hostile environment.
- #15 Terraria
87% 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 43.4% ★, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.6%, Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D sandbox that excels in the same core pillars of exploration, crafting, and base-building as Force of Nature.
- #16 Valheim
85% 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 39.9% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11%, Open World 8.1%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a rewarding exploration and building experience that captures the feeling of carving out a home in a dangerous, untamed world.
- #17 Creativerse
86% 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 33.1% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that focuses on building and exploration, providing a creative outlet similar to the sandbox elements of Force of Nature.
- #18 Volcanoids
86% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 8%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique twist on the survival genre by focusing on mobile base-building and automation in a volcanic landscape.
- #19 Stranded Deep
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 7.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential survival and crafting experience that focuses on the isolation and resource management aspects of the genre.
- #20 Len's Island
82% 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 39.8% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.7%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines relaxing farming and building mechanics with dungeon-crawling exploration in a beautiful top-down world.
- #21 Life is Feudal: Your Own
84% 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 41.5% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that focuses on medieval-themed crafting, building, and community management.
- #22 7 Days to Die
80% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 8.1%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a robust survival game that emphasizes building and defense against waves of enemies, perfect for fans of base-building.
- #23 Out of Reach
83% 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 44.1% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 8.1%, Building 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a survival experience focused on island life, crafting, and building in a multiplayer environment.
- #24 Raft
79% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 11%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Open World 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival game that focuses on gathering resources and expanding your base while drifting through an endless ocean.
- #25 Alchemist's Awakening
82% 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 49% ★, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that allows for deep crafting and world manipulation, appealing to those who enjoy the creative side of survival.
- #26 Feel The Snow
81% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 7%, Open World 6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration in a snowy, hostile environment.
- #27 FortressCraft Evolved!
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.4% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 8.9%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the automation and building aspects of the sandbox genre for players who enjoy complex systems.
- #28 Unturned
79% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Crafting 24.5%, Survival 21.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 15%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox survival game offers a blend of crafting, building, and exploration with a distinct visual style.
- #29 Don't Starve
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 8.2%, Open World 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: The original survival experience that set the standard for top-down resource management and environmental challenges.
- #30 Project Zomboid
78% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Survival 19.3%, Open World 10%, Crafting 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep and complex survival simulation that rewards careful planning, base-building, and resource management.
- #31 The Front
73% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.1%, Building 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #32 Shamania
74% 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 34.7% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #33 Planet Explorers
77% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 9.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #34 Novus Inceptio
77% 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 36.8% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 8.2%
- #35 Outlaws of the Old West
75% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.2% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.8%
- #36 GRAV
76% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #37 CrossWorlds: Escape
75% 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 38.5% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 8.5%
- #38 Blockscape
76% 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 52.5% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 7.7%, Open World 6.2%
- #39 Survival: Fountain of Youth
71% 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 38.9% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, Open World 7%
- #40 Citadel: Forged with Fire
73% 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 39.8% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #41 KeepUp Survival
71% 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 37.4% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #42 Re.poly
72% 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 37% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 8.4%
- #43 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
70% 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 20.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 13%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 6.9%
- #44 Mist Survival
70% 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 45.9% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #45 Dawnlands
69% 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 35.7% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.3%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #46 ICARUS
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 7.1%, Building 6.3%
- #47 Astral Terra
72% 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 41.7% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #48 ASTRONEER
67% 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 38.5% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #49 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
68% 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 41.2% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 8.3%, Building 7.3%
- #50 Radiation Island
69% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.9% ★, Survival 19%, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 7.2%, Adventure 2.7%
- #51 The Planet Crafter
63% 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 38.9% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.5%, Building 8.2%, Open World 7.6%
- #52 Rem Survival
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 8.5%, Building 7.9%
- #53 Outpost Zero
69% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 7.8%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #54 Wild Omission
66% 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 35.9% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 8.6%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #55 Eden Crafters
63% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 7.9%
- #56 Dark and Light
68% 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 Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 18.9%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 7.5%
