- #1 Enshrouded
97% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 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 15.8%, Open World 13.5%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of deep survival, voxel-based building, and fantasy RPG exploration in a ruined world.
- #2 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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 29.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Base Building 9.5%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the same sense of atmospheric exploration and rewarding survival progression within a myth-inspired fantasy setting.
- #3 Citadel: Forged with Fire
96% matchMixed68% of 5,884 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 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 29.6% ★, Open World 13%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 8.3%, Crafting 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the magic and fantasy elements, allowing players to tame creatures and build massive structures in a hostile world.
- #4 Nightingale
95% matchMixed67% of 17,932 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 27% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique Victorian-fantasy aesthetic with a heavy emphasis on exploration and survival across diverse, procedurally generated realms.
- #5 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 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 14.7%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 11%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong focus on base-building and action-oriented survival mechanics within a dark, gothic fantasy world.
- #6 Conan Exiles Enhanced
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.2%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A robust survival game that shares the brutal open-world exploration and intricate base-building mechanics found in Frozen Flame.
- #7 Grounded
93% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 30.4% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: While the scale is different, it excels at rewarding exploration and base-building within a highly detailed, dangerous environment.
- #8 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
92% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 24.9% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and base-building with a unique perspective, focusing on surviving in a world where you are small and vulnerable.
- #9 Soulmask
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Building 9.5%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game emphasizes tribal management and deep exploration, mirroring the progression systems found in Frozen Flame.
- #10 Dawn of Defiance
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,797 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 9%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Inspired by Greek mythology, this survival game focuses on exploration and building within a hostile, divine-touched landscape.
- #11 Dune: Awakening
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Building 7.6%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world survival game that captures the struggle for resources and power in a harsh, unforgiving environment.
- #12 ICARUS
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.7% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a session-based survival experience that focuses on high-stakes exploration and resource management in a harsh, alien environment.
- #13 Fade to Silence
89% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 9.3%, Base Building 9%, Crafting 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on surviving in a frozen, post-apocalyptic world, mirroring the harsh environmental challenges of Frozen Flame.
- #14 Palworld
86% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 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 26.8% ★, Open World 11.1%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Base Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It integrates creature collection with survival and base-building, providing a highly engaging loop of exploration and resource gathering.
- #15 Outward Definitive Edition
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 30,822 reviews2022
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Why similar: Open World 26%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Survival 17.8%, RPG 15.6%, Fantasy 7%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging RPG-survival hybrid that prioritizes preparation and exploration, capturing the same sense of vulnerability found in Frozen Flame.
- #16 ARK: Survival Ascended
86% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 14.9%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive survival experience that features massive open worlds, creature taming, and extensive crafting systems.
- #17 Dark and Light
88% matchMixed52% of 11,819 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 21.3% ★, Open World 15.5%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, RPG 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival game that emphasizes magic, creature taming, and large-scale exploration.
- #18 Myth of Empires
85% matchMixed67% of 17,381 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 229.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a complex survival and base-building experience set in a vast, medieval-inspired world.
- #19 Bellwright
84% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 18%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 15.9%, Building 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival, base-building, and RPG elements with a focus on leading a rebellion in a gritty, realistic world.
- #20 Solace Crafting
83% 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 24.7% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast, seamless open world focused on exploration and crafting, perfect for players who enjoy the journey over the destination.
- #21 Sons Of The Forest
81% matchVery Positive88% of 304,972 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Survival 18.1%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A premier survival game that excels at atmospheric exploration and complex base-building in a dangerous, isolated setting.
- #22 Drake Hollow
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,796 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging survival game that focuses on protecting a village and exploring a mysterious, shifting world.
- #23 Lost Skies
79% matchMixed61% of 2,893 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 35.9% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused survival game that features exploration of floating islands and base-building on airships.
- #24 Eden Crafters
78% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the automation and base-building aspects of survival, allowing players to transform a hostile planet.
- #25 KeepUp Survival
80% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 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 30.5% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 10.2%, Survival 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward survival experience with a focus on building and exploration in an open-world setting.
- #26 The Forest
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 11%, Crafting 9.1%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that emphasizes base-building and exploration while maintaining a constant sense of dread.
- #27 Fragmented
82% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7.2%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that focuses on exploration and combat in a dangerous, alien environment.
- #28 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Open World 9.6%, Base Building 8.6%, Survival 8.5%
- #29 Volcanoids
78% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 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: Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a unique survival mechanic involving mobile bases, offering a fresh take on the genre's building elements.
- #30 ENDALOR
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 239 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Online Co-Op 10%, Base Building 9.2%, Open World 7.7%, Survival 7.7%
- #31 Whisper of the Swallows
75% matchVery Positive86% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Base Building 10%, Crafting 9.4%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #32 Tinkerlands
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 29.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 8.5%
- #33 Everwind
74% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 11.3%
- #34 Plains of Pain
76% matchVery Positive84% of 757 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Sandbox 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%
- #35 Savage Lands
77% 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 37.2% ★, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 8.3%
- #36 Cubic Odyssey
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 34.6% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, RPG 5.9%
- #37 Shamania
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 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 26.4% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #38 Rem Survival
73% 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 32.9% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 10.1%, Survival 10.1%
- #39 Subsistence
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 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 38.2% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 8.8%, Open World 8.3%
- #40 Len's Island
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.7% ★, Building 10.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.6%
- #41 Necesse
68% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Sandbox 8.1%, Base Building 7.6%, Open World 7.6%, Crafting 7.5%
- #42 Renown
70% matchMixed59% of 1,558 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Base Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Building 7.7%
- #43 Beyond the Map
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Hack and Slash 9.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 7.6%
- #44 Sunkenland
69% matchVery Positive81% of 23,216 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 7.4%
- #45 Carth
71% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Deidre Reay Studios LLC
Windows
Carth is a survival rpg set in a ravaged open world. You will need to explore, build, and fight to thrive. Gain extraordinary skills as you take on an incredible evil. Join together or go at it alone as you attempt to survive Carth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.2%
- #46 Reign Of Kings
72% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.7%, Building 8.8%
- #47 Forever Skies
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,446 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #48 Windrose
66% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 9.4%
- #49 Force of Nature
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 35.6% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 8.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #50 First Dwarf
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 31.4% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Hack and Slash 13.5%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.6%
- #51 Omega Crafter
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 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 27.3% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.2%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #52 Niffelheim
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,332 reviews2018
Dev: Ellada Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #53 RailGods of Hysterra
68% matchMixed56% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a co-op survival journey for 1-5 players through a post-apocalyptic Lovecraftian world! Command and evolve a living, monstrous train, craft weapons, build a mobile base, gain powers, and face the Great Old Ones. Explore an ever-changing world, hold on to your sanity, and ascend to godhood!
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.1%, Building 9.4%
- #54 Survival Machine
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 687 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: Base Building 20.1%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 12.2%
- #55 Ars Notoria
67% matchMixed63% of 301 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 26% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #56 No One Survived
65% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.1%
