- #1 Soulmask
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrsβ₯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 β together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.7% β
, Colony Sim 13.7%, Automation 12.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 7.6%
- #2 Astro Colony
96% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 19%, Base Building 17.1%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Resource Management 8.2%, Crafting 7.8%
- #3 The Planet Crafter
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrsβ₯1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% β
, Base Building 13.8%, Automation 13%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 9%
- #4 Eden Crafters
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrsβ₯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 21.9% β
, Automation 15.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Colony Sim 8.2%
- #5 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrsβ₯1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% β
, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.7%, Building 9.6%
- #6 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
94% matchMixed52% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
βοΈ Survival crafting adventure π π Through magical portals π πΉ Into fantasy worlds π° β‘ Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety π¨ β³ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel π°οΈ
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% β
, Automation 13.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 9.7%
- #7 ARK: Survival Ascended
93% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrsβ₯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: Dinosaurs 23.7% β
, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 12.5%
- #8 StarRupture
92% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrsβ₯1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22% β
, Automation 15.4%, Colony Sim 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 9%
- #9 Occupy Mars: The Game
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,070 reviews2026
Dev: β² Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.4 hrsβ₯1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 13%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 10.2%
- #10 Cubic Odyssey
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrsβ₯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 39.7% β
, Base Building 21.1%, Building 10.7%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Open World 4.8%
- #11 Force of Nature
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% β
, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 8.7%, Building 6.5%
- #12 Astrometica
88% matchVery Positive83% of 3,055 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Automation 17.1%, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% β
, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12%
- #13 Breathedge
89% matchVery Positive82% of 16,224 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% β
, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Space 8.2%
- #14 FortressCraft Evolved!
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,057 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrsβ₯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 32.2% β
, Automation 19.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 8%
- #15 Voidtrain
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online Ρo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% β
, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.1%
- #16 Star Crafter
86% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% β
, Automation 13.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #17 Dragon Forge
87% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows Β· Mac Β· 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 19.5% β
, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.4%
- #18 Penkura
86% matchVery Positive90% of 196 reviews2018
Dev: LionsArt
Windows
Embark on an odyssey to a distant alien world through an ancient singularity. Establish your base, engineer indispensable bots, create cutting-edge equipment, and unravel the mysteries of civilizations lost in time. Welcome to a universe where the mind has defeated death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% β
, Time Travel 15.8% β
, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #19 The Front
84% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrsβ₯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 32.1% β
, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 12%, Open World 9.5%
- #20 Survival: Fountain of Youth
84% matchVery Positive86% of 4,339 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrsβ₯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 30.2% β
, Base Building 16%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 7.8%
- #21 Dune: Awakening
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrsβ₯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 29% β
, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11%, Open World 9.7%
- #22 Space Trash Scavenger
81% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 75%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% β
, Automation 17.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 9.1%
- #23 PixARK
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,071 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 25.5% β
, Survival 19.6%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 9.9%
- #24 Skyformer
80% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.2% β
, Automation 16.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 8.2%
- #25 Blossom: The Seed of Life
79% matchVery Positive89% of 884 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% β
, Base Building 14%, Automation 13.6%, Crafting 10%, Survival 8%
- #26 Novus Inceptio
83% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrsβ₯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 32% β
, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 10.3%
- #27 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,680 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrsβ₯1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% β
, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Automation 8.2%
- #28 Volcanoids
78% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows Β· Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrsβ₯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 21.4%, Crafting 17.8%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 12%, Building 11.2%
- #29 Surviving Ceres
77% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 15.4%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 10.5%
- #30 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
76% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrsβ₯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 28.7% β
, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #31 TerraTech Worlds
77% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% β
, Base Building 14.3%, Automation 11.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 8.9%
- #32 ASTRONEER
75% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrsβ₯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 28.4% β
, Base Building 12%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 9.6%, Automation 8.1%
- #33 Medieval Dynasty
75% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrsβ₯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 23.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Building 16.2%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12.5%
- #34 Solace Crafting
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows Β· 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 30.8% β
, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 9.7%
- #35 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,558 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 61%
Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% β
, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 6.1%
- #36 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% β
, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 11%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.2%
- #37 World Crafter TD
73% matchMixed46% of 623 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 32%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% β
, Automation 15.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 11%, Survival 7.9%
- #38 Athos
73% matchMixed64% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Welcome to a captivating journey into the world of Athos. Build a formidable base to protect yourself from the wild and unpredictable environment, and master the art of taming mighty dinosaurs to be your loyal companions. Welcome to a world where survival is not just a choice but a way of life!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 31.4% β
, Crafting 20.3%, Building 13.9%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Futuristic 10.2%
- #39 The Last Caretaker
69% matchVery Positive86% of 11,047 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 11%
- #40 CryoFall
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,430 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrsβ₯1hr: 88%
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% β
, Colony Sim 19.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 9.9%
- #41 The Universim
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,560 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, Survival 16.4%, Building 14.1%, Resource Management 8.3%, Space 8.1%
- #42 ARK: Survival Evolved
71% matchVery Positive83% of 767,761 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows Β· Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 201.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% β
, Dinosaurs 16.7% β
, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 8.4%
- #43 Survival Machine
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrsβ₯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 25.3%, Crafting 21.3%, Survival 16.1%, Resource Management 14.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #44 River Town Factory
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,334 reviews2024
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 17.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 84%
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from hereβ¦β¦
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Time Travel 16.4% β
, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 9.3%
- #45 Omega Crafter
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows Β· Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrsβ₯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 26.3% β
, Automation 21%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.2%
- #46 Polylithic
70% matchMixed68% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 90%
Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.2%, Automation 17.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.1%
- #47 Outerverse
71% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% β
, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 8.1%
- #48 Heat Death: Survival Train
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 673 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% β
, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 11.3%, Building 8.6%
- #49 GRAV
72% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrsβ₯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 38% β
, Base Building 15%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 9.8%
- #50 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 177 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 33.4% β
, Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 15.6%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 10.6%
- #51 Forever Skies
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,446 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 32.0 hrsβ₯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 24.5% β
, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10%, Open World 8.7%
- #52 ASKA
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% β
, Colony Sim 15.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Automation 11.6%, Survival 8.1%
- #53 Dawn of Defiance
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,797 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrsβ₯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 34.6% β
, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #54 Nova Lands
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet youβre on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% β
, Automation 19.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 8.2%
- #55 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
66% matchVery Positive91% of 7,431 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrsβ₯1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% β
, Automation 14%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 7.2%
- #56 SpaceBourne 2
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,057 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 71%
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
Why similar: Base Building 37.5%, Open World 21.8%, Crafting 14.7%, Space 13%, Building 13%