- #1 Soulmask
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 โ together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.9% โ
, Automation 13.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%
- #2 Astro Colony
96% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrsโฅ1hr: 77%
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 18%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 8%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #3 The Planet Crafter
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 25.5% โ
, Base Building 14%, Automation 12.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 9.2%
- #4 Eden Crafters
95% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 22.6% โ
, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Colony Sim 8.1%
- #5 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,438 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 33% โ
, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 10.9%, Building 9.5%
- #6 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
94% matchMixed52% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
โ๏ธ Survival crafting adventure ๐ ๐ Through magical portals ๐ ๐น Into fantasy worlds ๐ฐ โก Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety ๐จ โณ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel ๐ฐ๏ธ
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% โ
, Automation 12.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 9.9%
- #7 ARK: Survival Ascended
93% matchMixed60% of 118,321 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.2 hrsMean: 198.9 hrsโฅ1hr: 91%
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 24.1% โ
, Survival 16.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 12.3%
- #8 StarRupture
91% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrsโฅ1hr: 89%
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 22.6% โ
, Automation 14.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Crafting 9%
- #9 Force of Nature
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrsโฅ1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% โ
, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 8.8%, Building 6.5%
- #10 Breathedge
91% matchVery Positive81% of 18,514 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 79%
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 37.3% โ
, Base Building 15%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 8.1%
- #11 Cubic Odyssey
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrsโฅ1hr: 88%
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 40% โ
, Base Building 20.8%, Building 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8%, Open World 4.8%
- #12 Astrometica
89% matchVery Positive82% of 3,211 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 72%
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: Open World Survival Craft 16.3% โ
, Automation 16.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.3%
- #13 Dragon Forge
90% matchMixed50% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows ยท Mac ยท 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 20.1% โ
, Automation 16.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 8.7%
- #14 Occupy Mars: The Game
87% matchMixed70% of 3,170 reviews2026
Dev: โฒ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrsโฅ1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% โ
, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 12%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.9%
- #15 FortressCraft Evolved!
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 33% โ
, Automation 18.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 8.2%
- #16 Star Crafter
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 110 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 24.8% โ
, Automation 13.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 7%
- #17 The Front
85% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 32.6% โ
, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13%, Survival 12%, Open World 9.7%
- #18 Space Trash Scavenger
84% matchVery Positive83% of 528 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrsโฅ1hr: 76%
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 26.6% โ
, Automation 16.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.3%, Base Building 9.2%
- #19 Survival: Fountain of Youth
83% matchVery Positive85% of 4,528 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 30.5% โ
, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 12%, Survival 12%, Open World 8%
- #20 Novus Inceptio
86% matchMixed52% of 1,304 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 32.3% โ
, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 10.5%
- #21 Polylithic
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 353 reviews2026
Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 88%
Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go it alone in a world where the apex predator is still a distant aspiration.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.2%, Automation 16.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.5%
- #22 Solace Crafting
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows ยท 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 31.1% โ
, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 9.9%
- #23 Voidtrain
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 9,990 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 ัo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% โ
, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 8.2%
- #24 Volcanoids
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows ยท Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 21.3%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 12.2%, Building 11.1%
- #25 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,722 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrsโฅ1hr: 56%
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 26.8% โ
, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 8.4%
- #26 ASTRONEER
78% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 28.8% โ
, Base Building 12%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 9.8%, Automation 7.6%
- #27 PixARK
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,659 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 40.0 hrsโฅ1hr: 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% โ
, Survival 19.7%, Open World 14.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 9.7%
- #28 CryoFall
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,472 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 26% โ
, Colony Sim 19.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12%, Survival 10%
- #29 The Universim
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,670 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 37.8%, Survival 16.7%, Building 14.2%, Space 8.3%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #30 Skyformer
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2026
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! Play alone or up to 4 player co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% โ
, Automation 16.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #31 Medieval Dynasty
76% matchVery Positive90% of 52,440 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.2 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 23.5%, Base Building 18.6%, Building 16.1%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 12.9%
- #32 Omega Crafter
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows ยท Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 30% โ
, Automation 19%, Crafting 12%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 9.1%
- #33 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
73% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 29% โ
, Base Building 15%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 8.9%
- #34 Athos
75% matchMixed63% of 110 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 31.6% โ
, Crafting 20%, Building 13.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Futuristic 10.2%
- #35 TerraTech Worlds
74% matchMixed63% of 2,297 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 85%
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 25.4% โ
, Base Building 14.3%, Automation 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9%
- #36 Blossom: The Seed of Life
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,126 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 84%
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 28.2% โ
, Base Building 14.3%, Automation 12.3%, Crafting 10%, Survival 8.2%
- #37 Sandustry
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrsโฅ1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilizationโs powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% โ
, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 8.4%
- #38 Breathedge 2
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,680 reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrsโฅ1hr: 79%
Survive on the edge of space! Craft and upgrade tools, scavenge resources, and save a galaxy gone completely off the rails. Can Ordinary Man save the galaxy with the help of the immortal Chicken and some duct tape?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% โ
, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 8.3%, Base Building 7.7%, Space 6.8%
- #39 Heat Death: Survival Train
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 730 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 32% โ
, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 11.4%, Building 8.4%
- #40 Outerverse
74% 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 25.9% โ
, Automation 17%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 8.4%
- #41 The Last Caretaker
69% matchVery Positive86% of 13,935 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 37.4 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 21.9%, Base Building 18.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.5%
- #42 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 12,059 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.5 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 38.1% โ
, Survival 14.2%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Exploration 6%
- #43 River Town Factory
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,356 reviews2024
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.4 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 hereโฆโฆ
Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Time Travel 16.9% โ
, Base Building 16.6%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.4%
- #44 Solarpunkโข
68% matchVery Positive81% of 4,581 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrsโฅ1hr: 85%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% โ
, Base Building 14%, Automation 13.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9%
- #45 ASKA
68% matchVery Positive80% of 12,267 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.5 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 21.8% โ
, Colony Sim 15.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Automation 10.9%, Survival 8.3%
- #46 World Crafter TD
70% matchMixed46% of 691 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 26.1% โ
, Automation 15%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 11%, Survival 8.1%
- #47 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 187 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 33.8% โ
, Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 10.6%
- #48 GRAV
72% matchMixed47% of 6,922 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 38.3% โ
, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 11%, Crafting 9.6%
- #49 SpaceBourne 2
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,166 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrsโฅ1hr: 72%
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 37.1%, Open World 22.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Space 13.1%, Building 13%
- #50 Necesse
65% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrsโฅ1hr: 80%
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 38.6% โ
, Crafting 9.5%, Automation 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.8%
- #51 Everwind
66% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrsโฅ1hr: 90%
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: Crafting 23.2%, Survival 20.6%, Open World 18.9%, Building 15.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #52 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,370 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 23.9% โ
, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.7%
- #53 SpaceCraft
66% matchMixed64% of 2,773 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 54.1 hrsโฅ1hr: 91%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 12.6%, Space 8.8%
- #54 ARK: Survival Evolved
67% matchVery Positive83% of 778,394 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows ยท Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 33.2% โ
, Dinosaurs 16.8% โ
, Survival 12%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #55 Start Over
67% matchMixed61% of 382 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 15.2%, Building 10.4%, Open World 9.1%