- #1 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥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 37.9% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Space 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the closest experience to GRAV with its focus on space travel, planetary exploration, and complex base building.
- #2 ARK: Survival Evolved
96% matchVery Positive83% of 767,761 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 201.1 hrs≥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 44.8% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 9.6%, Base Building 7.4%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same core loop of gathering resources, taming creatures, and building massive bases in a dangerous open world.
- #3 Space Engineers
95% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Base Building 19.5%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 14.6%, Space 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the engineering and construction aspects of space survival, allowing for highly detailed base and ship designs.
- #4 ASTRONEER
94% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 35.5% ★, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.2%, Base Building 9.7%, Space 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the vibrant, stylized aesthetic and focus on planetary exploration and resource management.
- #5 No Man's Sky
93% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Open World 13.8%, Survival 10%, Space 9.7%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the ultimate procedural space exploration experience with deep crafting and base-building elements.
- #6 Planet Explorers
94% 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 46% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for extensive terrain modification and voxel-based building on alien worlds.
- #7 Rust
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 421.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 23%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive multiplayer survival game that emphasizes base defense and player-versus-player interaction.
- #8 Fragmented
92% 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 49.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 5.8%, Crafting 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a direct spiritual successor to the survival-crafting style of GRAV with a focus on sci-fi combat.
- #9 StarMade
91% matchMixed68% of 2,982 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.7%, Space 21.4%, Open World 20.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building massive space stations and ships in a procedurally generated universe.
- #10 Miscreated
90% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.4% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Crafting 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a high-fidelity multiplayer survival experience with a focus on exploration and scavenging.
- #11 Valheim
88% 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 41.2% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, it perfectly captures the rewarding progression of building, crafting, and surviving in a hostile environment.
- #12 Subsistence
89% 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 46.5% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Base Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a grounded, challenging survival experience with a strong focus on base construction and resource gathering.
- #13 Conan Exiles Enhanced
89% 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 38.1% ★, Survival 18.6%, Open World 14%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust base-building and survival system set in a harsh, unforgiving open world.
- #14 7 Days to Die
85% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 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 40% ★, Survival 18.8%, Base Building 13%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep base-building mechanics and a strong emphasis on defending your structures against waves of enemies.
- #15 Boundless
87% matchMixed70% of 2,767 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a massive, interconnected universe with voxel-based building and exploration similar to the sandbox nature of GRAV.
- #16 Hurtworld
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 63.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Survival 19.3%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a fast-paced survival loop with a focus on vehicle building and player interaction.
- #17 Out of Reach
86% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 45.5% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 7.6%, Base Building 6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on survival and base building in a vast open world with a strong emphasis on multiplayer interaction.
- #18 Reign Of Kings
84% 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 46.5% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a brutal survival experience where base building and territory control are central to the gameplay.
- #19 Interstellar Rift
84% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Open World 20.5%, Survival 19.9%, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 16.8%, Space 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a space-sim that emphasizes ship construction and resource management in a multiplayer environment.
- #20 Savage Lands
82% 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 49.9% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 7.6%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a harsh, survival-focused open world where crafting and base building are essential for progression.
- #21 Dark and Light
82% 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 26.8% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival and base building with high-fantasy elements in a massive open world.
- #22 Life is Feudal: Your Own
81% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 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 45.4% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic survival and building experience with a focus on community and cooperation.
- #23 Dig or Die
80% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a 2D take on the survival-crafting genre with a focus on building defenses against nightly alien attacks.
- #24 Outpost Zero
81% matchMixed49% of 850 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 15.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends base building with automated defense systems to protect your outpost from alien threats.
- #25 Signs of Life
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a procedurally generated sci-fi world.
- #26 Novus Inceptio
78% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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 39.8% ★, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Open World 10.9%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep crafting and survival system set in a world with evolving environmental mechanics.
- #27 Planetaries
75% matchMixed58% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 7.8%
- #28 Force of Nature
76% 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 45.3% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #29 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
76% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Crafting 4.9%
- #30 ICARUS
73% 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 37.7% ★, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #31 Edge of Space
77% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.9% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 7.4%, Crafting 6.8%, Space 5.7%
- #32 Dune: Awakening
71% 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 33.3% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #33 Rising World
74% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 9%
- #34 The Planet Crafter
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥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 36.8% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 7.6%
- #35 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
75% matchMixed54% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.3% ★, Survival 14.7%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 6.5%, Multiplayer 5.9%
- #36 Craterbound
73% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 12%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 8%
- #37 TerraTech Worlds
71% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥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 33.8% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #38 Outerstellar
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Space 7.4%
- #39 Outlaws of the Old West
71% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 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 48.9% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 12.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Base Building 6.2%
- #40 Starbase
70% matchMixed56% of 6,719 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Open World 18.7%, Sandbox 14%, Space 11.4%, Crafting 9.6%
- #41 Space Trash Scavenger
68% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥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 38.2% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #42 StarRupture
66% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥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 34% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #43 Breathedge
68% matchVery Positive82% of 16,224 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥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 41.4% ★, Survival 11.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Space 8.4%
- #44 Cubic Odyssey
66% 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 45.1% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Co-op 6.6%, Open World 4.6%
- #45 Citadel: Forged with Fire
69% 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 38.5% ★, Open World 14.9%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 8%, Base Building 6.1%
- #46 Starbound
67% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 7.2%, Crafting 6.5%
- #47 Plains of Pain
67% 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 35.4% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #48 CastleMiner Z
68% matchVery Positive81% of 11,113 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48% ★, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #49 Stars End
67% matchMixed61% of 1,419 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Survival 11%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 7.5%, Space 7.4%
