- #1 Once Human
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 173,391 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Base Building 38.1%, Third Person 26.2%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Simulation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished open-world survival MMO that emphasizes resource management and base building in a persistent, evolving environment.
- #2 Big Ambitions
96% matchVery Positive93% of 12,848 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Capitalism 33.1%, Life Sim 27.7%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Third Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the life-sim and economic progression aspects of the seed game, allowing you to build a business empire from the ground up.
- #3 Saleblazers
96% matchVery Positive83% of 2,039 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’re a humble shopkeeper trying to live a peaceful new life, finding yourself surrounded by warring factions and dangerous creatures. Will you be able to carve out a new home for yourself and your customers in this open-world survival shopkeeping simulator?
Why similar: Capitalism 22.5%, Action RPG 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game features a unique shop-keeping mechanic that perfectly complements the resource-gathering and life-sim elements.
- #4 Soulmask
94% 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: Base Building 26%, Building 22.3%, Third Person 15%, Simulation 11.3%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game offers deep progression mechanics and colony management that reward players for starting from scratch and expanding their influence.
- #5 Albion Online
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 91,532 reviews2018
Dev: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 82.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.
Why similar: Multiplayer 81.8%, Action 18.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive sandbox MMORPG where the entire economy is player-driven and progression is tied directly to gathering, crafting, and combat.
- #6 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,181 reviews2020
Dev: Kindred Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.6%, Action RPG 15.8%, Building 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Third Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the colorful, early-access charm of the seed game while providing a more focused RPG and exploration experience.
- #7 Medieval Dynasty
93% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥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: Building 30.8%, Immersive Sim 22.6%, Base Building 21.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Simulation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at the life-sim and survival aspects, tasking you with building a settlement and managing your character's growth over time.
- #8 Valheim
91% 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: Building 25.8%, Base Building 25.6%, Third Person 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Exploration 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on exploration, its core loop of mining, crafting, and building in a massive world is a perfect match for the seed game's gameplay feel.
- #9 Life is Feudal: MMO
92% matchMixed40% of 7,344 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Base Building 30.4%, Building 22.2%, Third Person 21.2%, Simulation 13%, Action 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty sandbox MMO that requires intense cooperation and resource management to survive and build in a medieval world.
- #10 Zero-based World-从零开始
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2020
Dev: zerogame
Windows
Zero Based World is a multiplayer sandbox survival game.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 34.1%, Third Person 22.7%, Stylized 19.5%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core 'start from zero' survival and massively multiplayer mechanics found in the seed game.
- #11 Eco
90% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 28.4%, Building 24.6%, Base Building 23.3%, Simulation 14%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the economy and resource management, requiring players to work together to survive and build a civilization.
- #12 Myth of Empires
89% 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: Building 28%, Base Building 25%, Character Customization 17%, Third Person 13.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox MMO that features extensive resource gathering, crafting, and territorial control mechanics.
- #13 Mortal Online 2
89% matchMixed60% of 13,609 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Character Customization 36.2%, Exploration 23.3%, Combat 16%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Adventure 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore sandbox MMORPG that provides a realistic and challenging environment for mining, crafting, and social interaction.
- #14 Conan Exiles Enhanced
88% 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: Building 51.3%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a brutal open-world survival experience with deep building and progression systems that mirror the 'start from the bottom' journey.
- #15 Drug Lord Tycoon
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,669 reviews2024
Dev: Duhndal
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.
Why similar: Base Building 21.3%, Building 20.9%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Simulation 14.7%, 3D 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game focuses on the management and economic growth aspects, providing a similar 'climb the ladder' experience.
- #16 Nova-Life: Amboise
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,769 reviews2019
Dev: TeamNova
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Nova-Life: Amboise is a multiplayer role-play simulation video game. Create your character and start your second life!
Why similar: Simulation 48.9%, Multiplayer 28.8%, Action 22.3%
Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation game that allows for multiplayer interaction and roleplay within an open-world setting.
- #17 Unturned
84% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Multiplayer 40.7%, Adventure 29.8%, Action 29.6%
Why You'll Like It: This colorful, open-world survival game shares the accessible yet deep resource-gathering loop found in the seed game.
- #18 Outlaws of the Old West
86% 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: Base Building 38%, Multiplayer 33.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Action 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on resource gathering and building within a thematic, persistent multiplayer setting.
- #19 Boundless
85% 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: Building 54.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 12.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based MMO that encourages exploration, mining, and building across diverse planets in a colorful, persistent universe.
- #20 Shamania
83% 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: Building 19.6%, Base Building 18.8%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Character Customization 11.5%, Third Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the crafting and survival aspects of an open-world multiplayer game.
- #21 Poly Plaza
82% matchMixed53% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Victor Game Studio
Windows
An open-world entrepreneurial sandbox game. Sell resources, purchase properties, become rich.
Why similar: Life Sim 31.3%, Capitalism 31.1%, Third Person 13.1%, Simulation 10.6%, Colorful 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox life-sim that emphasizes capitalism and open-world exploration in a stylized, colorful environment.
- #22 Project Zomboid
81% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Building 39.7%, Multiplayer 32.5%, Simulation 20.7%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more survival-focused, its deep life-sim mechanics and 'start from nothing' progression are highly relevant to the seed game's core loop.
- #23 BadLads
82% matchMixed68% of 124 reviews2020
Dev: CHEMICAL HEADS STUDIOS
Windows · Linux
BadLads is a neo-noir multiplayer roleplay game centered around each player having their own job. Cities are ruled by President. Civilians are assaulted by Gangs and protected by Police. Adventure, collect, craft, base build, gamble, socialize, overthrow, customize yourself and your belongings.
Why similar: Building 23.5%, Base Building 21.1%, Simulation 14.1%, Multiplayer 11%, Exploration 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG offers a massively multiplayer experience with a focus on strategy and indie-style progression.
- #24 Remain
80% matchVery Negative18% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: XTop Game
Windows
Remain is an MMO game. Within this open world, you can tame "zombies", making them your labor force, or commanding them to fight your foes. Apart from zombies, you will still have to face the survival challenges of food and water. Remaining warriors, don't let your guard down, and keep surviving...
Why similar: Building 40.2%, Base Building 23.8%, Simulation 17.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes building and resource gathering in a persistent multiplayer world.
- #25 Kings Of Streets
81% matchMixed53% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Starting from a homeless person who wakes up at a bus station. All you have is a penny in your pocket and some cash in your bank account. Go out into the city and work hard to earn your first money. The streets will be your home.
Why similar: Life Sim 51.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Colorful 11.3%, Action 11%, 3D 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that features adventure and massively multiplayer elements similar to the seed game's structure.
- #26 Life is Feudal: Arden
78% matchMixed41% of 857 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Building 26.3%, Third Person 21.9%, Base Building 20.2%, Simulation 14.8%, Action 11.7%
- #27 Countrified
79% matchMixed57% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Avelar Studios
Windows
Countrified is an online Survival simulator focused on player interaction. Hunt, build, control regions, survive, kill, die and more in our world!
Why similar: Simulation 35.7%, Multiplayer 25.3%, Adventure 20.6%, Action 18.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual adventure and simulation game that allows for multiplayer exploration and social interaction.
- #28 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
77% 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: Base Building 27.4%, Building 21.7%, Third Person 11%, Exploration 10.9%, Combat 8.9%
- #29 Rebirth Online
79% matchMixed43% of 351 reviews2020
Dev: Caret Games
Windows
Adventures await in a world brought to life by realistic graphics! Experience genuine adventures in the grand world of Rebirth Online. Battle, craft, explore, and combine different types of equipment and abilities to create your own style of play.
Why similar: Action RPG 85.5%, Action 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play MMORPG that focuses on open-world exploration and traditional RPG character growth.
- #30 Realm of Simplicity MMORPG
76% matchMixed63% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Pure Heart Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Realm of Simplicity is an indie-developed open world MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy where you will embark on your own adventure. Complete quests, master your skills, trade loot with others or befriend them in a party to conquer the mightiest of monsters!
Why similar: Character Customization 47.3%, Combat 27%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Adventure 12.6%
- #31 Biztopia
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Lymo Games
Windows
Welcome to Biztopia! A unique trading city full of business and opportunities awaits you! Start with a small delivery, build your own trading world, and team up with friends to shape the city and discover the next big venture!
Why similar: Capitalism 19.3%, Life Sim 18.6%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.8%
- #32 Realife Simulator
75% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Northenlight Studios
Windows
Realife Simulator is an online life simulation where players can work, socialize, and grow by assuming different roles in a realistic city. Whether alone or with friends, freely choose a career, earn money, upgrade your vehicle, and shape city life.
Why similar: Life Sim 35.4%, Immersive Sim 24.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Action 7.7%, 3D 7.7%
- #33 Dead Event
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: MrSpartano
Windows
Dead Event is a indie RPG survival game in which the player grows up as a creature. The creature will grow bigger overtime and with interactions in-game also lose some growth on death. Form a colony or hunt alone, become part of a player-created ecosystem. Survive, eat or be eaten...
Why similar: Life Sim 29.2%, Immersive Sim 21.7%, Action RPG 16.9%, Third Person 11.7%, Simulation 9.1%
- #34 Afallon
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Stargazing interactive
Windows
Afallon is a single-player RPG with the feel of an MMO. Choose your class and race to forge a unique character, explore a large open world with diverse zones and biomes, and experience a living world that changes based on your actions.
Why similar: Action RPG 24.8%, Third Person 14.3%, Character Customization 13.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Stylized 9.6%
- #35 Notmads
71% matchVery Positive81% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Rhomita
Windows
Your home is a living beast. Raise it, build on its back, and explore the world as it becomes a moving fortress. Fight, gather resources, and grow stronger alongside it in a fast-paced action RPG with progression, crafting, and exploration, playable solo or with friends.
Why similar: Action RPG 25.7%, Base Building 21.4%, Building 18.5%, Third Person 16%, Exploration 11.9%
- #36 Last Oasis
73% matchMixed62% of 24,224 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Building 36.3%, Third Person 17.2%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Action 15.4%, Adventure 15.4%
- #37 Reign Of Kings
74% 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: Building 48.1%, Multiplayer 23.7%, Simulation 10%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 9%
- #38 Renown
71% 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: Building 28.9%, Base Building 27.1%, Simulation 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #39 Everwind
69% 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: Action RPG 32%, Building 25.5%, Combat 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%
- #40 The Story Page
70% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: SPR-Games
Windows
An indie Online RPG game set in an open world from a solo developer. Create your own character, immerse yourself in an exciting story, engage in various activities: from fishing and farming, to managing industries and cities.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Action RPG 22.2%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Character Customization 13.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Exile to Death
73% matchMixed67% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksei MilchakovPub: Manifestors Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explore the world , collect resources , craft items , build a fortified house and kill other players to survive. BUT don't forget about cyborgs...
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Adventure 39.1%
- #42 Mall Rivals
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: Creedon Games
Windows
Competitive mall simulation. 1-8 players open stores in the same mall, fight for customers, crush rivals. Team up or go solo. Fair play or dirty tricks? Your call. Procedural maps, employee system,mall cops, smugglers and physical mechanics.
Why similar: Capitalism 27.9%, Life Sim 23.1%, Simulation 18.6%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Building 9.7%
- #43 Coronation
72% matchMixed65% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sword Studio
Windows
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Why similar: Action RPG 28.6%, Base Building 22.9%, Stylized 15.2%, Combat 10.3%, 3D 8.7%
- #44 The Adventurer's Domain Online
71% matchMixed64% of 222 reviews2023
Dev: Unbalanced Equations
Windows
Multiplayer Online RPG offering a shared world for players to adventure merging ‘classic’ MMO vibes with more modern third person action combat systems.
Why similar: Third Person 26.8%, Combat 20.6%, Exploration 16.6%, Character Customization 15%, Adventure 11%
- #45 Xsyon - Prelude
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Base Building 24.2%, Building 23.1%, Action RPG 22.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Simulation 8.5%
- #46 Duel Corp.
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,211 reviews2026
Dev: Dreameffect Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Souls-inspired action RPG set in a sandbox open world with an MMO feel and challenging directional combat. Play solo or with up to 3 friends in co-op. Build friendships, master an unrestricted class system, and uncover the cause that darkened all eyes.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.3%, Character Customization 20.6%, Third Person 18.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #47 Therais Book
70% matchMixed61% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: CrossOrbit Studio
Windows
Therais Book is an open world online RPG where you harvest resources, craft items and equipment, hunt animals for food, monsters for loot, and even players in PVP
Why similar: Third Person 30.9%, Exploration 23.7%, 3D 16.8%, Adventure 15.4%, Combat 13.2%
- #48 Iverian Wars: Craxion vs Defugel
68% matchMostly Negative32% of 545 reviews2026
Dev: Zemi Interactive
Windows
A free-to-play action MMORPG featuring solo adventure, co-op battles, and intense online PvP in a vast multiplayer world. Strengthen your character through RPG progression, collect powerful gear, and carve out your own path through war and exploration.
Why similar: Action RPG 39.2%, Third Person 21.8%, Action 14.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Adventure 11.7%
- #49 Survive The Island
70% matchMixed52% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
survive the island you survive from skeletons and humans you can build and mine and level up your stats you can build whatever you want you can raid enemies you can mine and cut down trees and you have to hunt for your own food and you can grow your own crops and you can craft weapons
Why similar: Action RPG 26.1%, Building 16.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Third Person 13.4%, Action 11.8%
- #50 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 240 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.8%, Base Building 21.5%, Third Person 11.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Simulation 9%
- #51 Palworld
63% 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: Base Building 31.1%, Multiplayer 22.1%, Building 21.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #52 Grim
67% matchMixed59% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Spoonfed InteractivePub: Beyond Frames
Windows
GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.
Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Simulation 15.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Combat 11.5%
- #53 Grind Hero: MMORPG
66% matchMixed60% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: Xtreaming
Windows · Mac
2D MMORPG with PvP, guilds, bosses, sigils, and a vast world to explore!
Why similar: Action RPG 43%, Character Customization 25.1%, Exploration 23.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #54 Will To Live Online
67% matchMixed69% of 18,236 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Multiplayer 61.6%, Exploration 21.5%, Action 16.9%
- #55 The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
64% matchVery Positive83% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: BEF GAMESPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Rise from street hustler to kingpin in a seamless open-world sandbox with no loading screens. Hustle, manage businesses, build your criminal empire, and outsmart the law in a city that reacts to every move.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.4%, Character Customization 15.4%, Simulation 13.7%, Combat 11.3%, Stylized 11.2%
- #56 Project Cobalt
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Building 27.6%, Exploration 16.5%, Character Customization 16.3%, Simulation 12.8%, 3D 11.4%