- #1 The Forest
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.9% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 8%, Crafting 6.8%, Survival Horror 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: It matches Green Hell’s first-person survival loop almost perfectly with crafting, shelter building, co-op play, and constant pressure from a dangerous wilderness and hostile humanoids.
- #2 Sons Of The Forest
96% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 22.7%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Open World 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is a natural step up if you want Green Hell-style co-op survival, deeper building, scavenging, and a more modern take on surviving in a brutal hostile environment.
- #3 Stranded Deep
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 15.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Crafting 7.2%, Open World 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on realistic injuries, resource scarcity, improvised tools, and surviving an unforgiving natural setting makes it one of the closest non-jungle alternatives.
- #4 ICARUS
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 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 35.4% ★, Survival 13.3%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Base Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same satisfying routine of gathering, crafting, building, and surviving environmental threats, with a strong solo-or-co-op survival-crafter structure.
- #5 Survival: Fountain of Youth
94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,480 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 40.6% ★, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 9%, Crafting 9%, Open World 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Green Hell, it emphasizes realistic survival knowledge, status management, crafting, and slowly mastering a harsh wilderness with limited resources.
- #6 Raft
94% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 16.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Crafting 6.5%, Online Co-Op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Although set at sea, it scratches the same itch of starting with almost nothing, crafting everything by hand, and turning a fragile shelter into a full survival base with friends.
- #7 Grounded
93% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 17.1%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a more colorful but still excellent survival-crafting game with co-op, base-building, environmental danger, and the same rewarding progression from scraps to security.
- #8 Valheim
92% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 37.7% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Open World 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same addictive survival-crafting rhythm as Green Hell, especially if you want exploration, resource gathering, and building up defensible bases with friends.
- #9 Soulmask
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Open World 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its tribal jungle setting, open-world survival systems, crafting, and co-op base-building make it an especially strong fit for fans of Green Hell’s Amazon vibe.
- #10 The Long Dark
91% matchVery Positive89% of 123,417 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.8% ★, Survival 19.7%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 5%, Sandbox 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: If Green Hell’s realism and constant bodily risk are what hooked you, this is one of the best pure survival experiences on Steam despite being single-player focused.
- #11 Subnautica
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 378,847 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%, Base Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: It trades jungle for ocean but delivers the same immersive loneliness, careful resource management, crafting progression, and fear of what might be lurking nearby.
- #12 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
89% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 11.9%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends open-world survival, base-building, and co-op progression in a hostile natural world, even if its scale and tone are more fantastical.
- #13 SCUM
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 15.4%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: SCUM leans even harder into metabolism, injuries, and survival micromanagement, making it a good pick for people who want Green Hell’s realism pushed further.
- #14 Sunkenland
88% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Base Building 7.3%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its co-op survival loop of scavenging, crafting, building, and defending your base hits many of the same progression beats as Green Hell.
- #15 ARK: Survival Evolved
87% matchVery Positive83% of 776,082 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 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 46% ★, Survival 14.8%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 7.2%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a big open-world survival-crafting sandbox with constant danger, extensive building, and plenty of reason to gather, hunt, and fortify.
- #16 Mist Survival
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Survival 21.7%, Open World 9.7%, Base Building 7.2%, Crafting 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its slower, methodical survival pace and emphasis on scavenging, crafting, and securing a safe refuge make it a solid Green Hell-adjacent experience.
- #17 DayZ
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 468,041 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 280.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Open World 11.2%, Co-op 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its detailed hunger, health, sickness, scavenging, and survival tension appeal strongly to players who liked Green Hell’s unforgiving survival-sim side.
- #18 The Infected
85% matchVery Positive84% of 6,982 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 8.7%, Base Building 8.6%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is another strong survival-builder focused on gathering, crafting, fortifying, and managing threats in a hostile open environment.
- #19 No One Survived
84% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 26.3%, Open World 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes realistic survival needs, looting, crafting, and base-building in a way that should click with players who enjoyed Green Hell’s systemic pressure.
- #20 The Planet Crafter
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 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 37.1% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 8.7%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a gentler recommendation, but it still captures Green Hell’s appeal of surviving through crafting, expanding a base, and mastering a hostile world over time.
- #21 Subsistence
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 45.7% ★, Survival 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Crafting 8.2%, Open World 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers tense resource gathering, crafting, hunting, and base-building in a dangerous wilderness, though with a stronger sandbox edge.
- #22 Project Zomboid
83% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Survival 21.4%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Even from an isometric view, it delivers the same brutal 'every need matters' survival mentality with deep crafting, injuries, illness, and base defense.
- #23 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,957 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥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 47.6% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more experimental, its primal jungle survival, resource use, and adaptation theme give it a similar 'learn the wilderness or die' feeling.
- #24 The Last Plague: Blight
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,472 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 12.1%, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the more realism-driven survival games on Steam, with a strong focus on bodily needs, food, disease, and learning to endure the wild.
- #25 Enshrouded
79% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Multiplayer 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is more action-RPG-leaning than Green Hell, yet its open-world crafting, shelter building, and co-op exploration make it a worthwhile alternative.
- #26 The Survivalists
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,097 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Survival 13.4%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its tropical survival setting, crafting, exploration, and co-op play make it a lighter but still relevant option for someone chasing Green Hell’s stranded-in-the-wild feeling.
- #27 Don't Starve Together
80% matchVery Positive95% of 541,972 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.1% ★, Survival 22%, Multiplayer 4.1%, Online Co-Op 2.1%, Co-op 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Despite its stylized presentation, it nails the same survival priorities of food, crafting, exploration, and trying not to be overwhelmed by a punishing world with friends.
- #28 Nightingale
79% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Survival 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes survival-crafting, co-op exploration, and building with a stronger fantasy layer, but still offers that satisfying loop of preparing, venturing out, and coming back alive.
- #29 Project Castaway
78% matchMixed66% of 1,849 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Survival 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Base Building 6.2%
- #30 Grounded 2
77% matchVery Positive81% of 23,765 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Survival 16.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Base Building 8.2%, Crafting 7.1%
- #31 Starsand
78% matchMixed66% of 1,254 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 9%, Open World 8.5%, Base Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on surviving a hostile natural environment, watching your condition, and crafting what you need to stay alive echoes Green Hell from a desert angle.
- #32 Forever Skies
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Base Building 8.6%, Open World 7.7%
- #33 Night of the Dead
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #34 The Wild Eight
77% matchMixed68% of 8,109 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 17.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Open World 6.4%, Online Co-Op 6%
- #35 HumanitZ
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Survival 15.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9%, Base Building 8.8%
- #36 Medieval Dynasty
74% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 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: Survival 17%, Crafting 16.7%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 10.1%
- #37 Force of Nature
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 46.2% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #38 Hand Simulator: Survival
74% matchVery Positive86% of 9,917 reviews2019
Dev: HFM Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Wild island. Thirst and hunger. Dangerous animals and insects. The perfect place to test your survival skills, especially if you only have empty hands, especially if it is a hand simulator.
Why similar: Survival 36.3%, Multiplayer 25.7%, Realistic 7.9%, First-Person 6.2%, Exploration 5.5%
- #39 Green Hell VR
75% matchMixed57% of 1,254 reviews2022
Dev: Incuvo
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death
Why similar: Survival 29.8%, Crafting 16.9%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 8%, Realistic 7.5%
- #40 Deadside
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Base Building 8.2%
- #41 ASTRONEER
72% matchVery Positive92% of 139,015 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.6 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 39.7% ★, Survival 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.1%
- #42 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 47,912 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.7%, Multiplayer 20.5%, Open World 16.6%, Co-op 11.8%, Sandbox 9%
- #43 Miscreated
73% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 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 53.5% ★, Survival 17.9%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 5.5%
- #44 7 Days to Die
69% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 36.3% ★, Survival 17.9%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Open World 7.8%
- #45 The Gold River Project
70% matchMixed63% of 659 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Open World 8%
- #46 MISERY
68% matchVery Positive84% of 25,586 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 13.3%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Crafting 7.2%
- #47 VEIN
68% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 24%, Open World 14.4%, Base Building 13%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Crafting 10.1%
- #48 Rem Survival
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 8.5%, Open World 8%
- #49 Out of Reach
73% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 45.8% ★, Survival 15%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Crafting 7.7%, Open World 7.6%
- #50 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
70% matchVery Positive83% of 69,686 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Survival 28.7%, Open World 16.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Online Co-Op 11.2%
- #51 Far Cry® Primal
71% matchVery Positive86% of 41,079 reviews2016
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 22.6%, Open World 16.8%, Crafting 8.3%, First-Person 3.1%
- #52 theHunter: Call of the Wild™
70% matchVery Positive89% of 202,051 reviews2017
Dev: Expansive WorldsPub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.
Why similar: Multiplayer 19.9%, Survival 19%, Open World 17.9%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Co-op 8.3%
- #53 Conan Exiles Enhanced
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,196 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 113.9 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 36.7% ★, Survival 18.7%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 8%
- #54 The Front
67% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥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 34.9% ★, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Crafting 7.9%, Base Building 7.2%
- #55 KeepUp Survival
69% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Crafting 8%, Open World 7.5%
- #56 Camping Simulator: The Squad
68% matchMixed58% of 1,085 reviews2025
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.
Why similar: Survival 24.6%, Crafting 16.3%, Co-op 11%, Sandbox 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #57 Survive the Nights
66% matchMixed66% of 6,719 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Survival 15.4%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Co-op 6%
- #58 Abiotic Factor
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 58,426 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Survival 13.5%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 8.4%
- #59 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
65% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥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 37.4% ★, Multiplayer 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Survival 8.3%, Base Building 7.8%
- #60 Shamania
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 8.3%