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Games Like Heat Death: Survival Train

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Base Building, Open World, Crafting.

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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!

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 79% — of 660 reviews
Released: 2024-12-12
Developer: Mass Game Devs
Publisher: LightOnDevs
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Voidtrain
    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
    Dev: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3%, Trains 20.4%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Survival 7.6%

  2. #2 Forever Skies
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
    Dev: Far From Home
    Windows
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 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 25.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Survival 8.8%

  3. #3 The Last Caretaker
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
    Dev: Channel37 Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 16.8%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 9.8%

  4. #4 Zompiercer
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,081 reviews2020
    Dev: DDDimanN
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

    Why similar: Trains 31.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.5%

  5. #5 Breathedge
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 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 40.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 7.2%

  6. #6 Volcanoids
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 10%, Building 9%

  7. #7 Survival Machine
    93% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
    Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 10.9%, Survival 10.3%

  8. #8 StarRupture
    92% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 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 35%, Base Building 16%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 8.2%

  9. #9 Eden Crafters
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 10%, Survival 8.4%

  10. #10 Winter Survival
    90% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
    Dev: DRAGO entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 11%, Crafting 9%, Building 9%

  11. #11 Mist Survival
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
    Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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 41.9%, Survival 18.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Open World 10%, Crafting 9.8%

  12. #12 Survival: Fountain of Youth
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
    Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11%, Building 8.8%

  13. #13 The Planet Crafter
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 32.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.8%, Survival 9.9%

  14. #14 Cubic Odyssey
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
    Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 34.8%, Base Building 15%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 7.4%, Sandbox 7.4%

  15. #15 TerraTech Worlds
    86% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
    Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 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 31.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.4%

  16. #16 Subsistence
    87% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
    Dev: ColdGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 43.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 9.4%, Building 8.3%

  17. #17 Astrometica
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2%, Crafting 18.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 15.9%, Open World 11.7%

  18. #18 Urge
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
    Dev: EnDrew
    Windows

    Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9.1%

  19. #19 The Infected
    83% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
    Dev: DigX Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 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 32.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 11.2%, Survival 9.7%

  20. #20 Oxygen Train
    82% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2026
    Dev: OxygenTech Limited
    Windows

    Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.

    Why similar: Trains 27.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 13.5%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 9.4%

  21. #21 Scrapnaut
    82% matchMostly Positive70% of 824 reviews2021
    Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7%, Building 13.5%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 9.9%

  22. #22 Novus Inceptio
    84% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
    Dev: McMagic Productions
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 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 30.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 11%, Survival 9.6%, Building 8.9%

  23. #23 Space Trash Scavenger
    79% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
    Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 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 34.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 10%, Building 9.8%

  24. #24 Starsand
    81% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
    Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 32.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12%, Survival 10.3%, Building 8.8%

  25. #25 Northern Lights
    81% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: MadGoat Studio
    Windows

    Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 8.4%

  26. #26 Drive 4 Survival
    80% matchMixed65% of 303 reviews2020
    Dev: M3M Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 11.2%, Building 9.6%

  27. #27 Under A New Sun
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
    Dev: New Horizon Games
    Windows

    While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4%, Crafting 13.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 8.5%

  28. #28 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,788 reviews2024
    Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

    Why similar: Trains 47.3%, Survival 16.5%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Exploration 6.7%

  29. #29 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 8.4%, Survival 7.1%

  30. #30 KeepUp Survival
    77% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
    Dev: Witte Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 8.4%

  31. #31 Crushed
    78% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
    Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 10%, Survival 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%

  32. #32 VEIN
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
    Dev: Ramjet Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Base Building 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Survival 18.3%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 13%

  33. #33 Satisfactory
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    Why similar: Base Building 23.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 12.8%, Open World 9.7%

  34. #34 RailGods of Hysterra
    74% matchMixed57% of 331 reviews2025
    Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
    Windows

    Embark on a co-op survival journey for 1-5 players through a post-apocalyptic Lovecraftian world! Command and evolve a living, monstrous train, craft weapons, build a mobile base, gain powers, and face the Great Old Ones. Explore an ever-changing world, hold on to your sanity, and ascend to godhood!

    Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Crafting 22.2%, Survival 18%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 8.8%

  35. #35 Sunkenland
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
    Dev: Vector3 Studio
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 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 40.7%, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%

  36. #36 Pandemic Train
    75% matchMixed57% of 241 reviews2023
    Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
    Windows

    In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!

    Why similar: Trains 32.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%

  37. #37 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
    75% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
    Dev: TB Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 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 49.1%, Survival 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Open World 7.7%, Crafting 7.7%

  38. #38 DREADZONE
    73% matchMixed51% of 1,171 reviews2025
    Dev: Eshed
    Windows

    Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 16%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Survival 14.2%, Building 12.9%

  39. #39 Remains
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 reviews2021
    Dev: SoloQ
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.6%

  40. #40 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
    Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%

  41. #41 Skyformer
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
    Dev: Weatherfused
    Windows

    Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 10.8%, Survival 10%

  42. #42 Blossom: The Seed of Life
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 654 reviews2026
    Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows

    Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.3%

  43. #43 INCUR Survival
    72% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
    Dev: INCUR
    Windows

    A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 14.2%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 7.9%

  44. #44 Derail Valley
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,827 reviews2019
    Dev: Altfuture
    Windows
    Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.

    Why similar: Trains 67.9%, Open World 14.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, First-Person 3.8%, Adventure 3.2%

  45. #45 GRAV
    74% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
    Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 8.7%

  46. #46 Surviving Ceres
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Crafting 21.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Building 18.5%, Survival 17%, Open World 10.9%

  47. #47 Beyond Contact
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,108 reviews2023
    Dev: Playcorp StudiosPub: Deep Silver
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead! Alone, or with a crew, do you have what it takes to survive?

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 14.2%, Adventure 3.6%

  48. #48 Outbreak Island
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiny Magicians
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

    Why similar: Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 14%, Building 11.5%

  49. #49 Rem Survival
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
    Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 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 36.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 11.5%, Survival 11.3%

  50. #50 The Front
    67% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
    Dev: Samar Studio
    Windows
    Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 34.7%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 11.7%, Survival 10.9%

  51. #51 Occupy Mars: The Game
    66% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.4%, Crafting 18.4%, Building 15%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 10.9%

  52. #52 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 7.6%

  53. #53 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
    69% matchMixed48% of 105 reviews2023
    Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
    Windows

    Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 10.1%, Looter Shooter 9.9%

  54. #54 Junk Survivor
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
    Windows

    Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Survival 15%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 12.6%, Base Building 12.2%

  55. #55 Heat Death
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: Gallistrix
    Windows · Mac

    Build your deck, re-write your cards, and join in epic space battles! Heat Death is a single-player deckbuilder which takes card customization and power scaling to the extreme, as you battle against sentient stars and black holes.

    Why similar: Crafting 57.2%, Futuristic 31.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  56. #56 ASTRONEER
    64% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 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 36.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.7%

  57. #57 Planetaries
    65% matchMixed59% of 222 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 32.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.1%, Survival 10.1%

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