- #1 Breathedge
97% 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 30.3% ★, Base Building 12%, Space 11.2%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #2 Craterbound
96% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Space 9.4%, Survival 9.1%
- #3 Lunar Impact
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artem Rumyantsev
Windows
Go to the Moon to explore its harsh nature and mysterious anomalies. Build your own lunar base, craft equipment, extract valuable resources and make many discoveries. Overcome the challenges of extreme lunar conditions, an oxygen-free atmosphere and much more unknown...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Science 12.5% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Survival 8.8%
- #4 XenoHaven
95% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Base Building 14%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #5 ASTRONEER
94% 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 28.9% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Space 11.1%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.8%
- #6 Moon Colony Crafter
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10%, Survival 10%, Open World 8.5%
- #7 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Creature Collector 13.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 9.7%
- #8 GRAV
93% 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 35.2% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 9%
- #9 Remains
91% 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 25.9% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Space 9.8%, Survival 9.1%
- #10 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
91% 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 29% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 9%
- #11 Crashlands
90% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.3%
- #12 Solar System Colonist
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteroid MinersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
The conquest of the Solar System has begun – prove yourself as a space colonist! Pilot the spaceship, choose the planet you wish to inhabit and build your new home. However, remember that there are no rules or laws in outer space. Don't underestimate the danger and stay vigilant – enemies are near!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Space 12.3%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 10%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #13 Across the Wonderlands
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Covenant.dev
Windows
The most whimsical open-world survival crafting game! Build your magical base dimension, craft bizarre dishes, and face off against quirky foes as you journey through enchanting fables to uncover the mystery of the fallen star.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Creature Collector 15.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.5%
- #14 Life Not Supported
88% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Space 10.6%, Survival 10.3%
- #15 AstroPlanet
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: VIVA
Windows
AstroPlanet is a sandbox game where you find yourself in the role of an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a planet with an inhospitable atmosphere. Your task is not only to survive, but also to turn this world into a habitable place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Base Building 16%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Space 9.1%
- #16 Astoaria
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feres Studio
Windows
A sandbox open-world survival set in a dynamic world of floating islands, each with its own ecosystem and climate. Explore and thrive by strategically exploiting these environments. Harness energy, strategically farm, craft your airship and much more, while uncovering the mysteries of this world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 7.9%
- #17 Palworld
84% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Creature Collector 22%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 9.4%
- #18 Forever Skies
84% 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 24.2% ★, Science 15.6% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.4%
- #19 No Man's Sky
85% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Space 13.3%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #20 Red Planet: Survive
86% matchNegative12% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Silent Parrot Studio
Windows
Red Planet: Survive is a first person survival game for Microsoft Windows. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Red Planet will be hard, but if you are strong enough, you will succeed. Find the best way to survive, but be careful, since each wrong step will ensure your demise. The environment is your main enemy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Base Building 12%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 8.6%, Space 8.3%
- #21 Nighthold: Number 1
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #22 Untethered
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.3%, Science 10% ★, Crafting 9.8%
- #23 Cubic Odyssey
81% 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 29.3% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 7.6%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #24 Drift: Space Survival
82% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Space 11.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.1%
- #25 Cosmorists
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10.3%
- #26 Outpost On Syrinx
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Polychrome Games
Windows
Establish an Outpost on a wondrous alien world. Harvest, craft, build a base for humanity, uncover alien mysteries, and explore strange new lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 13.5%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #27 The Planet Crafter
78% 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 26.7% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.2%, Space 8.5%
- #28 Project Canopy
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #29 Under A New Sun
79% 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 34% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.3%
- #30 Abiotic Factor
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 42.7 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 25% ★, Science 15.6% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.7%
- #31 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,316 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.1 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 32.3% ★, Science 14.8% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.5%
- #32 ICARUS
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 30% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 12%, Crafting 10.6%, Science 9.3% ★
- #33 Far Fetched
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KiwiPastaPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the hazy and cold world of Far Fetched, where dangers lurk in the fog and only the glittering embers of the Traveling Node can keep you safe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 6.5%, Crafting 6.3%
- #34 FarWest Colony
76% matchMixed57% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: JCP
Windows
Lead a rebellion against tyranny in this open-world, survival sci-fi RPG game. Utilize alien technology to explore, build bases, craft, and farm. Prepare for an unequal combat to rescue humanity from tyranny and a mysterious deadly virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Base Building 14%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #35 SpiritBorn
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.4%
- #36 Space Trash Scavenger
74% 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 28.6% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Space 10.1%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #37 Elysium
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artifika Games
Windows · Mac
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Creature Collector 18.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #38 Signs of Life
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.9%, Space 8.2%
- #39 Bromeliad
73% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11%
- #40 Primal Man Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%
- #41 Re.poly
73% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #42 Force of Nature
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 40.1% ★, Crafting 16%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 9.2%
- #43 Above Snakes: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,860 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Crafting 12%, Base Building 12%, Survival 7.3%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #44 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
71% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Survival 13%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 10.3%
- #45 Medusa Frontier
71% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Render Goblin Games
Windows
Medusa Frontier is a budget sci-fi survival game being developed with OpenGL & C++. Gameplay is currently limited to resource gathering and base building on a 1k terrain map.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Science 9.5% ★
- #46 Breathedge 2
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Sent on a reckless mission, you find yourself in outer space filled with numerous dangers and things to explore. Build, craft, manage your crew, look after the chicken, and defeat the evil space corporation in this new breathtaking survival game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Survival 14.5%, Space 11.9%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 7.6%
- #47 KeepUp Survival
70% 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 27.4% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #48 Whisper of the Swallows
67% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #49 Atrio: The Dark Wild
69% matchVery Positive80% of 592 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Creature Collector 16%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.6%
- #50 Gone Upstate
70% matchMixed43% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Digital Boxcar
Windows
Gone Upstate is a relaxed survival sandbox game where you Hunt, Build and Craft in a vibrant wilderness. Explore the vast landscape, escape dangerous predators, buy or craft supplies, sell your farm crops and uncover the mysterious creatures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Open World 13.2%, Survival 12.9%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #51 Canopy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yuna Technologies
Windows
Canopy is a non-violent exploration crafting game set in the heart of the rainforest. Gather your friends and embark on an unforgettable cooperative adventure, where camaraderie is key, and teamwork is essential.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #52 Astral Divide
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sébastien Aoki
Windows · Linux
You wake up alone in a damaged space station with no memories. To get out of here, you will have to build your own spaceship. But survival comes first: gather resources, build a base and a factory out of gear and steam, and explore hand-crafted planets with unique biomes and resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 8.4%
- #53 Wild
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Exploration 7.6%
- #54 Starbound
68% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 10%, Space 9.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #55 Asynchronauts
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puppetbucket Games
Windows
A zany single-player, open-world survival-crafting adventure game, set in space across a colorful planetary system. Explore the system at your own pace, leverage the unique properties and lifeforms of the planets, build bases and factories, and reveal the mystery of a vanished science colony.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Science 15.4% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 8.7%
- #56 Above Snakes
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,929 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #57 Edge of Space
69% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Space 9%, Survival 7.2%
- #58 The Long Dark
67% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 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 46.7% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 11%, Crafting 7.6%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #59 StarRupture
64% 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 26.5% ★, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 8.7%