- #1 Huglings
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CuddlecadosPub: Papucs Games
Windows
Huglings is a cozy adventure for 1-4 players where you can help the huglings restore their village, which was damaged by the goblins. Create peace as you farm, craft, and decorate your dream home. No pressure, just a peaceful world to explore and a heartwarming journey of friendship and helpfulness!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Cozy 17.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 9.6%, Character Customization 9.3%
- #2 Into A Hearth Yonder
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SwayState Games
Windows
Forge genuine bonds with artificial allies and real friends in Viteria. Craft, explore, and befriend both the diverse cast of Settlers and the native Automata in order to unravel secrets and help the island thrive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.9% ★, Cozy 17.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Character Customization 9%
- #3 SkyCraft
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ADIAN
Windows
Skycraft is an open-world survival game for 1-10 players, set in infinite procedurally-generated floating islands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 11.1%, Co-op 8.8%
- #4 Allumeria
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unomelon
Windows
Explore a vast and hazardous cave network and uncover mountains of loot. Build a town and trade with NPCs using advanced building and lighting tools. Fight bosses and raid dungeons to unlock abilities. Play with your friends, and build, fight, thrive, in the fully destructible world of Allumeria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Co-op 9.5%, Open World 9.1%
- #5 The Frog Festival
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toeterpad
Windows
Restore music and color to a cozy archipelago as a small frog, exploring instrument-themed islands and helping friendly frogs along the way.
Why similar: Wholesome 35% ★, Cozy 33%, Relaxing 10.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Cute 7.5%
- #6 Sunny Hollow
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kurt GPub: Sunrise Bay Publishing
Windows · Mac
Move to a magical city to live with your grandmother and make it your home. Explore vibrant districts, build relationships with 100+ villagers who remember how you treat them, help with errands and jobs, fish at the waterways, customize your home, and discover the stories throughout Sunny Hollow.
Why similar: Wholesome 29.5% ★, Cozy 28.3%, Relaxing 8.2%, Character Customization 8.1%, RPG 5.8%
- #7 Luma Island
93% matchVery Positive84% of 12,297 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Cozy 20.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Co-op 9.3%, Character Customization 8.4%
- #8 Nightingale
92% matchMixed67% of 17,932 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 31.5% ★, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 11.1%, Co-op 9.7%
- #9 Shamania
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 12.9%, Online Co-Op 10%, Co-op 9.8%
- #10 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
90% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Open World 13%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Co-op 11.3%
- #11 Sky: Children of the Light
89% matchVery Positive87% of 23,585 reviews2024
Dev: thatgamecompany
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
A breathtaking open-world adventure awaits! Explore magical realms, restore lost light, and form wordless bonds with players worldwide. Complete quests and solve puzzles in seasonal events that celebrate kindness, discovery, and heartfelt connection.
Why similar: Wholesome 23.2% ★, Cozy 19.7%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Open World 9.8%, Character Customization 9.6%
- #12 Feel The Snow
89% matchVery Positive87% of 3,047 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Co-op 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Open World 8.3%
- #13 WE ARE SO COOKED
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mergen Studios
Windows
Once just ordinary food, the Witch has brought you and your friends to life! In this cozy social game chat with other food characters in the Witch’s kitchen, gather ingredients, and complete magical recipes. Join an adventure where social interaction meets mild chaos.
Why similar: Wholesome 21.5% ★, Cozy 19.5%, Online Co-Op 11%, Character Customization 9.7%, Co-op 7.8%
- #14 Stormforge
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roboto Games
Windows
Stormforge is an open-world survival crafting game for 1 to 8 players. You are Stormforged, with the ability to brave and harness power from magical storms. Explore, fight, forage, craft, build, and defeat bosses in this epic, fantasy game. Survive the Storms and thrive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Open World 12%, Crafting 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Co-op 9.7%
- #15 Solace Crafting
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Crafting 14%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Open World 10.8%, Co-op 8.9%
- #16 HomeStray
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Why Knot Studio
Windows
HomeStray, a cozy 3D exploration game. Play as Omie, a lost Corgi, wandering an unknown island with Solo, a ghost dog. Help strangers, cause playful chaos, and stumble into many little side stories. Every wag, wiggle, and sniff leads you somewhere. Home is out there. Probably.
Why similar: Wholesome 28.1% ★, Cozy 26.1%, Open World 9.3%, Relaxing 7.9%, Exploration 6.9%
- #17 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
85% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 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 29.5% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Open World 10%, Co-op 9.7%
- #18 Good Heavens!
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows · Mac
Good Heavens! is an open world crafting and building RPG for solo and online co-op up to 8 players. Explore procedurally generated floating islands, build your base, master six tech trees, rebuild strange cities, and restore Xant-Rar to its, ahem... intended glory.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 10.4%, Co-op 10.2%
- #19 Until North Ends
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Hex
Windows
Explore a fantasy themed open world. Together with your friends or alone build your safe haven to craft gear, prepare equipment, refine resources to go on a journey. Visit different biomes, fight enemies, gather resources, plunder dungeons or caves and obtain loot!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Co-op 10.5%
- #20 Tinkerlands
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 11.3%, Co-op 9.9%
- #21 Craftopia
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 19.3%, Open World 18.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Online Co-Op 7.4%
- #22 Tracks of Thought
82% matchMixed40% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Tidbits PlayPub: indie.io
Windows
Welcome aboard! A bad case of forgetfulness plagues the passengers - embark on a journey of self-discovery shaped by your own personality. As a lost ladybug, talk to everyone on board and uncover the train’s secret destination in a wholesome, card-based, talk-'em-up RPG!
Why similar: Wholesome 23.8% ★, Cozy 18.9%, Card Battler 16.8%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Cute 5.1%
- #23 Southfield
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radical Forge
Windows
Weird farming meets silly physics in Southfield! Combine chaotic crops with unpredictable effects, build your dream farmstead, and experiment with playful machinery. Wobble your way around an ever-changing island and unearth its secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Wholesome 22.7% ★, Cozy 15.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 8%
- #24 The Survivalists
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,012 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 27% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Open World 9.2%, Co-op 9.1%
- #25 Seaward
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THE ROOF Interactive
Windows
Seaward is a cozy exploration game where you build a ship to discover a flooded world. Find resources and power your ship with renewable energies. Meet unique characters and help them out to build a wholesome community. Make the journey your own by taking photos and filling up your journal.
Why similar: Wholesome 24.7% ★, Cozy 22.5%, Open World Survival Craft 17.6% ★, Open World 10.6%, Exploration 5.6%
- #26 Pumpkin Woods
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Collect magical ingredients and build your cozy witch home while exploring the wonderful sights and secrets of these mysterious lands. Beware though, danger might be lurking deep in these woods...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Cozy 17.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 10.7%, Character Customization 8.1%
- #27 Aurendor
79% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Online Co-Op 14%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 12%, Co-op 9.7%
- #28 Lemony Fresh
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: My Dog Zorro
Windows · Mac
You are a tiny lemon who cleans filthy spaces. Explore and restore a home with a warm, beating heart.
Why similar: Wholesome 33.4% ★, Cozy 31.1%, Relaxing 11.3%, Cute 7.3%, Colorful 5.3%
- #29 2D?!
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Co-op 10.1%, Open World 9.4%
- #30 Starbound
78% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Crafting 11%, Online Co-Op 10%, Open World 8.5%, Co-op 7.5%
- #31 Necesse
74% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #32 Tenkemo
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meh Studios
Windows
Tenkemo is a cozy multiplayer open-world game packed with adventures. Craft tools, mine resources, and build homes and factories. Explore a vast world with friends and rescue adorable animals along the way!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Cozy 19.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 7.6%
- #33 Green Hell
76% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Open World 9.9%
- #34 The Gold River Project
73% matchMixed66% of 568 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 35.1% ★, Open World 12.7%, Co-op 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Online Co-Op 10.3%
- #35 Lodventure
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Co-op 13.7%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9.5%
- #36 Potions In Motion
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Three-Eared Bear
Windows
You are a travelling potion maker. The land is rich in ingredients. And the heroes need your help! Potions In Motion is an arcade game based on Snake with a wholesome theme and unique mechanics that provide new and fun challenges and the potential to achieve really high scores and infinite gameplay.
Why similar: Wholesome 41% ★, Cozy 29.2%, Relaxing 8.5%, Colorful 7.6%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #37 Odd Dorable
72% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Artur Latkovsky
Windows
An open-world exploration, puzzle game made from my 4-year-old daughter's drawings. Step into a vibrant, hand-drawn world and help the princess find all her magical candies.
Why similar: Cozy 30.2%, Wholesome 28.7% ★, Exploration 7.4%, Relaxing 7.4%, Cute 6.7%
- #38 Grounded
73% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 35.4% ★, Co-op 13.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Open World 9.4%
- #39 Harsh
76% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Harsh Reality Productions LLC
Windows
Open World Survival RPG set in a high fantasy environment. Craft items and fortresses, wield spells and magical equipment as you face everything from undead to intelligent factions whose reaction towards you is based on your treatment of them.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 11.6%, Character Customization 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.5%
- #40 Gombo
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Martin CochetPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, craft, fight, build and survive in a mysterious cartoon world, haunted by a mysterious infection! Take control of Gombo, an enchanted creature and dive into an adventure full of magic. Play alone or in online co-op with a friend. Can you uncover the dark secrets of this colorful realm?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Online Co-Op 14%, Co-op 11.4%, Open World 8.9%
- #41 Garden Trills
72% matchVery Positive98% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Yukim
Windows
Garden Trills is a cozy puzzle-platformer where you fly as an adorable sparrow through enchanting Mediterranean gardens. Help your neighbors, grow vibrant flowers, and harness their powers to reach new destinations as you flutter into the heart of Vernubiel’s gardens.
Why similar: Wholesome 26.1% ★, Cozy 23.6%, Open World 11.2%, Character Customization 9.7%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #42 Mika and The Witch's Mountain
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,121 reviews2025
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is a fantasy adventure about an aspiring witch who delivers packages to the townspeople of a small island. Explore every cranny and soar through the sky with your magic broom.
Why similar: Wholesome 28.1% ★, Cozy 25.3%, Open World 9.6%, Relaxing 7.7%, Exploration 6.2%
- #43 Island Beekeeper
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Akuseru Studio
Windows
Build your apiary on islands above the clouds, travel on your medocycle, crossbreed bees with unique traits and create a cozy home in the sky. Grow plants, explore islands and send healing honey down to Earth, where people still hope for your help.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Cozy 23.6%, Co-op 12%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.1%
- #44 Grounded 2
69% matchVery Positive81% of 21,263 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 22.1 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 27.6% ★, Co-op 13.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 12.8%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
- #45 Wildsite
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vividdi Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Crash-landed on an unknown planet filled with plasma and toxic weather. Your only hope? Bob, a sarcastic-genius AI who will question your every survival decision. Explore, build your mobile base and try to avoid death alongside up to 3 friends in Co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Online Co-Op 14%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 12%, Co-op 10.1%
- #46 Lunaton: Rescue mission
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anna Shcherbak
Windows · Mac
🐾 Meet the cute characters and explore the world of Lunaton: Rescue Mission in this upcoming adventure platformer game with Metroidvania elements.
Why similar: Cozy 25.1%, Crafting 14.2%, Character Customization 11.1%, Co-op 10.5%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
- #47 Arctico
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,460 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Co-op 13%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #48 The Wild Eight
71% matchMixed68% of 8,077 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 43.5% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #49 Infinilands
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyCreature
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infinilands is a pixel art sandbox survival game that lets you explore and modify a procedurally generated world full of unique plants, creatures and ruins. You can build houses and fight monsters with your friends in online/split-screen co-op. This game also supports dedicated server.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #50 Solarpunk™
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Cozy 16.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.1%
- #51 Miner Rogue
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voxelblade Studio
Windows
In a fully destructible world, gather resources, build, and craft items. Fight back with your friends against the corruption spreading across the land. But don't dig too deep, because you might end up in hell.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Co-op 10.7%, Open World 10.5%
- #52 Valheim
68% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 12%, Co-op 8.8%
- #53 Tony The Mole
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUCKTAPE Games
Windows
Play as Tony, a curious little mole with a serious digging habit, a taste for worms, and a dream of reaching the surface. Help townsfolk, repair gadgets, collect delightful hats, and explore hidden spaces as you uncover the story of Pebblegrove.
Why similar: Wholesome 37.6% ★, Cozy 29.2%, Cute 8.3%, Exploration 6.6%, Relaxing 5%
- #54 Good Catch!
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MISK Games
Windows · Mac
Good Catch! is a relaxing fishing game about cozy fishing spots, rare catches, small quests and friendly characters you unlock along the way.
Why similar: Wholesome 28% ★, Cozy 26.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Character Customization 7.2%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #55 WILDLANDS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsen Games
Windows
Dive into a unique adventure that will put you against a world ruled by natural forces! Explore, craft, battle predators, tame animals, build homes, harvest crops & so much more. Gather your friends, grab a weapon, and head out to conquer the WILDLANDS!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Open World 12.6%, Multiplayer 10%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Co-op 7.5%
- #56 Locomoto
65% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2025
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Customise and manage your train, tend to quirky passengers, gather resources, craft decorations, and upgrade your conductors style all accompanied by soft lo-fi tunes. Become a conductor and save your hometown Barrenpyre from environmental disaster!
Why similar: Wholesome 24.4% ★, Cozy 23.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Character Customization 11.8%, Relaxing 6.4%
- #57 Nighthold
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Open World 8.8%, Co-op 6.3%
- #58 Monch!
66% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Tyrannodog
Windows
Absorb creatures to gain and upgrade abilities, relax as you explore a handcrafted world and help out it's inhabitants. Keep an eye out for trinkets and secrets as you investigate the strange power afflicting this place and it's denizens... What does it all mean?
Why similar: Wholesome 31% ★, Cozy 27.8%, Relaxing 8.7%, Open World 8.4%, Cute 6.5%