- #1 Triton Survival
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Space 15.4%, Building 14.7%, Space Sim 14.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 13.4%
- #2 Celestium
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: alex197
Windows · Linux
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space 17%, Survival 15.1%, Space Sim 14.7%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%
- #3 Star Rangers™ XE
96% matchMixed40% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Project Whitecard Studios Inc.Pub: Awestruck Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore space and build on other worlds in Star Rangers! Star Rangers is a space exploration and construction game that allows players to build habitats and spacecraft, acquire gear and explore the solar system.
Why similar: Survival 15.4%, Space 14.7%, Building 14.2%, Space Sim 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%
- #4 Wayward Beyond
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bitfish
Windows
A retro-future sandbox RPG set in a frontier era galaxy with procedurally-generated elements. Create, explore, trade, and battle to stake your claim among the stars of a wild galaxy!
Why similar: Space 13.8%, Building 13.8%, Space Sim 13.7%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 12.4%
- #5 Celestial Command
94% matchMixed62% of 704 reviews2014
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 33.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Space Sim 12.8%, Building 12%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #6 Red Frost
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
A story-driven, first person perspective, post-apocalyptic survival adventure set in the rough winter climates of last century’s Russia.
Why similar: Survival 18.6%, Building 14.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Simulation 11.8%, RPG 11.1%
- #7 Elacoria
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Building 19.8%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #8 Masterspace
93% matchMostly Negative28% of 177 reviews2015
Dev: Mastertech
Windows
Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets. Use explosives to mine metal ores or watch your newly constructed home get smashed to pieces by a meteorite impact.
Why similar: Space 21.7%, RPG 17.1%, Survival 16.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Crafting 16%
- #9 Buoy
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Klimov
Windows
Fight the undead or learn all the ways to sneak and hide among them. Dig through the ruins of the Old World and complete missions from different factions and survivors to earn valuable resources.
Why similar: Survival 26%, Crafting 22.8%, Building 21.7%, Adventure 14.1%, RPG 7%
- #10 KINGDOMS
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,086 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Building 21.3%, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 15.2%, Open World 14.6%, RPG 9.4%
- #11 Trail of Singularity
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEB3 Studios
Windows
In 2207, Earth vanished. As a Hyper Station engineer, explore abandoned spaceships, face android guardians, craft tools, and mend your ship to find the last station in a 3000-light-year radius. Survival is key in this post-cataclysmic space odyssey.
Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Space 23.8%, Crafting 23.8%, Open World 14.3%, RPG 9.4%
- #12 Landinar: Into the Void
89% matchMixed56% of 244 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Space 26.1%, Space Sim 19.3%, Building 18.1%, RPG 11.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #13 WormWorld
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyjmo
Windows
A creative sandbox adventure with a focus on exploration, discovery and survival. Shape your worlds, build, mine, and farm. Expand your reach and travel to other worlds using your ship, and worm holes!
Why similar: Building 16.9%, Crafting 15.8%, Space 15.3%, Survival 15.1%, Space Sim 14.4%
- #14 Starvector
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Survival 16.7%, Space 14.5%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Space Sim 12.8%
- #15 Between the Stars
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,495 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Why similar: Space 30.3%, Space Sim 19.9%, RPG 12.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Survival 6%
- #16 Huntian: StarTrace
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization—from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Space 21.6%, Space Sim 16.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 11%, Sandbox 11%
- #17 Guluo Monster Story
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 原谅大叔Pub: 古罗小骷髅
Windows
古罗魔物记,异世界的穿越之旅,即将开始,注意你的网络状况,活着离开这里!
Why similar: Survival 28.2%, Building 15.5%, RPG 15%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 13.7%
- #18 StarMade
85% matchMixed68% of 2,991 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 29.9%, Building 16.6%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 9.4%
- #19 90° North
84% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ambient Games
Windows
Survive a brutal three-day expedition to the North Pole. Gather wood, build shelters, manage cold, and make hard choices. Every decision matters in this intense, minimalist survival journey to the literal edge of the world.
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Simulation 17.4%, RPG 16.9%, Building 13.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #20 MineEngineer
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoonBuninni
Windows · Mac
Mine. Build. Survive. Engineer physics-driven ships and self-running factories block by block, mine asteroids and planets, and explore a vast procedural universe — solo or as a fleet with friends. A 2D space sandbox where clever engineering wins.
Why similar: Space 26.5%, Building 20.3%, Survival 15.1%, Space Sim 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #21 Interstellar Rift
83% matchMixed68% of 1,666 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 17.1%, Building 14.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Space 13.6%, Survival 12.8%
- #22 Keplerian Space Discovery
82% matchNo user reviews88% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Kugelblitz
Windows
Travel through the solar system in your own spaceship! The motion of each celestial body is accurately reproduced by the Kepler equation.
Why similar: Space 20.6%, Crafting 18.6%, Building 17.9%, Space Sim 16.6%, 3D Platformer 9.7%
- #23 Autocraft
82% matchMixed56% of 298 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Building 24.3%, Space 20.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Crafting 12.4%
- #24 Project Klorp
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Static Drift
Windows
Lead an expedition into an unexplored solar system. Build rockets, aircraft, and other vehicles, discover new worlds, gather resources, complete missions, unlock technology, and grow a colony of tiny purple Klorps in this spaceflight sandbox.
Why similar: Space 24.5%, Space Sim 23%, Simulation 16.2%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 11.9%
- #25 Space Drifter
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BaseMint Studios
Windows
Drift alone through space in an empty ship and mine asteroids using your laser drone. Build machines, automate production chains, and upgrade your suit and jetpack as you slowly turn your drifting vessel into a self-running space industry.
Why similar: Building 20.8%, Space 20%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 14.6%, RPG 10.5%
- #26 Starship EVO
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,522 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Space 26.2%, Building 23.8%, Space Sim 13%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #27 AstralOutlaw
78% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: memi1252Pub: Self
Windows
Astral Outlaw is a 3D sci-fi survival game made by Korean high schoolers. Explore an abandoned station, scavenge for scrap, and craft tools to repair your broken ship. Master repair mini-games and manage resources to escape the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.1%, Space 21.3%, Survival 15.6%, 3D Platformer 12.7%, Crafting 10.1%
- #28 PowerCorp
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: byteZorroPub: byteZorro Games
Windows
A hard sci-fi survival sim where each decision costs power. Every system drains your dying reactor. Pilot a crippled spacecraft across a real-scale solar system using true orbital mechanics, manage critical systems, and fight to reach Earth — where space itself is the only enemy you need.
Why similar: Space 24.2%, Survival 22.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Space Sim 14.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #29 XenoHaven
76% matchVery Positive86% of 69 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: Survival 18.3%, Building 14.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 12%, Space 12%
- #30 Red Planet: Survive
79% 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: Survival 16.3%, Space 14.1%, Space Sim 12.9%, Adventure 12.1%, Building 11.6%
- #31 Moonshot
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeardedBrothers.games
Windows
In Moonshot, blend survival and tycoon gameplay in a 2027 space colonization race. Build rockets, lead a team, and be the first astronaut on the Moon since 1972. Navigate lunar landscapes with realistic, near-future technology. A thrilling, realistic space venture awaits!
Why similar: Space 17.8%, Space Sim 16.4%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 13%, Open World 9.6%
- #32 Star Horizon
77% matchMixed60% of 150 reviews2015
Dev: Orbital Knight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Experience fast action, thrilling levels, spectacular explosions and lots of pew-pew-pew. Star Horizon is a reboot for the on-rails space shooter genre.
Why similar: Space 27.4%, Space Sim 15.7%, Survival 13.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #33 Shards of Azuria
76% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Crafting 25.1%, Survival 19.7%, Building 16.5%, Adventure 13.5%, RPG 13.2%
- #34 X Space
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: X SPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Space 17.3%, Building 14.6%, Space Sim 14.4%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 12.9%
- #35 Astrometica: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,299 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Astrometica: Prologue is the free game about surviving in space. You need to use your skills and tools to stay alive. There are many challenges to face, and you need to fight to survive. You also need to build a new base in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.5%, Survival 17.2%, Building 16.9%, Space 16.1%, Crafting 13.1%
- #36 Keplerth
74% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Survival 23%, Building 21.2%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 8.6%
- #37 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
75% matchMixed67% of 542 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.6%, Space 17.7%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.6%
- #38 AESOS
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SF Factory
Windows
Lead a spaceyard: juggle contracts, design, prototype, and build all types of ships—from single-seat fighters to giant cruisers. Create custom vessels to meet precise client specs, then take the helm yourself to prove their worth.
Why similar: Space 24.1%, Space Sim 21.1%, Building 17.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Simulation 12.1%
- #39 Lantern Forge
74% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Survival 28.9%, Crafting 27.1%, RPG 18.5%, Sandbox 14.2%, Adventure 10%
- #40 Reprocessed
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Space 17.3%, Building 16.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 14.4%, Space Sim 14.3%
- #41 WarpedSpace
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
WarpedSpace is a sci-fi survival adventure game set in deep space. A massive, open environment full of wonder and peril awaits you!
Why similar: Space Sim 17.2%, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 15.8%, Space 15.8%, Open World 9.6%
- #42 Elon
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonoBehavior Games
Windows
After a mysterious accident you are left are stranded, floating through space on a piece of a space station. Craft supplies and Hubs to expand what is now your home. But be warned space is a dangerous places where one mistake can mean certain death. Can you defy the odds and survive in space?
Why similar: Space Sim 21.3%, Building 15.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Space 12.1%, Simulation 9.7%
- #43 Lone Voyage
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ethan C (CMD_NU11)
Windows
You are the last living organism in the galaxy. Adrift and alone in a cold dark world you must scavenge for resources to keep your ship running, and arm your ship to prepare for the swarms arrival.
Why similar: Space 26.4%, Survival 22.3%, Crafting 19.8%, Space Sim 17.8%, Simulation 9.2%
- #44 Breathedge 2
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Survive on the edge of space! Craft and upgrade tools, scavenge resources, and save a galaxy gone completely off the rails. Can Ordinary Man save the galaxy with the help of the immortal Chicken and some duct tape?
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Space 18.1%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 10.8%, RPG 8.4%
- #45 Nucvivor
72% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Team & Target Game Studios
Windows
Are you ready for a post-apocalyptic adventure? Nucvivor is one of the greatest independent games that has you fight to survive. You will feel Death breathing down the back of your neck as you fight against deadly incendiary radiation, hunger, thirst, cold and poisonous weather.
Why similar: Survival 22.6%, RPG 20.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Adventure 13.4%, Open World 9.3%
- #46 Just Us
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: eelDev
Windows
After global warming drowns most of the planet, only fragments of land remain above the rising seas. Among them lies a lonely island—once part of Sweden. Here, a couple struggles to survive the new world, searching for warmth, food, and meaning in the cold remnants of humanity.
Why similar: Survival 35.4%, Crafting 27.1%, Open World 14.3%, Building 11%, Adventure 10.4%
- #47 Conan Exiles - Public Beta Client
71% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A Public Beta Client for Conan Exiles.
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Building 20.5%, Crafting 19%, Open World 12.6%, RPG 9.4%
- #48 Robovival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JrmTheDev
Windows
Embark on a Scifi World in a Rocky Desert & Tundra Setting with Futuristic looking Vegetation and Trees. Where you will fight to Survive, loot enemies, Harvest objects for materials, Unlock Blueprints, Craft and Build Items to help you along your Journey / Adventure.
Why similar: Survival 24.4%, Crafting 21.9%, Building 21.4%, Open World 10.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #49 Tiny Pixel Planets
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: SP Possibilities
Windows
Explore the pixel cosmos, jumping from star system to star system. Land on fully procedural planets, and make them your home.
Why similar: Space 19.8%, Building 19.6%, Crafting 18.1%, Space Sim 17.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #50 Space
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Space 17.7%, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 15.4%, Space Sim 15.3%, Building 14.4%
- #51 Last Wood
69% matchMixed67% of 587 reviews2022
Dev: JustUsGameLab
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In Last Wood, it is an oceanic world after the Fall. You will guide several survivors in the ocean from pieces of rafts, survive, build rafts, defense the threats, explore the unknown world, even have their offsprings, and find the truth of the world.
Why similar: Survival 33.8%, Simulation 24.2%, Building 16.4%, Adventure 15.8%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #52 Star Journey
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GTGD
Windows · Mac
Command a crewed starship from the inside. Explore a living galaxy, answer distress calls, fight hostile ships, manage damage, craft supplies, and make captain-level choices during an interstellar war.
Why similar: Space 26%, Building 15.5%, Crafting 15.3%, Simulation 10%, Space Sim 9.3%
- #53 PlanetS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PHILSEQUE
Windows
PlanetS is a space-themed open world game, allowing the player to explore the mysteries of the universe and various planets. First or third person camera, Craft system, flight simulation and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Space Sim 19%, Space 15.2%, Survival 13%, Crafting 11.4%, RPG 9.8%
- #54 ENDGAME: Survival
67% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Building 19.9%, Crafting 19.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #55 Drill Space
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Burrow through alien worlds and mine for hidden treasures. As your foothold spreads across the vastness of space, dark forces hunt you down. How will you carve out your legacy among the stars?
Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Building 15.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Space Sim 12.4%, Space 11.2%
- #56 Astrometica
65% matchVery Positive83% of 3,181 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Space Sim 22.4%, Survival 19.4%, Space 17.7%, Crafting 16.3%, Open World 11.4%
- #57 Lost in Tropics
66% matchNegative10% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Lukas GameLabsPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Lost in Tropics: Embark on an unforgettable survival adventure where the lush, unpredictable tropics become your testing ground. In this immersive game, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious island, where every corner hides both breathtaking beauty and perilous challenges.
Why similar: Survival 22%, Building 19.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Open World 12.5%, Simulation 10%