- #1 Towers of Aghasba
97% matchMixed69% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Creature Collector 25%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 11%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #2 OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: North Channel
Windows
Explore, make friends and grow your own TerraBeast. Craft, farm and forage across a whimsical land with new friends in this sandbox adventure.
Why similar: Creature Collector 25.1%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Sandbox 11%
- #3 Genomon: Genetic Monsters
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Machete Games LLC
Windows
Push the boundaries of science while battling the creations of rival genetic engineers on the beautiful and remote WHITHERWARD ISLANDS. EXTRACT, SEQUENCE and SPLICE DNA. INCUBATE, BATTLE and UPGRADE Genomon. Genomon is a genetic monster making lab and battling sandbox.
Why similar: Creature Collector 20.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Life Sim 12.8%, Building 11.2%
- #4 灵域之主
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Liu Xin Yu
Windows
一款生存建造类的开放世界探索游戏。用战斗,建造和征服来取回您被窃取的神力!
Why similar: Creature Collector 24.2%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 14.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Exploration 6.2%
- #5 Guardians of the Wild Sky
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Isle Studios
Windows
Survive, build, craft and explore a vast magical world as you capture and bond with powerful Guardians. Captain your own airship and sail the cloud seas. Build everything from cozy homes to flying castles. Explore this world solo or with friends; the skies are yours to conquer!
Why similar: Creature Collector 26.5%, Base Building 17.3%, Building 16%, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #6 Anitons
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrazyGoat Games
Windows
Anitons is a monster collection RPG with a vast world featuring Species experimentation, farming, and real-time combat. Explore this amazing world, collect and mix genes, with the ultimate goal of bringing back the Aniton Gods.
Why similar: Creature Collector 22%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 11.2%, Character Customization 10%
- #7 Monster Mart
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Frog Games
Windows
Welcome to your cozy Monster Mart!Catch adorable monsters, care for their every need, and evolve them into rare companions — or sell them to eager customers. Decorate your shop, manage prices, and navigate the charming chaos of capitalism in a warm, slow-paced life sim full of personality.
Why similar: Creature Collector 30.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Life Sim 11.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Relaxing 6%
- #8 Wyversium
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: snakeristudio
Windows
A brand-new fantasy multiplayer survival crafting game where you explore a vast and perilous world, tame mysterious creatures, and command them to fight, build, and farm. Gather resources, construct fortresses, and forge powerful weapons as you uncover ancient secrets and battle formidable foes.
Why similar: Creature Collector 24.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 13.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #9 Dungeon Cafe
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pango Games
Windows
Build your dream café... or die trying. In this fast-paced co-op base builder, you’ll cook, fight, and automate your way through a chaotic kitchen as you gather ingredients by slaying monsters and prepare magical meals for the Demon Overlord’s ever-hungry army.
Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, Building 18%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 15%, Exploration 7.2%
- #10 Edge Of Survival
90% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Builderline
Windows
Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 17.5%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Stylized 10%
- #11 Layer Land
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PUDDING Co. Ltd.
Windows
Layerland is a sandbox survival game set in a world that mirrors Earth’s terrain. Travel through gates, capture monsters as pets, and team up to battle, gather, craft, and build.
Why similar: Creature Collector 27.5%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #12 Project Creatures
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ren
Windows
Project Creatures is a Multiplayer Creature Collection Game. Capture new creatures and battle your friends in a vast Open World!
Why similar: Creature Collector 32.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Character Customization 11.4%, PvE 10.9%, Third Person 7.8%
- #13 Unsheltered
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exponential Games Inc.
Windows
Realistic survival simulation game, where players must endure and thrive while managing resources, crafting goods, and overcoming obstacles. The game features modern tools and equipment and the constant threat of nuclear war, adding urgency to the player's journey.
Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Building 19%, Crafting 18.2%, Life Sim 11.6%, PvE 10.8%
- #14 Research Story
85% matchVery Positive95% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Petal Cat Games
Windows
Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.8%, Building 13%, Base Building 12%, Life Sim 10.5%, Crafting 9.8%
- #15 Gelatine
87% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Tactical Air Horse
Windows · Linux
A 2D sandbox with a heavy emphasis on action and combat. Features music-synchronized boss fights, village invasions, and more!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Building 14.2%, Base Building 14%
- #16 Witching Well
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shiitake Knights
Windows
Witching Well is a magic sandbox where you craft spells, explore, shape your surroundings, and play at your own pace. Collect ingredients, craft magic, meet unique creatures, and transform the world around you.
Why similar: Building 15.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Life Sim 11.1%
- #17 Mind Your Manas
88% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows
Mind Your Manas is a moddable online trading card game.
Why similar: Creature Collector 30.6%, Building 12.9%, Life Sim 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Stylized 7.6%
- #18 AMONG THE WILD
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NUGGETS ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Among The Wild is a first-person farming game where you wrangle fantastical creatures, build and manage your own idyllic farm, and set out to explore uncharted corners of a strange universe.
Why similar: Creature Collector 29.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%
- #19 Lou's Lagoon
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tiny RoarPub: Megabit Publishing
Windows
A cozy exploration-and-crafting adventure: fly your seaplane between tropical islands, collect resources with the Swirler 2000, rebuild storm damaged communities, and unravel the mystery surrounding Uncle Lou’s disappearance.
Why similar: Base Building 17%, Crafting 15.8%, Life Sim 11.7%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #20 My Lil Afterlife
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JSquared Games
Windows
Become the new ruler of the afterlife. Summon spooky friends to reside in your unearthly realm and decorate it however you like with items you can craft, buy and find. Unravel the mysteries of the afterlife by taking on the reapers tower using spine-tingling spells to smite your enemies.
Why similar: Creature Collector 17.8%, Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.7%, Life Sim 12.2%, Character Customization 9.9%
- #21 Warmby
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poison Vine Studios
Windows
Warmby is a creature‑raising sandbox where you play with, breed, and grow quirky little creatures with moods and tons of personality. Play minigames, dress them up, discover their secrets, and help shape the game’s future! Player feedback will guide where Warmby goes next.
Why similar: Creature Collector 45.2%, Sandbox 17.8%, Life Sim 14.2%, Character Customization 13.1%, Simulation 5.5%
- #22 Alterworld
81% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Building 17.1%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Stylized 9.9%
- #23 Cloud 9
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mantra Games
Windows
After surviving a gravitational anomaly, humankind must find a home among the floating rocks in the skies. Build a home in the clouds, fly an airship, battle dragons, collect supplies, and help the Cloud 9 initiative rekindle humanity in this new era of survival.
Why similar: Building 16.3%, Sandbox 15.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Third Person 9%
- #24 Made in Melostead
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CherryCapra
Windows
Return to your hometown to run your shop by fulfilling commissions and selling wares. Choose your path as a blacksmith, alchemist, or woodworker and revive Melostead as you befriend neighbors, reform trade routes, and explore the world for exotic materials in this fantasy-inspired crafting sim RPG!
Why similar: Crafting 20.6%, Building 18.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Life Sim 13.9%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #25 Mystical Mixing
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrazyLabsPub: QubicGames
Windows
Enter a world of magic and wonder with Mystical Mixing!
Why similar: Creature Collector 48.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Fantasy 8.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Stylized 5.9%
- #26 Ferromon Together
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Noah DeWolfePub: DeWolfe Studios
Windows
Journey with your friends in the free to play world of Ferromon Together and take on the 10 towers with over 140 Ferromon to save the world's inhabitants from the Tainted!
Why similar: Creature Collector 29.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 9.8%, PvE 9.6%, Character Customization 9.4%
- #27 Witherspring Wilds
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Linux
Witherspring Wilds is an open world life sim that goes beyond any you have seen before. With boundless options - farming, mining, crafting, building, combat, exploration, alchemy, creature taming and more - how will you shape the world?
Why similar: Building 22%, Crafting 20%, Life Sim 13.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Character Customization 10.3%
- #28 电子祭祖
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: 红叶工作室
Windows · Mac
你还在为清明不调休回不了家而烦恼吗?现在进入电子祭祖便可以足不出户进行祭祖。 通过电子祭祖,你可以烧香、放贡品、烧纸 马上开始为你在另一个世界的先人打钱吧!
Why similar: Life Sim 16.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 13%, Building 12.7%
- #29 The Untamed realms
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firestonemander Studios
Windows
The untamed Realms is an open world creature collection adventure. Tame unique creatures across a vibrant island, battle other tamers, Hunt for extra variants. breed, battle or explore with your favorite Ecomon and friends by your side!
Why similar: Creature Collector 37.4%, Sandbox 18.1%, Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.8%, 3D 4.9%
- #30 Dino Station
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QorSoft
Windows
Build your base, gather resources, craft items, and develop your station. Catch dinosaurs and assign them to work! Complete quests and help the local residents. Play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Creature Collector 27.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Building 14.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Life Sim 9.7%
- #31 ATK
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 月半工作室
Windows
在ATK里,你可以采集各种资源,建造自己的城镇。自己打造装备,召集伙伴佣兵,一起探索各种区域,争夺资源建筑,打败强大的怪物,然后自立为王。ATK主打玩法以及游戏性。
Why similar: Creature Collector 25.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Building 18.1%, Crafting 17.3%, Exploration 6.2%
- #32 Pickmon
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PocketGamePub: NETWORKGO
Windows
Dive into a vast, uncharted continent filled with ancient civilizations and mysterious creatures called "Pickmon." In this multiplayer open-world survival crafter, you’ll team up with your Pickmon to fight, farm, and build industrial empires while thwarting a shadowy organization's plot.
Why similar: Creature Collector 44.7%, Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 19.8%, PvE 8.9%, Action 2.7%
- #33 Alex & Arty
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ROLLDBOX GAMES
Windows
Explore, restore nature, and build custom spaces your way in this vibrant action-adventure. Combine Alex's tech and Arty's light to heal a planet consumed by an AI's toxic Crud! Travel across the world, use the Ionizer to cleanse corruption, and transform into unique creatures.
Why similar: Creature Collector 36.1%, Base Building 22.2%, Building 10.3%, Relaxing 8.8%, Stylized 8.4%
- #34 Resttore
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: s4bishii
Windows
Craft, build and upgrade your character as you explore a fantasy open world full of secrets and help its habitants defeat the creatures that brought this place to its end.
Why similar: Base Building 22%, Building 18.4%, Crafting 17.1%, Character Customization 11.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #35 Forest Whiskers
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forest Whiskers
Windows
A cozy RPG where you move into a magical forest to rescue, raise, train, and breed cats. Together, you’ll help other animals, cleanse the forest from pollution, craft potions, uncover secrets, and build a powerful team to protect the wild.
Why similar: Creature Collector 35.8%, Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 17.6%, Life Sim 12.9%, Character Customization 10.3%
- #36 Millville
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pidibidi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a small village from the grounds up, meet and interact with its people and try to bring all different Villagers into your little town!
Why similar: Building 28.2%, Crafting 24.1%, Life Sim 15.9%, Character Customization 14.7%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #37 WormWorld
73% 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: Base Building 18.1%, Building 17.7%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 14.7%, Nonlinear 11.8%
- #38 Rework
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snack
Windows
Build fantastic contraptions in this open world sandbox, set in an expansive forest with ever changing climate. Protect your base from enemies and work together with friends to discover the secrets hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Building 16.3%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Third Person 8.7%
- #39 Across the Wonderlands
72% 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: Creature Collector 24.8%, Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 9.2%, Third Person 7.1%
- #40 De'Vine: Heavenly Acres
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: StapletonPub: DPSII
Windows
Welcome to your farm on Heavenly Acres! Farmland that presents many opportunities. Harvest trees & plants. Grow Crops. Romance with other misfits. Collect up to 200 unique monsters and compete with monster battles! Indulge in the underground for buried treasure and dangerous monsters!
Why similar: Creature Collector 28.6%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Life Sim 9.3%
- #41 Poglings
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yojoyco
Windows
Evolve, mate, and race cute mysterious creatures known as Poglings. Stake claim to your island, grow your nest, and establish yourself as the best Pogling Hatcher the Wild Vine Islands has ever seen!
Why similar: Creature Collector 37.9%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Life Sim 12.3%, Third Person 7.8%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #42 Survive The Night
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hex Games Studio
Windows
Explore a vast world filled with hidden treasures and mysterious creatures, all while crafting powerful tools, weapons, and armor to build your fortress. Battle relentless foes, customize your character, and become the ultimate survival master. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Building 12.1%, Character Customization 11.6%
- #43 Automate Defend Repeat
71% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: BigScorchPub: Sage Games
Windows
Automate, Defend, Repeat: A combination of factory management and tower defense strategy. Build a planet-dominating factory, defend it from disgruntled resource-carrying monsters, and defeat a total of 6 bosses. Once you have done that, select a New Game + modifier and do it again!
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Stylized 9.7%
- #44 Avelia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Avelia Entertainment
Windows
Delve into a low-poly survival adventure. Craft, build, thrive, breed animals, master fishing, farming, face formidable bosses. Elevate skills with stats, levels, a skill tree. Equip magic, bows, and swords to survive and dominate in a captivating medieval world
Why similar: Building 18.3%, Sandbox 17.3%, Crafting 17%, Base Building 15.2%, Third Person 9.6%
- #45 Anima Island
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steffen Kromm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Anima Island is a 2D virtual pet monster-raising rpg with strategic real-time battles and handpainted 16-bit SNES-style pixel art!
Why similar: Creature Collector 35%, Base Building 19.4%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Life Sim 10.8%, PvE 10.5%
- #46 Outpost On Syrinx
70% 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: Base Building 21.4%, Building 19.5%, Crafting 18.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #47 Brawl Burrow
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GoldenEvolution
Windows
Brawl Burrow is a cozy monster-catching game where you care for your Brawlets, build them a home, battle, and catch new ones while the game sits quietly at the bottom of your screen.
Why similar: Creature Collector 39.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 14.8%, Relaxing 8%
- #48 Scrap Dealer Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Emre ŞahinPub: Survivillage
Windows
Start from scratch and rise with scrap, dig through trash, process junk, and grow your profits. Buy warehouses, machines, and vehicles to build your own recycling empire.
Why similar: Crafting 18.9%, Building 14.7%, Life Sim 13.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Relaxing 10.3%
- #49 Ooble Gardens
68% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Nova Games
Windows
Step into a cozy world and care for playful Oobles in a giant garden pot! Merge, grow and fish offerings to create an endless variety of cozy furniture to decorate the garden with to shape your dream fairy garden!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Building 15.3%, Crafting 14%, Third Person 12.3%, Relaxing 11.5%
- #50 Exot
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Crafting 21%, Building 20.7%, Base Building 20.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #51 Constructed
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Gaming Project
Windows
Constructed is a factory building game, with a single goal... to automate EVERYTHING!!!
Why similar: Base Building 21.4%, Crafting 17.6%, Building 17.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, PvE 9.5%
- #52 Pacific Life
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rokyte Studio
Windows
Start a new life and see where it leads you! Build your house or work hard to buy one. Become a leader or just live by your own, the choice is yours! Gather, build, craft and improve!
Why similar: Building 21.8%, Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 17.3%, Relaxing 11.2%, Crafting 9.9%
- #53 CatCat
66% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: bogy house
Windows · Mac
"CatCat" is a relaxing cat simulation game. Raise different breeds, feed them, and pet them. You can freely change the layout, arrange furniture, and alter wall colors to create a cozy space for you and your cats. There are no goals or pressure; just enjoy a peaceful time together with your cats.
Why similar: Creature Collector 29.2%, Building 21.6%, Sandbox 20.5%, Relaxing 14.2%, Simulation 6%
- #54 Into A Hearth Yonder
67% 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: Creature Collector 29.8%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 17%, Character Customization 10.1%, Third Person 7.1%
- #55 米姆米姆哈
66% matchMostly Negative28% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: HappySugarPub: Tianti
Windows
《米姆米姆哈》是一款精神超前的生活模拟游戏。在禁止孤单的梦世界,你可以驾驶蒸汽飞屋拜访好朋友们,还可以在米姆的陪伴下畅游各主题浮空岛。在你专属的岛屿,有可爱的米姆帮你种菜生产、陪你采集钓鱼,无限制的装修岛建总有人为你点赞和夸夸,还有热闹的好友party,感受超绝解压的惊喜生活~
Why similar: Creature Collector 33.2%, Building 17.8%, Life Sim 13.8%, Sandbox 7.2%, Crafting 7.2%
- #56 Slime Factory
70% matchMostly Negative21% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Stone
Windows
Slime Factory is a game in which you have to develop your factory for breeding Slimes. Manage resources and construction, unlock new building types, and explore a variety of biomes in an open world!
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.1%, Base Building 18.8%, Building 15.1%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #57 Jelli Nook
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LLimb Games
Windows · Mac
A cozy Jelli crafting game! Mix ingredients and discover recipes for adorable jellies. Experiment with up to four items at a time, unlock 100 recipes, and build your Jelli recipe collection at your own pace — no timers, just relaxing and playful creativity.
Why similar: Creature Collector 34.5%, Crafting 32.4%, Sandbox 16.6%, Stylized 5.2%, Casual 4.6%