- #1 Start Over
97% matchMixed62% of 378 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 10.9%
- #2 Subsistence
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,723 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Crafting 16.7%, Open World 12%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 10.4%
- #3 Away From Life
96% matchMixed67% of 196 reviews2026
Dev: Cursor GamesPub: IZilla Games
Windows
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
Why similar: Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 9.8%
- #4 Bellwright
95% matchVery Positive80% of 20,703 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 13.7%, Building 10.3%
- #5 No One Survived
94% matchMixed64% of 7,705 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 20%, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #6 Rem Survival
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 12.3%, Building 11.6%, Open World 11.2%
- #7 Denizen
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 897 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, Open World 19%, Survival 18.4%, RPG 11.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #8 Enshrouded
91% matchVery Positive86% of 103,247 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Open World 16%, Survival 15%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 9.1%
- #9 Pirates Journey
91% matchMixed58% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: 2MEDYA
Windows
You and your crew have been shipwrecked on a tropical island in the late 1600s. At the beginning of the adventure, you find yourself with only a few basic supplies, including ropes, sticks, and stones. With skill and cunning, you can survive on the island and thrive as a pirate crew.
Why similar: City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11.7%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.9%
- #10 Sengoku Dynasty
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,639 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.2%
- #11 Medieval Dynasty
89% matchVery Positive90% of 51,427 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 16.3%, Building 14.6%, Base Building 11%, Co-op 10.2%, Survival 9.9%
- #12 Volcanoids
87% matchVery Positive83% of 9,298 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.6%, Co-op 9.3%
- #13 Survival: Fountain of Youth
86% matchVery Positive85% of 4,411 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 14.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 10.7%
- #14 Heat
88% matchMixed49% of 2,935 reviews2020
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Open World 19.9%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 9.6%
- #15 Everwind
85% matchVery Positive81% of 3,601 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Crafting 15%, Building 13.3%, Co-op 13%, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 12.6%
- #16 Novus Inceptio
86% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 11.9%
- #17 Horizon Journey
84% matchMostly Negative26% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Redivided Studios
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure to Mars in Horizon Journey, an open-world survival game that blends colonization, terraforming, and exploration in both single-player and multiplayer co-op modes. You're tasked with the monumental challenge of making Mars a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10.8%, Survival 10.6%
- #18 ASKA
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,907 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.2%
- #19 Solace Crafting
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 894 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: Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10.3%, Building 10.3%
- #20 Crushed
83% matchMixed54% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Survival 12%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 11%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #21 Dawn of Defiance
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,820 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Survival 16.8%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 12%
- #22 Force of Nature
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,205 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: Crafting 18.6%, Survival 15.5%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 11%, Building 10.5%
- #23 Dawn of Man
80% matchVery Positive87% of 17,766 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 47.4%, Survival 21.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Open World 7%
- #24 Out of Reach
81% matchMixed57% of 3,049 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 13.6%, Building 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #25 Cowboy Life Simulator
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,207 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Crafting 16.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World 12.3%
- #26 KeepUp Survival
79% matchMixed64% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.9%, Co-op 12.5%, Open World 12%
- #27 Hobo: Tough Life
78% matchVery Positive84% of 9,894 reviews2021
Dev: Perun Creative
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.
Why similar: Survival 14.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #28 Age of Survival
79% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: Silky Sullivan
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.
Why similar: Survival 19.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 12.2%, Building 11.5%, Base Building 9.8%
- #29 Saleblazers
76% matchVery Positive80% of 2,195 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’re a humble shopkeeper trying to live a peaceful new life, finding yourself surrounded by warring factions and dangerous creatures. Will you be able to carve out a new home for yourself and your customers in this open-world survival shopkeeping simulator?
Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Crafting 22.4%, Survival 18.7%, Open World 18%, Simulation 9.3%
- #30 StarRupture
74% matchVery Positive81% of 12,866 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.2 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: Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 12.5%, Co-op 12.3%, Open World 11.5%
- #31 Occupy Mars: The Game
75% matchMixed70% of 3,099 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Base Building 14%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 11.1%, Building 11%
- #32 Hold Your Own
78% matchMixed67% of 574 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Crafting 16%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Open World 10.8%
- #33 VEIN
73% matchVery Positive89% of 11,054 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 13.8%, Co-op 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%
- #34 Pathless Woods
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,109 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 14%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 11.5%
- #35 Life is Feudal: MMO
77% matchMixed40% of 7,347 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 15%, Survival 14.7%, Building 12.5%
- #36 Necesse
70% matchVery Positive93% of 27,498 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 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: Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.5%
- #37 Soulmask
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,914 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 12.9%
- #38 In Next Life
71% matchMixed66% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Crafting 16.3%, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 12.1%
- #39 This Land Is My Land
72% matchMixed68% of 4,625 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Survival 19.2%, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 14.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #40 Mist Survival
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,180 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Survival 26%, Open World 17.8%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #41 Road to Eden
73% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Crafting 15.7%, Building 13.7%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #42 The Next Journey Of Life
70% matchMixed69% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: FOREVER GAME
Windows
"The Next Journey of Life"is a simulation management game. You, who work in the real estate industry, are unemployed due to the company's "optimization".A lost horse is not a blessing, as long as we have hope for life, we can walk "The next journey of life" well
Why similar: Simulation 30.8%, RPG 30.3%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 12.6%, Open World 11.7%
- #43 Gone: Survival
73% matchMixed44% of 312 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #44 Life is Feudal: Your Own
72% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Crafting 17.3%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 15.2%, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 13.2%
- #45 Better Late Than DEAD
74% matchMostly Negative28% of 910 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Multiplayer 10%
- #46 My Island
69% matchMixed66% of 1,723 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Crafting 16.8%, Open World 15.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Building 10.4%
- #47 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
68% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 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: Base Building 12.5%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.6%, Open World 8.9%
- #48 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
71% matchMixed66% of 6,003 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: City Builder 40.8%, Survival 13.8%, Building 13.1%, Open World 8.3%, Simulation 7%
- #49 Nested Lands
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 494 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.8%
- #50 Sapiens
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,139 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 12.2%, Survival 11.2%
- #51 Aloft
66% matchVery Positive84% of 3,637 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Crafting 17.2%, Building 14.8%, Survival 14.4%, Co-op 14.3%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #52 Project Castaway
65% matchMixed66% of 1,785 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Co-op 12.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 10.2%
- #53 Scrap Mechanic
66% matchVery Positive92% of 117,933 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 14.9%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 11%
- #54 One Hour One Life
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,644 reviews2018
Dev: Jason Rohrer
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.
Why similar: Crafting 25.2%, Survival 21.5%, Building 19.9%, Open World 18.1%, Simulation 10.8%
- #55 Outlaws of the Old West
68% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Survival 25.8%, Open World 23%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.1%