- #1 ARK: Survival Ascended
97% matchMixed60% of 108,124 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.5 hrsMean: 197.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Massively Multiplayer 16.9%, Open World 15.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep taming and survival mechanics with a heavy emphasis on building and large-scale multiplayer PvP.
- #2 Rust
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,373,048 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.6 hrsMean: 423.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 30%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a brutal, high-stakes survival experience where gathering resources and defending your base from other players is paramount.
- #3 V Rising
95% matchVery Positive89% of 135,087 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 57.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.2%, Survival 18.2%, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down survival and base-building with clan-based progression and competitive PvP combat.
- #4 Albion Online
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 92,111 reviews2018
Dev: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 83.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29.7%, Open World 16.6%, MMORPG 12.8% ★, Survival 8%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy and territory control that mirrors the clan-focused nature of Last Oasis.
- #5 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,243 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Open World 18.2%, Building 14.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building custom vehicles and bases to explore and survive across a dangerous, procedurally generated galaxy.
- #6 Myth of Empires
94% matchMixed67% of 17,420 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.2 hrsMean: 230.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Open World 18.5%, Building 16.6%, MMORPG 13.8% ★, Sandbox 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes large-scale warfare, base building, and managing a persistent territory.
- #7 SCUM
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 124,909 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.9%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 14%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features highly detailed survival mechanics and a massive open world that rewards tactical planning and resource management.
- #8 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
91% matchMixed69% of 11,052 reviews2026
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29.8%, Open World 14.3%, MMORPG 10.6% ★, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a realistic medieval setting with a heavy emphasis on player-driven economy and open-world PvP.
- #9 Citadel: Forged with Fire
92% matchMixed68% of 5,889 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29.4%, Open World 16.4%, Survival 14%, Crafting 6.6%, RPG 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive open world with survival and building mechanics centered around magic and creature taming.
- #10 New World: Aeternum
91% matchMixed67% of 296,704 reviews2021
Dev: Amazon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 58.9 hrsMean: 196.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 36.2%, Open World 17.2%, MMORPG 11.7% ★, RPG 6.1%, PvP 6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world MMORPG with a strong focus on territory control and faction-based combat.
- #11 Space Engineers
89% matchVery Positive89% of 133,889 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Open World 19.1%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, PvP 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on engineering and building complex, functional vehicles and structures in a physics-based survival environment.
- #12 Dark and Light
90% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 32.7%, Survival 17%, Open World 16.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, RPG 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox set in a high-fantasy world that requires players to master magic and manage resources to survive.
- #13 DayZ
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 463,109 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 277.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 28.2%, Survival 22.5%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, PvP 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a gritty, uncompromising survival experience where scavenging and player interaction are the core of the gameplay loop.
- #14 Boundless
88% matchMixed69% of 2,770 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 31.7%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox MMO that allows for massive building projects and exploration across interconnected worlds.
- #15 Miscreated
87% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Survival 26.9%, Massively Multiplayer 19.8%, Open World 18.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on scavenging and PvP in a dangerous, radiation-filled environment.
- #16 Deadside
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,335 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Massively Multiplayer 20.7%, Open World 16.1%, PvP 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that emphasizes realistic mechanics and large-scale map exploration.
- #17 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
86% matchMixed44% of 980 reviews2017
Dev: encurio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.3%, Survival 18.3%, Open World 17.3%, RPG 7%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A Viking-themed survival game that blends RPG elements with clan-based building and exploration.
- #18 Out of Reach
86% matchMixed57% of 3,047 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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: Massively Multiplayer 21.9%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 15.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and building on a remote island, featuring ship-based combat and clan warfare.
- #19 Ashes of Creation
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,934 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Studios, Inc
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ashes of Creation is an old-school take on the modern MMORPG set in a living, reactive world where your choices shape civilization. In this PvX open world sandbox, players will build cities, forge empires, and lay siege to foes. Uncover the Ancients as you fight to reclaim the fallen world of Verra.
Why similar: Crafting 31.3%, MMORPG 30.1% ★, RPG 19.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious MMORPG that features dynamic world events and a focus on player-built settlements.
- #20 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
84% matchMixed52% of 3,942 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.5%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that emphasizes crafting, building, and player-driven progression in a persistent world.
- #21 Renown
82% matchMixed59% of 1,568 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.9%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes building and combat in a medieval setting with a focus on clan competition.
- #22 XERA: Survival
82% matchMixed66% of 7,928 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 20.9%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that combines looting and base-building with intense PvP encounters.
- #23 7 Days to Die
78% matchVery Positive87% of 400,969 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 108.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Survival 32.5%, Open World 20.2%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that emphasizes building defenses and scavenging to survive increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
- #24 Next Day: Survival
81% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Open World 21.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a post-Soviet landscape that tasks players with scavenging and surviving against both NPCs and players.
- #25 Unturned
79% matchVery Positive91% of 563,568 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 28.6%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that offers a wide variety of building and crafting options in a persistent multiplayer world.
- #26 Project Winter
79% matchVery Positive82% of 19,071 reviews2019
Dev: Other Ocean InteractivePub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.
Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Crafting 22.7%, PvP 16%, Multiplayer 12.5%, PvE 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that adds a social deduction layer, forcing players to cooperate while managing harsh environmental conditions.
- #27 Subsistence
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,713 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.2 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 29.9%, Open World 18.9%, Crafting 18.1%, Building 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on base building and long-term resource management against AI and environmental threats.
- #28 Dune: Awakening
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 76,850 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.6 hrsMean: 99.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22.8%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.5%
- #29 Mortal Online 2
77% matchMixed60% of 13,634 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 145.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.7%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 10.9%, MMORPG 10.7% ★, Crafting 9%
- #30 ATLAS
78% matchMixed47% of 42,895 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 111.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.8%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 14.7%, Crafting 9.8%, MMORPG 7.3% ★
- #31 Windrose
71% matchVery Positive87% of 48,348 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22.6%, Survival 20.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 11.9%, Building 11.8%
- #32 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: Massively Multiplayer 22.8%, Survival 12.9%, MMORPG 8.9% ★, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #33 Life is Feudal: Arden
74% matchMixed41% of 864 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Survival 10.7%, MMORPG 10.2% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Building 10%
- #34 Outlaws of the Old West
75% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 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: Massively Multiplayer 33.1%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 19.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 5.8%
- #35 Rem Survival
73% 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: Massively Multiplayer 23.3%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 14.8%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 11%
- #36 Life is Feudal: Your Own
74% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.1 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: Survival 18.7%, Open World 18%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%
- #37 Age of Water
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,493 reviews2025
Dev: Three Whales StudioPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 36.6%, Open World 17.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, MMORPG 6.1% ★
- #38 Wild Terra Online
73% matchMixed60% of 1,841 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 32%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 7%
- #39 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
68% matchVery Positive82% of 10,202 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.8 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: Survival 21.8%, Open World 16.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #40 The Front
67% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 25.3%, Survival 16.9%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.1%
- #41 Conan Exiles Enhanced
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 116,054 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 112.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Open World 16.5%, Massively Multiplayer 16.1%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%
- #42 Soulmask
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,804 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.5 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: Survival 22.1%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, PvP 11.4%
- #43 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
71% matchMixed54% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 35.8%, Survival 20%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #44 Reign Of Kings
70% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Survival 22.6%, Open World 18.8%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #45 Starbase
68% matchMixed56% of 6,732 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 39.4%, Open World 18.4%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%
- #46 Plains of Pain
67% matchVery Positive83% of 831 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Survival 18%, Open World 15.9%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, PvP 9.2%
- #47 Pax Dei
65% matchMixed57% of 11,051 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Open World 17.7%, Crafting 15.5%, MMORPG 13.1% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, PvP 10.5%
- #48 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
64% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.5%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 9.3%, MMORPG 9% ★
- #49 GRAV
69% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Survival 26.4%, Open World 20.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Massively Multiplayer 8.7%