- #1 ATLAS
97% matchMixed47% of 42,895 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 112.1 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 26.7%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 9.8%, MMORPG 7.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same engine and core survival-MMO DNA as Last Oasis, focusing on vehicle-based travel and territory control.
- #2 ARK: Survival Ascended
96% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 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: Features similar large-scale survival, creature taming, and base-building mechanics in a harsh, persistent open world.
- #3 Myth of Empires
96% matchMixed67% of 17,381 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 229.9 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 16.7%, MMORPG 13.8% ★, Sandbox 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale sandbox warfare, base construction, and managing resources within a massive, persistent world.
- #4 Mortal Online 2
95% matchMixed60% of 13,609 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.3 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 19.6%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 10.9%, MMORPG 10.7% ★, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore sandbox MMORPG that emphasizes full-loot PvP and player-driven economies in a vast, dangerous world.
- #5 Rust
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 421.6 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 29.9%, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for high-stakes, player-versus-player survival where base defense and resource management are critical.
- #6 Dune: Awakening
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22.8%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the desert survival and resource-scarcity themes of Last Oasis within a massive, multiplayer open-world setting.
- #7 Soulmask
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 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 20.9%, Open World 19%, Building 14%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep survival mechanics with tribe management and exploration, mirroring the nomadic and resource-gathering loops of Last Oasis.
- #8 SCUM
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 124,053 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.9%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hyper-realistic survival experience with complex character management and intense open-world PvP encounters.
- #9 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
91% matchMixed69% of 10,552 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A player-driven, low-fantasy MMO that focuses heavily on territory control and large-scale faction warfare.
- #10 Life is Feudal: MMO
91% matchMixed40% of 7,344 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 8.8%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty, realistic survival experience with a heavy emphasis on group cooperation and massive construction projects.
- #11 New World: Aeternum
89% matchMixed67% of 296,647 reviews2021
Dev: Amazon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 58.9 hrsMean: 196.5 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 11.8% ★, RPG 6.1%, PvP 6%
Why You'll Like It: Features action-oriented combat and territory-based faction warfare within a large-scale, persistent online world.
- #12 Enshrouded
87% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 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: Survival 23.2%, Open World 23.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features robust building and survival systems set in a world that requires careful navigation and resource management.
- #13 Citadel: Forged with Fire
89% matchMixed68% of 5,884 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: Provides a magic-infused survival experience with extensive building and exploration elements in a large multiplayer world.
- #14 Bellwright
86% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 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: Survival 28.3%, Open World 23%, Crafting 16.9%, Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a settlement while engaging in tactical combat, perfect for players who enjoy the clan-building aspects of survival games.
- #15 Dark and Light
88% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 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 17.1%, Open World 16.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, RPG 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival sandbox that focuses on taming creatures and building bases in a massive, dangerous environment.
- #16 Outlaws of the Old West
86% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 19.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a massive frontier world that focuses on building, crafting, and managing resources.
- #17 Deadside
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,248 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 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 20.8%, Open World 16.1%, PvP 10%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that focuses on tactical PvP and scavenging in a massive, realistic open world.
- #18 Boundless
85% matchMixed70% of 2,767 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 10.8%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival MMO that encourages exploration and building across interconnected, diverse worlds.
- #19 Miscreated
84% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 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 18.6%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes scavenging and player interaction in a hostile, open-world setting.
- #20 Renown
82% matchMixed59% of 1,558 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 11%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base building and combat, drawing inspiration from the high-stakes nature of competitive survival titles.
- #21 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
84% 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 30.2%, Survival 18.3%, Open World 17.2%, RPG 7%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A Viking-themed survival game that blends RPG elements with large-scale multiplayer exploration and building.
- #22 Ashes of Creation
81% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,899 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 31.4%, MMORPG 30.1% ★, RPG 19.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious MMORPG that features a dynamic, player-driven world with a heavy focus on territory and economy.
- #23 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
82% matchMixed52% of 3,445 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox MMO that focuses on crafting, building, and survival in a world that evolves based on player actions.
- #24 Out of Reach
81% matchMixed57% of 3,046 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: A survival game centered on island exploration, base building, and naval combat against other players.
- #25 Rem Survival
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 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 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that focuses on base building and resource gathering in a challenging open-world environment.
- #26 Next Day: Survival
79% 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 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on questing, scavenging, and PvP in a dangerous, persistent world.
- #27 Windrose
74% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 22.8%, Survival 20%, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 11.8%, Building 11.8%
- #28 Life is Feudal: Arden
77% matchMixed41% of 857 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 12.2%, Survival 10.7%, MMORPG 10.3% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Building 10%
- #29 Wild Terra Online
76% matchMixed60% of 1,839 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 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%
- #30 Life is Feudal: Your Own
76% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 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 10.4%
- #31 Age of Water
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,485 reviews2025
Dev: Three Whales StudioPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 38.5 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 17.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, MMORPG 6.1% ★
- #32 XERA: Survival
73% matchMixed66% of 7,908 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%
- #33 Will To Live Online
73% matchMixed69% of 18,236 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Survival 27.5%, Massively Multiplayer 20.7%, Open World 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #34 Conan Exiles Enhanced
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 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 10.6%
- #35 The Front
68% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 13.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.2%
- #36 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
68% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Open World 16.4%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #37 Undawn
70% matchMixed54% of 6,561 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 25.9%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 7.9%, MMORPG 7.6% ★
- #38 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
72% matchMixed54% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 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%
- #39 Starbase
70% matchMixed56% of 6,719 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.3 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 14.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%
- #40 Exile to Death
71% matchMixed67% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksei MilchakovPub: Manifestors Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explore the world , collect resources , craft items , build a fortified house and kill other players to survive. BUT don't forget about cyborgs...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 44.5%, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 13.2%, RPG 8.6%, Action 6.3%
- #41 PIONER
65% matchMixed63% of 3,493 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.1%, Survival 14%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 10.7%, MMORPG 8.8% ★
- #42 Albion Online
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 91,532 reviews2018
Dev: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 82.8 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 29.6%, Open World 16.5%, MMORPG 12.8% ★, Survival 8%, Crafting 7.7%
- #43 Plains of Pain
66% matchVery Positive84% of 757 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 13.7%, Sandbox 11.1%, PvP 9.2%
- #44 Nomad
69% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Survival 30.6%, Open World 20.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Massively Multiplayer 13.4%, Crafting 12.4%
- #45 Remain
67% matchVery Negative18% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: XTop Game
Windows
Remain is an MMO game. Within this open world, you can tame "zombies", making them your labor force, or commanding them to fight your foes. Apart from zombies, you will still have to face the survival challenges of food and water. Remaining warriors, don't let your guard down, and keep surviving...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.3%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 13.8%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 8.2%
- #46 Pax Dei
65% matchMixed57% of 10,968 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 70.7 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 12%, PvP 10.5%
- #47 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
65% 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% ★
- #48 OPG: Clan Wars
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Anarchy GamesPub: Street's Game
Windows
OPG: Clan Wars — a multiplayer action game with survival elements. Arena shooter, open world, crafting, and resource battles — fight, evolve, and survive alone or with your team.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 7.9%