
How long can you keep the fire burning after the world ends? Hunt, craft, build shelter, and survive one more day in a hardcore text-based wilderness sim where hunger, cold, fatigue, disease, and one bad decision can end your run.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Sandbox, Open World, Exploration.

How long can you keep the fire burning after the world ends? Hunt, craft, build shelter, and survive one more day in a hardcore text-based wilderness sim where hunger, cold, fatigue, disease, and one bad decision can end your run.

Cubits
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.

Wormhusk
The world is dying. The answer lies beneath. Dig deep into the husk of an ancient god-worm, build your defenses, slay the parasites that feed on its remains, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Survival 14.9%, Open World Survival Craft 14.2% ★, Base Building 11.3%
The world is dying. The answer lies beneath. Dig deep into the husk of an ancient god-worm, build your defenses, slay the parasites that feed on its remains, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, Survival 19.8%, Base Building 14.2%, RPG 13.6%, Exploration 12.3%
Survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge resources, build up a homestead, form a community, and defend yourself against a lawless world in a challenging survival sandbox.
Why similar: Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 13.7%, Perma Death 13.5%, Open World Survival Craft 13% ★
Don’t Starve returns with an all-new uncompromising survival experience. Band together with friends to craft, farm, build and explore a world filled with strange creatures, lurking shadows, and dynamic environmental dangers.
Why similar: Perma Death 22.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 12.3%, Exploration 10.8%
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.8%, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Exploration 8.5%
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Sandbox 19.2%, Survival 15.5%, Open World Survival Craft 13.1% ★, Exploration 9%
After a rough landing on a remote tropical island, turn survival into a life of your own. Observe the land, gather and salvage what it offers, build a dependable home, and settle into practical routines through rain, heat, and changing days.
Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Sandbox 18.4%, Open World Survival Craft 16.4% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Exploration 11.7%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Base Building 27.2%, Survival 24.4%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
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: Sandbox 17%, Base Building 16.9%, Open World Survival Craft 15.7% ★, Survival 15.4%, RPG 7.7%
Gravehollow is a survival RPG set in a restless world on the cusp of death. Hunt, scavenge, craft, build, and fight as friends and foes alike clash and pursue their own ends. Uncover why death refuses to release you, and what horrors your survival is awakening.
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Open World Survival Craft 17.1% ★, Sandbox 17%, Survival 16%, Exploration 8.1%
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, RPG 8.8%
Pohinki Simulator is a survival game set in a polish neighbourhood, where you need to explore the open world in search for trash in order to survive and gain power. Build structures, experiment with found items, and become the most powerful bum alive!
Why similar: Perma Death 19.7%, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 17.2%, Survival 13.9%, Life Sim 12.6%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Survival 20.1%, Exploration 13.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 9.7%
New Spring is a open world zombie survival RPG where you spend the daytime exploring and scavenging for tools and weapons, and defend your base when night falls. How long can you stave off the hordes?
Why similar: Sandbox 19.1%, Survival 14.7%, Open World Survival Craft 12.4% ★, Base Building 11.5%, RPG 9.4%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World Survival Craft 9.2% ★, RPG 9.1%
A fully pixelated city? You just graduated from Pixel University, and you still need to pay your student loans. Can you find your way to survive in this Pixel City? You will have to find a job to keep life going!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Sandbox 19.8%, Perma Death 15.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Survival 11.9%
Live the fun life of a wolf! Find a mate, start a pack, hunt together and survive in the wild! Befriend other packs or defeat them to become the sole wolf pack. Adventure through the island and settle down or keep moving, it's all up to you!
Why similar: Sandbox 22%, RPG 20.6%, Life Sim 20.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Exploration 11.3%
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Sandbox 16.9%, Survival 15.9%, Open World Survival Craft 14.3% ★, Base Building 12%, RPG 10.1%
Fringe Planet is a voxel based survival simulator game inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld. Set in a fantastic universe of eldritch horror inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Base Building 29%, Sandbox 25.8%, Simulation 23.6%, Survival 21.6%
An unconventional post-apocalyptic survival sandbox game. Abandon endless combat and embrace a more authentic living experience in the apocalypse.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.3%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, RPG 10.9%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World Survival Craft 15.8% ★, Survival 15%, Exploration 9.9%
You are a young scientist whose experiment turned into a disaster. When you wake up in the heart of a creepy forest, where every whisper of the wind hides a threat, you realize: there are no rules here. There is only hunger, fear, and shadows hungry for your flesh.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Survival 25.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Life Sim 11.1%, Open World 9.1%
Vifa is a survival-building game where each hero character brings unique talents that change how you play. Team up with friends, craft and build your base, deploy worker bots to gather resources, and assemble powerful mechs to defend your home.
Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Survival 11.5%, Life Sim 9.6%
A cold top-down avalanches survival game. Can you sustain avalanches? You must survive to find a way to escape avalanche valley. Or live there, its up to you!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, RPG 19.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Perma Death 11.9%, Exploration 11.1%
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, Survival 18%, Sandbox 15%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Open World 9.2%
Survival 2099 is an open world survival crafting game. Human beings have been discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea for a long time, and Marine creatures are slowly mutated by radiation. In 2099, the apocalypse comes, and the terrible creatures after mutation begin to attack human.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.8%, Survival 16.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World Survival Craft 15.8% ★, RPG 8.1%
The Road Behind Us is an urban survival game about about you, your dog, and a dead city. Explore abandoned skyscrapers, rooftops, basements, underpasses, and more. Craft out of a semi truck and take your base with you, or fix up an abandoned building and call it home.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.8%, Survival 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, RPG 17.2%, Base Building 11.3%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 17.7%, Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Survival 15.6%, Exploration 10.2%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Why similar: Base Building 37.5%, Survival 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 6.3%
Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.6%, Base Building 20%, Survival 17%, Exploration 12.6%, RPG 8.8%
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 16.5%, Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Sandbox 15.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Life Sim 12.9%, Survival 10.1%, Open World Survival Craft 10.1% ★
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World Survival Craft 13.5% ★, Survival 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 14.7%, RPG 11%, Exploration 11%
A cozy post-apocalyptic survival game where your van is your home and your key to survival. Scavenge, craft, and uncover the stories the dead left behind to find a way out.
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Sandbox 18.6%, Survival 16%, Open World Survival Craft 12.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Open World Survival Craft 15.2% ★, Survival 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Exploration 11.7%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Perma Death 15.2%, Exploration 5.9%
The "Ares Virus" series of games is widely acclaimed for its unique combat and individual style of painting. Now that the sequel is back, it will give you an unprecedented experience.
Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Sandbox 16%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Open World 9.7%
Instead of saving the world, worry about what to eat and how not to get a dose of radiation or not to freeze in changing conditions. Travel, search abandoned cities for supplies, make contacts with different factions or try to join one of them. Decide for yourself how exactly to survive.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Survival 17.7%, Open World Survival Craft 14.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Life Sim 11.4%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 19.1%, Open World Survival Craft 14.9% ★, Survival 14.5%, Exploration 9.7%
Ember: Symbiotic Wilderness is a 2D pixel-art co-op survival game set in a living wilderness shaped by temperature, weather, seasons, and ecology. Start with a single fire, divide the work with your team, and build a camp that can endure.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.8%, Survival 22.8%, Base Building 22%, Exploration 12.9%, Simulation 6%
Survive in a procedurally generated fantasy world overrun by creeping corruption. Build impenetrable strongholds, tend your farms, forge deadly weapons, and fend off hordes of mutated abominations to defend your last sanctuary.
Why similar: Base Building 20.3%, Sandbox 18.3%, Open World Survival Craft 16% ★, Survival 15.6%, Exploration 8.6%
Become one of the "evil" creatures and try to survive a world where everything wants you dead, gather resources, craft them into powerful items, build a base to protect yourself from everlasting raids or challenge your bosses to be more than an underling.
Why similar: Base Building 17%, Sandbox 16.1%, Perma Death 15.7%, Open World Survival Craft 13.7% ★, Survival 13.6%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Survival 23.5%, Base Building 23.5%, Open World Survival Craft 15.3% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Exploration 9.3%
Survival is just the beginning. Stranded in a desert wilderness, an endless river is your only lifeline. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and build a floating home to brave the treacherous waters and scorching heat. Every bend brings new danger and deeper discoveries. How far will you go?
Why similar: Survival 26.9%, Sandbox 26.1%, Base Building 24.8%, Open World 11.9%, Exploration 9.7%
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.9%, Survival 18%, Open World Survival Craft 15.4% ★, RPG 13.8%, Exploration 9.3%
Habitants is an open-world survival game for 1-8 players. Set on a tumultuous planet, players must contend with mysterious alien races, survive in the midst of powerful factions vying for dominance, and build your own base through construction, combat, and strategy.
Why similar: Base Building 25.7%, Sandbox 16.4%, Survival 14.3%, Life Sim 12.7%, RPG 8.7%
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: Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Survival 17.1%, Sandbox 16.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Exploration 10.7%
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 22.5%, Survival 21.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Open World 10.1%
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Survival 18.9%, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 15.5%, Exploration 9.2%
Four Seasons Farm is a farm management simulation game that integrates planting, processing, management, and exploration gameplay. Players can manage a piece of land, plant crops, build workshops, and enjoy various free gameplay in the game. Welcome to experience it!
Why similar: Base Building 22%, Sandbox 17.8%, Life Sim 17.5%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 7.9%
Forage, craft, fight, form clans, and expand your settlements in a dynamic, ever-changing ecosystem. Keziah’s Realm offers a unique gaming experience where you must survive in a rich, procedurally generated world, alongside intelligent NPCs who possess abilities equal to those of the player.
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, RPG 15.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Perma Death 11.4%
A 2D procedurally generated top-down view sandbox set in a post-apocalyptic world in which you have to survive as the captain of a desert combat vehicle.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.7%, Open World Survival Craft 15.2% ★, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Exploration 9.7%
You're not just surviving — you're leading. An isometric zombie survival and colony sim: scavenge a world where loot never respawns, build a base that holds, and keep a community of survivors alive. The dead are slow, drawn by sound, and they never stop.
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Survival 20.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Perma Death 10.9%
Premortal VR is a medieval VR-only game. Explore and survive the procedurally-generated wilderness. Gather resources and craft gear. Build formidable bases. Overcome all boss trials to ascend!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.7%, Base Building 22.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Survival 13.4%, RPG 11.7%
Every passenger is a life. Every death brings the end closer. An open world survival crafting game where you explore, scavenge, and craft to endure on the frozen exomoon Inara. Command and upgrade your ever-moving train, solo or with up to 4 players. Move or freeze.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.2%, Base Building 17.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World Survival Craft 12.9% ★, Survival 12.6%