- #1 Cubits
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango Nebula Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18.7%, Sandbox 15.4%, Survival 14.8%, Open World Survival Craft 14% ★, Base Building 11.4%
- #2 Wormhusk
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeoln Studios
Windows
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 20.8%, Survival 19.7%, Base Building 14.3%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 12.3%
- #3 Don't Starve Elsewhere
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
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 22.6%, Sandbox 17.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 10.8%
- #4 Squad Zero
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
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 21%, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Exploration 8.4%
- #5 XenoHaven
94% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
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 20.3%, Sandbox 19.3%, Survival 15.4%, Open World Survival Craft 13.1% ★, Exploration 8.9%
- #6 Gravehollow
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silo Snowdash
Windows
Explore a living world where creatures and characters act independently of the player. Hunt, gather, craft, build, and fight to survive while facing hostile wildlife, unpredictable encounters, and a procedurally generated landscape.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Sandbox 17.3%, Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Survival 15.7%, Exploration 8%
- #7 Life in Bunker
93% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 27.3%, Survival 24.1%, Sandbox 22.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #8 Novus Inceptio
92% 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: Sandbox 17.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Open World Survival Craft 15.5% ★, Survival 15.3%, RPG 7.6%
- #9 Pohinki Simulator
91% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Niphilist Studios
Windows
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 19.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Sandbox 17.3%, Survival 13.7%, Life Sim 12.7%
- #10 LifeZ - Survival
91% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 18.6%, Open World Survival Craft 17.6% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #11 Pixel City
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZCN Games
Windows
一个完全像素化的城市?你刚刚从像素大学毕业,你仍有学生贷款需要还清。你能在这样的像素城市中生存吗?首先你需要找到可以维生的工作!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.3%, Sandbox 19.8%, Perma Death 15.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Survival 11.8%
- #12 Survivalist
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,568 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 21.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World Survival Craft 9.1% ★, RPG 9%
- #13 New Spring: Survival
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
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 19.3%, Survival 14.6%, Open World Survival Craft 12.2% ★, Base Building 11.6%, RPG 9.3%
- #14 Shuttle World
87% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Starry Sky Team
Windows
Shuttle World is a first person open world sandbox game, integrating exploration, construction, survival, entertainment and other elements. Players can embark on adventures alone in the game, exploring the entire vast planet! Various free gameplay, welcome to download...
Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Sandbox 22.2%, Survival 15%, Life Sim 12.5%, Exploration 7.7%
- #15 Keplerth
86% matchVery Positive84% of 4,145 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.4%, Survival 20%, Exploration 14%, Base Building 11.5%, Open World 9.5%
- #16 Susia - Wolf Life Simulator
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koiran
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.1%, Life Sim 20.5%, RPG 20.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Exploration 11.2%
- #17 Fringe Planet
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sigil Initiative Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.9%, Survival 21.3%
- #18 Cataclysm Upon Us
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
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 17.1%, Survival 15.8%, Open World Survival Craft 14.2% ★, Base Building 12.1%, RPG 10%
- #19 Horrors Glade
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
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 26.9%, Survival 25.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Life Sim 11.2%, Open World 8.9%
- #20 Crashlands
84% matchVery Positive89% of 6,716 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17.5%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World Survival Craft 15.7% ★, Survival 14.9%, Exploration 9.9%
- #21 VIFA
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NavySparkStudio
Windows
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 22.3%, Sandbox 18.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Survival 11.4%, Life Sim 9.7%
- #22 Dao's Cover
82% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Baidong Technology
Windows
An unconventional post-apocalyptic survival sandbox game. Abandon endless combat and embrace a more authentic living experience in the apocalypse.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, RPG 10.8%
- #23 Avalanches
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Avalanches
Windows
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 23.3%, RPG 19.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Perma Death 11.9%, Exploration 11%
- #24 In the Van
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Tofu
Windows · Mac
A cozy post-apocalyptic survival game where your van is your home, your shelter, and your key to survival. Scavenge, craft, and uncover the stories the dead left behind.
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Sandbox 18.9%, Survival 16.4%, Open World Survival Craft 12.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
- #25 HORDE Survival
80% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: WDS Games
Windows
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 23.9%, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Open World 9%
- #26 SURVIVAL 2099
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomsday GamesPub: Open World Entertainment
Windows
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 19%, Survival 16.7%, Sandbox 16.5%, Open World Survival Craft 15.6% ★, RPG 8%
- #27 The Road Behind Us
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amber Lamp Studios
Windows
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 22%, Survival 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, RPG 17%, Base Building 11.5%
- #28 CrossWorlds: Escape
79% matchMixed64% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 19.4%, Sandbox 17.9%, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Survival 15.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #29 Fallout Shelter
77% matchVery Positive88% of 81,706 reviews2017
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 37.6%, Survival 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Sandbox 8.4%, Simulation 6.4%
- #30 From Nothing
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Power Hobo Games
Windows
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 21.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 16.8%, Exploration 12.6%, RPG 8.7%
- #31 Polygon Survival
77% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
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: Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Open World Survival Craft 16.6% ★, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%
- #32 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
75% matchVery Positive85% of 4,592 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 16%, Base Building 13.7%, Life Sim 13.1%, Survival 10.1%, Open World Survival Craft 9.9% ★
- #33 Plains of Pain
75% matchVery Positive83% of 869 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Open World Survival Craft 13.4% ★, Survival 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%
- #34 Broken World
74% matchMixed63% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"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 20.8%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Exploration 11.6%
- #35 Don't Starve
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,056 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 32.3%, Open World Survival Craft 18.8% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Perma Death 15.3%, Exploration 5.9%
- #36 Xsyon - Prelude
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
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 17.9%, Sandbox 17.4%, Open World Survival Craft 15.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #37 Ruinlander
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: wineviper
Windows · Linux
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 20.1%, Survival 17.6%, Open World Survival Craft 14% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Life Sim 11.6%
- #38 Grounded 2
71% matchVery Positive81% of 22,174 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Base Building 23.8%, Survival 23.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World Survival Craft 13.9% ★, Exploration 9.7%
- #39 Ares Virus2
73% matchMixed64% of 424 reviews2022
Dev: 热区网络
Windows
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 19.7%, Sandbox 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Base Building 13.2%, Open World 9.5%
- #40 Habitants
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mechland Games
Windows
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 25.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Survival 14.2%, Life Sim 12.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #41 Underlings
73% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: One Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 17.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Perma Death 15.8%, Open World Survival Craft 13.6% ★, Survival 13.5%
- #42 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 99 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
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 19.2%, Survival 17.9%, Open World Survival Craft 15.2% ★, RPG 13.6%, Exploration 9.3%
- #43 Emberhaven
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Third Variable Co., Ltd.Pub: Jexar Games Co., Ltd.
Windows
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 20.5%, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Survival 15.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #44 Crushed
72% 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: Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Survival 17%, Sandbox 16.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Exploration 10.7%
- #45 VEIN
68% 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 22.5%, Survival 20.6%, Sandbox 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Open World 9.7%
- #46 Premortal VR
70% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Voigon Ltd.
Windows
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 23.9%, Base Building 23%, Exploration 13.8%, Survival 13.3%, RPG 11.6%
- #47 Out of Orbit
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Case Yellow Labs
Windows
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Base Building 21.6%, Survival 13.9%, Exploration 13%, RPG 11%
- #48 SpiritBorn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
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% ★, Survival 18.9%, Base Building 18.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #49 Keziah's Realm
68% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bonny Studios
Windows
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 19.7%, RPG 15.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, Perma Death 11.5%
- #50 Dandelion Void
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manzanita Interactive
Windows
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World Survival Craft 14.1% ★, Survival 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11%
- #51 Scraplers
70% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Cryoshark
Windows
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 18.9%, Open World Survival Craft 15% ★, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Exploration 9.7%
- #52 Afterheat
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heatstroke Games
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic desert scorched by extreme global warming. Explore, scavenge, and stay alive in a world where water is rare, the heat is deadly, and you're completely alone.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Perma Death 20.1%, Survival 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Exploration 11.7%
- #53 DISTANT VISITANT
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TriadPixel
Windows
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
Why similar: Base Building 22.6%, Sandbox 19.4%, Survival 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Exploration 8.8%
- #54 Eldercraft: Mountaineers
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derivative Synergistics
Windows
In this first-person, non-combat RPG, scale a vast fantasy mountain. Craft gear, survive the ascent, and forge your own routes up to lost treasures. Trade these treasures to buy and upgrade gear so that you can climb higher. Reach the peak and uncover the mystery of this teleporting mountain.
Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Survival 18.2%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 8.2%
- #55 JOIN US
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wolf Haus Games
Windows
Start a doomsday cult of your very own! Recruit followers, build your compound, customize your cult’s beliefs, and defeat enemies in this 1-4 player co-op, action-packed, open-world survival experience. Can you survive the Apocalypse?
Why similar: Perma Death 20.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 16%, Survival 13.9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #56 Ancient the Dimensions
67% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Base Building 19.3%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Survival 17.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Exploration 9.2%
- #57 City 20
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.
Why similar: Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 18.1%, Survival 15.5%, Life Sim 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%