- #1 Core Keeper
97% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same top-down perspective and addictive loop of dungeon crawling, resource gathering, and base expansion.
- #2 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 10.9%, Building 10.4%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled blend of survival, exploration, and satisfying base-building in a vast, procedurally generated world.
- #3 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
96% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and survival from a unique perspective, featuring extensive building mechanics similar to Len's Island.
- #4 Enshrouded
95% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 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: Open World 17.9%, Survival 17.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-fidelity open-world experience with robust building tools and challenging survival combat.
- #5 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 137,392 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 58.2 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: Survival 16.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Open World 15.4%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep ARPG combat with a sophisticated base-building system that mirrors the progression found in Len's Island.
- #6 Necesse
93% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Sandbox 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 8.4%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox game that emphasizes multiplayer survival, village management, and dungeon exploration.
- #7 Craftopia
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,264 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Crafting 16%, Open World 15.6%, Survival 13.6%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hybrid game that incorporates farming, automation, exploration, and combat, capturing the varied gameplay of the seed title.
- #8 Dinkum
91% matchVery Positive92% of 29,165 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Farming 30.3% ★, Building 8.6%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the relaxing farming and island-life aspects of Len's Island while adding survival and exploration elements.
- #9 Nightingale
92% matchMixed66% of 18,084 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Building 11%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique Victorian-fantasy setting with deep crafting and survival systems that encourage exploration.
- #10 Grounded
91% matchVery Positive90% of 95,977 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 41.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a polished survival experience with a heavy emphasis on base construction and exploration of a dangerous, oversized world.
- #11 Palworld
89% matchVery Positive95% of 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Open World 14%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 9.8%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates creature collection with survival, farming, and base-building to create a highly engaging open-world loop.
- #12 Survival: Fountain of Youth
90% matchVery Positive85% of 4,528 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a realistic survival experience with a strong focus on exploration and crafting in a beautiful island setting.
- #13 Aloft
89% matchVery Positive83% of 3,782 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Farming 28.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Introduces a creative twist on survival by letting you build bases on floating islands while exploring the skies.
- #14 DYSMANTLE
88% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Crafting 18.8%, Open World 18.1%, Base Building 16.3%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying destruction and crafting loop that makes exploring the open world feel rewarding and progressive.
- #15 Solarpunk™
86% matchVery Positive81% of 4,581 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Farming 23.3% ★, Building 9%, Base Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes sustainable building and farming in a peaceful, atmospheric open world.
- #16 Terraria
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,558,339 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 152.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Survival 10.7%, Building 10%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic exploration-heavy game that balances complex combat and boss fights with creative building and resource management.
- #17 My Time at Sandrock
86% matchVery Positive88% of 29,103 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Building 30.5%, Crafting 24.6%, Sandbox 21.9%, Open World 18.6%, Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the building and community aspects of the genre, providing a satisfying loop of crafting and resource gathering.
- #18 The Planet Crafter
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Base Building 12%, Building 11.3%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pure survival and base-building experience that focuses on terraforming a desolate world.
- #19 Sun Haven
85% matchVery Positive80% of 25,583 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Crafting 46.9%, Combat 20%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 10.4%, Singleplayer 5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends traditional farming-sim mechanics with fantasy RPG combat and exploration, perfect for those who enjoy the cozy side of Len's Island.
- #20 Tinkerlands
84% matchVery Positive86% of 4,122 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.3%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: A charming survival sandbox that focuses on exploration, crafting, and building in a vibrant pixel-art world.
- #21 Luma Island
82% matchVery Positive84% of 12,744 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Building 31.3%, Crafting 29%, Open World 19.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, exploration-focused game that prioritizes farming and building over combat.
- #22 Soulmask
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival mechanics and tribe management, allowing for complex base building and combat.
- #23 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,370 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Open World 11%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and exploration in a procedurally generated world.
- #24 ICARUS
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 68,864 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to gather resources and build bases under time pressure.
- #25 Mirthwood
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Farming 23.7% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines life-sim elements with medieval RPG exploration and survival mechanics.
- #26 Voidtrain
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 9,990 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique survival experience where you build and upgrade a train while exploring a surreal dimension.
- #27 Everwind
77% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Building 16%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 13%, Sandbox 12.8%
- #28 Rising World
80% matchVery Positive86% of 6,019 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Building 10.8%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on deep building and mining mechanics in a vast, open-world environment.
- #29 Romestead
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,129 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Base Building 8.9%
- #30 Among Trees
79% matchMixed68% of 2,238 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Farming 23.7% ★, Survival 8.3%, Open World 7%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning survival game that focuses on the peaceful, atmospheric side of living in the wilderness.
- #31 Solace Crafting
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.4%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive, seamless open world with a heavy emphasis on crafting and building your own sanctuary.
- #32 Voyagers of Nera
76% matchVery Positive85% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Building 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%, PvE 8%
- #33 Volcanoids
78% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Building 15.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game centered around a mobile drill-ship base that you must constantly upgrade and defend.
- #34 Delverium
75% matchVery Positive85% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 10.3%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Survival 9.4%
- #35 Beyond the Map
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9%, Crafting 8.6%, Survival 7.6%
- #36 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,370 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.
Why similar: Open World 18.2%, Crafting 18.1%, Survival 18%, Sandbox 15.1%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #37 Force of Nature
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.7%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #38 Cubic Odyssey
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Building 14%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 4.3%
- #39 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
73% matchVery Positive84% of 4,696 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 9.9%
- #40 Saleblazers
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,249 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A shopkeeping adventure for 1-8 players. Cook, fish, fight, and sell your way through a magical island!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Building 13%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 10.8%
- #41 Forever Skies
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Building 10.3%
- #42 Salt
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,252 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 13.1%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #43 Dawn of Defiance
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,856 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are a fallen Spartan, cast into the realm between the living and the Underworld. In this survival adventure inspired by Greek myth, hunt, craft and build a home worthy of legend with up to 3 friends. Raid the gods' temples, defeat legendary creatures and loot the iconic weapons of the Olympians.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.7%, Open World 7.4%
- #44 Above Snakes
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,004 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Building 11.2%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 9.3%
- #45 KeepUp Survival
72% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World 9.7%
- #46 Wonderia
70% matchVery Positive83% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 10.6%
- #47 Witchspire
69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,161 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.4% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 11.5%, PvE 6.7%
- #48 ASKA
70% matchVery Positive80% of 12,267 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.1%
- #49 Longvinter
70% matchMixed67% of 7,713 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 10.2%, Building 9.1%
- #50 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 476 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle GamesPub: Amplified Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Building 38.8%, Crafting 29.7%, Exploration 21.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #51 Sunkenland
69% matchVery Positive80% of 24,007 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 7.3%
- #52 Windrose
66% matchVery Positive87% of 53,040 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 33.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 7.9%
- #53 Outbreak Island
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,124 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 12.7%
- #54 StarRupture
66% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 10.2%
- #55 Lodventure
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 9%, Base Building 8.5%
- #56 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
65% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.6%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.5%
- #57 The Survivalists
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,123 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #58 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
66% matchVery Positive81% of 12,511 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.6%
- #59 Eden Crafters
64% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
