- #1 A Life Ashore
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: daggg3rPub: daggg3r studio
Windows
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: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Survival 9%, Building 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%, Base Building 8.3%
- #2 Silkgrove
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gallic Entertainment
Windows
Become a Restorer in Silkgrove. Use your toolkit to scavenge resources, repair, build, craft, and help rebuild communities in this solarpunk world. Upgrade & manage your mobile home, drive across regions, and restore balance to this post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Cozy 10.5%, Driving 9.4%, Crafting 8.6%, Life Sim 8.2%
- #3 Stranded in Paradise
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Stranded on a breathtaking Caribbean island, your survival starts with nothing. Gather resources, build your shelter, craft what you need, cook your food, and turn a wild paradise into your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 8.6%, Building 6.1%
- #4 Island Beekeeper
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 224 reviews2026
Dev: Akuseru Studio
Windows
Build your apiary on islands above the clouds, travel on your medocycle, crossbreed bees with unique traits and create a cozy home in the sky. Grow plants, explore islands and send healing honey down to Earth, where people still hope for your help.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Cozy 14.6%, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.7%
- #5 Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Little Buffalo Studios
Windows · Mac
Fall into a chill survival adventure, with a talking campfire as your guide. Explore, craft, fish and hunt during the day, and ask your fire three questions each night. Choose wisely: Winter isn't the only surprise in this beautiful, hand-drawn world. Playable in cosy or realistic mode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 10%, Nature 9.7%, Open World 7%
- #6 Canopy
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yuna Technologies
Windows
Canopy is a non-violent exploration crafting game set in the heart of the rainforest. Gather your friends and embark on an unforgettable cooperative adventure, where camaraderie is key, and teamwork is essential.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Nature 9.2%, Base Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 7.2%
- #7 Restoraether
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Empyrean Interactive
Windows
Restoraether is a cozy magical survival crafting game where you explore the isles of magic, mysteriously abandoned by their powerful Mage inhabitants, and restore the balance of aethers to bring magic back to the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Cozy 13.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 8.5%, Building 6.3%
- #8 SpiritBorn
91% 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 36.9% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Open World 9.7%, Building 9.2%
- #9 Force of Nature
91% 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 40.9% ★, Crafting 14%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 8.2%, Building 7.8%
- #10 Wild
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #11 Bromeliad
89% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 9.9%, Building 9.3%
- #12 Gravehollow
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silo Snowdash
Windows
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: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 9.3%, Building 8.6%
- #13 CrossWorlds: Escape
88% 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: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.5%, Nature 9.7%, Open World 8.7%
- #14 Primal Man Simulator
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 9.5%
- #15 Odd Woods
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 10.1%, Open World 9.6%
- #16 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
84% 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 19.5% ★, Cozy 13.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Base Building 8.4%, Building 8.1%
- #17 Outpost On Syrinx
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Polychrome Games
Windows
Establish an Outpost on a wondrous alien world. Harvest, craft, build a base for humanity, uncover alien mysteries, and explore strange new lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #18 Novus Inceptio
86% matchMixed52% of 1,304 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.1%, Building 8.4%
- #19 Under A New Sun
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 8.6%
- #20 Eldercraft: Mountaineers
83% 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.3%, Building 9.3%
- #21 Last Breath
81% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Mx
Windows
Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game. Dig through terrain, build powerful machines, and restore life to a dead planet. Work together to survive, automate, and reshape the world from the ground up, literally.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 7.9%
- #22 Roverbound
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueatic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and expand a base on wheels and push deeper into a frozen alien world. Scavenge and drill for resources, keep the power on and oxygen flowing, and research new technologies to survive the journey.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Driving 12.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 7.1%
- #23 Subsistence
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 9.1%, Open World 8.7%
- #24 Moon Colony Crafter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 8.7%, Survival 8.1%
- #25 Above Snakes
79% 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 25.8% ★, Cozy 12.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.8%
- #26 Arctico
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,553 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Open World 9.4%, Survival 8%, Base Building 7.9%, Nature 7.8%
- #27 Ruins of the Forgotten: A Wild Survival
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 2 Dude Studios
Windows · Mac
Discover an open-world survival game that divides animals into two factions. While crafting, building, and taming animals, explore the forgotten ruins. Do whatever it takes to last another night and solve the mystery surrounding animal factions.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 7.9%, Survival 7.6%
- #28 XenoHaven
77% matchVery Positive82% of 73 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 14%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #29 TROLLHEIM: GNOMES
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trollheim
Windows
More info coming soon
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 8.1%
- #30 Survival: Fountain of Youth
75% 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 30.6% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 8%, Building 7.1%
- #31 Nighthold
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 7.5%, Open World 6.6%
- #32 Solarpunk™
73% 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 26.5% ★, Cozy 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 8.2%
- #33 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,722 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 9%
- #34 Offroad Delivery Service
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games OperatorsPub: Games Operators
Windows
A courier and an off-road simulator rolled into one, where you are faced with an arduous task of delivering cargo of various sizes to distant and hard-to-reach places. Get contracts, earn money, upgrade your equipment and SUV.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Driving 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 8.2%
- #35 Skillwood
72% matchVery Positive91% of 273 reviews2026
Dev: sshulin
Windows · Mac
Skillwood is a relaxing woodcutter simulator inspired by survival simulators and incremental games. Chop wood, mine stone, trade with NPCs, upgrade forests, unlock new trees or new areas and prestige to do even better next run.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Cozy 18.3%, Nature 12.3%, Crafting 8.5%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #36 Lodventure
73% 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 35.6% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 8.1%
- #37 Crushed
74% matchMixed53% of 321 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 35.2% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #38 Desolated District
71% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 10.5%, Open World 9.9%
- #39 Wurm Unlimited
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,138 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 11%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.8%
- #40 Middle Ages: Peasants & Knights
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Neronian Studios
Windows
Survive in an open world inspired by 14th century Europe. Immerse yourself in crafting based on real historical methods and experience true inventory system and realistic resource management. Take control of your destiny and embrace a world full of possibilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Base Building 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.1%, Open World 8.7%
- #41 Cube Life: Island Survival
72% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #42 Breathedge 2
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,680 reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Survive on the edge of space! Craft and upgrade tools, scavenge resources, and save a galaxy gone completely off the rails. Can Ordinary Man save the galaxy with the help of the immortal Chicken and some duct tape?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 7.8%, Sandbox 7.4%, Building 7.1%
- #43 Whisper of the Swallows
69% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 9.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #44 Aurendor
71% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 9.7%, Open World 9.6%
- #45 Among Trees
70% 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 32.4% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 8.8%, Open World 8.6%, Survival 7.9%
- #46 Unhinged
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Crafting 11%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 8.4%
- #47 Outbound
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,188 reviews2026
Dev: Square Glade Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.4% ★, Cozy 13.1%, Base Building 10%, Driving 9%, Crafting 8.2%
- #48 Drift: Space Survival
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 9%, Survival 8.8%
- #49 Far North Survival
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 10.3%, Survival 9.3%
- #50 Collinwood
68% matchNegative0% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WhatHunts
Windows
Explore a vibrant sandbox world full of wildlife and nature. Gather materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a cozy home. Build your shelter and hunt for food to survive—but be careful, the forest can be a dangerous place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 9.1%, Survival 7.9%, Base Building 7.8%
- #51 Miniland Adventure: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive87% of 721 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Miniland: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full game. Your task is to build your world and fight against your enemies. The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 9.1%, Survival 8.6%
- #52 Out of Reach
69% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9.8%, Building 7.9%
- #53 Cosmorists
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 10.4%, Building 8.8%
- #54 Blockscape
70% matchMixed46% of 899 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.5% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 7.8%, Building 7.8%
- #55 Horizon Journey
67% matchMostly Negative25% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Redivided Studios
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure to Mars in Horizon Journey, an open-world survival game that blends colonization, terraforming, and exploration in both single-player and multiplayer co-op modes. You're tasked with the monumental challenge of making Mars a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Driving 10.3%, Building 8.7%
- #56 Sandustry
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 10%, Open World 9%