- #1 Survival In Africa
97% matchMixed51% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Mambo
Windows
'Survival In Africa' is an RPG-type survival game that survives using items and crafted items that are dropped when various monsters are defeated.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Supernatural 20.1%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 11.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #2 Among the Trolls
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Avantgarden SRLPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Among the Trolls is a first-person survival-adventure game where the secret mysteries of Finnish forests are unraveled. Venture deep into the Finnish wilderness to uncover family truths and master the art of survival.
Why similar: Mythology 29%, Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Survival 10.1%, Mystery 8.4%, Open World 8.3%
- #3 MAK: Survival
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Friend Studios
Windows
Survive and evolve in the open world of Oratius. Build, craft, fight creatures, explore hidden locations, ride mounts, and progress from the stone age to modern tech — alone or with friends. Create worlds, complete quests, and uncover the secrets of Mak Survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Mythology 24.1%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 13.9%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #4 Lord of Undead
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
Destroy the castle on the hill in this grim RPG where you play as the Dark Lord. Collect souls, summon an undead army, master dark abilities, craft powerful gear, build your base, and desecrate the lands of a vast open world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Action RPG 11.3%, Open World 10.9%, Medieval 9.1%, Mythology 8.2%
- #5 Wandering Within
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lonely Crows
Windows
Wandering Within is a 2d solo survival game where you have to cross a hostile desert to unravel the mysteries of a legendary chest. Gather resources, find water and build tools to increase your chance of survival
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 18.2%, Mythology 12.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Open World 7%
- #6 Survival Simulator 生存模拟器
94% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Yuyi StudioPub: East2West Games
Windows
Struggle to survive on a perilous and unknown planet. Environment, climate and creatures are threats all the time, but also may be your powerful boosts. Survival Simulator - How you survive on the last day?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Open World 25.6%, Survival 21.3%, Adventure 8.5%
- #7 Remote Knights Online
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Schmidt Bros
Windows · Mac
A faction-based openworld action RPG with survival elements. Playable in multiplayer, singleplayer and self-hosted mode with custom ruleset. Can you survive the rough world of Vall Tir?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Open World 12.4%, Action RPG 9.7%, Medieval 8.8%, Survival 7.3%
- #8 Bob's Island
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R.L.D. Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight your way across the island in this open world survival crafting game! Explore, craft, and mine in order to defeat the cursed monstrosities that inhabit the land, uncovering ancient secrets as you face off against strange creatures and challenging bosses!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Survival 13.7%, Action RPG 11.8%, Open World 9.4%, Magic 7.5%
- #9 Pixplorer
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: whiax
Windows
Pixplorer is a 2D sandbox action-RPG ... set in a world of cubes! Explore biomes, conquer dungeons, craft, build a house, fight, mine, farm, catch fish and insects! Enjoy the game's atmosphere and complete freedom to shape your own adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Action RPG 12.3%, Open World 8.8%, Survival 6.4%, Building 5.3%
- #10 Ancient the Dimensions
91% 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: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Open World 14.1%, Survival 13.7%, Fantasy 7.6%, Action RPG 5.9%
- #11 SpiritBorn
90% 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 41.2% ★, Open World 14.6%, Survival 14.4%, RPG 5.9%, Building 5.8%
- #12 No Man's Island
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Rif Game StudioPub: ManyDev Studio
Windows
No Man's Island is an uncompromising wilderness survival game. 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. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land.
Why similar: Mythology 20.1%, Supernatural 12.5%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 11.5%, Magic 9.5%
- #13 Life is Feudal: Your Own
89% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Open World 16.1%, Medieval 15.2%, Survival 14.1%, Building 5.1%
- #14 Pyramid OS
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dev_იPub: Seal Paradox Studio
Windows
For centuries we believed death was unavoidable. But now it seems we’ve conquered civilization’s greatest enemy: Time. Fear Death? suffer from disease, or struggle… We see you, we hear you, we can save you. The one who finds the Key of Life will uncover the path to immortality.
Why similar: Mythology 17.9%, Medieval 14.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 11.6%
- #15 The Long Dark
87% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.7% ★, Survival 21.6%, Open World 15.1%, Exploration 3.8%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #16 Ruins of the Forgotten: A Wild Survival
86% matchNo user reviews
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 36.1% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Action RPG 8.2%
- #17 Dawn of Defiance
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,736 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Mythology 24.7%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 10.9%, Building 4.2%
- #18 Reign Of Kings
85% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 15.7%, Medieval 14%, Building 5.4%
- #19 The Wild Eight
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 7,155 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.5% ★, Survival 20.9%, Open World 13%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 3.1%
- #20 Survival RPG 2: The Temple Ruins
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Bew Games
Windows
A magical artifact lying among the ruins of a lost temple? Embark on a journey full of adventure, quests and exploration. You will need your survival skills in this retro 2d pixel art universe. Survival RPG 2: The Temple Ruins is the sequel of the first retro game Survival RPG: The Lost Treasure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 13%, Medieval 11.9%, Fantasy 8.1%, Magic 7.3%
- #21 Follow My Steps
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Games EIRL
Windows
Lead and protect a mother wolf and her pup seeking a new shelter. Use your magic to explore a dreamlike open world through numerous environments. Make the right choices to take care and educate your cub. Survive together and try to escape from the Midnight Pack…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Open World 14.6%, Survival 13.2%, Action RPG 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #22 Realms of Magic
82% matchVery Positive81% of 986 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.5% ★, Open World 13.5%, RPG 11.5%, Survival 7.5%, Adventure 5.4%
- #23 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Mythology 21%, Open World 15.4%, Survival 11.3%, RPG 6.9%
- #24 Citadel: Forged with Fire
80% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Open World 18.6%, Survival 13.4%, Magic 12.5%, RPG 7.7%
- #25 Astral Terra
81% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Open World 16.1%, Survival 14.4%, Magic 6.2%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #26 Divided Land
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mich
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a vast medieval open world. Explore, hunt, craft powerful gear, raid and plunder enemy villages, or forge your own path. As darkness falls, the dead awaken—prepare your defenses or seek shelter. Join allies in co-op PvE or test your skills in savage PvP.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 14.6%, Medieval 14%, RPG 6.3%
- #27 Niffelheim
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,327 reviews2018
Dev: Ellada Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Mythology 28.7%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.6%, Action RPG 7.7%
- #28 The Golden Light Guardian
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gbae
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious island and fight to survive against endless waves of the undead.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 11.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Action RPG 7.3%
- #29 The Forest
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.8% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 15.4%, Building 4.2%, Adventure 2.7%
- #30 Crashlands 2
77% matchVery Positive88% of 2,314 reviews2025
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Open World 14.6%, Survival 14%, RPG 7.6%, Action RPG 7.2%
- #31 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
77% matchVery Positive80% of 2,320 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 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 27.2% ★, Open World 16.7%, Survival 14.9%, Magic 7.8%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #32 Unreal Wukong
75% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Jet Games
Windows
"Unreal WuKong" is an open-world action RPG based on the classic Chinese mythological novel, "Journey to the West." You will play as the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, embarking on a perilous and wondrous adventure to save the world by vanquishing demons that have traveled from the future.
Why similar: Mythology 33.6%, Open World 16.7%, Magic 14.3%, Action RPG 12.3%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #33 Dragon And Home
76% matchMixed60% of 1,378 reviews2021
Dev: HIG
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dragon and Home is a sandbox MMORPG where players can choose freely how they desire to play. Whether you want to play as a courageous adventurer, or you want to experience the tranquil rural lifestyles, growing plants, and feeding animals with your friends in the Homeland, you can find it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Open World 14.1%, Survival 11.4%, Medieval 9.1%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #34 The Longest Tale
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dev Null Productions
Windows · Mac
Uncover a forgotten legend as you venture through mythical realms. Play as four heroes bound by a mysterious fate. Explore ancient ruins, outsmart deadly foes and solve arcane puzzles. Each path you take reveals a piece of The Longest Tale.
Why similar: Mythology 27.8%, Emotional 15.6%, Action RPG 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Open World 10%
- #35 Hazordhu
74% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: F0lak
Windows
Delve into the low-fantasy medieval lands of Hazordhu, where you will explore a vast open world full of dangers and wonders where every building and every item is player-made, and the online world changes based on your actions.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Open World 16.1%, Medieval 13.7%, Survival 8.8%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #36 Planet Explorers
76% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Open World 18.1%, Survival 12.4%, RPG 5.6%, Building 4.3%
- #37 Valheim
72% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Mythology 16.4%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 14.6%, Building 5.5%
- #38 Peasant Simulator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NACorp
Windows
Peasant Simulator is an open-world medieval sandbox. As serf or liege, smith, trade, farm, build, or conquer your way to fortune, glory, and a thriving medieval kingdom. Use your skills in construction, warfare, and crafting to build great towns and castles, then defend them from your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Open World 13.8%, Medieval 12.6%, Survival 12.1%, Action RPG 9.4%
- #39 Miasmata
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,225 reviews2012
Dev: IonFxPub: IonFX Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 30%, Open World 14.8%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 5.6%
- #40 My Island
71% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.5% ★, Survival 18.5%, Open World 14.4%, Building 3.7%, Adventure 3.3%
- #41 Vortex: The Gateway
73% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.2% ★, Survival 20.1%, Open World 15.1%, Adventure 4.1%, Building 3.5%
- #42 Fragmented
73% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.7% ★, Survival 19.3%, Open World 14%, RPG 4.4%, Building 3.7%
- #43 The Nature
72% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Unphysical Machinery
Windows · Linux
(NOT A MOBILE GAME PORT or NOT AN RPG MAKER GAME!!!) You are a creature just like others. You have the same needs, the same abilities. There is just one difference; you can talk with the Spirit of The Nature. Gather items, craft weapons, achieve your dreams, start a family, form a party and complete the quests without dying.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.6% ★, RPG 11.9%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.6%, Adventure 6.5%
- #44 Alchemist's Awakening
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54% ★, Open World 16.9%, Survival 14.9%, Magic 8.9%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #45 Force of Nature
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 51.8% ★, Survival 17.7%, Open World 13.9%, Building 5%, RPG 4%
- #46 Stranded Deep
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.1% ★, Survival 20%, Open World 14.4%, Building 3.4%, Exploration 2.8%
- #47 Bromeliad
70% 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 46.1% ★, Open World 16.7%, Survival 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%, Building 5.9%
- #48 Tales of Morrow
69% matchMixed47% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: GameMechanic
Windows
Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 10.4%, Fantasy 7.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%, RPG 6.5%
- #49 Slurkum
70% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Ark Valley GamingPub: Cohesive
Windows
Fantasy themed multiplayer, survival styled RPG. Build your character with unique stats, skills, karma, and reputation as you quest, explore, and conquer. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Action RPG 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, RPG 8.6%, Medieval 7.9%
- #50 Don't Starve Together
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 68.8% ★, Survival 26%, Open World 4%, Adventure 0.9%, Atmospheric 0.3%
- #51 Scorching Desert
68% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Runner Studio
Windows
"Scorching Desert" is an open-world survival crafting game, where your main objective is to survive in a hot, unforgiving desert plagued by an ancient evil! You will need to gather resources, build a resillient shelter, stay hydrated & explore a massive 64km^2 Map!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 13.5%, Supernatural 12.2%, Action RPG 9.8%, Open World 7.8%
- #52 Cube Life: Island Survival
70% 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 56.8% ★, Open World 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Building 6%, Adventure 5.5%
- #53 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
66% matchVery Positive81% of 23,948 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Open World 17.5%, Survival 15.2%, Magic 7%, Building 5.1%
- #54 Lysward
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Lysward is a single-player survival adventure set in a vast and unforgiving desert in the fantastical world of Umbra. Explore, craft, team up with your companion, and leverage the Amri magic to endure the heat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.2% ★, Survival 22.9%, Fantasy 7.5%, Adventure 5.5%, Magic 5.2%
- #55 Founders
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GenFiction
Windows
Founders is a city-building survival game for 1-10 players, where medieval robots with evolving memories and unique personalities create a truly living world. Build and defend your city against relentless threats while shaping your character’s skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.1%, Magic 8.6%, Medieval 8.1%
- #56 The Warhorn
68% matchMixed54% of 345 reviews2019
Dev: Pigeons Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Warhorn is a medieval RPG mixed with city-building and management elements. Play as an adventurer who decided to leave his dull life as a lumberjack behind to explore a dangerous world full of puzzles in the pursuit of the most valuable relic mankind has ever seen: The Warhorn!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, RPG 17.9%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Adventure 10%
- #57 Sou'wester Winds
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jonas OppligerPub: Voronoi Studios
Windows
Build your own airship using the extensive shipbuilder and take it with you to explore the open world. Go hunt the beasts that live within the dark clouds, upgrade the automation on your ship or progress further in the questlines, alone or together with your friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Medieval 12.8%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.3%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #58 Re.poly
67% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 15%, Action RPG 11.1%, RPG 6.6%
- #59 ASTROBOTANICA
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Space Goblin Studio
Windows
Science-driven survival with a relaxing vibe. Farming, base building, crafting, animal taming, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Mythology 23.6%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%