- #1 Dinkum
97% matchVery Positive92% of 28,839 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.7 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 44.5% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Co-op 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the cozy, social farming and exploration aspects of Longvinter while offering a more relaxed multiplayer experience.
- #2 Necesse
96% matchVery Positive93% of 27,406 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 35.4% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes base building and exploration in a procedurally generated world.
- #3 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 65,043 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 34.4 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 21.9% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down sandbox game excels at cooperative survival and base building, providing a similar sense of progression and discovery.
- #4 Unturned
95% matchVery Positive91% of 563,568 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Crafting 18.5%, Survival 18.4%, Open World 14.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the stylized aesthetic and intense multiplayer PvP survival loop that defines the core experience of Longvinter.
- #5 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 135,087 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 57.6 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 18.2%, Open World 16%, Crafting 15.3%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game features robust base building and competitive PvP elements that mirror the social sandbox nature of the seed game.
- #6 The Survivalists
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,037 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 25.6% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar top-down perspective and focuses heavily on crafting, gathering, and surviving with friends in an open world.
- #7 Palworld
93% matchVery Positive94% of 423,735 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.6 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 26.3% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creature collection with open-world survival and base building, appealing to players who enjoy the multiplayer sandbox freedom of Longvinter.
- #8 Valheim
92% matchVery Positive94% of 535,809 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 77.4 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 30.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: A premier multiplayer survival experience that emphasizes building and exploration within a vast, challenging open world.
- #9 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,075 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.2 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 24.6% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hybrid survival game that blends farming, building, and combat, offering a similar variety of activities to Longvinter.
- #10 Len's Island
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,768 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 10%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on top-down exploration, building, and survival, providing a polished experience for fans of the genre.
- #11 Ylands
91% matchMixed64% of 8,407 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Open World 10.1%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that encourages creativity and exploration in a colorful, low-poly multiplayer environment.
- #12 Don't Starve Together
89% matchVery Positive95% of 534,846 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.6 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 56.5% ★, Survival 25.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Co-op 3.4%, Crafting 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct art style and deep survival mechanics that prioritize cooperative play and base management.
- #13 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
89% matchVery Positive82% of 10,202 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.5% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique perspective on survival with strong base-building mechanics and multiplayer cooperative play.
- #14 Tinkerlands
88% matchVery Positive86% of 3,887 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 29.7% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11%, Open World 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game with pixel graphics that focuses on exploration and building in a vibrant world.
- #15 Terraria
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,530,276 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.7 hrsMean: 150.7 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 33.4% ★, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sandbox experience that offers endless building, crafting, and multiplayer exploration in a 2D space.
- #16 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
87% matchMixed52% of 3,942 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, massively multiplayer survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and sandbox freedom.
- #17 Feel The Snow
86% matchVery Positive87% of 3,052 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Multiplayer 11%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with a charming winter-themed aesthetic and multiplayer support.
- #18 Forager
85% matchVery Positive90% of 43,651 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 7.4%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the addictive gathering and crafting loop that makes the early-game experience of Longvinter so engaging.
- #19 Eco
84% matchVery Positive81% of 13,944 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 89.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 10.9%, Survival 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on community building and social interaction within a complex, player-driven ecosystem.
- #20 KeepUp Survival
82% matchMixed64% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 26.4% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on base building and resource management in an open-world multiplayer setting.
- #21 Deadside
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,335 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 9%, PvP 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A more combat-focused survival game that highlights the PvP and looting aspects of the genre.
- #22 Project Zomboid
82% matchVery Positive94% of 455,059 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Survival 21.1%, Open World 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more hardcore, top-down survival experience that emphasizes long-term base building and social interaction.
- #23 Far Lands
81% matchMixed65% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Crafting 17.9%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 12%, Base Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a straightforward survival and crafting experience with an emphasis on base building and adventure.
- #24 DeadPoly
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,942 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that emphasizes looting and PvP combat in a post-apocalyptic open world.
- #25 Subsistence
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,713 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.2 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 35% ★, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that emphasizes base building and resource gathering in a challenging multiplayer environment.
- #26 Pathless Woods
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,107 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Survival 18%, Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative survival and building mechanics set in a beautiful, stylized environment.
- #27 PixARK
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,101 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Open World 16.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based building with survival and multiplayer exploration in a colorful, creature-filled world.
- #28 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,471 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Crafting 16.3%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #29 Wild Omission
77% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 9%
- #30 Lodventure
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 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 30.9% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 11.1%, Co-op 9%
- #31 Romestead
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,870 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 13.4 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 25.6% ★, Crafting 17.5%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 9%
- #32 Shamania
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 150 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 9%
- #33 GRAV
78% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that focuses on base building and exploration in a large, multiplayer-driven sandbox.
- #34 Dead District: Survival
75% matchMixed48% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Crafting 17.1%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 10.4%
- #35 Wild Terra Online
75% matchMixed60% of 1,841 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Open World 17.6%, Sandbox 17.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #36 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #37 Omega Crafter
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 569 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #38 Staxel
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,832 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Open World 16.2%, Sandbox 16.2%, Building 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Nature 11.5%
- #39 XERA: Survival
72% matchMixed66% of 7,928 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Open World 9.2%
- #40 Lost Rift
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,611 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%, PvP 8.3%
- #41 Nomad
73% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Survival 17.8%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%
- #42 Solarpunk™
67% matchVery Positive82% of 2,601 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 26.4% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #43 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 30.7% ★, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #44 Creativerse
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #45 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,186 reviews2020
Dev: Kindred Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Open World 18.2%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Building 14.3%, Cute 8.3%
- #46 Spirit of the Island
70% matchMixed66% of 1,891 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%
- #47 Haven & Hearth
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 984 reviews2024
Dev: Seatribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A free-to-play MMORPG with crafting, building, landscaping, foraging, hunting, fishing, a dash of poetry, and open PvP combat,
Why similar: Survival 17.9%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Open World 15.1%, PvP 10.8%
- #48 DYSMANTLE
67% matchVery Positive91% of 11,477 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.3 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 25.1%, Crafting 23.9%, Open World 21.2%, Sandbox 11%, Base Building 8.5%
- #49 Project 5: Sightseer
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.1%, Building 26.6%, Open World 20.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #50 Raft
65% matchVery Positive93% of 373,485 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Survival 17%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Co-op 8.2%
- #51 Life is Feudal: Your Own
69% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.1 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 32.9% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #52 Re.poly
68% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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 28.6% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 10.9%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #53 Force of Nature
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,204 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 33.2% ★, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #54 CryoFall
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,442 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 8.6%
- #55 Out of Reach
68% matchMixed57% of 3,047 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%
