- #1 Necesse
97% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 35.3% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a top-down sandbox survival experience with village management and multiplayer combat that mirrors the social focus of Longvinter.
- #2 Tinkerlands
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 29.5% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 10.2%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a charming, stylized survival experience with crafting and exploration that feels very close to the aesthetic of the seed game.
- #3 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 12.3%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 10.4%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar top-down perspective with deep crafting, base building, and multiplayer exploration in a persistent world.
- #4 Dinkum
95% matchVery Positive92% of 28,725 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 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 44.3% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Co-op 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the social and farming aspects of the seed game in a multiplayer setting with a similarly relaxed but engaging atmosphere.
- #5 Len's Island
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 29.6% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 10%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down building and survival with dungeon crawling, offering a polished experience for fans of base construction.
- #6 The Survivalists
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,012 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 25.5% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on multiplayer survival and crafting on a sandbox island, emphasizing resource management and base development.
- #7 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
93% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 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 25.4% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base building in a vast, open world with a strong emphasis on multiplayer cooperation.
- #8 Palworld
92% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 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 26.2% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world survival and base building with creature collection in a multiplayer environment.
- #9 V Rising
91% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 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 18.1%, Open World 15.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Base Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a top-down, multiplayer-focused survival experience with a heavy emphasis on PvP and base building.
- #10 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 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 24.4% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world survival game that incorporates farming, crafting, and multiplayer exploration.
- #11 Don't Starve Together
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 531,653 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.7 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 56.4% ★, Survival 25.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Co-op 3.4%, Crafting 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for stylized multiplayer survival, requiring constant cooperation and resource management to survive.
- #12 Unturned
89% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 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 18.3%, Open World 14.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the stylized aesthetic and 'no-rules' multiplayer survival intensity, though it utilizes a first-person perspective.
- #13 Omega Crafter
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 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 25.5% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features multiplayer survival and automation, allowing players to build bases and explore with friends.
- #14 Feel The Snow
88% matchVery Positive87% of 3,047 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 33.4% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized, top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a harsh winter environment.
- #15 Project Zomboid
87% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 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 27.8% ★, Survival 21%, Open World 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep multiplayer survival sandbox where player interaction and base building are essential for long-term survival.
- #16 Ylands
86% matchMixed64% of 8,392 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 29.4% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Open World 10.1%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, sandbox-style game that encourages exploration and building with a focus on multiplayer creativity.
- #17 Valheim
84% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: A premier multiplayer survival game that emphasizes building, exploration, and cooperative progression in a harsh world.
- #18 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
86% matchMixed52% of 3,445 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 31% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer sandbox survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and player-driven economies.
- #19 Eco
84% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 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 25.9% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.5%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: A social-driven survival game where players must work together to build a civilization and manage the environment.
- #20 Terraria
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 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 33.3% ★, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The classic 2D sandbox survival game that provides endless crafting, building, and multiplayer combat opportunities.
- #21 Force of Nature
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 33.1% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sandbox survival with crafting and exploration in a top-down perspective similar to the seed game.
- #22 Shamania
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
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 12.1%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival and crafting game that fits well within the sandbox genre for those seeking new worlds to build in.
- #23 Subsistence
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 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 34.9% ★, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging open-world survival game that focuses on base building and resource gathering in a multiplayer setting.
- #24 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,181 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 18.9%, Open World 18.1%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Building 14.3%, Cute 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, multiplayer-focused adventure game that emphasizes exploration and social interaction.
- #25 Crushed
81% matchMixed54% of 311 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 30.6% ★, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting, base building, and exploration in a multiplayer environment.
- #26 Creativerse
79% 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 24.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that focuses on building, exploration, and cooperative multiplayer play.
- #27 Pathless Woods
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 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%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on building and exploration with a distinct aesthetic and co-op support.
- #28 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 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 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #29 Wild Omission
77% matchVery Positive89% of 63 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 24.8% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 9%
- #30 Boundless
78% matchMixed70% of 2,767 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world sandbox MMO that emphasizes building, crafting, and exploration across different planets.
- #31 Nomad
79% 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 38.7% ★, Survival 17.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused multiplayer game that emphasizes building and scavenging in a hostile open world.
- #32 Lodventure
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 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 11.2%, Open World 11.1%, Co-op 9%
- #33 Forager
76% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 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 37.8% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 15.5%, Sandbox 7.4%, Multiplayer 5.9%
- #34 Far Lands
74% matchMixed65% of 167 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 29.4% ★, Crafting 17.9%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 12%, Base Building 7.1%
- #35 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
73% 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 29.3% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #36 Dead District: Survival
75% matchMixed48% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 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 17.2%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.4%
- #37 Staxel
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,825 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 16.2%, Building 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Nature 11.5%
- #38 XERA: Survival
73% matchMixed66% of 7,908 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 27.5% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Open World 9.1%
- #39 Luma Island
69% matchVery Positive84% of 12,297 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Crafting 25.3%, Building 16.2%, Open World 15.3%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 13.4%
- #40 DUCKSIDE
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,021 reviews2024
Dev: tinyBuild RigaPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, PvP 8.4%
- #41 KeepUp Survival
71% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #42 GRAV
74% 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 34.5% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #43 Last Oasis
71% matchMixed62% of 24,224 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Open World 17.1%, Crafting 15.5%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #44 Lost Rift
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,554 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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%
- #45 PixARK
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,071 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 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%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 11.5%
- #46 DeadPoly
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,910 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 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 28.2% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #47 Wild Terra Online
71% matchMixed60% of 1,839 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 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%
- #48 Haven & Hearth
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 976 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%
- #49 Project 5: Sightseer
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 20.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #50 Tinkertown
67% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Crafting 21.6%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Open World 15%, Sandbox 15%, Building 10.9%
- #51 DYSMANTLE
66% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 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 8.6%
- #52 Life is Feudal: Your Own
69% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 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 32.8% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #53 Out of Reach
68% matchMixed57% of 3,046 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 32.9% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #54 Outlaws of the Old West
68% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 15%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Crafting 6.6%
- #55 Survival: Lost Way
67% matchMostly Negative36% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 27.3%, Survival 25.4%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 6.4%
- #56 Piworld
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Ahaha studio
Windows
Piworld is a unique multiplayer game where everyone can find something to do to suit their desires. Try out different roles: from a simple fisherman to an adventurer. Explore the world alone or with friends, fight evil, develop your skills, and create your own story.
Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 16.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, PvP 11.5%
