- #1 Alone on the Lost Isle
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Khachatur Antonyan
Windows
An atmospheric open-world survival game featuring exploration of a mysterious island, base building, crafting, and a dog companion. Face hostile inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Dogs 32.1% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Open World 15.8%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #2 THIEF DOG
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NPC Games
Windows
Thief Dog – trained from the pup to steal bags and wallets, became a true master in his craft. Intelligent, sneaky, extremely courageous – the Thief Dog will take up on any criminal task. Petty thefts are only the beginning….
Why similar: Dogs 26.8% ★, Open World 18.9%, Immersive Sim 16%, Simulation 8.6%, Sandbox 8%
- #3 Island of the Lost
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JR_Development
Windows
Survive on a mysterious island, gather resources, craft tools, and build a ship to escape—or explore freely in a larger open-world survival mode.
Why similar: Survival 15.3%, Inventory Management 15.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #4 Dreamcraft: Lumberjack
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Duck Gang
Windows
Chop the sick trees to purify the forests. Gather lumber, upgrade your axe, and improve stats. No rush, no stress, relax in cozy and beautiful lands, rescue animals, and unravel the secrets of the wilderness. Nature must be preserved so cut the shadow and restore the light!
Why similar: Dogs 47.5% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 8.7%
- #5 Aldora
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DalaGG Studios
Windows
You've left your home island to venture into the vast continent of Arronia. Explore its untamed lands, master powerful gear and professions, and uncover ancient secrets. Will you rise as a hero in this ever-changing world of adventure?
Why similar: Trading 19.6%, Crafting 17.3%, Open World 16.9%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, RPG 7.8%
- #6 Animal Rescuer
94% matchMixed59% of 146 reviews2020
Dev: Turquoise Revival Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Animal Rescuer is helping lovely animals through exploring an epic world with faster gameplay and increased quest and combat intensity.
Why similar: Dogs 38.3% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 9.3%, Action RPG 7.2%
- #7 Direland
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAIJIUUUUU
Windows
A sandbox survival craft game set in a vast world. Explore the wilderness, defeat monsters, gather materials, and conquer colossal bosses.
Why similar: Crafting 21.4%, Sandbox 20.8%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 11.8%, Exploration 11%
- #8 Aculto
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Banshee Cat
Windows
Welcome to Aculto, a sandbox adventure game. Jump into a living world and explore an island with hidden secrets, artifacts to discover, and monsters to slay.
Why similar: Open World 17.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, RPG 12.2%, Action RPG 10.4%
- #9 Atomcraft
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Triplejump
Windows
Adventure in a world where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! In this ever-evolving sandbox, creativity meets chaos, and the only limit is your imagination!
Why similar: Open World 20.3%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, Survival 15.9%, Action RPG 8.9%
- #10 Donna: The Canine Quest
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: RAZE GAMESPub: indie.io
Windows
Embark on a paw-some journey in Donna: The Canine Quest! Dive into a world of heroic hounds, where each thrilling battle and loot discovery keeps the excitement at its peak. With cute pixel-art graphics and satisfying gameplay this tail-wagging adventure will have you barking for more!
Why similar: Dogs 46.8% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 11.8%, Action RPG 10.4%, RPG 5.8%
- #11 Street Life: It’s Mine Now!
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ling Chen
Windows
Homeless survival management game. Survive winter, pay debts, and avoid being a medical research guinea pig. Scavenge, repair, run a stall or shop for a legal living. Break in, steal, and sell on the black market. Or build a gang, recruit a crew, and fight street bullies. Choose your path. Survive.
Why similar: Modern 18.8%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 17.1%, Crafting 14.9%, RPG 10.3%
- #12 Dog World
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roni Games
Windows · Mac
Lead dogs of different breeds, manage their behavior, and solve different challenges during each walk.
Why similar: Dogs 69.5% ★, Modern 8.4%, Simulation 6.1%, Open World 4.6%, Exploration 4.3%
- #13 Street Chef Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happybara GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Turn your humble hotdog cart into a thriving business! Ride through the city, find the best selling spots, and serve up delicious hotdogs to hungry customers. Buy new ingredients and toppings.
Why similar: Dogs 28% ★, Trading 16.9%, Open World 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #14 Last Float
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Survival 21.5%, Crafting 21.2%, Sandbox 18.6%, Inventory Management 11.9%, Open World 8.1%
- #15 Dao's Cover
87% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Baidong Technology
Windows
An unconventional post-apocalyptic survival sandbox game. Abandon endless combat and embrace a more authentic living experience in the apocalypse.
Why similar: Trading 21.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Open World 13.3%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Crafting 12.2%
- #16 Tornado Chaser
86% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: maxdev
Windows
Tornado Chaser is a fast-paced multiplayer game where you risk everything to get up close and personal with deadly twisters Drive through violent storms, launch data probes into the heart of tornadoes, and sell the data to fund better gear, faster trucks, and harder drinks.
Why similar: Open World 18%, Survival 16.3%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Physics 9.6%
- #17 DORONKO WANKO
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,327 reviews2024
Dev: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Pub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Why similar: Dogs 78% ★, Immersive Sim 7.8%, Simulation 4.3%, Exploration 4.2%, 3D 2.1%
- #18 Wrangel Island
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaotic Vector Studios LLC
Windows
A survival game set in the Ice Age where man and animal collide, work together with others or attempt to survive alone in these frozen lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.1%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Action RPG 13.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.5%
- #19 ROGUE PROTOCOL
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamMATTO
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in the gigantic world filled with mysteries, violence and tension. Fight against mutants and armed forces, explore, join operations, do jobs, earn credits, buy, trade, upgrade and plan to escape from the rogue planet and its protocol!
Why similar: Open World 18.2%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 12.8%, Action RPG 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.8%
- #20 HIIS
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Bottled Fantasy Games
Windows
HIIS is an open world sandbox experimentation game, full of mystical vegetation, concealed secrets, and powerful potions. Domesticate the wild plants to farm them, brew elixirs from their products, and experiment to document their effects.
Why similar: Open World 20.3%, Crafting 18.9%, Sandbox 17.5%, Physics 14.8%, Exploration 9.5%
- #21 Drone Adventure
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Finns Wonderland
Windows · Linux
Drone, Guns, Open World, GPL3
Why similar: Dogs 31.8% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Trading 10%, Simulation 8.3%
- #22 Survive The Island
83% matchMixed52% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
survive the island you survive from skeletons and humans you can build and mine and level up your stats you can build whatever you want you can raid enemies you can mine and cut down trees and you have to hunt for your own food and you can grow your own crops and you can craft weapons
Why similar: Sandbox 16.7%, Action RPG 13.9%, RPG 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.3%
- #23 Oopz-Oofs
81% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Zoomies Games
Windows · Mac
A quirky, playful dog sim where you body-swap with a dog. Waking up from a sweet dream, John finds himself in his dog's body! Sniff, bark, beg, and use paw to interact with the townfolks. Can John find a way to return to his human form, or will this unexpected adventure change them forever?
Why similar: Dogs 51.6% ★, Immersive Sim 17%, Exploration 7.7%, RPG 7.4%, Funny 6.7%
- #24 Medieval Alchemist
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VaybetterGames
Windows
Medieval Alchemist is an alchemist survival game set in the medieval period. Survive against the challenges of nature, collect ingredients, produce potions, sell non-essential ingredients in the bazaar, develop your character and build your living space by hiring workers.
Why similar: Trading 29.9%, Crafting 16.9%, Inventory Management 14.5%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 10.7%
- #25 Elusive World
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: PistolizedCannon
Windows
FEATURES: - Survive against wild animals, common bandits, and overpowering rulers. - Collect ingredients to craft from simple arrows for your bow to complex Ice Sword. - Rich coming-of-age adventure. Single-player, story-driven RPG.
Why similar: Inventory Management 22.1%, Crafting 19.8%, Survival 17%, Open World 14.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #26 Project-Starbound
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spaced Out Studios
Windows
Project Starbound is a single-player space exploration game built in Unreal Engine 5. After a habitable moon is discovered, players explore the solar system, take on missions, build bases, and navigate faction conflicts in a story-driven, low-poly universe.
Why similar: Trading 27.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 13%, Crafting 12.8%, Third Person 8.4%
- #27 My Wasteland Diary
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 以太猫工作室
Windows
A sandbox survival game: In a future wasteland , resources are scarce, dangers abound. As a survivor, you scavenge, craft, and explore to stay alive. Meet NPCs who are also fighting to survive—will you cooperate, confront, help, or plunder? Every choice shapes your unique journey.
Why similar: Trading 32.7%, Sandbox 16%, Survival 15.9%, Open World 13.7%, RPG 10%
- #28 My Pet Store
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chewie Games
Windows
🐾 Build a cozy pet store and turn it into a favorite spot for pets and their owners! Manage your shop, discover new animals and products, grow at your own pace, and enjoy the process of care and progress!
Why similar: Trading 32.7%, Dogs 31.2% ★, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Physics 6.7%
- #29 Blimps
79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Paint Can Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Blimps is an airship survival RPG. Step into the captain's chair of an electric airship cargo delivery empire, armed with an arsenal of water, fire, and ice cannons and a trusty pair of hangar robots. Can you learn to survive in this world of Blimps only to escape it?
Why similar: Trading 22.3%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 14.3%, Inventory Management 13.8%, Open World 9.7%
- #30 Wolf Simulator: Silent Paws
77% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Yusuf Islam SeyhanPub: Inspector Studios
Windows
Survive in a wild world as nature's strongest hunter with Wolf Simulator: Silent Paws! Explore, survive and write your own legend! Join this epic adventure now and become the true hero of the forest.
Why similar: Survival 18.2%, Action RPG 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, RPG 9.8%, Simulation 9%
- #31 dogpet
78% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2020
Dev: dogpet
Windows
Who's a good doggy?
Why similar: Dogs 63.9% ★, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Physics 12.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #32 Horrors Glade
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
You are a young scientist whose experiment turned into a disaster. When you wake up in the heart of a creepy forest, where every whisper of the wind hides a threat, you realize: there are no rules here. There is only hunger, fear, and shadows hungry for your flesh.
Why similar: Crafting 24.6%, Survival 22.3%, Sandbox 19.3%, Open World 17.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #33 Forging Ahead
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobsi
Windows
Craft weapons and armor using fun physics, run your own shop, hire adventurers, level up your reputation, and more. With multiplayer options and endless possibilities, this game is perfect for you whether you are a casual gamer or want to grind out all the possibilities!
Why similar: Trading 27.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Physics 10.9%
- #34 Where's the Boat
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: KetaGames
Windows
Where's the Boat is a sandbox open world survival crafting game set on an archipelago of deserted islands. Gather resources, craft tools, tend to your needs and travel from island to island in search for a way back to civilization.
Why similar: Inventory Management 17.6%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.6%
- #35 Trail of Singularity
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEB3 Studios
Windows
In 2207, Earth vanished. As a Hyper Station engineer, explore abandoned spaceships, face android guardians, craft tools, and mend your ship to find the last station in a 3000-light-year radius. Survival is key in this post-cataclysmic space odyssey.
Why similar: Crafting 24.9%, Survival 22.7%, Open World 21.1%, RPG 8.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #36 Unhinged Pet Store Simulator
73% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: BH Studios
Windows
Run your own crazy pet store! Buy wares, stock shelves, raise crabs, defend the store from the local thieving animals, hire workers and try to keep your store tidy while taking payment from impatient customers.
Why similar: Trading 32.2%, Dogs 20.3% ★, Inventory Management 18.3%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Funny 7.8%
- #37 Beyond The Gate
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: L.W. Studios
Windows
Explore a brutal medieval world, gather what you can, and return before nightfall to not lose it all.
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Crafting 18.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Inventory Management 11.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #38 失落喵城
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HotpotGames
Windows
Open-world pet simulation game: Cats & Dogs
Why similar: Dogs 32.4% ★, Trading 29.3%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Simulation 5%
- #39 Bandit the game
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Adrian Ubiorski
Windows
Bandit the game is an open-world RPG with unique quests, character development, intense combat and interesting exploration. With optional elements: tower defense, city/base building and gang management.
Why similar: Survival 15.2%, Inventory Management 14.1%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 13%
- #40 Elacoria
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows · Linux
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Open World 25.7%, Sandbox 19.4%, Survival 18.4%, Crafting 16.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #41 Project Prison: Prologue
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Seria
Windows
Have you ever thought about the best place to start your criminal empire without any legal consequences? Now you will finally be able to experience prison life in Project Prison: Prologue. try to stay alive in a prison which contains’ s the world’s most ruthless inmates.
Why similar: RPG 13.9%, Action RPG 13.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Simulation 11.1%
- #42 Edentopia
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Space Petal Studio
Windows
An open-world sandbox ARPG where every weapon transforms how you fight. Hunt monsters, craft gear and create deep character builds through stats, enchantments, spells, equipment and pets. Explore freely, survive chaotic boss fights, and carve your path through a world of magic, danger, and discovery
Why similar: Crafting 27.4%, Open World 22.8%, Sandbox 20%, Exploration 11.4%, RPG 9.3%
- #43 Restore Your Island
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,153 reviews2026
Dev: Paiband Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Heal a scarred island, rebuild habitats, play with your dog, design your sanctuary, and relax by the fire. Turn this broken, trash-filled island into a thriving sanctuary — one clean sweep at a time.
Why similar: Dogs 66% ★, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Simulation 6.2%, Exploration 5.8%, Funny 5.6%
- #44 Contained
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slingshot Games
Windows
Contained is a monster pet simulator in a sci-fi base. Take care of your monsters and use their powers to keep the base running. As they grow, you can discover new skills, moods, resources, and rooms. But beware, monsters can be wild!
Why similar: Dogs 56.2% ★, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Survival 14.1%, Action 3.4%, 3D 3%
- #45 Market Street Tycoon Simulator
71% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Yusuf Islam SeyhanPub: Inspector Studios
Windows
Start from scratch, build your own market, set the prices and become the ultimate retail tycoon. Manage, expand and dominate the street. This is your business, your rules, your empire.
Why similar: Trading 34%, Inventory Management 12.1%, Open World 11.4%, Action RPG 11.2%, RPG 9%
- #46 The Falconer
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ACR Media
Windows
The Falconer is single player casual open world game that lets you explore and hunt rabbits with a bird of prey and dog companion at your side. "Falconry, the sport of kings"
Why similar: Dogs 29.9% ★, Open World 21.8%, Immersive Sim 19.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Third Person 7%
- #47 The Northern Path
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triluna
Windows
Embark on an adventure through the vast northern wilderness, where survival depends on your skills and instincts. Experience story-rich exploration as you dredge through untamed lands, face below zero temperatures, and uncover mysteries hidden in the snow. A journey into the long dark awaits!
Why similar: Dogs 54% ★, Inventory Management 10.2%, RPG 6.8%, Open World 6.8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #48 Cat Life
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: RedMoon Studio
Windows
Cat Life is an adventure and survival solo game, allowing you to explore a vast open world as a cat. A series of quests will lead you to solve the mysteries of this island, if you manage to face all its dangers !
Why similar: Dogs 25% ★, Open World 18%, Survival 16.3%, Action RPG 14.5%, Exploration 7.3%
- #49 Triton Survival
70% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Crafting 16.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 12.8%, Inventory Management 12.7%, Open World 11.4%
- #50 Rooted
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
In this solo and multiplayer survival game, explore an ancient overgrown world full of dangers. Salvage, build, craft, hunt,.. and try to survive alone or with your friends in an evolving and fascinating post-apocalyptic environment. Powered by Unreal Engine 5.
Why similar: Dogs 51.4% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 10.4%, Exploration 3.9%
- #51 Store Keeper
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: AlexsusDev
Windows
Become a wholesale warehouse manager! Receive shipments, optimize storage, maintain proper conditions, and manage inventory. Streamline logistics and make your warehouse as efficient as possible!
Why similar: Trading 38.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Inventory Management 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Simulation 7.3%
- #52 Scrap Mechanic
70% matchVery Positive92% of 117,481 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Crafting 18%, Open World 16.6%, Sandbox 15.9%, Survival 15.8%, Physics 13.9%
- #53 Rivendale: Second Chance
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AlexsusDev
Windows
Start a new life in the cozy town of Rivendale and build your own culinary business. Grow ingredients, explore the world, create unique dishes, and develop relationships with the town's residents.
Why similar: Trading 35.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Simulation 10.5%, RPG 10.1%
- #54 MaskuLand Survival
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DR_Godot_Dev
Windows
You are Masku, an explorer who crash-landed in an unknown world carrying a rare cure for your son! To breathe you need special Masks, each one grants you a unique ability! Repair your balloon and get supplies, fight you way back home! His life depends on you! You need to SURVIVE!
Why similar: Crafting 22%, Survival 20.5%, Open World 18.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, RPG 10.2%
- #55 Star Man
67% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ビビンドン
Windows
A survival adventure where you build a raft and escape from a deserted island.
Why similar: Crafting 18.4%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 16.7%, Action RPG 16.4%, RPG 11.1%
- #56 Pozionista
68% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Piccolo Mago
Windows
Creates potions with plants gathered in the woods, discover new ways to make potions and sell those potions to stores
Why similar: Trading 38.7%, Crafting 22.6%, Inventory Management 11%, RPG 8.1%, Simulation 7.7%
- #57 Of Peaks and Tides
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyancookGames
Windows
Step onto this vast ancient land shaped by intuitive physics, and form a new world born of your imagination. Explore solo or team up online with friends. Reforge the mortal realm devastated by divine wrath. Feel the world shift with your every move. Your lands await. Will you answer?
Why similar: Crafting 19.9%, Open World 19.7%, Survival 17.4%, Action RPG 13.3%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #58 WoodZone
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Desand Game StudiosPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
WoodZone is a unique opportunity to become an entrepreneurial lumberjack. Imagine that you have a company that grows in front of your eyes or you go up the ladder in another corporation to eventually become the boss in it.
Why similar: Open World 17.8%, Crafting 16%, Sandbox 14.6%, Third Person 10.5%, Funny 8.1%
- #59 Dog Trainer
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit S.A.
Windows · Mac
Dog Trainer lets you experience all the joy and challenges of owning a dog. Create an unbreakable bond with your pup, watch him grow by your side and help him become the best - whatever it means to you!
Why similar: Dogs 72.3% ★, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 7.1%, Funny 4.8%, Indie 3.6%