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Games Like Lost Rift

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Multiplayer, Open World, Open World Survival Craft.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 71% — of 1,413 reviews
Released: 2025-09-25
Developer: People Can Fly
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 4.8 hrs
Mean playtime: 8.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 88%

Overview

Lost Rift stands out by blending the high-stakes tension of extraction shooters with the creative freedom of open-world survival crafting. These recommendations prioritize games that balance base-building mechanics, tactical multiplayer combat, and the persistent threat of both PvE and PvP environments.

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  1. #1 Deadside
    97% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
    Dev: Bad Pixel
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 27.2%, Survival 11.1%, FPS 9.5%, PvP 9%, Massively Multiplayer 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A hardcore extraction-shooter that mirrors the survival and looting loops of Lost Rift.

  2. #2 Rust
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
    Dev: Facepunch Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1%, Survival 20%, Crafting 16.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%, PvP 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival game that perfectly captures the intense base-building and high-stakes PvP combat found in Lost Rift.

  3. #3 The Front
    96% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
    Dev: Samar Studio
    Windows
    Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on base defense and tactical survival in a hostile, player-driven open world.

  4. #4 SCUM
    95% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
    Dev: Gamepires
    Windows
    Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4%, Massively Multiplayer 16.3%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.9%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers deep survival mechanics and a high-fidelity open world that emphasizes tactical combat and player-driven survival.

  5. #5 Once Human
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 167,251 reviews2024
    Dev: Starry Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28%, Massively Multiplayer 14.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Survival 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival and base building with mission-based extraction elements in a supernatural setting.

  6. #6 Subsistence
    94% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
    Dev: ColdGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44%, Survival 14%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes base building and defending against AI threats in a persistent world.

  7. #7 DayZ
    93% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
    Dev: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

    Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 18.6%, Survival 17.9%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, FPS 11.7%, PvP 11.3%

    Why You'll Like It: The quintessential hardcore survival experience that emphasizes high-stakes PvP and persistent world exploration.

  8. #8 Sunkenland
    92% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
    Dev: Vector3 Studio
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 7%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on water-based survival, base building, and tactical combat against raiders.

  9. #9 Dune: Awakening
    91% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
    Dev: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends large-scale survival and base building with competitive extraction elements in a harsh desert environment.

  10. #10 Conan Exiles
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
    Dev: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides robust base-building and survival systems within a dangerous, large-scale open world.

  11. #11 ICARUS
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Online Co-Op 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a session-based extraction loop that requires players to survive and craft before returning to orbit.

  12. #12 7 Days to Die
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
    Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9%, Survival 15.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, FPS 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Features deep base-building and fortification mechanics against persistent PvE threats.

  13. #13 Nightingale
    89% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
    Dev: Inflexion Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and survival in a unique, shifting world with strong crafting elements.

  14. #14 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
    Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 29.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on survival and base building in a dangerous, oversized natural world.

  15. #15 Vigor
    88% matchMixed46% of 7,596 reviews2024
    Dev: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.

    Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.3%, FPS 12.9%, PvP 11.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Centers on the extraction-shooter loop while allowing players to build and upgrade a persistent home base.

  16. #16 ARK: Survival Ascended
    86% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
    Dev: Studio Wildcard
    Windows
    Median: 28.6 hrsMean: 195.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

    Why similar: Survival 17.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 14.4%, Massively Multiplayer 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled survival and base-building depth with a focus on taming and resource management.

  17. #17 XERA: Survival
    86% matchMixed66% of 7,888 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 27.1%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.5%, Massively Multiplayer 10.1%, Survival 9%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with extraction-based PvP mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.

  18. #18 Raft
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
    Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 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 39.7%, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Base Building 10%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a cooperative survival experience focused on building and expanding a mobile base while gathering resources.

  19. #19 Volcanoids
    85% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6%, Crafting 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Features unique mobile base-building mechanics that require constant survival and resource gathering.

  20. #20 DeadPoly
    84% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 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 27.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival shooter that emphasizes looting, base defense, and multiplayer interaction.

  21. #21 Far Lands
    83% matchMixed66% of 166 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 29.3%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 12.5%, PvE 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a survival and crafting experience with a focus on exploration and base development.

  22. #22 Longvinter
    81% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
    Dev: Uuvana Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, PvP 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes crafting, base expansion, and social interaction.

  23. #23 KeepUp Survival
    82% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
    Dev: Witte Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 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 32.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.4%, PvE 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on building and exploration in a persistent environment.

  24. #24 Outlaws of the Old West
    82% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
    Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 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 44%, Massively Multiplayer 16.8%, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Base Building 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A western-themed survival game with deep base-building and multiplayer mechanics.

  25. #25 Unturned
    79% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
    Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 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: Massively Multiplayer 21.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Survival 15.1%, FPS 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: An accessible survival shooter that features extensive base building and multiplayer combat.

  26. #26 Road to Eden
    81% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
    Dev: Zouking
    Windows

    Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8%, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with a focus on building and exploration in a hostile world.

  27. #27 Lost Skies
    78% matchMixed62% of 2,832 reviews2025
    Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4%, Base Building 15.9%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Character Customization 8%, Crafting 7.9%

  28. #28 Miscreated
    79% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
    Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6%, Survival 15.8%, Massively Multiplayer 9.6%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes PvP combat and base building in a detailed world.

  29. #29 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
    Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

    Why similar: Base Building 36%, Survival 30.7%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Action 2.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base management and survival in a world overrun by threats.

  30. #30 Out of Reach
    80% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
    Dev: Space Boat Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.9%, Base Building 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A pirate-themed survival game that features base building and PvP combat on a remote island.

  31. #31 StarRupture
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

  32. #32 Mesorift Survival
    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: Meik.W Interactive
    Windows

    Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 9.9%, FPS 9.6%, PvP 8.6%

  33. #33 Dysterra
    77% matchMixed56% of 755 reviews2025
    Dev: Reality MagiQ
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.6%, Base Building 10.5%, PvE 9.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8%

  34. #34 Dawn of Defiance
    76% 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 32.6%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.7%, PvE 8.9%

  35. #35 ARC Raiders
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 373,688 reviews2025
    Dev: Embark Studios
    Windows
    Median: 40.0 hrsMean: 86.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

    Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48%, PvP 8.3%, PvE 7.5%, Online Co-Op 7.2%, Multiplayer 6%

  36. #36 Plains of Pain
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
    Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
    Windows

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 11%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Survival 9.1%

  37. #37 Rem Survival
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
    Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Massively Multiplayer 11.7%, Survival 10.6%

  38. #38 IfSunSets
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
    Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Nature 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.8%

  39. #39 Project Castaway
    72% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
    Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34%, Base Building 13%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%

  40. #40 Outerstellar
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 168 reviews2023
    Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
    Windows

    Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24%, Base Building 11%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 9.1%

  41. #41 Stars End
    73% matchMixed61% of 1,414 reviews2023
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.8%, Massively Multiplayer 15.9%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Survival 7.8%

  42. #42 Enshrouded
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
    Dev: Keen Games GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

    Why similar: Base Building 20.8%, Survival 16.2%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%

  43. #43 Grim
    71% matchMixed59% of 145 reviews2025
    Dev: Spoonfed InteractivePub: Beyond Frames
    Windows

    GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11%, Massively Multiplayer 8.6%

  44. #44 Len's Island
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
    Dev: Flow Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 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 33.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Nature 11.5%, Survival 10.8%

  45. #45 PolyZ
    71% matchMixed50% of 266 reviews2024
    Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8%, Massively Multiplayer 14.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.4%

  46. #46 Abiotic Factor
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
    Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
    Windows
    Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Survival 9.8%

  47. #47 Ruins To Fortress
    70% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2024
    Dev: NimbleBeasts
    Windows · Linux

    Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.5%, PvP 8.1%

  48. #48 Strayed
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 332 reviews2024
    Dev: Crustacean Interactive
    Windows

    Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Survival 8.4%

  49. #49 Forever Skies
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
    Dev: Far From Home
    Windows
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%

  50. #50 Survival Machine
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
    Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Survival 11%

  51. #51 Outpost Zero
    71% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
    Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6%, Survival 16.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%

  52. #52 Aloft
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 3,496 reviews2025
    Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4%, Crafting 18.8%, Survival 15.1%, Character Customization 10%, Multiplayer 8.1%

  53. #53 Palworld
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
    Dev: Pocketpair
    Windows
    Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 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 33.9%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Base Building 9.9%

  54. #54 GRAV
    70% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
    Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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 44%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Multiplayer 7%

  55. #55 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%

  56. #56 Renown
    66% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
    Dev: RDBK Studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26%, Massively Multiplayer 11.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9.3%

  57. #57 Solace Crafting
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
    Dev: Big Kitty Games
    Windows · Linux

    Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11%, Online Co-Op 10.3%

  58. #58 Wild Omission
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 59 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 27.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 9.3%, PvP 8.6%

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