- #1 Medieval Dynasty
97% matchVery Positive90% of 51,181 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 14.5%, Realistic 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most authentic medieval life-simulation experience with deep survival, building, and community management mechanics.
- #2 Mirthwood
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,346 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Farming Sim 23.1%, Life Sim 11.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Economy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the medieval life-sim and RPG elements, focusing on social interactions and sandbox exploration.
- #3 Len's Island
96% 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 43.6% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 12.6%, Exploration 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A perfect mix of dungeon crawling, farming, and base-building that mirrors the variety of activities found in your seed game.
- #4 Valheim
95% 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 42.6% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential fantasy survival game that excels in building, exploration, and RPG-style progression against a Norse-inspired backdrop.
- #5 Enshrouded
94% matchVery Positive86% of 102,638 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.1 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 28%, Survival 19.2%, Crafting 18.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends high-fantasy RPG combat with robust voxel-based building and survival mechanics in a beautifully realized world.
- #6 Kynseed
94% matchVery Positive83% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 34.5%, Life Sim 21.7%, Crafting 16.7%, Fantasy 7.5%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique fantasy life-sim where you manage a business and age through generations, emphasizing crafting and world-building.
- #7 My Time at Sandrock
92% matchVery Positive88% of 28,682 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 34.4%, Life Sim 29.4%, Crafting 16.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%, RPG 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the crafting and life-sim aspects, tasking players with mastering professions to help a growing community.
- #8 Realms of Magic
93% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 65.2% ★, RPG 11.3%, Crafting 7.7%, Survival 6.9%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a 2D open-world RPG experience that incorporates survival and crafting within a classic fantasy setting.
- #9 Wildmender
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,177 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.9%, Open World Survival Craft 22.2% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 8.4%, Third Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique survival and farming experience where you restore a desert world through magic and careful resource management.
- #10 Pax Dei
91% matchMixed57% of 11,051 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Crafting 17.7%, Realistic 13.1%, Third Person 8.9%, Fantasy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused sandbox MMO that emphasizes medieval crafting, building, and community cooperation.
- #11 Sun Haven
90% matchVery Positive81% of 24,977 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.6%, Life Sim 20.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 8.1%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed farming sim that integrates RPG combat and magic systems, offering a more whimsical take on the genre.
- #12 Travellers Rest
89% matchVery Positive88% of 17,549 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.7%, Life Sim 30.8%, Crafting 13.8%, RPG 6.8%, Fantasy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and crafting side of medieval life, allowing you to run a tavern while gathering resources.
- #13 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
89% matchVery Positive92% of 7,976 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 47.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 62.1% ★, Crafting 10.8%, RPG 10.7%, Adventure 4.5%, Survival 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines structured RPG questing with creative building and crafting in a charming fantasy world.
- #14 Nightingale
88% matchMixed66% of 17,965 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 35.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.8%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A Victorian-fantasy survival game that features complex crafting and dimension-hopping exploration.
- #15 Solace Crafting
87% 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 34.4% ★, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 10.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the crafting and exploration aspects of the survival genre with a vast, seamless world.
- #16 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
86% 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: Life Sim 22.7%, Base Building 19.4%, Crafting 15.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Fantasy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, exploration-heavy fantasy RPG that allows players to master various professions and quests.
- #17 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,142 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Farming Sim 19.4%, Life Sim 14%, Survival 8.3%, Base Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique card-based survival game that requires deep resource management and crafting to survive in a fantasy wilderness.
- #18 Dark and Light
86% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Survival 19.7%, RPG 9.5%, Base Building 9.2%, Fantasy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A massive fantasy survival game that allows for deep magic mastery and base-building in an open world.
- #19 Graveyard Keeper
84% matchVery Positive85% of 53,680 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 54.6%, RPG 18.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Fantasy 7.8%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, medieval-themed life-sim that emphasizes complex crafting, resource management, and questing.
- #20 Life is Feudal: Your Own
85% 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 52.3% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 6.1%, RPG 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic medieval survival game that features complex building and terraforming mechanics.
- #21 Conan Exiles Enhanced
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 116,054 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 112.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 19.5%, Crafting 15.8%, Multiplayer 7.4%, RPG 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal fantasy survival game with extensive base-building and crafting systems set in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #22 Stardew Valley
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,015,272 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.8 hrsMean: 84.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.5%, Life Sim 25.1%, Crafting 12%, Multiplayer 9.5%, RPG 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for life-sims, offering deep farming, crafting, and social mechanics that define the genre.
- #23 Ars Notoria
81% matchMixed62% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 10.1%, Third Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy adventure that incorporates magic and survival elements in an open-world setting.
- #24 Alchemist's Awakening
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 497 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.4% ★, Crafting 20.6%, Survival 13.1%, Fantasy 4.9%, Action 3%
Why You'll Like It: Allows players to explore a sandbox world while focusing on alchemy and crafting as primary progression mechanics.
- #25 Medieval Shopkeeper Simulator
83% matchMixed61% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.
Why similar: RPG 31.6%, Simulation 27.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Third Person 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic and crafting side of medieval life, perfect for players who enjoy the trading aspects of Magisterium.
- #26 Roots of Pacha
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,468 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 39.3%, Life Sim 24.3%, Crafting 17.9%, RPG 7.2%, Exploration 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that focuses on community development and crafting, providing a relaxing yet rewarding progression loop.
- #27 Forager
80% 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 39% ★, Farming Sim 17.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced crafting and survival game that rewards constant resource gathering and base expansion.
- #28 Littlewood
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,808 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Farming Sim 29.3%, Crafting 19.3%, RPG 8.4%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming life-sim that emphasizes town building and crafting, perfect for a more laid-back experience.
- #29 Life is Feudal: Arden
77% matchMixed41% of 864 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Economy 18.4%, Crafting 18.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 11.2%, Third Person 10.6%
- #30 Force of Nature
78% 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 44.6% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 6.6%, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #31 Shamania
75% 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 38.1% ★, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #32 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
76% matchMixed59% of 460 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 13.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Third Person 6.8%
- #33 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
77% 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 45.6% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 8.8%, RPG 6.8%
- #34 Life is Feudal: MMO
78% matchMixed40% of 7,347 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Economy 12.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.8%
- #35 In Next Life
73% matchMixed66% of 137 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Life Sim 12.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #36 Wild Terra Online
76% 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 21.8%, Crafting 18.5%, Base Building 17.2%, RPG 13.3%, Realistic 9.7%
- #37 Citadel: Forged with Fire
74% matchMixed68% of 5,889 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 9.3%, RPG 8%
- #38 Nested Lands
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 479 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Life Sim 15.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 9.6%, Third Person 6.4%
- #39 Reign Of Kings
74% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Crafting 16%, Survival 14.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Realistic 4.5%
- #40 Re.poly
73% 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 32.1% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10%, Action-Adventure 5.7%
- #41 Medieval StartUp
70% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Editions Aspic Games
Windows
Medieval StartUp is a unique mix of tavern management, crafting, and exploration set in a rich medieval world. Manage your tavern, craft unique items, recruit staff, and explore a mysterious marsh full of hidden secrets and rare resources.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.7%, Economy 22.5%, Crafting 22.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #42 Oppidum
70% matchMixed69% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: EP Games®
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enjoy Oppidum, a story-driven survival experience for 1-4 players full of adventure, action, crafting, exploration… Everything a squad of scouts would love for a good story to tell. Do you accept the challenge?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Farming Sim 21.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Fantasy 5.5%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #43 Wurm Unlimited
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,134 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 11%, Survival 10.9%, RPG 7.2%
- #44 Novus Inceptio
73% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.3%, Third Person 5.2%
- #45 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
72% matchMixed66% of 6,000 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Survival 45.4%, Crafting 21.8%, Simulation 20.9%, Multiplayer 7%, Base Building 4.9%
- #46 INCUR Survival
70% matchVery Positive82% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Realistic 6.7%
- #47 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,338 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 12.6%, Fantasy 7%
- #48 The Last Alchemist
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.2%, Life Sim 15.8%, Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #49 Dawn of Defiance
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,809 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 39.7% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Third Person 6.3%
- #50 KeepUp Survival
69% 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 32.1% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Realistic 8.3%
- #51 Xsyon - Prelude
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.7%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
- #52 CrossWorlds: Escape
71% matchMixed64% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.4%, Exploration 5.4%
- #53 Forage Wizard
65% matchVery Positive87% of 1,068 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Maxim
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Farming Sim 17.1%, Base Building 14%, Life Sim 13.2%, Crafting 12.8%
- #54 ENDALOR
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 11%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #55 Russian Village Simulator
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,012 reviews2023
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Life Sim 20.1%, Crafting 14%, Survival 10.2%, Economy 9.8%
- #56 Elsewhere
66% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Base Building 31.6%, Crafting 29.6%, Survival 21.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 5.7%
- #57 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 9.3%, RPG 6.1%
- #58 The Guild 3
68% matchMixed60% of 7,930 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Life Sim 37.2%, Economy 32%, Simulation 9%, RPG 8.4%, Multiplayer 7%
