- #1 Scrap Mechanic
97% 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: Building 29.5%, Crafting 23.7%, Sandbox 22.4%, Physics 11.9%, Simulation 3.4%
- #2 TerraTech
96% matchVery Positive91% of 24,617 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Building 29.6%, Sandbox 23.2%, Crafting 19.1%, Vehicular Combat 13.8%, Physics 4.9%
- #3 Windforge
96% matchMixed68% of 619 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Steampunk 37.5% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 10.6%, RPG 4.9%
- #4 Volcanoids
94% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 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: Steampunk 38.3% ★, Crafting 18.3%, Building 16.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Simulation 3.8%
- #5 Medieval Engineers
95% matchMixed52% of 7,297 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Building 33.1%, Sandbox 25.6%, Crafting 17.5%, Physics 12.6%, Simulation 4.8%
- #6 SpaceKraft!
94% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Game Dev Garage
Windows
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
Why similar: Steampunk 32.9% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 12.3%, Old School 12.3%, Retro 8.6%
- #7 Black Skylands
92% matchVery Positive83% of 4,392 reviews2023
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.
Why similar: Steampunk 38.6% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Crafting 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Simulation 4.6%
- #8 Rover Builder
93% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Hatfuls GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Rover Builder is a 3D engineering sim tasking you to create the right rover to complete the job. Unleash your creativity in the garage, building vehicles using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery. Or try your hand at level editor - creating entire missions and levels from scratch!
Why similar: Science 26%, Vehicular Combat 21.9%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 16.8%, Physics 8.9%
- #9 Dig or Die
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 29%, Crafting 28.7%, Building 15%, Physics 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #10 Deep Despair
91% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Crafting 20.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Building 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, RPG 7.5%
- #11 Prospector
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Building 21.9%, Crafting 21.3%, Sandbox 20.2%, Resource Management 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #12 MineMogul
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,767 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Building 24.7%, Crafting 21.3%, Sandbox 17.5%, Physics 11.9%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #13 Dieselpunk Wars
90% matchMixed63% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!
Why similar: Steampunk 31.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 21.8%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Physics 8.4%
- #14 Planet Centauri
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Crafting 23.6%, Building 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, RPG 5%
- #15 Tile Miner
89% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!
Why similar: Building 25.7%, Sandbox 24.3%, Crafting 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action 5.1%
- #16 Eventide Matter
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Crafting 43.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, RPG 11.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, 2D 7%
- #17 Core Keeper
84% 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: Crafting 24.9%, Building 24.3%, Sandbox 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action 4.5%
- #18 Tinkertown
86% 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 21.9%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 17%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, RPG 10.2%
- #19 Stationeers
86% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Science 27.9%, Crafting 18.4%, Building 18.4%, Sandbox 16.2%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #20 Forsaken Isle
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 513 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Crafting 32.8%, Sandbox 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Adventure 6.8%, RPG 6.4%
- #21 Space Engineers 2
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,590 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Science 26.5%, Building 21%, Sandbox 19.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Physics 9.5%
- #22 Mech Engineer
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 923 reviews2024
Dev: KiberKrekerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.
Why similar: Building 33.7%, Resource Management 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Stylized 7.4%
- #23 Super Mining Mechs
81% matchVery Positive88% of 826 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Why similar: Steampunk 46.2% ★, Sandbox 22.2%, Crafting 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D 3.8%
- #24 Miniland Adventure
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Crafting 21.9%, Building 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #25 Keplerth
81% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Building 29.5%, Sandbox 29.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Adventure 5.6%, RPG 5%
- #26 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,148 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Crafting 27.7%, Building 23.5%, Sandbox 20.7%, Physics 11.4%, Adventure 6.6%
- #27 Machine Mind
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 484 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Crafting 25.3%, Building 24.8%, Sandbox 20.6%, Resource Management 13.4%, RPG 6.2%
- #28 Factorio
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Crafting 26.2%, Sandbox 25.6%, Resource Management 19%, Building 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #29 Mechanica
79% matchMixed63% of 635 reviews2020
Dev: Deimos Interactive
Windows
Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.
Why similar: Building 51.7%, Sandbox 34.1%, Indie 9.9%, Action 4.3%
- #30 Pixelum
77% matchMixed48% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZXC Games
Windows
Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Simulation 12.2%, RPG 11.4%, Physics 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #31 Medieval Machines Builder
75% matchVery Positive81% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Step into the boots of a medieval engineer and master the art of siege warfare. In Medieval Machines Builder, you design, build, and operate powerful war machines capable of bringing down even the strongest fortress walls.
Why similar: Building 26%, Sandbox 22.2%, Crafting 20.7%, Physics 13.2%, Simulation 6.7%
- #32 Lantern Forge
79% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Crafting 39.8%, Sandbox 37.1%, RPG 12%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #33 Outerverse
78% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Crafting 37.3%, Resource Management 19.3%, RPG 13.4%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #34 The Last Caretaker
73% matchVery Positive86% of 11,047 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Crafting 32.5%, Sandbox 27.3%, Resource Management 16%, Physics 13.5%, Simulation 7.1%
- #35 Celestial Command
78% matchMixed63% of 698 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.1%, Building 23.8%, Simulation 14%, Action 7.5%, RPG 7.4%
- #36 Space Engineers
74% matchVery Positive89% of 133,721 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Building 34.1%, Sandbox 30.3%, Physics 17%, Simulation 8.2%, Action 6.3%
- #37 Purplis Sandbox
76% matchMixed67% of 210 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGOLITEPub: DRAGOLITE STUDIO
Windows
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.8%, Building 28.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13%, 2D 5.1%
- #38 SteamWorld Dig
74% matchVery Positive94% of 10,787 reviews2013
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Steampunk 74.8% ★, Indie 5.6%, Adventure 5.3%, Action 3.9%, 2D 3.8%
- #39 Mech Mechanic Simulator
75% matchMixed62% of 681 reviews2021
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a Mech Mechanic to deconstruct, rebuild, paint and fix gigantic iron machines. You live in an age of enormous machines and you better get ready to get your hands dirty!
Why similar: Crafting 32.5%, Sandbox 26.9%, Building 25%, Physics 9.9%, Simulation 5.8%
- #40 Starship EVO
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,435 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Building 37%, Sandbox 26.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Action 7.6%, Indie 7.2%
- #41 AutoForge
72% matchVery Positive87% of 457 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Crafting 25.1%, Building 24.3%, Sandbox 22.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, Simulation 5.9%
- #42 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
70% matchVery Positive93% of 3,347 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Science 30.8%, Vehicular Combat 29.1%, Sandbox 14.2%, Physics 12.1%, Simulation 4.6%
- #43 Out of Ore
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,925 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.5%, Building 25.2%, Crafting 21.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Physics 6.6%
- #44 Hello Engineer: Scrap Machines Constructor
73% matchMixed61% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: tinyBuild RigaPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Build incredible machines with scrap parts, navigate the wildest Amusement park rides and challenge iconic creepy Neighbor and his evil bots! Become a true Engineer, solo or with friends!
Why similar: Crafting 26.6%, Building 25.3%, Sandbox 22.1%, Physics 12%, Simulation 5.2%
- #45 PixPhys
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Red Starship
Windows · Linux
PixPhys is a 2D engineering sandbox with huge technical possibilities and scope for imagination: design equipment from a jet-powered cart to space stations.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Building 25.5%, Physics 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Simulation 6.6%
- #46 BLASTRONAUT
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.4%, Crafting 19.8%, Old School 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #47 Tank Mechanic Simulator
70% matchVery Positive88% of 9,095 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: Building 31.6%, Crafting 28.1%, Resource Management 13%, Simulation 8.6%, Action 5.7%
- #48 Noita
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 86,897 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, Crafting 18.7%, Physics 17%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, 2D Platformer 8.6%
- #49 Orebound
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 913 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Crafting 27.2%, Building 24.3%, Sandbox 20.7%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 6.6%
- #50 Little Rocket Lab
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,252 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Science 28.4%, Building 20.1%, Crafting 19.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, RPG 4.9%
- #51 Mining Mechs
67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,628 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Crafting 35.7%, Sandbox 31%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #52 Shards of Azuria
71% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Crafting 28.1%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #53 Ad Fundum
67% matchVery Positive93% of 498 reviews2024
Dev: Oldbut Gold
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?
Why similar: Steampunk 72.6% ★, Pixel Graphics 8%, Simulation 7.1%, RPG 5.9%, Adventure 3.6%
- #54 JUNKPUNK
69% matchMixed63% of 678 reviews2021
Dev: SCT
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
JUNKPUNK is a factory management, base building, exploration game where a New World Robotics ship has crash landed. You and any survivors must restore this ruined planet and prepare it for habitable life. Craft, build, explore, discover, and grow to terraform the planet.
Why similar: Crafting 41.1%, Building 38.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Adventure 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #55 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
65% matchVery Positive84% of 2,228 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Building 41.4%, Crafting 21.4%, Sandbox 20.9%, Resource Management 13%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #56 Trailmakers
66% matchVery Positive92% of 35,682 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 24.5%, Building 18.5%, Crafting 18%, Sandbox 16.4%, Physics 9.3%
- #57 Center Station Simulator
66% matchVery Positive88% of 568 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
Windows
Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...
Why similar: Sandbox 28%, Building 25.2%, Crafting 25.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Resource Management 6.5%