- #1 Starbound
97% matchVery Positive90% of 122,998 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Survival 8.6%, Space 8.3%, Crafting 7.6%
- #2 Edge of Space
96% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 8.3%, Space 8.2%, Survival 6.9%
- #3 Signs of Life
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10%, Space 7.7%
- #4 Unforged
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lisowi Studios
Windows
A dark survival experience where you must explore a mysterious wilderness, gather resources, craft tools, and survive the horrors that emerge after nightfall. The wilderness is unforgiving. The night is worse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 11.3%, Cooking 9.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #5 Breathedge
94% matchVery Positive82% of 16,212 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Space 12.9%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 8.2%
- #6 Solar System Colonist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteroid MinersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
The conquest of the Solar System has begun – prove yourself as a space colonist! Pilot the spaceship, choose the planet you wish to inhabit and build your new home. However, remember that there are no rules or laws in outer space. Don't underestimate the danger and stay vigilant – enemies are near!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Space 12.8%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #7 No Man's Sky
92% matchVery Positive85% of 406,623 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.6% ★, Space 13.7%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 7.5%, Open World 6.8%
- #8 Terraria
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,522,611 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #9 Aniverse
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AniLab
Windows
Chop trees, cook meals, build your home and play music to control the wild! Explore a procedurally generated world and survive your way through art.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 6.3%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #10 Don't Starve
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,625 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Survival 22.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Exploration 3.2%
- #11 Fragmented
89% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55% ★, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 7.8%, Sandbox 7.3%, Open World 5%
- #12 ARCANA
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.1% ★, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Exploration 4.5%
- #13 GRAV
88% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Space 7.8%
- #14 Force of Nature
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,200 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 50.3% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 5%
- #15 Junk Jack
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.5% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Survival 13%, Crafting 11.4%, 2D 4.7%
- #16 Alchemist's Awakening
85% 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 52.7% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 12%, Open World 6.1%
- #17 Crea
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.4% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 12%, Survival 9.6%, 2D 3.9%
- #18 One More World
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cozy Orchards
Windows
At One More World, Inc, our mission is to be the ultimate safeguard for planets in need. With our extraordinary team strategically scattered across the universe, we can swiftly confront and conquer any challenges that threaten planetary harmony. Are you ready to join the team?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Space 10.7%, Crafting 8.6%
- #19 Planet Explorers
84% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.1% ★, Sandbox 15%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 6.6%
- #20 The Forest
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 669,681 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.2% ★, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Horror 5.9%, Open World 5.7%
- #21 The Long Dark
82% matchVery Positive89% of 121,730 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.7% ★, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 6.4%, Open World 5.8%, Sandbox 5.4%
- #22 Wispera
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunarlane
Windows
Wispera is a procedurally generated, open-world sandbox survival game. Craft weapons to battle monsters at night, or expand your base and create a safe haven. If you prefer to remain mobile, travel away and explore new places. Whether you’re a monster hunter or a builder, the choice is yours!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 11.6%, Exploration 5.7%
- #23 Dig or Die
80% 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: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 4.2%
- #24 Away To The Stars
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucid Play
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore over 1 million planets across an endless universe. Fight in brutal ground combat, from your ship, or from your freighter. Hack, loot, steal, improve, craft, build, and deceive your way to power. Uncover your past and help humanity find a new home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Space 9.9%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #25 Blockscape
81% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.5% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%, Open World 4.5%
- #26 Floating in Space
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wingfinity Games
Windows
A cozy open-world survival game, a relaxing experience in zero gravity. Explore mysterious places, craft, build and collect to reach a colony of your tribe. Enjoy the silence and beauty of the universe. Unravel mysterious puzzles along the way, that could even lead to an entirely different outcome.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Space 11.8%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #27 Crashlands
78% matchVery Positive90% of 6,677 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 10%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #28 Cosmorists
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Space 6.2%
- #29 Drift: Space Survival
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Survival 12.8%, Space 12.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #30 Cube Life: Island Survival
77% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.7% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 5.2%
- #31 Moon Colony Crafter
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Space 9.3%
- #32 Forager
75% matchVery Positive90% of 43,388 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 50% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #33 XenoHaven
74% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Space 7.6%
- #34 ASTRONEER
75% matchVery Positive92% of 137,867 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Space 13%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 7.5%
- #35 Surviving Skeleton Island
72% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Bert Games
Windows
Surviving Skeleton Island is an open world survival crafting RPG set in a primitive 3D low poly island world of 12 unique biomes. Explore, hunt, craft, build, farm and fish to survive, while quests and clues unveil the secrets of the island, and your past. Forge your destiny and plot your escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.1% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Cooking 9.9%
- #36 Nimoyd - Survival Sandbox
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nudge Nudge Games
Windows
You’ve crash-landed on Earth in 2702. Craft, dig, fight through a vast and colorful post-apocalyptic open world full of wonder, generated cities, dungeons, aliens, mechs, and an underworld. Find love. Or beat the ultimate Underlord!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 5.7%
- #37 Necesse
70% matchVery Positive93% of 27,155 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.5% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 5.1%
- #38 Vagabond
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Pierre Vigier
Windows · Linux
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 6.5%, Cooking 6.1%
- #39 Subterrain
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,392 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Top-Down 12.5%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #40 Emberhaven
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Third Variable Co., Ltd.Pub: Jexar Games Co., Ltd.
Windows
Survive in a procedurally generated fantasy world overrun by creeping corruption. Build impenetrable strongholds, tend your farms, forge deadly weapons, and fend off hordes of mutated abominations to defend your last sanctuary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 4.4%
- #41 2D?!
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Exploration 5%
- #42 Realms of Magic
71% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 61.4% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 6.6%, Crafting 5.4%, Open World 5.4%
- #43 Feel The Snow
71% matchVery Positive87% of 3,045 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #44 Stranded Deep
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,285 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.8% ★, Survival 17%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 5.4%, Sandbox 4.9%
- #45 Project Canopy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Exploration 6.5%
- #46 Don't Starve Together
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 531,346 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 70.8% ★, Survival 22.1%, Crafting 2.5%, Sandbox 1.9%, Open World 1.5%
- #47 Infinilands
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyCreature
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infinilands is a pixel art sandbox survival game that lets you explore and modify a procedurally generated world full of unique plants, creatures and ruins. You can build houses and fight monsters with your friends in online/split-screen co-op. This game also supports dedicated server.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #48 Outer Space Survival
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Quest StudiosPub: Tarek Laun Industries
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Outer Space, you play either alone or with others as a stranded astronaut who needs to repair his spaceship in order to escape from this planet. You can explore space, complete missions, or settle on a planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Survival 12.1%, Space 11.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 7.6%
- #49 Cubits
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango Nebula Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #50 Collinwood
68% matchNegative0% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WhatHunts
Windows
Explore a vibrant sandbox world full of wildlife and nature. Gather materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a cozy home. Build your shelter and hunt for food to survive—but be careful, the forest can be a dangerous place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Survival 12%, Cooking 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #51 The Dream of Cocoon
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Roaming of Little Hammer
Windows
This is a challenging pixel sandbox RPG set in an open world. You can forage, hunt,mine, build, craft and develop your character without any restrictions.Everything is unknown and dangerous,you need to figure it out and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Survival 8.6%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #52 SpiritBorn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 6.4%
- #53 Tinkerlands
65% matchVery Positive86% of 3,820 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 10%, Open World 5.6%
- #54 Pumpkin Woods
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Collect magical ingredients and build your cozy witch home while exploring the wonderful sights and secrets of these mysterious lands. Beware though, danger might be lurking deep in these woods...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Cooking 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #55 Among Trees
67% matchMixed68% of 2,221 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 12.1%, Cooking 11.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #56 Wrongworld
67% matchVery Positive94% of 545 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.8% ★, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 4.8%