Games Like My Little Universe

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: Space 20.7%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 15.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on planetary exploration and terraforming, mirroring the space-faring and resource-gathering mechanics of your seed game.

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 23.6%, Sandbox 21.7%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 18.4%, Exploration 12%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar blend of mining, exploration, and base building within a mysterious, procedurally generated underground world.

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: Crafting 32.7%, Survival 27%, Sandbox 19%, Open World 9.4%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same addictive loop of gathering resources to expand your territory and unlock new crafting tiers.

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Space 19.7%, Survival 18.3%, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying progression system centered on transforming a barren world into a habitable environment through crafting and exploration.

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: Sandbox 23.3%, Space 16.6%, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 14%, Open World 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features vast space exploration and planet-hopping, allowing you to gather resources and build bases across diverse alien worlds.

Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Pick up trash, explore the vibrant waters, and take care of axolotl-like alien creatures!

Why similar: Open World 16.4%, Relaxing 13.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Cute 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a relaxing, exploration-heavy experience where you restore a planet's ecosystem, similar to the world-building aspects of your seed game.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Sandbox 31.5%, Crafting 22.9%, Survival 21.5%, Open World 11.9%, Exploration 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines mining, combat, and world-building in a way that rewards players for exploring deeper into the environment.

You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.

Why similar: Crafting 22.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 15.7%, Simulation 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and crafting on small, unique planets, echoing the space-themed progression of your seed game.

MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.

Why similar: Crafting 18%, Sandbox 15.3%, Space 15.3%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the isolation and challenge of building a base on a hostile alien planet, emphasizing resource management.

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

Why similar: Open World 22.8%, Cute 20.8%, Exploration 18.1%, Sandbox 16.9%, Colorful 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a cozy, exploration-focused experience where gathering resources and managing your base is central to the gameplay loop.

Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?

Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 16.7%, Character Customization 11.4%, Exploration 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base building and survival with exploration, requiring you to protect and grow your settlement.

Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.3%, 2.5D 18.4%, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 13%, Exploration 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique mix of sandbox survival and action-adventure, where exploration and crafting are key to overcoming challenges.

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: Sandbox 24.1%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 17.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Crafting 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox survival experience with deep crafting and exploration mechanics in a procedurally generated world.

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: Mining 48.8% ★, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 15.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Colorful 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the mining and progression loop, allowing you to upgrade your equipment as you dig deeper.

Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.

Why similar: Crafting 28.5%, Open World 23.4%, Survival 20.4%, Sandbox 16.2%, Character Customization 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, crafting, and action-adventure elements in a massive open world that encourages constant expansion.

Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!

Why similar: Mining 40.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Crafting 13.2%, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines mining and simulation with automation, perfect for players who enjoy the resource-gathering loop.

Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.

Why similar: Crafting 18.7%, Space 17.7%, Sandbox 15%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines space exploration with survival and crafting, tasking you with clearing debris and building up your base.

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: Mining 33% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Character Customization 14.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a side-scrolling mining experience that focuses on the satisfying loop of collecting resources and upgrading tools.

BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.

Why similar: Mining 41.3% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.9%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features mining and exploration on alien planets with a focus on resource extraction and progression.

Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

Why similar: Mining 32.6% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Character Customization 11.1%, Open World 9.1%, Relaxing 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy, simulation-focused experience with exploration and crafting elements.

Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!

Why similar: Crafting 20.5%, Space 17.9%, Open World 17.4%, Relaxing 13.2%, Exploration 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing, exploration-based experience that focuses on gathering and discovery.

Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!

Why similar: Crafting 26.9%, Relaxing 23%, Exploration 21.9%, Colorful 14.4%, Simulation 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy, exploration-focused adventure with crafting and resource gathering in a vibrant setting.

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: Survival 38.3%, Crafting 27.2%, Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to expand your base while gathering resources from the ocean, mirroring the growth-oriented gameplay of your seed game.

A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.

Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Third Person 8.8%, Exploration 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical side of mining and resource management, appealing to fans of the mining loop.

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Survival 33.8%, Crafting 24.6%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Exploration 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique perspective on survival and exploration, requiring you to craft and build to survive in a hostile environment.

Grab a shovel and let's get digging! Join the adventure, hire miners and dig for a treasure

Why similar: Mining 60.8% ★, Minimalist 16.2%, Exploration 7.6%, 3D 5.4%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a minimalist, casual mining experience that focuses on the core loop of digging and upgrading.

Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.

Why similar: Mining 34.4% ★, Space 22.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on space mining and resource gathering in a harsh environment, emphasizing progression.

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: Survival 22.8%, Crafting 21.9%, Open World 19.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Exploration 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, building, and exploration in a vast, procedurally generated world that rewards progression.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Survival 26.7%, Crafting 23.7%, Open World 20.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Sandbox 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers an immersive exploration and survival experience centered on gathering resources to build tools and bases.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Survival 71.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 7.6%, Action 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a challenging survival experience with deep crafting and exploration mechanics.

Waddle and fly as a duck in space! Explore every corner of the galaxy and find curious creatures and materials along the way. Craft gadgets, upgrade your spaceship, and get cozy in this relaxing adventure.

Why similar: Mining 28.6% ★, Space 12.3%, Character Customization 10.4%, Open World 8.7%, Third Person 8.5%

Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!

Why similar: Mining 29.9% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Character Customization 9.2%, Open World 7.4%

Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.

Why similar: Mining 34.2% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Space 13.2%, Exploration 7.4%

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: Mining 40.5% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 15.7%, Open World 12%, Exploration 9%

Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!

Why similar: Sandbox 35.7%, Space 11.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 11%, Survival 9%

A short sandbox rpg game that takes place on a square planet. Explore the world, gather resources, build a home and become stronger.

Why similar: Mining 25.7% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Space 10.8%, Open World 9.5%

A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

Why similar: Mining 35.9% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Space 13%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 8.6%

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 26.5%, Crafting 22%, Survival 21.4%, Relaxing 11.8%, Exploration 8.5%

Mining Merchant is a relaxing mining and shopkeeping adventure game. Mine by day to uncover rare ores and gems, then craft jewelry to sell in your shop by night. Rebuild your uncle’s business solo or in co-op and uncover the mystery behind the nightly earthquakes.

Why similar: Mining 46.2% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Relaxing 6.9%, Character Customization 6.4%

Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.

Why similar: Crafting 27.3%, Mining 25.7% ★, Relaxing 12.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 8.2%

Do you have the Big Dig Energy!? The best co-op mining game with online multiplayer for up to 4 players! Team up, dig deep, mine energy ore, and upgrade your tools. Reach the planets core to fuel the rocket and leave Earth!

Why similar: Mining 35.2% ★, Sandbox 20%, Third Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Relaxing 6.5%

Dig Island is a 4-player co-op digging game. As you dig deeper, discover new resources, upgrade your equipment, and work with your friends to repair the plane and escape the island.

Why similar: Mining 29.9% ★, Crafting 16%, Survival 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Character Customization 8.5%

Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

Why similar: Mining 33% ★, Space 18.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World 9.7%, 2.5D 9.5%

Rediscover the simple life. Farm, fish, forge and fight to restore the peace in an all-new farming adventure. Features split-screen coop, a helpful pet, automated drones, resourceful pixies, a card-eating progression system, and dangerous dungeons to delve into!

Why similar: Mining 40.4% ★, Crafting 23.6%, Character Customization 16.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Relaxing 7.5%

An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽

Why similar: Space 24.4%, Crafting 21.7%, Open World 15.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Cute 9.5%

TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

Why similar: Mining 30.2% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.1%

A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

Why similar: Crafting 22.3%, Sandbox 20.4%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 15.5%, Third Person 13.4%

You need this game to forget about your life cares and become the best alchemist of this fantasy world with your friends! An alchemy shop keeper game offers you to brew potions for your customers, loot the ingredients in the forest, trade with sellers and compete with rivals.

Why similar: Mining 33% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Character Customization 12.2%, Open World 10.4%

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: Crafting 34.6%, Sandbox 28.2%, Relaxing 12.8%, Cute 11.1%, Colorful 6.8%

In the wake of the Nacho Wars, your alien family embarks on a galactic journey to Lilith -- a faraway planet of new hope. Discover the history of the Mugalo galaxy. Relax to in-game radio. Grow your fishing, farming and spacefaring skills in a casual adventure across a cosmos of 1000+ unique worlds.

Why similar: Crafting 22.5%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 17.5%, Third Person 11.9%, Exploration 10.5%

Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!

Why similar: Mining 29.6% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.2%

Crash-landed and ill-prepared, you and your friends must build, break, and rebuild to escape. A chaotic co-op puzzler about creativity, comedy, and questionable engineering.

Why similar: Crafting 18.9%, Sandbox 18.5%, Space 18.4%, Survival 14.5%, Simulation 12.3%

Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Crafting 22.2%, Open World 16.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 6.8%

Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.

Why similar: Mining 34.4% ★, Space 29.7%, Sandbox 16.5%, Open World 11.7%, Simulation 7.8%

Mix Universe is a musical sandbox game where you play as a Mixonaut adding beautiful vibes to the universe. Everything you hear and see is 100% real-time and editable in-game.

Why similar: Crafting 25%, Sandbox 21.9%, Space 20.1%, Relaxing 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%

Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets. Use explosives to mine metal ores or watch your newly constructed home get smashed to pieces by a meteorite impact.

Why similar: Space 21.8%, Sandbox 20.8%, Crafting 19.5%, Survival 15%, Simulation 13.7%

Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

Why similar: Mining 35% ★, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 12.1%, Space 11.6%, Survival 11%

Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

Why similar: Space 26.9%, Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 17.5%, Open World 13.4%, Simulation 8.1%

Help clueless Bob survive his first day of work in this procedurally generated, planet hopping, gravity simulator. Haul loot and resources back in to orbit while simultaneously fighting off a full scale alien invasion in this rogue-lite survival hybrid quite unlike anything you've played before.

Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 18.8%, Survival 17.3%, Space 16.1%, Open World 15.5%

Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.

Why similar: Space 31.9%, Exploration 25.2%, Cute 16.8%, Simulation 14.9%, Action 11.2%