- #1 Under Canopies
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Novemtails
Windows
Forget the stress of survival. In this cozy open-world sim, you don't fight nature, you join it. Build your dream cabin piece by piece, cook complex meals with crops you watered yourself, and fill your photo album with rare wildlife. A serene experience where the only enemy is inefficiency.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Farming Sim 15.2%, Survival 13.7%, Life Sim 12.4%, Simulation 5.7%
- #2 Forestia
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Golden Pick Games
Windows
Armed with only a small axe, explore a forest consumed by darkness. Gather resources, craft tools, and defend the sacred altar from nightly monster assaults. Restore the altar and bring life back to the land in this 2D survival action fantasy game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Farming Sim 14.9%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 9%
- #3 Everplant
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JesperPub: TakeLime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover an infinite procedural world, unite with monsters, discover the universe and create your own one with some friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Life Sim 15.3%, City Builder 14.3%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #4 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 471 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.4%, City Builder 17.6%, Life Sim 16.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #5 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
94% matchMixed70% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Farming Sim 18.5%, Life Sim 16.3%, Survival 10.1%, Realistic 5.6%
- #6 Alice in Dinerland
94% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal_act
Windows
Embark on a whimsical and treacherous journey through a twisted version of Wonderland in "Alive in Dinerland," a gripping survival game inspired by the beloved tale of Alice in Wonderland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Farming Sim 17.8%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Exploration 6%
- #7 Isometria
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Whoop Games
Windows
Explore an isometric world solo or with friends. Battle goblins, giant crabs, mysterious machines, and powerful bosses to gain their powers. Build a community and help the locals take back their world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Farming Sim 15.9%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #8 Dude Simulator 4
92% matchMixed58% of 418 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Dude Simulator 4 – a first-person open-world sandbox game with a plot. Some new adventures are awaiting the dude. The main character of the game decides to meet a girl through a mobile dating app, but during a date someone attacks him.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Life Sim 18.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 9.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #9 Wrongworld
91% matchVery Positive94% of 538 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 55.3% ★, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 7.4%, Adventure 4.6%
- #10 Breathedge 2
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Sent on a reckless mission, you find yourself in outer space filled with numerous dangers and things to explore. Build, craft, manage your crew, look after the chicken, and defeat the evil space corporation in this new breathtaking survival game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 6.9%, Immersive Sim 6.5%
- #11 Stoneheart
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Longhouse Games
Windows
Adventure awaits in this RPG, with action, survival, crafting and base-building! Arriving in new lands, far from known civilization and with only a mysterious pendant, you will determine your own path. Will you survive the epic quest for the Stoneheart?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Farming Sim 21.3%, Life Sim 17.6%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 4%
- #12 Medieval Frontiers
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Active Fungus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
First-person colony simulation where strategy meets survival in a demanding, medieval wilderness. Construct gridless settlements, establish production chains, and manage the needs, desires, and work morale of your villagers to ensure their survival through the harsh realities of nature and disease.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Farming Sim 13.7%, City Builder 13.1%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #13 Forager
89% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 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 49.7% ★, Farming Sim 16.4%, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 7.9%, Exploration 2.8%
- #14 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,083 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 34.3% ★, Farming Sim 17.7%, Life Sim 16.3%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #15 Strain
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lux Games
Windows
STRAIN is a story driven survival game taking place in a neon apocalypse. Stuck within the city walls, you must scavenge for resources, craft, cook, fight off raiders and join a faction to work your way to a position of power. The fate of the city rests in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Life Sim 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #16 The Long Dark
86% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 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 60.5% ★, Survival 22.4%, Sandbox 5.5%, Exploration 5.3%, Simulation 2.7%
- #17 Wreck Poly Survival
85% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: FGS
Windows
Wreck Poly Survival is a low-poly survival and crafting game. Collect wood, stones and water, build shelters and hunt for food. Explore peaceful fields, light woodlands, and calm lakes as you craft tools and live at your own pace in a relaxing, minimalist world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Survival 13.3%
- #18 No Light
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 匠门电子科技有限公司
Windows
When wake up, you in a strange world. You must learn to be strong in this dangerous and dark world. Look for all the materials that can live, light the torch in hand, this light may be the last hope, but don't forget, in this boundless darkness, the light will also let "them" See you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.2% ★, Survival 14.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Exploration 7.3%, Realistic 5.2%
- #19 Mirthwood
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 33% ★, Farming Sim 19.5%, Life Sim 12.3%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 9.3%
- #20 Dissident: Frostland Escape
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sigur StudioPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival game about prisoners escaping from forced labor camps. A progressive, atmospheric tale in a fictional setting.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Life Sim 11.1%, Survival 11.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #21 Blockscape
84% 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 64.8% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Survival 10.6%, Simulation 3.4%, Exploration 2.4%
- #22 The Memory In Walden Pond
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Sakous
Windows
Imitate ancient Chinese,In the bamboo forest landscape, survival hunting, farming herding horses, fishing qiao Jiang Zhu, build their own peach blossom source.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.1%, City Builder 15.6%, Life Sim 14.9%, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #23 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
82% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Exploration 5.5%
- #24 Don't Starve Together
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 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 71.5% ★, Survival 25.4%, Sandbox 1.9%, Adventure 0.8%, Indie 0.3%
- #25 SkyPrimal
80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Primal Apps Studio
Windows · Mac
Having lost your tribe, you, as the sole survivor, find yourself in an era of deadly danger and exciting adventures. You have to build yourself a shelter, make weapons, protect yourself from wild animals, and prove that you are not a prey, but a predator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%
- #26 Wandering Within
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lonely Crows
Windows
Wandering Within is a 2d solo survival game where you have to cross a hostile desert to unravel the mysteries of a legendary chest. Gather resources, find water and build tools to increase your chance of survival
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Survival 20%, Mystery 11.8%, Sandbox 7.3%, Exploration 4.7%
- #27 Planta
79% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Jakub Klementewicz
Windows · Mac
Planta is a third-person open-world survival game with a procedurally generated terrain. It means the map is endless and expands while exploration! Planta throws you into an unrepeatable adventure in which you focus on gathering resources, building your base, exploring the world and... surviving!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.5% ★, Survival 18.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 8.2%
- #28 The Wild Eight
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 7,155 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.2% ★, Survival 21.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Sandbox 6.1%, Adventure 3%
- #29 BugOut
78% matchMostly Negative41% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: A2G Studios
Windows
First Person, Exploring, Surviving, Hunting, Foraging, Buiding, Hoarding, Looting, Prepping, Crafting Work against Time and Survive, Storms, Earthquakes, Nuclear Events, Radical Weather, and much more
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45% ★, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 7.2%, Immersive Sim 6.3%, Exploration 5.7%
- #30 Mineval
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MinegamerFrance Studios
Windows
Explore, build, survive, and gather all the resources you need! Customize your hero with unique armor and outfits! Mineval listens to its community and will do everything to bring your ideas and suggestions to life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Simulation 19%, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Realistic 6.9%
- #31 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
76% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Survival 17.1%, Sandbox 9.3%, Exploration 6.8%, Simulation 5.5%
- #32 Claycrafter
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: scoz
Windows
Gather resources, build structures, and craft increasingly wondrous items to unlock the secrets of a mysterious world made entirely out of clay.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Farming Sim 16.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Survival 7.3%
- #33 Call of Farming : Together
75% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Mavi Game Studio
Windows
Call of Farming: Together is a farming simulation where you can create your own farm online with your friends. It also brings with it a survival system.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.8%, Life Sim 16.2%, City Builder 15.5%, 3D Vision 14.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #34 Bromeliad
75% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.3% ★, Survival 16.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Realistic 5.3%
- #35 DACHA
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the peaceful atmosphere of a Russian summer cottage: take care of the vegetable garden and flower beds, pick ripe apples, cook fragrant compote, roast kebabs and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.2%, Farming Sim 23.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
- #36 Don't Starve
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 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 48.7% ★, Survival 29%, Sandbox 10.7%, Exploration 3.6%, Adventure 3.6%
- #37 Island Beekeeper
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Akuseru Studio
Windows
Island Beekeeper is a cozy sim where you harvest miraculous honey from sky islands to save a dying Earth. Explore biomes, breed exotic bees, craft elixirs and dishes. Relaxing farming, crafting and adventure with meditative cycles and mini-games.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Farming Sim 20.6%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 9%, Simulation 4.8%
- #38 VIFA
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NavySparkStudio
Windows
Vifa is a survival-building game where each hero character brings unique talents that change how you play. Team up with friends, craft and build your base, deploy worker bots to gather resources, and assemble powerful mechs to defend your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.7% ★, Life Sim 12.1%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 10.6%, Exploration 4.6%
- #39 Deadly Desert
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GIPub: TBA
Windows
Deadly desert is a survival story of two men, a young boy and his disabled father. It all started with an unfortunate accident in the middle of Nevada desert. Unfortunately, their car broke down on the way. They were waiting a long time for any help and then decided to take life in their own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Survival 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Realistic 8.4%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #40 Arid
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,936 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Viscacha StudioPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Exploration 6.4%
- #41 Farmer's Life: Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 243 reviews2021
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Farmer’s Life is a first simulator that will show you real, sometimes dark life on the farm. You will run Kazimir’s life - a bachelor and alcoholic. Help him to become an exemplary farmer, start a family, take care of the farm or watch him going down.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Farming Sim 22.6%, Life Sim 17.9%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #42 World Crafter TD
71% matchMixed46% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Farming Sim 16.3%, Survival 11.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.1%, Exploration 5.3%
- #43 Stranded Deep
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 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 60.8% ★, Survival 20.3%, Sandbox 5%, Realistic 4%, Exploration 3.8%
- #44 WILDLANDS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsen Games
Windows
Dive into a unique adventure that will put you against a world ruled by natural forces! Explore, craft, battle predators, tame animals, build homes, harvest crops & so much more. Gather your friends, grab a weapon, and head out to conquer the WILDLANDS!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.1% ★, Survival 17.4%, Realistic 7%, Exploration 6.9%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #45 ARCANA
70% 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 56.8% ★, Survival 18.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Exploration 5.1%, Adventure 4.8%
- #46 Outpost Zero
71% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.2% ★, Survival 20.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Sandbox 5.8%, Adventure 5.7%
- #47 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Farming Sim 19.5%, Life Sim 15.9%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 9.2%
- #48 Nighthold
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Exploration 4.5%, Action-Adventure 3.8%
- #49 The Forest
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 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 61.9% ★, Survival 21.2%, Sandbox 4.9%, Exploration 2.9%, Adventure 2.5%
- #50 Cold Wind
70% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: BisquitPlay
Windows
Cold Wind is a first-person game where you are going to experience yourself what it feels like to be homeless. You will be exploring a large winter city looking for food, saving yourself from cold and wind at a fire.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Life Sim 19.9%, Survival 16.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Realistic 5.3%
- #51 Twilight Tails
67% matchMixed51% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Prokopchuk Pavlo
Windows
Twilight Tails is a captivating game where you become a raccoon navigating a challenging forest. Fight for territory, survive changing seasons, and evolve in multiplayer adventures. Conquer the jungle, rule survival!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Life Sim 16.7%, Survival 14.5%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Exploration 6.2%
- #52 Force of Nature
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 56.5% ★, Survival 18.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 4.6%, Exploration 4.5%
- #53 Nighthold: Number 1
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Survival 17%, Sandbox 13.5%, Exploration 5%, Simulation 4.1%
- #54 Eclipse Horde
68% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Ezorisudo
Windows
"Craft or die" It's up to you to decide. The solar eclipse will come 30 days later. Can you survive the raid of the day? The sandbox and survival crafting game where you can do everything you want.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Life Sim 21.8%, Survival 18.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Simulation 1%
- #55 Lysward
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Lysward is a single-player survival adventure set in a vast and unforgiving desert in the fantastical world of Umbra. Explore, craft, team up with your companion, and leverage the Amri magic to endure the heat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59.2% ★, Survival 23.5%, Exploration 6.6%, Adventure 5%, Action-Adventure 3.5%
- #56 Cube Life: Island Survival
69% 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 62% ★, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Exploration 5%, Adventure 5%
- #57 Spirit of the Island
67% matchMixed66% of 1,862 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Farming Sim 19.7%, Life Sim 16.9%, Sandbox 10%, Simulation 5.8%
- #58 Delverium
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Farming Sim 21.4%, Survival 13%, Sandbox 11.3%, Exploration 5.2%