- #1 Project Canopy
97% 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 31.1% ★, Hunting 12.8% ★, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 10%
- #2 Primal Survival
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantum Box
Windows · Linux
A realistic prehistoric survival game where you play as Homo habilis or Homo erectus. Craft primitive tools, build shelter, hunt massive beasts, and survive the harsh forces of nature in a vast multiplayer world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Hunting 17.5% ★, Crafting 9%, Nature 7.9%, Survival 7.7%
- #3 Primitive
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Welcome to the brutal reality of the Stone Age. Fight, conquer, dominate! An open world full of traps and unexpected events, breathtaking views, dynamic changes in weather conditions, deadly beasts, and hostile tribes - welcome to "Primitive" and dare to survive.
Why similar: Hunting 27.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Open World 11%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.8%
- #4 The Survivalists
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,123 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Hunting 17% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
- #5 Far Cry® Primal
94% matchVery Positive86% of 41,437 reviews2016
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.
Why similar: Hunting 27.7% ★, Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Open World 15.6%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 8.1%
- #6 Stranded B
94% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: S GameTime
Windows
Slip into the role of a refugee prisoner who has a boat accident while on the run and is stranded on an island. Craft your tools and weapons, collect whatever you can find, and build your own home. Discover, build, hunt, craft, loot, survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Hunting 23.5% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 9.2%, Nature 8.7%
- #7 AREAZ
93% matchMixed60% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Project Solutions
Windows
True survival techniques: you live on what you discover. Everything here is connected - fire and rain, meat and predators, calories and every move you make. Day and night decide what is possible - being in the right place at the right hour is a skill. Your choices, your survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Hunting 22.3% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Nature 9%, Survival 9%
- #8 25°N 71°W
92% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SE {} KS
Windows
25°N 71°W, Bermuda Triangle: An airplane is on its way to America. Suddenly the engines fail. At the end of the day there's a lone survivor: you, stranded on a desert island. Welcome to 25°N 71°W - a survival game where you have to mine, craft and build - to survive somehow! Remastered 2023.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Hunting 15.4% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11%, Open World 10.3%
- #9 Red Rust Pioneers
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: fish in a bottlePub: Rusty Robot
Windows
Build a new life in the Wild West open world of Red Rust Valley, alone or with up to 4 players in co-op. Hunt, farm, raise animals and craft through the changing seasons in this survival game as your camp grows from a canvas tent to a homestead. Free land, open skies, and a world worth exploring.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Hunting 18.4% ★, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 8.7%, Open World 8.2%
- #10 Animallica
91% matchMixed70% of 909 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Hunting 23.4% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 6.8%
- #11 Voxel Wild
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tero Games
Windows
Explore a procedurally generated voxel wilderness in this third-person open-world survival crafting action RPG. Gather resources, build a home, customize gear voxel by voxel, hunt, cook, and battle powerful enemies alone or with friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Hunting 14.3% ★, Open World 8.4%, Survival 8%, Online Co-Op 7.5%
- #12 Twilight Tails
89% matchMixed52% of 46 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: Hunting 26.7% ★, Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Nature 10.3%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 8%
- #13 Primal Man Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.9%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
- #14 Frost Survival VR
86% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Hunting 18.7% ★, VR 13.9%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 8.6%
- #15 Don't Starve
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,517 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 35.9% ★, Survival 21%, Crafting 12.9%, Perma Death 9.8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #16 KYORA
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PugstormPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Linux
Delve into KYORA, a mystical multiplayer sandbox adventure, where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build or explode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.8%, Sandbox 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #17 Nord
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nord Studios
Windows
NORD is a story-driven survival game set in a flooded Swedish archipelago. Alone or with friends, engineer your raft to navigate a strange, petrifying ocean.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Survival 11.3%, Co-op Campaign 9.3% ★, Crafting 6.6%
- #18 Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forestlight Games
Windows
While traveling to the East the Vikings fall into a trap. Ragnald is saved by the accompanying wolf and must find his loved ones. The Viking and his companion are forced not only to survive, but properly manage time, space and energy to achieve the goal.
Why similar: Hunting 25.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 7.8%
- #19 Whisper of the Swallows
82% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 9.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #20 Defend Till Sunshine
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 15.5%, Nature 9.6%, Open World 9.5%
- #21 Shamania
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.3%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #22 Stranded in Paradise
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Stranded on a breathtaking Caribbean island, your survival starts with nothing. Gather resources, build your shelter, craft what you need, cook your food, and turn a wild paradise into your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 5.3%
- #23 INMATE: Survival
81% matchMixed57% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: SV Games
Windows
INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Hunting 21.1% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 10%
- #24 Wrongworld
79% matchVery Positive94% of 557 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 45.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.6%, Perma Death 7.6%
- #25 The Long Dark
79% matchVery Positive89% of 123,946 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.7 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 47.8% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 7.3%, Exploration 4.5%
- #26 On My Own
80% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Beach Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Hunting 22.1% ★, Nature 10.9%, Perma Death 10.9%, Crafting 9.8%
- #27 Frozen Echo
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Silent Wish Games
Windows
Venture into the endless frozen wastelands alone or with friends. Stay warm, manage and upgrade your camp, hunt, and learning your skills to survive the harsh cold and wolf attacks.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 9.9%, Hunting 9.1% ★
- #28 Paleokin
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Accept Permadeath
Windows
Paleokin is a brutal prehistoric survival game set in an infinite procedural world. Fight mammoths and dinosaurs, build a settlement, farm the land, breed your own dinos, and stay alive. Alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Hunting 17.8% ★, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 7.3%
- #29 Until North Ends
76% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Hex
Windows
Fight, farm, and forage as a new experience awaits in this open-world survival crafting adventure. Journey alone or with friends as you build your own safe haven to weather the harsh Nordic landscapes before you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Online Co-Op 9.6%
- #30 Cubits
77% 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 33.1% ★, Perma Death 14.8%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 9.1%
- #31 Green Hell VR
77% matchMixed57% of 1,257 reviews2022
Dev: Incuvo
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death
Why similar: Hunting 24.6% ★, VR 17.1%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.2%, Nature 8.4%
- #32 Shadow Mysteries
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kapcrew Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive the Shadow Realm, a changing world of forgotten myths. Gather resources, build a base, endure the seasons, and follow a prophecy through 13 characters, each with unique abilities and a story of their own.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Hunting 21.1% ★, Perma Death 11.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 7.9%
- #33 ARCANA
75% 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 43.5% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 7.4%
- #34 Kalahari’s End
74% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Owlfig Games
Windows
After your plane crashes, You find yourself in one of the largest abandoned tourist locations in South Africa. Build, Craft, and create your character while combatting the intense heat of the Kalahari Desert in this upcoming realistic open-world survival simulation game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Hunting 18.5% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10%, Character Customization 8%
- #35 Mythvale
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: adevstudio
Windows
Tame, fight, explore and build! Survive a mysterious fantasy world filled with mythical creatures, dangerous foes and endless adventures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 6.8%
- #36 Ember's Verge
73% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Feralless Games
Windows
Survive on a deserted island with no modern tools or electricity. Gather resources, craft everything you need, and adapt to changing seasons including winter conditions. No zombies, no supernatural. Man vs nature survival. Your adventure, your choice.
Why similar: Hunting 18.4% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.6%, Nature 12.2%, Open World 11.8%
- #37 SpiritBorn
73% 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 39.3% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #38 Out of Reach
75% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.1%, Hunting 10.8% ★
- #39 Winter Survival
72% matchMixed63% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Hunting 24.8% ★, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 7.6%
- #40 Craftopia
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,264 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Crafting 17.7%, Open World 16.7%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #41 Cryptfall
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fat Raccoon
Windows
In this 4-player co-op roguelike survival craft game, you and your friends are trapped inside a cursed, ever-changing board game. As members of the Mystery Club, you must uncover the secrets of Cryptfall, craft powerful tools, and defeat terrifying foes to escape—before the island consumes you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Nature 10%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 8%
- #42 Ötzi
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Morpho Games
Windows
Ötzi is a Neolithic survival and crafting game. Hunt, fish and forage so you don't starve. Craft tools, clothing and shelter to withstand the cold, wind and rain in a living ecosystem, solo or in co-op for up to four.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 7.8%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #43 Silicium
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forgelune
Windows
Silicium is a harsh survival game where you play a disposable mining robot sent to a hostile planet. Mine, refine and automate. Export your quota for corporate or die trying. Play solo, co-op or join ruthless 24/7 PvP servers. Unlock new blueprints each run and try again with new possibilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Perma Death 15.6%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 10.1%
- #44 Northern Lights
71% matchMixed67% of 299 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Hunting 17.4% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.3%
- #45 Dusklander
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitrunner
Windows
Survive in a nightmare world where Light is the most valuable resource. Explore, craft and learn to bend this strange reality to your will. Travel across lands locked in everlasting dusk, face dangers lurking in the dark and find a way to wake up.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Perma Death 16.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 7.5%
- #46 Green Hell
70% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 14.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 8.9%
- #47 SCUM
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 127,189 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 105.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Hunting 21.2% ★, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 9.1%
- #48 Arid
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,964 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 38.2% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.7%, Nature 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #49 Under A New Sun
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 11.7%, Nature 8.5%
- #50 Alchemist's Awakening
70% 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 45.4% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #51 Last Breath
67% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Mx
Windows
Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game. Dig through terrain, build powerful machines, and restore life to a dead planet. Work together to survive, automate, and reshape the world from the ground up, literally.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Nature 8%
- #52 Nighthold
68% 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 46% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 7.7%, Online Co-Op 7.3%
- #53 Savage Lands
69% matchMixed54% of 6,690 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9%
- #54 The Last Disease Z
67% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Hunting 24% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9.4%
- #55 Starbound
68% matchVery Positive90% of 123,321 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.5 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 43% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #56 SPEARS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Outlaws
Windows
SPEARS is a co-op caveman game of hunting, exploration and survival. Your small tribe will have to hunt prehistoric creatures, discover new tools and explore a harsh primeval landscape full of unique and secret locations. Do all this and your tribe might just survive and migrate.
Why similar: Hunting 38% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 11.7%, PvE 9%, Character Customization 8.7%
- #57 Valheim
63% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%
- #58 Force of Nature
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 43.9% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 8.5%