- #1 Valheim
97% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Mythology 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Crafting 8.4%, Base Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it is the premier Norse survival game that perfectly captures the atmosphere and progression loop of surviving in a harsh mythological realm.
- #2 Terraria
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 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 32.9% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9%, Co-op 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the definitive 2D survival and crafting experience with deep exploration and boss-fighting mechanics similar to Niffelheim.
- #3 Starbound
96% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 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 34.6% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 9.2%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Survival 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and building across various dangerous environments.
- #4 Dig or Die
95% matchVery Positive90% of 4,284 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 32.9% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D survival game focuses on building defenses to survive nightly waves of enemies, which is a core mechanic in Niffelheim.
- #5 Craft The World
94% matchVery Positive88% of 17,055 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Crafting 27.5%, Sandbox 23.2%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 11%, Resource Management 6%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D side-scrolling game focuses heavily on managing a base and crafting resources, mirroring the base-building aspects of Niffelheim.
- #6 Necesse
92% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 33.2% ★, Crafting 8.8%, Sandbox 8.6%, Co-op 7.4%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes base-building, crafting, and dungeon crawling with a similar progression style.
- #7 Dead In Vinland
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,826 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 32%, RPG 21.9%, Resource Management 17.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival management game set in a Norse context that requires careful resource allocation and exploration to survive.
- #8 Tribes of Midgard
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,242 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Mythology 16%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Co-op 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines Norse mythology with survival and base defense, focusing on protecting your village from constant threats.
- #9 Don't Starve
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,372 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 35.4% ★, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the dark, unforgiving survival atmosphere and crafting-heavy gameplay loop found in Niffelheim.
- #10 Enshrouded
90% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 12.7%, Online Co-Op 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that excels in base-building and exploration, offering a vast world to conquer and craft within.
- #11 Kingdom Two Crowns
91% matchVery Positive90% of 39,408 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Co-op 20.2%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Survival 16%, Multiplayer 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful 2D side-scrolling game that features a strong Norse-inspired aesthetic and a core focus on base defense and expansion.
- #12 Forager
89% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 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 35.5% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 8.1%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An addictive 2D crafting and exploration game that rewards players for expanding their base and gathering resources.
- #13 Jotun: Valhalla Edition
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,557 reviews2015
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!
Why similar: Mythology 73.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%, Action 4.7%, 2D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn 2D game captures the essence of Norse mythology through exploration and massive boss battles.
- #14 The Wild Eight
88% matchMixed68% of 8,109 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.7 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 34.6% ★, Survival 13.8%, Co-op 10.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on exploration and crafting in a harsh, frozen environment similar to the setting of Niffelheim.
- #15 Dawn of Defiance
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,842 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Mythology 18.4%, Online Co-Op 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration within a world inspired by Greek mythology.
- #16 Life is Feudal: Your Own
87% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes realistic crafting and base-building in a medieval setting.
- #17 UnderMine
86% matchVery Positive90% of 9,846 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: RPG 47.2%, Action 15.9%, Adventure 15.5%, 2D 14.1%, Singleplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-adventure game that focuses on dungeon exploration and gathering resources to upgrade your character.
- #18 V Rising
83% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 14%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 12.5%, Online Co-Op 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base-building with a top-down perspective, emphasizing progression through combat and resource gathering.
- #19 Frozen Flame
85% matchMixed63% of 2,989 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that features base-building and exploration in a land filled with mythological threats.
- #20 Salt and Sanctuary
84% matchVery Positive89% of 21,853 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: RPG 26.2%, Co-op 23.8%, Action RPG 19.6%, 2D 16.1%, Action 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, challenging 2D experience with deep exploration and combat that appeals to fans of Niffelheim's atmosphere.
- #21 Nightingale
82% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Co-op 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration across diverse, dangerous realms.
- #22 Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
84% matchMixed59% of 4,491 reviews2017
Dev: Games FarmPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Vikings – Wolves of Midgard takes you to the Shores of Midgard, a world based upon the mythology and history of the Vikings, but with a fantasy twist. Battle the fearsome Jotan, hordes of terrifying undead monstrosities and the beasts of Ragnarok, as you strive to survive the growing cold of Fimbulwinter.
Why similar: Mythology 34.8%, Co-op 14.4%, Action RPG 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action RPG that focuses on combat and exploration within a Norse mythological setting.
- #23 Tinkerlands
81% matchVery Positive86% of 4,087 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.2 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 27.1% ★, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Co-op 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival crafting game that emphasizes exploration and building in a vibrant, dangerous world.
- #24 ASKA
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 12,091 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Sandbox 8.8%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation game with survival elements that tasks players with building and managing a Viking settlement.
- #25 Northgard: Definitive Edition
81% matchVery Positive85% of 68,658 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Why similar: Base Building 25.3%, Co-op 20.1%, Resource Management 15%, PvP 13.3%, Simulation 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that leans heavily into Norse mythology and base management, offering a different perspective on Viking survival.
- #26 Force of Nature
82% 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 34.1% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that combines crafting, building, and exploration in a procedurally generated world.
- #27 DYSMANTLE
79% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Crafting 19.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 16.6%, Open World 14.6%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game where the environment is highly interactive, focusing on crafting and exploration to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #28 RimWorld
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Base Building 33.7%, Survival 21.3%, Sandbox 19.8%, Open World 11.7%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep colony management and survival game that challenges players to build and maintain a base in a hostile environment.
- #29 Project Zomboid
78% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 10.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Co-op 9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes realistic crafting, base-building, and the constant struggle against environmental threats.
- #30 ENDALOR
75% matchMixed70% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.4%
- #31 Savage Lands
77% matchMixed54% of 6,690 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 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 35.7% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #32 Edge of Space
79% 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 41.1% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 6.5%, Co-op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that features deep crafting and exploration mechanics in a hostile, alien environment.
- #33 Solace Crafting
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 898 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
- #34 Everwind
73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Crafting 12.8%, Co-op 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 9.6%
- #35 Lodventure
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Co-op 12.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #36 Shamania
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 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 24.2% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 8.8%, Co-op 8.8%, Open World 8.7%
- #37 Reign Of Kings
76% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #38 Soulmask
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.1% ★, Mythology 14.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Co-op 8.3%
- #39 Plains of Pain
74% matchVery Positive83% of 933 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Co-op 8.3%
- #40 Whisper of the Swallows
72% matchVery Positive86% of 191 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 28.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #41 Fragmented
77% 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 40.3% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #42 Romestead
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,827 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #43 Out of Reach
74% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 35.4% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6.4%
- #44 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
70% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #45 Core Keeper
69% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Co-op 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #46 Ruins To Fortress
71% matchMixed65% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 8.9%, Co-op 7.9%
- #47 In Next Life
69% matchMixed67% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
- #48 Cultivation Tales
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 22.1 hrsMean: 65.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.3%
- #49 CrossWorlds: Escape
71% matchMixed64% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 9.2%
- #50 Away From Life
67% matchMixed67% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: Cursor GamesPub: IZilla Games
Windows
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
Why similar: Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 9.4%, Co-op 8.8%
- #51 HAINYA WORLD
68% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: NETWORKGO
Windows
You are an adventurer, you need to explore this continent, make good use of the resources of this continent to arm yourself, explore this world full of monsters and unknown things and survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Survival 9.8%, Co-op 9.5%
- #52 Project Castaway
66% matchMixed66% of 1,849 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Co-op 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #53 Welcome to ParadiZe
67% matchMixed67% of 1,314 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Co-op 12.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%
- #54 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
68% matchMixed52% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Base Building 7.3%, Survival 6.7%
- #55 Keplerth
66% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.3%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 13.9%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.4%
- #56 Wrongworld
67% matchVery Positive94% of 551 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% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 7.9%
- #57 Grounded
64% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12%, Co-op 11.4%, Crafting 9.6%
