- #1 Enshrouded
97% 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: Open World 15.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 14%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Crafting 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of high-fantasy exploration and deep, voxel-based building mechanics that feel like a natural evolution of the survival genre.
- #2 Valheim
96% 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 30% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the essence of atmospheric survival and collaborative base-building in a vast, procedurally generated world.
- #3 V Rising
96% 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 16.2%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 14.9%, Crafting 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a polished survival experience with a strong gothic aesthetic and engaging combat that mirrors the intensity of Nightingale's boss encounters.
- #4 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
95% 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 25.8% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique perspective on survival with a focus on crafting and exploration in a world where the environment itself is a constant threat.
- #5 ARK: Survival Ascended
94% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Open World 16.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive, immersive world filled with dangerous creatures and complex crafting systems that appeal to fans of deep survival mechanics.
- #6 ICARUS
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The session-based mission structure and focus on gathering resources to survive harsh environments align closely with Nightingale's realm-walker gameplay.
- #7 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
93% matchVery Positive81% of 12,363 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong focus on cooperative survival and base-building within a rich, fantasy-inspired underground world.
- #8 Palworld
91% matchVery Positive95% of 480,493 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 40.2 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11.3%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival and crafting with creature collection, offering a highly addictive gameplay loop that rewards exploration and base management.
- #9 Sons Of The Forest
92% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 18%, Open World 15%, Base Building 14.2%, Co-op 12.3%, Multiplayer 11%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a highly atmospheric survival experience with advanced building systems and a focus on uncovering the mysteries of a hostile environment.
- #10 No Man's Sky
91% matchVery Positive85% of 414,381 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Open World 15.2%, Survival 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The procedural generation and portal-based travel between diverse planets echo the realm-hopping exploration found in Nightingale.
- #11 Grounded
90% 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 29.6% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 11%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a polished, narrative-driven survival experience with excellent base-building mechanics and a distinct visual style.
- #12 Bellwright
89% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 18.1%, Open World 16.2%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends survival with colony management, allowing players to build and lead their own settlements in a medieval-inspired world.
- #13 Forever Skies
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on high-altitude exploration and maintaining a mobile base offers a distinct and atmospheric survival experience.
- #14 Soulmask
88% 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 28.6% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features complex tribe management and survival mechanics that allow for deep customization and long-term base development.
- #15 Voidtrain
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,810 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Base Building 8.4%, Survival 8.1%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Co-op 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces a creative twist on survival by centering gameplay around a customizable train that serves as your mobile base and lifeline.
- #16 7 Days to Die
85% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Known for its deep crafting and base-defense mechanics, it provides a challenging survival experience that rewards strategic planning.
- #17 Frozen Flame
87% 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 27.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This fantasy survival game features a beautiful world and an emphasis on exploration and magic that mirrors Nightingale's aesthetic.
- #18 Sunkenland
86% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Co-op 9.9%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on underwater exploration and modular base-building, providing a refreshing take on the survival-crafting genre.
- #19 Raft
84% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Co-op 8.5%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique survival challenge that emphasizes exploration and modular base-building while traversing an endless ocean.
- #20 Dawn of Defiance
83% 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 31.2% ★, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a world inspired by Greek mythology, it offers a compelling mix of survival, crafting, and exploration.
- #21 Citadel: Forged with Fire
84% matchMixed68% of 5,894 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Open World 15.3%, Survival 12%, Crafting 7.6%, Base Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the magic and fantasy elements, allowing players to build elaborate structures and master powerful spells.
- #22 ASKA
82% 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 28.5% ★, Base Building 11%, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival with village building, requiring players to manage resources and lead their people through harsh seasonal changes.
- #23 Green Hell
82% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 34.8% ★, Survival 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy the hardcore survival aspects of Nightingale, this game provides an uncompromising and immersive experience in the Amazon rainforest.
- #24 Len's Island
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,866 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Building 11.1%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing yet engaging blend of farming, building, and dungeon-crawling that complements the survival-crafting loop.
- #25 Subsistence
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging open-world survival game that emphasizes realistic resource gathering and base-building against persistent AI threats.
- #26 Solace Crafting
81% 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 25.3% ★, Survival 8.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Base Building 8.6%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast, seamless world with a focus on deep crafting and character progression that caters to long-term survival enthusiasts.
- #27 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
78% matchVery Positive81% of 29,187 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Open World 10%, Survival 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Crafting 7.5%
- #28 Windrose
77% matchVery Positive87% of 51,977 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.5%, Building 8.7%
- #29 Aloft
78% matchVery Positive84% of 3,682 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12.6%, Building 12.6%, Co-op 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique take on survival where players build bases on floating islands and navigate the skies using gliders.
- #30 Lost Skies
79% matchMixed61% of 2,976 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Base Building 14%, Open World 7.6%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on building customizable airships to explore floating islands provides a sense of adventure similar to realm-hopping.
- #31 Everwind
77% 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: Online Co-Op 13.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.8%
- #32 Dune: Awakening
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 78,134 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.5 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Base Building 10%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival 8.6%, Crafting 8.6%
- #33 Witchspire
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Online Co-Op 13%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.3%
- #34 Dark and Light
79% matchMixed52% of 11,834 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Open World 19.7%, Survival 19.2%, Base Building 6.4%, Crafting 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-fantasy survival game that offers massive scale and deep magic systems for players looking for a more traditional RPG feel.
- #35 Voyagers of Nera
75% matchVery Positive85% of 2,598 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 10.1%
- #36 Grounded 2
75% matchVery Positive81% of 23,765 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Survival 13%, Base Building 11.2%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 8.3%
- #37 StarRupture
74% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 9.2%
- #38 Whisper of the Swallows
74% 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 30.3% ★, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Building 9.1%
- #39 VEIN
73% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Open World 17.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Co-op 11.6%, Crafting 11.5%
- #40 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,818 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 13.2%
- #41 Tinkerlands
71% 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 31.9% ★, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.3%
- #42 ENDALOR
72% 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 29.9% ★, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 8.1%
- #43 Volcanoids
73% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Survival 11%
- #44 Night of the Dead
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9%, Building 8.5%
- #45 Survival: Fountain of Youth
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,480 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #46 Craftopia
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,210 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 28.6% ★, Open World 14.7%, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #47 IfSunSets
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,352 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Open World 13.1%, Co-op 11.8%, PvE 6.1%
- #48 Medieval Dynasty
69% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 16.8%, Building 16.8%, Base Building 12%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.9%
- #49 Solarpunk™
67% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.8%
- #50 Romestead
67% 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 25.7% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.9%
- #51 Farever
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,295 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.7%, Open World 18.7%, Crafting 15.5%, Multiplayer 9.5%, RPG 8.6%
- #52 The Front
67% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 9%, Building 8.6%
- #53 Ars Notoria
69% matchMixed62% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #54 The Planet Crafter
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Survival 9.1%, Building 8.7%
- #55 Necesse
65% 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 38.3% ★, Open World 8%, Survival 7.7%, Crafting 7.6%, Base Building 6.7%
- #56 Creativerse
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 9.1%, Survival 8.7%
- #57 Conan Exiles Enhanced
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,196 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 113.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12.2%, Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%
