- #1 Enshrouded
97% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 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 14.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 13.9%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Crafting 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar focus on high-fidelity fantasy world-building and deep, voxel-based base construction.
- #2 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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 29.6% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 8.3%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an essential survival-crafting experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and mythological themes.
- #3 Grounded
96% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 29.4% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Co-op 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly polished survival experience with a unique perspective and creative crafting mechanics.
- #4 V Rising
95% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 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 15.2%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 13.8%, Online Co-Op 12%, Crafting 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down survival mechanics with a distinct gothic aesthetic and robust base-building systems.
- #5 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
94% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 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 25.6% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique perspective-based survival experience with intricate crafting and building elements.
- #6 ICARUS
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 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 27.4% ★, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a session-based survival loop that mirrors the realm-hopping structure found in Nightingale.
- #7 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
93% matchVery Positive82% of 11,900 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.8% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on cooperative exploration and base-building within a rich, established fantasy setting.
- #8 Palworld
91% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 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 29.3% ★, Open World 11.9%, Survival 11.2%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival-crafting with creature collection and base management in a vibrant, engaging environment.
- #9 ARK: Survival Ascended
92% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 18.6%, Open World 16.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival and taming mechanics within a visually stunning, expansive open world.
- #10 Sons Of The Forest
91% matchVery Positive88% of 304,972 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 32.5 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 17.8%, Open World 14.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Co-op 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense survival gameplay with advanced building systems and a mysterious, atmospheric open world.
- #11 Bellwright
89% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 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 17.9%, Open World 15.7%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates survival and colony management with a focus on building and defending your own settlement.
- #12 Conan Exiles Enhanced
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 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 29.3% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a mature, gritty survival experience with extensive base-building and open-world exploration.
- #13 Forever Skies
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,446 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 32.0 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 26.5% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features vertical exploration and survival on a ruined Earth, utilizing a mobile base similar to Nightingale's traversal.
- #14 Voidtrain
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 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 32.7% ★, Base Building 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Survival 8.2%, Co-op 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique survival experience centered around a customizable train traveling through an interdimensional void.
- #15 Soulmask
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 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 32.2% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines complex survival mechanics with tribe management and exploration in a mysterious world.
- #16 Frozen Flame
86% matchMixed63% of 2,975 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 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% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a fantasy-themed survival experience with a focus on exploration and uncovering the secrets of a fallen world.
- #17 Outward Definitive Edition
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 30,822 reviews2022
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Why similar: Open World 23.6%, Survival 17.3%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Co-op 13.8%, RPG 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the harsh realities of fantasy survival, requiring careful preparation and exploration.
- #18 Medieval Dynasty
85% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 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 17.1%, Building 16.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a grounded survival experience with a heavy emphasis on building and managing a growing village.
- #19 Subnautica
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Masterfully balances exploration and survival in an alien environment with a strong sense of discovery.
- #20 Aloft
84% matchVery Positive84% of 3,576 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28.1% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Building 12.6%, Co-op 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and building on floating islands, emphasizing exploration and atmospheric traversal.
- #21 Dawn of Defiance
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,797 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 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 30.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a Greek-mythology-inspired survival experience with a focus on PVE combat and base building.
- #22 Sunkenland
82% matchVery Positive81% of 23,216 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.5 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 36.6% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.2%, Co-op 10%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers water-based survival and base-building with a focus on scavenging and defending against threats.
- #23 No Man's Sky
82% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 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 43.7% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural exploration and base-building across a vast universe, similar to the realm-hopping nature of Nightingale.
- #24 Lost Skies
81% matchMixed61% of 2,893 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.1 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 40.5% ★, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 7.6%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on sky-based exploration and cooperative survival with a focus on building custom airships.
- #25 Len's Island
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 33.9% ★, Building 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines relaxed survival and farming with dungeon crawling and base-building in a vibrant world.
- #26 ASKA
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 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 28.1% ★, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Base Building 11%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and colony management with a Viking-inspired aesthetic and cooperative gameplay.
- #27 Citadel: Forged with Fire
81% matchMixed68% of 5,884 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 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 35.2% ★, Open World 15.2%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 7.7%, Base Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features magic-based survival and building in a vast fantasy world, perfect for fans of Nightingale's aesthetic.
- #28 Windrose
76% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 31.2% ★, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.3%, Building 8.8%
- #29 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Open World 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 7.7%
- #30 Dune: Awakening
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 8.6%
- #31 IfSunSets
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,232 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「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 40.4% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Open World 13%, Co-op 11.9%, PvE 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and crafting in an open world that shifts between day and night cycles.
- #32 Solace Crafting
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 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% ★, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.7%, Base Building 8.6%, Online Co-Op 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an open-world survival experience with a heavy focus on crafting and exploration in a vast, procedurally generated world.
- #33 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 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 14.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 12%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.5%
- #34 Volcanoids
78% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Building 11.4%, Survival 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features steampunk-inspired survival where you operate a mobile drill-ship to survive volcanic eruptions.
- #35 Grounded 2
75% matchVery Positive81% of 21,263 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 22.1 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 22.8% ★, Survival 13%, Base Building 11.5%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.5%
- #36 StarRupture
74% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.9% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 9.1%
- #37 Voyagers of Nera
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,367 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.6 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 28.1% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 10.2%
- #38 VEIN
73% matchVery Positive89% of 10,247 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 18.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Open World 16.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Co-op 11.7%
- #39 Whisper of the Swallows
73% matchVery Positive86% of 163 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% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Building 9.2%
- #40 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,580 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 15.6%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.9%
- #41 Survival: Fountain of Youth
72% matchVery Positive86% of 4,339 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 33.7% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 8.4%
- #42 Dark and Light
75% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 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 27.5% ★, Open World 19.6%, Survival 19.3%, Crafting 6.5%, Base Building 6.4%
- #43 ENDALOR
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 239 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 29.6% ★, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 8.3%, Base Building 8.2%
- #44 Night of the Dead
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 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 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.6%
- #45 Craftopia
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 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 28.3% ★, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #46 Subsistence
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 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 38.7% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #47 Omega Crafter
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.6%, Online Co-Op 7.6%
- #48 Ars Notoria
70% matchMixed63% of 301 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 31.2% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 10%, Survival 9.8%
- #49 Tinkerlands
68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 31.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.4%
- #50 The Front
68% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 27.7% ★, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 9.1%, Building 8.7%
- #51 Towers of Aghasba
69% matchMixed69% of 2,030 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Base Building 19%, Crafting 17.3%, Open World 16.3%, Building 15.8%, PvE 7%
- #52 The Planet Crafter
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 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 28.6% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 9.1%, Building 8.8%
- #53 Creativerse
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 9.1%, Survival 8.6%
- #54 Necesse
65% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 37.9% ★, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.8%, Survival 7.7%, Base Building 6.6%
- #55 Eden Crafters
66% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #56 Saleblazers
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,039 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’re a humble shopkeeper trying to live a peaceful new life, finding yourself surrounded by warring factions and dangerous creatures. Will you be able to carve out a new home for yourself and your customers in this open-world survival shopkeeping simulator?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11%
- #57 Farever
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,770 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 20.3 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 27%, Open World 18.3%, Crafting 15.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%, RPG 8.4%
