- #1 Wrongworld
97% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.5% ★, Survival 10.3%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 7.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #2 Far North Survival
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Building 15.1%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 6.1%
- #3 Force of Nature
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.1% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 12%, Building 10.8%, Simulation 4.2%
- #4 Cube Life: Island Survival
95% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.5% ★, Building 13.2%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.9%, Exploration 4.5%
- #5 Stranded Deep
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.9% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 7.5%, Exploration 3.4%
- #6 The Forest
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.9% ★, Survival 14.3%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Exploration 2.6%
- #7 My Island
92% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.4% ★, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 4.7%
- #8 Blockscape
93% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 65% ★, Building 10.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 7.7%, Simulation 3.4%
- #9 Primal Man Simulator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Realistic 6.2%
- #10 Planta
91% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Jakub Klementewicz
Windows · Mac
Planta is a third-person open-world survival game with a procedurally generated terrain. It means the map is endless and expands while exploration! Planta throws you into an unrepeatable adventure in which you focus on gathering resources, building your base, exploring the world and... surviving!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.1% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Survival 13.3%, Building 12.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #11 ARCANA
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Exploration 4.9%
- #12 Nighthold: Number 1
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.3% ★, Building 14%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.9%, Exploration 4.7%
- #13 Vortex: The Gateway
90% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.9% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 8.2%, Adventure 3.6%
- #14 Nighthold
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59.3% ★, Building 10.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.1%, Exploration 4.3%
- #15 WildCraft
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.5% ★, Building 19.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Crafting 7.1%, Survival 6.5%
- #16 Drift: Space Survival
86% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Building 12.7%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 11%, Exploration 5.8%
- #17 The Long Dark
86% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.2% ★, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 6.9%, Exploration 5.4%, Simulation 2.8%
- #18 Subsistence
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 60.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 11.2%, Adventure 0.9%
- #19 Out of Reach
84% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.7% ★, Survival 13.6%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Exploration 3.3%
- #20 Junk Jack
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.6% ★, Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.1%, Adventure 4.7%
- #21 Bromeliad
83% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.8% ★, Building 14%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.1%, Realistic 4.9%
- #22 Hostile Planet: Survival
82% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Building 15.6%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Adventure 4.6%
- #23 SpiritBorn
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Building 15%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 5.6%
- #24 Animallica
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.6% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.2%, Simulation 8.8%, Building 7.4%
- #25 Don't Starve Together
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 76.7% ★, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 2.7%, Adventure 0.8%, Indie 0.2%
- #26 Fragmented
80% 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 63.7% ★, Survival 14.6%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.7%, Exploration 2.6%
- #27 FRIGID
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.6% ★, Building 13.3%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Exploration 6.4%
- #28 Defend Till Sunshine
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.2% ★, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 15.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 7.9%
- #29 Outpost Zero
78% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52% ★, Survival 15.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 6.5%
- #30 Forager
76% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.8% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.8%, Building 8.1%, Exploration 3%
- #31 Terraria
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 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 56.2% ★, Building 12.7%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Exploration 4.7%
- #32 Desert Skies
77% matchMixed57% of 461 reviews2019
Dev: White_Rabbit_Games
Windows
Desert Skies takes survival to the air! Build an airship and fly on an adventure through the deserts of the Wild West. Look for places to land and scavenge for loot, expand your airship and craft new equipment, but beware the dangers lurking beneath the sands!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.3% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Building 10%, Survival 9.6%, Adventure 3.5%
- #33 Lysward
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Lysward is a single-player survival adventure set in a vast and unforgiving desert in the fantastical world of Umbra. Explore, craft, team up with your companion, and leverage the Amri magic to endure the heat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.6% ★, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Exploration 6.5%, Adventure 4.9%
- #34 Green Hell
75% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 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 57.6% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 6.5%, Simulation 3.1%
- #35 Survisland / 实境求生
74% matchMixed63% of 1,544 reviews2024
Dev: Super Trampers StudioPub: Easy Joy Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Survisland is a super hardcore sandbox survival game that pays great attention to restoring the real survival experience. The character has rich and realistic actions and reactions to , and the process logic of making props is no different from reality.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Building 15.3%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #36 Planet Explorers
74% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58% ★, Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.7%, Exploration 4.9%
- #37 Wispera
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunarlane
Windows
Wispera is a procedurally generated, open-world sandbox survival game. Craft weapons to battle monsters at night, or expand your base and create a safe haven. If you prefer to remain mobile, travel away and explore new places. Whether you’re a monster hunter or a builder, the choice is yours!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.3% ★, Building 16.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.9%, Exploration 6.4%
- #38 Signs of Life
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.1% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.8%, Adventure 4%
- #39 Reign Of Kings
73% 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 53% ★, Building 14.2%, Survival 13%, Crafting 12.6%, Realistic 2.5%
- #40 Beyond The Shadow
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyrenal Games, LLC
Windows
As the sole specialist sent into a quarantined part of the Midwest , discover all you can about the mysterious corruption rapidly taking over. Utilize all you can find around you to survive the evolving area, find the source and eliminate the threat. Will you defeat what lies Beyond The Shadow?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Building 16.1%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.9%, Realistic 5.3%
- #41 INCUR Survival
71% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Building 16.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 6.7%
- #42 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Simulation 5%
- #43 Alone in the Outback
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Dinosaur Games
Windows
Alone in the Outback is a story-driven survival experience. Traverse through the Australian outback, survive deadly heat of the day and cold of the night. Stay hydrated and choose your strategy to survive the dangerous Australian wildlife. Explore the territory to find out why you are here alone...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.3% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Exploration 7.8%, Realistic 6.3%
- #44 BugOut
72% matchMostly Negative41% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: A2G Studios
Windows
First Person, Exploring, Surviving, Hunting, Foraging, Buiding, Hoarding, Looting, Prepping, Crafting Work against Time and Survive, Storms, Earthquakes, Nuclear Events, Radical Weather, and much more
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Building 8.8%, Simulation 6%
- #45 Woodland Rebels
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.2% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Building 13%, Survival 11.1%, Exploration 6.1%
- #46 Unhinged
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.4% ★, Building 12.4%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #47 Don't Starve
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.4% ★, Survival 22.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Exploration 3.7%, Adventure 3.6%
- #48 Mineval
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MinegamerFrance Studios
Windows
Explore, build, survive, and gather all the resources you need! Customize your hero with unique armor and outfits! Mineval listens to its community and will do everything to bring your ideas and suggestions to life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Simulation 20.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.5%, Realistic 6.6%
- #49 Determinant
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Khor Chin Heong
Windows
Realistic physics-based open-world survival game set in the future. Survival, crafting, exploration and base building are the main focus. Hunt for food and water and survive against environmental hazards. Combat is possible, but more defensive in nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.4%, Building 10.6%, Exploration 6%
- #50 Deadly Flare
67% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Building 16%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Exploration 5.9%
- #51 Odd Woods
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Building 16%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Exploration 5.1%
- #52 Novus Inceptio
69% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Building 13.2%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.6%, Simulation 6.7%
- #53 Necesse
64% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 61.3% ★, Building 11%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.4%, Exploration 3.9%
- #54 Raft
65% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 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 56.3% ★, Survival 17.2%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 11%, Adventure 2%
- #55 Crea
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 62.4% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.3%, Adventure 3.7%
- #56 Under Canopies
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Novemtails
Windows
Forget the stress of survival. In this cozy open-world sim, you don't fight nature, you join it. Build your dream cabin piece by piece, cook complex meals with crops you watered yourself, and fill your photo album with rare wildlife. A serene experience where the only enemy is inefficiency.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.5% ★, Survival 12.9%, Building 9%, Simulation 7.4%, Crafting 6.2%