- #1 Forever Skies
97% 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: Base Building 19%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Crafting 14.1%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 11.3%
- #2 Volcanoids
96% 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 17.8%, Crafting 14%, Building 12.5%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.1%
- #3 Lost Rift
96% matchMixed70% of 1,693 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 51.2% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 8.6%, FPS 5.4%
- #4 No One Survived
95% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Open World 19.8%, Survival 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 11.4%
- #5 StarRupture
94% 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: Base Building 24%, Crafting 16.6%, Open World 16.5%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #6 Taora : Survival
94% matchMixed60% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Looter Shooter 28% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 9.2%
- #7 Deadside
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 16.3%, Looter Shooter 14.9% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.6%
- #8 DeadPoly
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 9.8%
- #9 Gone: Survival
91% matchMixed44% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.4%, Open World 10.5%
- #10 Deadline Escape
89% matchVery Positive86% of 419 reviews2026
Dev: DeadlineEscape
Windows
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.8% ★, Extraction Shooter 31.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Survival 10%, FPS 2.6%
- #11 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
91% matchMixed47% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 29.8% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.6%, Building 9.7%
- #12 Scrapnaut
90% matchMixed70% of 837 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Building 17.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Crafting 12.7%
- #13 TerraTech Worlds
89% matchMixed63% of 2,287 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Mining 18.4% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 11.8%, Open World 11.8%
- #14 Old Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
88% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Crafting-survival Indie game. Explore at your own pace or team up with your friends in multiplayer. Early access game!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 34.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #15 XERA: Survival
87% matchMixed66% of 7,941 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Looter Shooter 19.2% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Crafting 11%, Open World 9.4%
- #16 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: Base Building 19.8%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 11.5%
- #17 ZERO Sievert
85% matchVery Positive85% of 15,372 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 44% ★, Looter Shooter 19.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Survival 7.3%, Base Building 7.2%
- #18 Once Human
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 182,222 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 52.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Base Building 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 11.4%
- #19 Novus Inceptio
86% matchMixed52% of 1,304 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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: Base Building 17%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Survival 12.3%
- #20 Plains of Pain
84% 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: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 15%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 12%
- #21 Ruins To Fortress
82% 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: Looter Shooter 21.9% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 11.7%
- #22 No Escape from Madness
82% matchMixed66% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: qiqin
Windows
No Escape from Madness is a thrilling shooting adventure game that blends Lovecraftian elements with extraction gameplay. You will guide the self-sacrificing infantry operators into the Sector where The Elder One is poised to descend.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 52.4% ★, Looter Shooter 13.1% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%, Building 5.2%
- #23 Survival: Lost Way
83% matchMostly Negative36% of 295 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 19%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 11.4%
- #24 Taora : Beginning
81% matchVery Positive87% of 2,239 reviews2023
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 10%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #25 The Planet Crafter
78% 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: Base Building 23.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 14.7%, Open World 13.6%, Survival 12.8%
- #26 Dysterra
80% matchMixed56% of 771 reviews2025
Dev: Reality MagiQ
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #27 Nuclear Dawn
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,495 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.8%, Base Building 24%, FPS 18.3%, Shooter 12.4%, First-Person 7.4%
- #28 Heat Death: Survival Train
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Looter Shooter 12.5% ★, Building 12.1%
- #29 KeepUp Survival
79% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, Open World 18%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 15.2%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #30 MISERY
76% matchVery Positive84% of 25,586 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 12.9%
- #31 Force of Nature
79% 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: Crafting 23.3%, Survival 18.1%, Open World 16.4%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #32 Everwind
75% 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 19.4%, Open World 18.9%, Building 18.6%, Survival 15.2%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #33 Fargone
77% matchMixed69% of 600 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 26.8% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.5%
- #34 Subsistence
76% 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: Crafting 19.1%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 16.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Building 12.8%
- #35 Crushed
77% matchMixed54% of 318 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Base Building 14.6%, Open World 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 12.1%
- #36 PIONER
73% matchMixed61% of 3,610 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 31% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 9.5%
- #37 Survival Machine
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 805 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Base Building 26.5%, Crafting 19.5%, Building 17.6%, Survival 14.3%, Shooter 9.4%
- #38 Solace Crafting
74% 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: Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 13.1%, Building 12.9%
- #39 Muck
72% matchVery Positive93% of 184,419 reviews2021
Dev: Dani
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Crafting 16.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Mining 13.8% ★, Building 13.6%
- #40 Generation Zero®
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 42,150 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 14%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.9%
- #41 Urge
73% matchVery Positive90% of 520 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.9% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%
- #42 GRAV
75% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Base Building 24.5%, Open World 20.6%, Survival 19.2%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #43 OxyRail
70% matchVery Positive80% of 970 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenTech Limited
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 15.6%, Mining 14.3% ★, Building 13.6%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.3%
- #44 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,392 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Building 19.2%, Open World 18.6%, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 15.6%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #45 Zombie Survival Game Online
70% matchMixed69% of 316 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 28.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 8.7%
- #46 Junk Survivor
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Open World 15%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12.1%
- #47 Nomad
72% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Survival 26.3%, Open World 23.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, FPS 5.7%
- #48 Wasted World
71% matchMixed65% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Achrony
Windows
The apocalypse has come, brought by pollution, wars and disease! Your mission is to save your land... or what’s left of it. Alone or with your friends gather, recycle, craft, build, plant, explore, fight & help survivors.
Why similar: Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 10.5%
- #49 Blood Running
69% matchMixed70% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Dead Unicorn
Windows
Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 41.6% ★, Looter Shooter 21.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Base Building 7%, Open World 6.9%
- #50 Polygeddon
69% matchMixed41% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.2%
- #51 Survive the Fall
68% matchMixed68% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Crafting 17.3%, Open World 17%, Survival 14.8%
- #52 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
66% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, Crafting 16%, Open World 15.8%, Building 12.6%, Survival 10.2%
- #53 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
70% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Survival 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Open World 18.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 6.8%
- #54 ICARUS
67% 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: Base Building 19.9%, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Mining 13.7% ★, Open World 12.5%
- #55 Start Over
68% matchMixed61% of 379 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Base Building 22%, Crafting 16.8%, Building 14.7%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 10.8%
- #56 Rem Survival
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 17.7%, Open World 16.1%, Building 15.2%, Survival 14%
- #57 Soviet Survival
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Base Building 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 13.3%
- #58 Occupy Mars: The Game
65% matchMixed70% of 3,132 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Mining 19.6% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 11.8%, Building 11%
- #59 Next Day: Survival
68% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 23.4%, Open World 23.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Shooter 5.8%
- #60 Re.poly
67% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 19%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 15.3%, Sandbox 12.6%