- #1 Stranded Deep
97% 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 48.2% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 8.6%, Open World 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the quintessential castaway experience of surviving on isolated islands with limited resources.
- #2 Raft
96% 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 41.4% ★, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 8.2%, Multiplayer 8%, Open World 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on ocean exploration and survival while building a mobile base on the water.
- #3 ARK: Survival Evolved
96% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7.7%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive multiplayer survival experience with deep crafting, base building, and environmental threats.
- #4 Rust
95% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Survival 21%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-stakes, multiplayer-focused survival environment where base building and resource competition are central.
- #5 Subsistence
94% 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 45.9% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that focuses on base building and managing resources against both AI and player threats.
- #6 Conan Exiles
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 11.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features robust base building and survival mechanics in a harsh, unforgiving open world that encourages multiplayer interaction.
- #7 ATLAS
93% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 112.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Open World 14.8%, Massively Multiplayer 14.5%, Pirates 14% ★, Crafting 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on sailing and island exploration, making it a direct thematic match for the nautical survival elements of the seed game.
- #8 Valheim
91% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 40.7% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration, survival, and building in a vast, procedurally generated world that rewards cooperative play.
- #9 Miscreated
92% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 6%, Multiplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic multiplayer survival game that emphasizes exploration and scavenging in a large open world.
- #10 Green Hell
91% 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 45.5% ★, Survival 14.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hardcore survival experience that emphasizes realistic resource management and environmental dangers.
- #11 The Forest
89% 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 52.7% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers an intense island survival experience with a strong emphasis on building shelters and defending against threats.
- #12 Life is Feudal: Your Own
90% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 12.3%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival and complex building mechanics within a medieval-themed multiplayer environment.
- #13 SCUM
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Survival 12.6%, Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival mechanics and a focus on multiplayer interaction within a large, dangerous open world.
- #14 ICARUS
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 38.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to gather resources and build structures within a limited time frame.
- #15 Last Oasis
89% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.8%, Survival 21.4%, Open World 15.3%, Crafting 12%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A nomadic survival game that requires players to build mobile bases to survive in a harsh, shifting environment.
- #16 7 Days to Die
83% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 39.2% ★, Survival 18.7%, Open World 10.7%, Building 7.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, crafting, and base building with a strong emphasis on defending against waves of enemies.
- #17 Outlaws of the Old West
86% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Survival 14.7%, Open World 11.3%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in the American frontier that emphasizes building and resource management in a multiplayer setting.
- #18 Fragmented
86% 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 50.9% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 7%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes building and exploration in a hostile alien environment.
- #19 Sons Of The Forest
82% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 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 23.8%, Open World 17%, Crafting 12%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Base Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the island survival genre with advanced building systems and a focus on exploration and discovery.
- #20 Salt
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,246 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Pirates 7.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused survival game that centers on sailing between islands and discovering secrets.
- #21 GRAV
85% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 7.7%, Base Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on building and exploration in a vibrant, alien world.
- #22 Savage Lands
84% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A harsh survival game that focuses on building and crafting to survive against mythical threats.
- #23 DayZ
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 27.5%, Massively Multiplayer 17%, Open World 15.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore multiplayer survival game that emphasizes scavenging, player interaction, and the struggle against the elements.
- #24 Unturned
81% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Massively Multiplayer 17%, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 14.6%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that offers a more accessible approach to multiplayer building and exploration.
- #25 Don't Starve Together
80% 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 66.6% ★, Survival 22.1%, Multiplayer 3.2%, Open World 2.7%, Crafting 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized survival game that requires intense cooperation and resource management to survive in a hostile world.
- #26 V Rising
78% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 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: Survival 19.8%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 10%, Multiplayer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of survival and base building with an emphasis on progression and multiplayer combat.
- #27 Breathedge
79% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Survival 14%, Crafting 9%, Base Building 7.1%, Open World 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an island-like survival experience set in space, focusing on crafting and managing resources to stay alive.
- #28 Grounded
78% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 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 38.9% ★, Survival 18.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes exploration and base building in a unique, scaled-down environment.
- #29 Project Winter
79% matchVery Positive83% of 19,060 reviews2019
Dev: Other Ocean InteractivePub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.
Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Crafting 27.7%, Multiplayer 16.8%, PvP 10.7%, Exploration 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on social deduction and survival, requiring players to work together while managing resources in a harsh environment.
- #30 Nomad
81% 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: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 9%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival game that focuses on scavenging and building in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #31 Force of Nature
77% 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 44.1% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 8.1%, Building 5.8%
- #32 Rem Survival
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 9.1%, Massively Multiplayer 7.7%
- #33 Reign Of Kings
77% 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 42.5% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 7.2%
- #34 Project Castaway
73% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Survival 11.6%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 6.3%
- #35 XERA: Survival
75% matchMixed66% of 7,888 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: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 8.1%, Massively Multiplayer 7.8%
- #36 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
75% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 50% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 6%, Crafting 5.5%
- #37 KeepUp Survival
74% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 10.3%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #38 Deadside
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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: Open World Survival Craft 39.1% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 10.4%, Massively Multiplayer 7.2%, Crafting 6.8%
- #39 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
76% matchMixed54% of 630 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.2% ★, Survival 13.2%, Massively Multiplayer 11.7%, Crafting 6.9%, Open World 6.7%
- #40 The Front
69% matchMixed68% of 10,753 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 34.3% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Massively Multiplayer 8.2%, Open World 8.1%
- #41 Outpost Zero
73% 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 41.9% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Crafting 7.1%
- #42 Mist Survival
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Survival 21.2%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 7.7%, Base Building 5.9%
- #43 Age of Survival
73% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: Silky Sullivan
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 10.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #44 Survival: Fountain of Youth
69% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 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 40.7% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.3%
- #45 Radiation Island
72% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.9% ★, Survival 20.1%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 6.6%, Multiplayer 3.3%
- #46 Dig or Die
70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 7.3%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #47 Volcanoids
69% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 9.3%, Building 6.2%
- #48 Outerstellar
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Massively Multiplayer 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #49 Night of the Dead
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 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 34.5% ★, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.6%, Hunting 8.1% ★
- #50 CrossWorlds: Escape
70% matchMixed64% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 10.3%, Base Building 6.8%
- #51 Life is Feudal: MMO
71% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Survival 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 9%, Open World 7%
- #52 Under A New Sun
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 6.2%
- #53 Solace Crafting
68% 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 36.3% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.1%, Building 7%
- #54 Escape The Pacific
70% matchMixed68% of 754 reviews2018
Dev: Gamers4Gamers Team
Windows
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 10.8%, Building 8.4%
- #55 Hurtworld
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 10%, Building 7.1%
- #56 My Island
66% 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 51.8% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #57 Boundless
68% matchMixed70% of 2,766 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.8%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 10%, Survival 7.9%
- #58 Wrongworld
66% 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 53.5% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.4%, Building 5.8%
