- #1 Cloud 9
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mantra Games
Windows
After surviving a gravitational anomaly, humankind must find a home among the floating rocks in the skies. Build a home in the clouds, fly an airship, battle dragons, collect supplies, and help the Cloud 9 initiative rekindle humanity in this new era of survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.1%, Flight 16.6%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 8.9%
- #2 Floating World
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miya Games
Windows
【Survival】|【Building】|【Sandbox】 Start with just a raft, the rest is up to you! 🌊🐟🌴
Why similar: Sailing 19.2% ★, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, VR 12.7%, Open World 11.6%
- #3 Aviassembly
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,371 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Building 19%, Flight 18.2%, Sandbox 16.6%, Transportation 11.5% ★, Open World 10.3%
- #4 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
95% matchMixed62% of 1,000 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Building 18%, Sandbox 18%, Sailing 17.7% ★, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 10.2%
- #5 Sol Survivor
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Space Games
Windows
Build, host, and survive in a persistent multiplayer space sandbox set in the outer Sol system. Construct orbital habitats, manage fragile station systems, and keep your crew alive while expanding through zero-g, Saturn-ring danger, and player-built infrastructure.
Why similar: Flight 18.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Building 15.1%, FPS 13.8%, Crafting 10.6%
- #6 Alterworld
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 25%, Building 15.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%
- #7 Shaper
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: 生长工作室
Windows
《Shaper》 is a sandbox building exploration game. Defeat enemies and monsters by collecting square materials to synthesize tools and equipment. Build unique buildings to survive and develop in this fantastic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Building 16.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%
- #8 Elacoria
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Open World 25.9%, Sandbox 23.8%, Building 19.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%
- #9 nanos world™
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Go Horse Studios
Windows
The next-generation open-world multiplayer sandbox. Play community-made game modes, create addons with Lua scripting, import custom assets from Unreal Engine 5, and host your own dedicated servers for hundreds of players!
Why similar: Game Development 26.9% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 13.8%, FPS 12.3%, Open World 9.4%
- #10 Lou's Lagoon
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tiny RoarPub: Megabit Publishing
Windows
A cozy exploration-and-crafting adventure: fly your seaplane between tropical islands, collect resources with the Swirler, rebuild storm damaged communities, and unravel the mystery surrounding Uncle Lou’s disappearance.
Why similar: Flight 17.6%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.1%
- #11 Graveyard Warden
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Clockwork Origins
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inherit a neglected graveyard, prepare graves, craft coffins and tombstones, and manage daily burials. Restore your cemetery, explore the surrounding area, and uncover the secrets behind your inheritance.
Why similar: Building 23.6%, Sandbox 22.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Crafting 14.9%, Adventure 11%
- #12 Archipelago: Island Survival
89% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: FrostFire
Windows
Survival simulator on an archipelago of islands. Sandbox with a huge open world. Over 300 different items and resources, over 100 different enemies and NPCs. Elements of trade and RPG.
Why similar: Sailing 16.8% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 14.2%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%
- #13 s&box
87% matchMixed59% of 9,130 reviews2026
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
S&box is a game creation platform built on the Source 2 engine. Play, create, and share games, explore community creations, and experience endless sandbox fun with powerful modern tools.
Why similar: Game Development 32.2% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Building 17.2%, FPS 11.2%, Third Person 6.2%
- #14 Lonelyland VR
88% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Catbox
Windows
It’s a sandbox survival game, now you can play without VR device. Aliens manipulated plants on the earth and destroyed our civilization. In order to survive, you have to collect, build, hunt or fight. In this game you’ll have a special post-apocalyptic survival experience in a class of its own.
Why similar: VR 24.4%, Sandbox 14%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 13.1%, FPS 12.6%
- #15 Construcubes
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maxime Schadkowski
Windows
Grab, move, rotate and connect bricks to build many cute objects ! Follow instructions to build things such as a flower, a robot or a well-known building, or make your own models and share them with others ! Available for PC, and for VR with Oculus Quest 2 and 3.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, Building 19.4%, VR 19.1%, Simulation 18.4%, Crafting 11.1%
- #16 Break It Down
86% match5 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: BlueNothing Games
Windows
Destruction Physics | Everything is Destructible
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Simulation 18.2%, FPS 17.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Open World 10.2%
- #17 Retro Flight Simulator 2026
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: OH Games Studio
Windows
Take off from airports around the world and explore a retro-styled open world from the cockpit of a passenger jet. Plan routes, use autopilot, fly through changing environments, and land at global destinations in a lightweight single-player flight simulation.
Why similar: Flight 27.5%, Sandbox 27.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Open World 18.4%, 3D 6.3%
- #18 Angira Online
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bearly Normal
Windows
Angira Online is a survival and building game set in a fantasy Norse world. Set out into an unknown world and make your mark on the unexplored wilderness. Build towns, lay roads, bring civilization to the forests of Angira.
Why similar: Sailing 17.7% ★, Building 16.7%, Open World 14.4%, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 12.3%
- #19 Everlost
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kub3sqtPub: Orivilon
Windows
Stranded in a world that never stops growing. Gather, craft, build and survive in an infinite procedurally generated wilderness where no two worlds are ever the same.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, Building 22.8%, Crafting 15.8%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 5.8%
- #20 The Blackwood
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlight Software
Windows
After a devastating accident, you are stranded in a breathtaking wilderness. Survive by gathering resources, crafting tools, building bases, and looting. Explore a dangerous open world, face threats, and uncover the mysteries of The Blackwood.
Why similar: FPS 17.4%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Exploration 10.6%
- #21 Shallow Sea Roaming
82% matchMixed60% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: ACC_Studio
Windows
Find the secret treasure and explore the secrets of this mysterious island,and there are a large number of enemies on the island.You need to use your courage and scientific knowledge to survive on this island,And find a way to leave this island!
Why similar: Sandbox 19%, Building 17.4%, FPS 16.6%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 13.2%
- #22 No Debt Left
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Freaks
Windows
Step in the shoes of a debt collector in an immersive, interactive world where your primary weapons are psychological leverage and high-stakes negotiation to extract payments from everyone — from desperate street vendors to corrupt corporate titans.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.3%, FPS 23.7%, Open World 15.3%, Exploration 14.9%, First-Person 7.5%
- #23 Survival Girls
81% matchMixed53% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Red Squirrel Tribute Games
Windows
A survival, base building and crafting game. Explore the island, collect resources and defend your base. Search, craft, hunt or steal to buy weapons and vehicles. Hunt and tame animals, grow your herd and attack your enemies base. A FP/TPS survival of the fittest!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, FPS 25.3%, Building 21.8%, Crafting 13.1%, First-Person 10%
- #24 House Craft Voyage
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CDG Probably
Windows
In House Craft Voyage, spawn blocks and devices, snap-weld and paint them into vehicles and contraptions, then explore with physics—or build your own space for fun. A single-player adventure sandbox of building, physics, and puzzles. Create, then set out.
Why similar: Building 25.7%, Sandbox 21%, Crafting 12.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Adventure 11.1%
- #25 VirtualSociety
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cats & Foxes
Windows · Mac · Linux
VirtualSociety is a creative life sim where you build your own worlds, customize their residents, and design how they interact. Create the places your stories need, play as your characters, and share your worlds with friends.
Why similar: Game Development 25.9% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Building 14.1%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 10.3%
- #26 Planet Prospector
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Reason Games
Windows
An open World Space Logistics Simulator set in the future where humanity have just started the BIG colonization effort of a new found world. Manage fuel economy and mine ores
Why similar: Sailing 23.8% ★, Sandbox 21.2%, Open World 17.5%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 8.2%
- #27 LEGO® Worlds
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 15,639 reviews2017
Dev: TT GamesPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience a galaxy of Worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks. EXPLORE gigantic landscapes, DISCOVER countless surprises, and CREATE anything you can imagine by building with LEGO bricks.
Why similar: Sandbox 26%, Building 25%, Open World 24.4%, Exploration 8.2%, Third Person 7%
- #28 HIIS
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Bottled Fantasy Games
Windows
HIIS is an open world sandbox experimentation game, full of mystical vegetation, concealed secrets, and powerful potions. Domesticate the wild plants to farm them, brew elixirs from their products, and experiment to document their effects.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Open World 22.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Exploration 13.2%, Simulation 9.4%
- #29 Lost in Tropics
78% matchNegative10% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Lukas GameLabsPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Lost in Tropics: Embark on an unforgettable survival adventure where the lush, unpredictable tropics become your testing ground. In this immersive game, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious island, where every corner hides both breathtaking beauty and perilous challenges.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Open World 18.4%, Building 18.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Simulation 9.8%
- #30 ENDGAME: Survival
77% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Building 18.9%, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 14.8%, FPS 13.2%, Simulation 9.5%
- #31 Project Longshot
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LongshotWorks
Windows
Launch from a familiar world into a 1:1 scale solar system of beautiful, unforgiving planets. Colonise, mine, and explore real places that people may walk upon within your lifetime. Project Longshot hands you a space program and asks only one question. How far can your program go?
Why similar: Sandbox 14.8%, Flight 14.4%, Open World 13.6%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 8.8%
- #32 Undead Development 2
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Masterstrike
Windows
Your resources are your surroundings. Break down, drag, and nail together furniture to safeguard your home. Explore other regions to restock supplies and weapons. Construct wild defenses by nailing together unlikely objects. Fight against the hordes with online co-op in or out of VR.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, FPS 14.4%, VR 11.6%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 9%
- #33 Voidless
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Retnuh Studio
Windows
Voidless is a sci-fi space survival sandbox set in the near future within a realistic scale solar system. In first or third person, players can explore planets and asteroids, collect resources, and craft items. As well as building bases and ships, all with physics based flight and combat.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, FPS 13%, Building 12.6%, Flight 12.5%, Exploration 7.9%
- #34 Helicopter Simulator VR 2021 - Rescue Missions
73% matchVery Positive83% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: Helicopter Simulator
Windows
Learn, hone and master all the instruments and controls of a real helicopter! Follow the tutorials to turn the aircraft on and off, learn to use ropes and flares and apply your knowledge in missions based on real situations!
Why similar: Flight 25.1%, VR 22.9%, Military 14.9%, Simulation 14%, Open World 8.9%
- #35 Bulk Dominoes VR: Kinetic Rush
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: GuessworkVRPub: Bulk Dominoes
Windows
Build and create domino chain reactions, knock them down, then push 1 button to set them back up again. It’s fun and easy! Plus you will not have to worry about accidentally knocking them down while you're building.
Why similar: VR 22.4%, Building 19.3%, Open World 15.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 14.5%
- #36 Winter Warfare: Survival
74% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Orbis Studio
Windows
Hardcore survival game set in a frozen harsh ambient
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Building 19.8%, Open World 17%, FPS 14.4%, Military 13.2%
- #37 Metaverse Construction Kit
75% matchMixed67% of 227 reviews2015
Dev: Metaware
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
The Metaverse Construction Kit is a virtual environment to construct your own 3D creations. Use the twenty-four structural elements to define your structures and then style your creations with sixty-four material types like organics, metals, minerals, and composites. Then Publish!
Why similar: Sandbox 37.1%, Building 34.3%, Simulation 12.6%, VR 11%, Crafting 5%
- #38 Gengu Survival
73% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, FPS 14.4%, Building 13.8%, Open World 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%
- #39 Hero Jumper
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Retr0A
Windows
Hero Jumper is a sandbox game and FPS where you can destroy objects and do whatever you want.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.4%, FPS 21.3%, Building 14.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Open World 10.8%
- #40 Joy Flight
73% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Nic SchubertPub: Tonic Games Australia
Windows
Joy Flight is an open world arcade VR flight game where players will explore, unlock runways with daring landings and complete missions across a large chain of islands! Free to Play
Why similar: Flight 29.9%, Open World 21.3%, VR 20.3%, Simulation 9.9%, Exploration 9.4%
- #41 Deadstick - Bush Pilot Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spiral HousePub: Mythwright
Windows
A career-driven bush flight simulator where judgement, skill and reading the terrain determine whether you make a profit. Take on flying jobs across unforgiving wilderness, build crucial infrastructure and earn a reputation among the island's scattered communities.
Why similar: Flight 16.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 14.1%, Transportation 13% ★, Building 10.8%
- #42 Lakehopper
69% matchVery Positive88% of 473 reviews2026
Dev: Photon Games
Windows · Linux
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landscape that challenges your piloting skills! Fix your plane and keep flying!
Why similar: Flight 27.8%, Transportation 14.2% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 11.1%
- #43 Liv: Nordic Survival
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sascha StrackPub: Code Strack
Windows
You are LIV. Naked and with no memory, you awaken on a mysterious island. Discover who you are. Hunt, build, craft – survive cold, hunger, and madness. Learn, evolve, and uncover the secret that seems to slumber beneath the surface.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Open World 19.1%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Crafting 9.2%
- #44 Profectus
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Alrek Studios
Windows
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Crafting 18.4%, Open World 18%, Exploration 7.6%
- #45 Dungeon Cafe
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pango Games
Windows
Build your dream café... or die trying. In this fast-paced co-op base builder, you’ll cook, fight, and automate your way through a chaotic kitchen as you gather ingredients by slaying monsters and prepare magical meals for the Demon Overlord’s ever-hungry army.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.7%, Building 20.4%, Crafting 14.8%, Open World 11.6%, Exploration 10.4%
- #46 Hold Your Own
71% matchMixed67% of 576 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 15.8%, FPS 13.8%
- #47 Unreal Sandbox
71% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Blockout22
Windows
Build and play with others with a physics based sandbox created in unreal engine 5
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, FPS 22%, Building 17.8%, Open World 15.5%, First-Person 9.1%
- #48 The Octots Survival
70% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: SFK Game Studio
Windows
The Octots tells the story of a community caught between the primitive world and the present world. Survive against hunger, thirst, wild jungle life. Build your house, farm, explore underwater and island life. Go hunting, complete missions!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.6%, Open World 14%, Crafting 12.1%, Third Person 11.1%, Adventure 10.6%
- #49 HeliVR Simulator
70% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Labz
Windows
With intuitive controls, effortlessly take off and master helicopter flying, saving yourself countless hours of practice. So, put on your headset, get comfortable, and enjoy the seamless experience!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Simulation 18.7%, VR 15.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Open World 11.4%
- #50 Technicity: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Free Prologue to Technicity, a first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, use vehicles to travel in cities that you or your friends create in solo or co-op.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Building 17%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 12.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #51 Keplerth
68% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, Building 21.7%, Open World 21.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Crafting 6.9%
- #52 The Stormy Islands
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Sandbox 25%, Open World 21.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%
- #53 Horn Of Africa
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Other Choice
Windows
Horn of Africa is an open-world survival and piracy game set on the coast of East Africa. Start with a small fishing boat, collect containers at sea, raid ships, trade contraband, and build your own pirate operation.
Why similar: Sandbox 22%, Simulation 16.3%, FPS 15.7%, Open World 10.8%, Adventure 9.8%
- #54 Broken World
67% matchMixed63% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.6%, Open World 19.1%, Building 17.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Exploration 9.2%
- #55 Coming soon
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Chaperot
Windows
Gliderman is an open-world flight game where you play as a little glider trying to explore the randomly generated world around you. Pull off stunts and chase your highscore!
Why similar: Flight 25.3%, Sandbox 21.9%, Open World 12.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #56 Project Create
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Norcher Developments
Windows
Gain experience and level up in this voxel sandbox world as you travel through space and time. Craft equipment and recipes to help you survive the treacherous landscape and sculpt it into your own masterpiece!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.4%, Open World 20.2%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 11%, Exploration 7.5%
- #57 Last of Humanity
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Building 17.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Third Person 10.1%, Exploration 9.9%
- #58 Scrap Mechanic
61% matchVery Positive92% of 122,134 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 24.5%, Sandbox 21.9%, Open World 18.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Third Person 6.5%