- #1 This Land Is My Land
97% matchMixed68% of 4,601 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Western 29.8% ★, Survival 12%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the authentic Western atmosphere and survival struggle while focusing on open-world exploration and resistance.
- #2 Conan Exiles
96% 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 39.3% ★, Survival 19.2%, Open World 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished survival and modular building experience that mirrors the scale and intensity of Outlaws of the Old West.
- #3 Life is Feudal: Your Own
96% 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 49.8% ★, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.1%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Massively Multiplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes realistic survival and complex building mechanics in a persistent open-world setting.
- #4 Last Oasis
95% 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 32.9%, Survival 23%, Open World 19%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique nomadic survival experience with large-scale building and exploration in a harsh, unforgiving environment.
- #5 Rust
94% 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 38.6% ★, Survival 26.3%, Open World 15.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: As a premier multiplayer survival game, it provides the intense base-building and player-versus-player interactions found in the seed game.
- #6 ARK: Survival Evolved
94% 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 48.2% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 11%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Massively Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep crafting and survival systems in a massive open world that rewards players for building and taming the environment.
- #7 Medieval Dynasty
92% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Survival 24.3%, Open World 22.1%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the homesteading and building aspects of survival, providing a grounded historical experience.
- #8 7 Days to Die
91% 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 44.6% ★, Survival 21%, Open World 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at voxel-based base building and survival, offering a similar sense of progression and defense against threats.
- #9 Out of Reach
93% 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 47.1% ★, Survival 14.7%, Open World 11.3%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a survival-crafting game that focuses on building and multiplayer combat in an open-world island setting.
- #10 ICARUS
91% 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 48.2% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Base Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers session-based survival and crafting that emphasizes building and resource management in a dangerous wilderness.
- #11 Wild West Legacy
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,108 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Western 50.7% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 14.2%, Base Building 8%, Crafting 6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a dedicated Western survival game that focuses on the frontier lifestyle, crafting, and building.
- #12 V Rising
86% 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 25%, Open World 23.4%, Massively Multiplayer 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Base Building 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines top-down survival with intricate castle building and progression, mirroring the base-building focus of the seed game.
- #13 Dark and Light
88% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Open World 17.4%, Survival 17.4%, Multiplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a large-scale survival MMO that focuses on building and taming, similar to the scope of Outlaws of the Old West.
- #14 SCUM
84% 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 43.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.5%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, complex survival simulation in a large open world with significant multiplayer interaction.
- #15 ATLAS
87% 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: Massively Multiplayer 25.2%, Survival 24.1%, Open World 21.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive multiplayer survival experience with a focus on building, sailing, and territorial control.
- #16 Myth of Empires
83% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.3% ★, Open World 14.1%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Base Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a sandbox survival game with extensive building and military management systems in a large open world.
- #17 Heat
85% matchMixed49% of 2,935 reviews2020
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
Why similar: Western 41.4% ★, Open World Survival Craft 20.9% ★, Survival 13.1%, Open World 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a Western-themed survival game that emphasizes building and multiplayer interaction in a harsh frontier.
- #18 Subsistence
84% 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 53.4% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 11%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Crafting 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is a focused survival game that emphasizes base building and resource management against AI and environmental threats.
- #19 The Forest
81% 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 60.7% ★, Survival 19.2%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 4.2%, Adventure 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features excellent survival and building mechanics that create a high-stakes atmosphere in a hostile open world.
- #20 Grounded
79% 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 44% ★, Survival 20.3%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Open World 9.6%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished survival and base-building experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and resource gathering.
- #21 Force of Nature
82% 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 52.2% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a sandbox survival experience with crafting and building elements in a procedurally generated world.
- #22 Citadel: Forged with Fire
81% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.9%, Open World 15.3%, Survival 12.3%, Multiplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features extensive building and survival mechanics within a large-scale multiplayer environment.
- #23 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
82% matchMixed44% of 980 reviews2017
Dev: encurio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.5%, Open World 17.9%, Survival 17.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival and building with RPG elements in a persistent multiplayer world.
- #24 Deadside
77% 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 42.5% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 12.9%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%, Multiplayer 7%
- #25 Reign Of Kings
79% 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 51.4% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Crafting 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a brutal survival experience with a focus on building and territorial conquest.
- #26 Next Day: Survival
78% 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: Survival 39.1%, Open World 30.1%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Crafting 6.6%, RPG 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a survival-focused experience in an open world with multiplayer elements and crafting.
- #27 GRAV
78% 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 48.7% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 12.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Base Building 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features survival and base-building mechanics in a large, procedurally generated open world.
- #28 Miscreated
76% 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 51.9% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 12.2%, Massively Multiplayer 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #29 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 40.7% ★, Survival 12.8%, Massively Multiplayer 11.8%, Open World 11.5%, Base Building 6.5%
- #30 Life is Feudal: MMO
77% 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 43.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.6%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 9.4%, Base Building 7.3%
- #31 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
73% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Base Building 7.6%
- #32 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
75% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.2%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 4.4%
- #33 Dune: Awakening
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.2%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #34 XERA: Survival
74% 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 41.4% ★, Survival 13.1%, Massively Multiplayer 12.4%, Open World 10.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #35 The Front
71% 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 40.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #36 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
75% 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 49.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.5%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #37 No One Survived
70% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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: Survival 37.6%, Open World 30.2%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Crafting 9.3%, RPG 2.6%
- #38 Night of the Dead
68% 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 47% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Base Building 7.5%
- #39 Desert Skies
72% 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 47.6% ★, Western 23.8% ★, Survival 9.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Crafting 3.6%
- #40 Rising World
70% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.8% ★, Survival 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Base Building 9%, Crafting 6.4%
- #41 Soulmask
67% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.9% ★, Survival 15.7%, Open World 15%, Base Building 8.1%, Crafting 6.1%
- #42 PixARK
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 12,998 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 24.2%, Survival 24%, Open World 19%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Base Building 4.7%
- #43 Renown
67% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.7%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #44 Fragmented
71% 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 57% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 11%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Crafting 3.5%
- #45 Westland Survival
67% matchMixed59% of 439 reviews2025
Dev: Helio GamesPub: Helio Games
Windows · Mac
Saddle up for the ultimate survival adventure in the untamed Wild West! Build your homestead, tame the wilderness, bounty hunt the outlaws, and duel against the dangers that lurk on the frontier. Do you have what it takes to be a legend of the West?
Why similar: Western 65.4% ★, Multiplayer 10%, Base Building 9.1%, Crafting 7.6%, RPG 4.7%
- #46 Will To Live Online
69% matchMixed69% of 18,150 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 23.2%, Open World 15.5%, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #47 Mist Survival
68% 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 49.8% ★, Survival 22.5%, Open World 15.3%, Base Building 6.1%, Crafting 3.7%
- #48 Red Dead Online
66% matchVery Positive83% of 68,690 reviews2020
Dev: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 71.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.
Why similar: Western 60.9% ★, Open World 20.7%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Adventure 2.3%, Action 2.1%
- #49 Outpost Zero
70% 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 46.1% ★, Survival 17.1%, Open World 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Base Building 5.9%
- #50 Stars End
68% matchMixed61% of 1,414 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21.1%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #51 Pax Dei
65% matchMixed57% of 10,783 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Open World 35%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Base Building 20%, Crafting 15.1%, RPG 8.8%
- #52 Plains of Pain
66% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Base Building 7.9%
