- #1 Craftopia
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,210 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Open World 18.3%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: From the same developers, it shares Palworld’s open-world survival-crafting structure, breezy multiplayer sandbox feel, and heavy emphasis on building, farming, and automation.
- #2 ARK: Survival Evolved
96% matchVery Positive83% of 776,082 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 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 38.4% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 12.6%, Multiplayer 8%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is the clearest survival-focused alternative thanks to its huge world, co-op base building, and deep loop of taming, breeding, and riding creatures.
- #3 Grounded
96% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 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 29.8% ★, Survival 16.4%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Open World 9.4%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its approachable co-op survival, creative base building, and constant interaction with a dangerous creature-filled world make it feel very close in moment-to-moment play.
- #4 PixARK
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,223 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.6 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: Survival 23.4%, Open World 22.3%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This lighter, blockier spin on ARK keeps the creature taming, exploration, and survival crafting while matching Palworld’s more playful tone.
- #5 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
94% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 27.2% ★, Survival 11.3%, Open World 11%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Palworld, it mixes co-op survival, base construction, and creature companionship through tamable insects and mounts in a whimsical open world.
- #6 Once Human
94% 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: Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Creature Collector 15.2%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer survival game pairs strong building and progression systems with supernatural companion-style deviations that help in combat and at your territory.
- #7 Enshrouded
93% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Open World 22.2%, Survival 17.4%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It nails the same satisfying loop of exploring a big world, gathering resources, building elaborate bases, and progressing with friends.
- #8 Valheim
92% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 31.2% ★, Open World 12%, Survival 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its co-op survival progression, memorable base-building, and long-form exploration scratch the same open-world sandbox itch as Palworld.
- #9 Core Keeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Open World 12.7%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Online Co-Op 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly addictive mix of co-op exploration, crafting, farming, boss progression, and steadily expanding your home base.
- #10 Necesse
90% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Open World 10.4%, Survival 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Recruitable settlers who handle jobs and defend your settlement make its colony-sandbox loop feel surprisingly close to Palworld’s automation side.
- #11 No Man's Sky
91% matchVery Positive85% of 414,381 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Open World 20.7%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Crafting 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines multiplayer exploration, survival crafting, base building, and even creature taming in a giant sandbox that rewards wandering and collecting.
- #12 Omega Crafter
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 8.2%, Automation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its co-op survival crafting is especially close in spirit because companion helpers can automate chores and production around your base.
- #13 Soulmask
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Open World 14.3%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It feels Palworld-adjacent because you grow a survival base around followers, mounts, and automation rather than doing every task yourself.
- #14 Terraria
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Sandbox 8%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Though 2D, it delivers the same long-tail satisfaction of exploring, crafting, fighting bosses, building bases, and growing stronger with friends.
- #15 Nightingale
87% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11.3%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: If you loved the gather-build-explore rhythm, this gives you a polished co-op survival crafting experience with lots of traversal and base customization.
- #16 The Planet Crafter
86% 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: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Base Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a great fit if Palworld’s crafting, expansion, and production loops were your favorite part, even without the combat focus.
- #17 ICARUS
86% 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Survival 13%, Open World 10.4%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its survival missions and persistent building systems emphasize the same rewarding progression from scrappy resource gathering to advanced co-op base building.
- #18 Raft
84% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 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 33.5% ★, Survival 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Open World 8.8%, Co-op 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It has a more focused setting, but the co-op gather-craft-expand loop is just as compelling if you like steadily turning a tiny base into a full operation.
- #19 Temtem
84% matchVery Positive81% of 39,310 reviews2022
Dev: CremaPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!
Why similar: Creature Collector 49.6%, Co-op 19.1%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Anime 3.9%, RPG 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: If the monster collecting and online co-op were the main draw, this is one of the best pure creature-focused alternatives on Steam.
- #20 Creativerse
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Open World 11.9%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its colorful and accessible survival-crafting sandbox captures a similar low-friction sense of exploration, building, and experimentation.
- #21 Slime Rancher 2
81% matchVery Positive95% of 49,727 reviews2025
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
Why similar: Creature Collector 49.5%, Open World 34.7%, Building 8.9%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Collecting creatures, expanding your ranch, and turning adorable monsters into the center of your resource loop strongly echoes Palworld’s softer side.
- #22 Myth of Empires
83% matchMixed68% of 17,524 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 229.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.2% ★, Open World 13.4%, Survival 11%, Base Building 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This large-scale survival sandbox shares Palworld’s love of mounts, building, labor management, and multiplayer progression in an open world.
- #23 Cassette Beasts
82% matchVery Positive94% of 11,050 reviews2023
Dev: Bytten StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG, now with online multiplayer mode. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beasts’ Fusion System to create unique and powerful new ones!
Why similar: Creature Collector 42.6%, Open World 25.6%, Co-op 15%, Anime 5.7%, RPG 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a strong pick for players who mainly want more creature collecting, team building, and open-area exploration after Palworld.
- #24 Don't Starve Together
82% matchVery Positive95% of 541,972 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.6 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 59.2% ★, Survival 23.2%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Open World 3.9%, Co-op 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a tougher and stranger take on co-op survival, but the shared base-building and resource-management tension still line up with Palworld’s survival roots.
- #25 V Rising
81% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 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: Open World 21.4%, Survival 18.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: It lacks the creature-collector angle, but its polished multiplayer survival crafting, base building, and progression make it a solid alternative for the sandbox combat loop.
- #26 Moonstone Island
80% matchVery Positive84% of 5,022 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Why similar: Creature Collector 66.3%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 13.3%, RPG 5%
Why You'll Like It: Its blend of creature collecting, crafting, farming, and exploration makes it a good fit for anyone who liked Palworld’s lighter life-sim elements.
- #27 Ooblets
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,552 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
Why similar: Creature Collector 49.6%, Open World 23.3%, Crafting 18.6%, RPG 4.9%, Exploration 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It leans cozy rather than survival-heavy, but the combination of creature collecting, farming, and home customization will appeal to Palworld players who loved the cute side.
- #28 Shamania
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Open World 13.2%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #29 Satisfactory
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.5% ★, Open World 14.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Automation 11.8%, Crafting 10.2%
- #30 Portal Knights
79% matchVery Positive83% of 22,346 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Survival 19.2%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Crafting 16.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Co-op 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This co-op action crafting game matches Palworld’s friendly, accessible sandbox feel better than harsher survival sims do.
- #31 Rune Factory 5
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,112 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!
Why similar: Creature Collector 59.4%, Crafting 16.4%, Anime 9%, RPG 8.5%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes farming, crafting, combat, and tamable monster companions in a way that overlaps nicely with Palworld’s farm-and-fight appeal.
- #32 ARK: Survival Ascended
77% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Open World 23.2%, Survival 22.4%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Crafting 12%, Base Building 11%
- #33 Longvinter
77% matchMixed67% of 7,664 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%
- #34 Dune: Awakening
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 78,134 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.5 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Open World 12.3%, Survival 10.8%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Crafting 8.3%
- #35 Tinkerlands
73% matchVery Positive86% of 4,087 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Open World 12%, Survival 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Crafting 7.3%
- #36 Witchspire
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Creature Collector 21.6%, Open World 12.4%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Crafting 9%
- #37 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
74% 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Creature Collector 15.2%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 8%
- #38 The Survivalists
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,097 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.9%
- #39 Voidtrain
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,810 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.8%, Co-op 7.1%, Multiplayer 7%
- #40 Feel The Snow
73% matchVery Positive87% of 3,059 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Crafting 8.4%
- #41 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
70% matchVery Positive81% of 29,187 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Open World 14.3%, Survival 11.3%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #42 Romestead
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,827 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.4%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
- #43 Re.poly
72% 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Open World 14.1%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 8.2%
- #44 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
72% 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: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Survival 17.4%, Open World 13.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Crafting 5.6%
- #45 Planetaries
71% matchMixed58% of 226 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Open World 11.7%, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Crafting 8%
- #46 Grounded 2
68% matchVery Positive81% of 23,765 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Survival 15.3%, Open World 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%
- #47 Far Lands
69% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 14.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11%
- #48 Lodventure
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.6%, Co-op 8.4%, Crafting 7.5%
- #49 Palia
67% matchVery Positive86% of 43,867 reviews2024
Dev: Singularity 6 Corporation
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.
Why similar: Multiplayer 24.7%, Crafting 21.3%, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Co-op 13.4%, Building 13%
- #50 Plains of Pain
67% 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Open World 11.3%, Survival 9.9%, Online Co-Op 8%, Crafting 7.9%
- #51 Solarpunk™
65% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Open World 10.5%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.1%, Online Co-Op 7.7%
- #52 GRAV
70% 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: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Open World 14.1%, Survival 14%, Base Building 7.8%, Crafting 6.9%
- #53 Force of Nature
68% 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: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #54 Solace Crafting
67% 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Open World 11.4%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.4%
- #55 Forager
66% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 15%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 6.4%, Base Building 5.8%
- #56 Starbound
66% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7.5%, Crafting 7.1%
