- #1 Palworld
96% matchVery Positive95% of 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Survival 23.5%, Open World 22.5%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with creature collection and base-building mechanics that mirror the core loop of PixARK.
- #2 ARK: Survival Ascended
97% matchMixed60% of 118,321 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.2 hrsMean: 198.9 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: Dinosaurs 27.6% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 11.8%, Massively Multiplayer 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive high-fidelity version of the dinosaur survival experience that inspired the PixARK formula.
- #3 Portal Knights
96% matchVery Positive83% of 22,395 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.2 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 18.4%, Sandbox 18%, Multiplayer 13%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based action RPG that balances exploration, building, and combat in a charming, blocky world.
- #4 Terraria
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,558,339 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 152.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Sandbox 19.5%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for 2D voxel-based survival, offering deep crafting, exploration, and boss progression.
- #5 Creativerse
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Voxel 17.4% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel sandbox game that focuses heavily on creative building and exploration within a vibrant, persistent world.
- #6 Core Keeper
93% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 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: Survival 17.8%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down voxel survival game that emphasizes mining, crafting, and boss battles in a mysterious underground world.
- #7 ARK: Survival Evolved
94% matchVery Positive83% of 778,394 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: Dinosaurs 28.8% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 11.1%, Massively Multiplayer 8%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original dinosaur-themed survival game that provides the foundational mechanics for the PixARK experience.
- #8 Necesse
91% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Survival 16.5%, Open World 15.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that combines settlement building, exploration, and creature taming in a pixel-art style.
- #9 Starbound
92% matchVery Positive90% of 123,321 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.5 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: Sandbox 20.1%, Survival 18.5%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features expansive voxel-based exploration across procedurally generated planets with a strong focus on survival and RPG elements.
- #10 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,264 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 23.5%, Survival 22%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious survival game that integrates creature taming, farming, and RPG progression in an open world.
- #11 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
90% matchVery Positive92% of 8,103 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.7%, Building 14.5%, RPG 12.6%, Crafting 9.8%, Voxel 9.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: Blends structured RPG storytelling with satisfying voxel-based building and resource management.
- #12 Cube World
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,738 reviews2019
Dev: Picroma
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
Why similar: Open World 24.2%, Voxel 22.1% ★, Multiplayer 12%, Survival 8.1%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on voxel-based exploration and RPG character progression in a colorful, procedurally generated world.
- #13 The Survivalists
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,123 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 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: Survival 22.2%, Open World 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that introduces monkey-taming mechanics to help with base building and resource gathering.
- #14 Dark and Light
89% matchMixed52% of 11,837 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 49.7 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: Massively Multiplayer 25.4%, Survival 19.1%, Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, RPG 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival game that emphasizes creature taming and magic-based progression.
- #15 Citadel: Forged with Fire
87% matchMixed68% of 5,895 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: Massively Multiplayer 22.9%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Magic 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A magic-focused survival game featuring creature taming and large-scale base building.
- #16 CHKN
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,765 reviews2016
Dev: Katapult
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Open World 19%, Sandbox 17.8%, Multiplayer 12%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique creature creation and taming mechanics within a voxel-based survival sandbox.
- #17 The Isle
86% matchVery Positive80% of 121,520 reviews2015
Dev: Afterthought LLC
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 121.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 44.7% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore dinosaur survival simulator that prioritizes realistic creature behavior and environmental survival.
- #18 Beasts of Bermuda
85% matchMixed69% of 9,766 reviews2018
Dev: Sastrei Studios, LLC
Windows
Median: 22.3 hrsMean: 337.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as a dinosaur and become part of a player-created ecosystem! Beasts of Bermuda is a multiplayer game where players endure catastrophic storms and fearsome foes while growing to monstrous sizes. Do you have what it takes to survive in the Bermuda Triangle?
Why similar: Dinosaurs 42.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 9%, Multiplayer 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dinosaur survival game that focuses on life-cycle mechanics and player-driven ecosystems.
- #19 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
83% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 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: Survival 20.3%, Open World 14.6%, Sandbox 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features survival mechanics from a miniature perspective, including taming insects and building bases in nature.
- #20 Boundless
84% matchMixed69% of 2,779 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.8 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: Massively Multiplayer 23.4%, Voxel 14.5% ★, Open World 13.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based MMO that allows for massive building projects and exploration across diverse, interconnected planets.
- #21 Eco
82% matchVery Positive81% of 14,085 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A collaborative voxel survival game where players must build and manage a civilization while protecting the ecosystem.
- #22 Jurassic World Evolution
82% matchVery Positive87% of 55,314 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 56.5% ★, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 5.4%, Strategy 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and building aspects of dinosaur parks, perfect for fans of the creature-focused themes.
- #23 Don't Starve Together
80% matchVery Positive95% of 543,644 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.9 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: Survival 65.2%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Open World 8.2%, Co-op 5.4%, Sandbox 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging survival experience with a distinct art style and deep crafting systems.
- #24 Slime Rancher
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 157,673 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Open World 48.6%, Sandbox 25.5%, Adventure 14.1%, FPS 5.2%, Casual 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the collection and management of creatures in a vibrant, open-world environment.
- #25 ATLAS
81% matchMixed47% of 42,929 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 111.5 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 21.7%, Survival 20.6%, Open World 16.4%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world survival game that focuses on sailing, exploration, and creature taming.
- #26 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
79% matchMixed52% of 4,220 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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: Massively Multiplayer 25.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Survival 11%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and community-driven progression.
- #27 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Survival 17%, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #28 Last Oasis
78% matchMixed62% of 24,230 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 120.6 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 26.9%, Survival 18.7%, Open World 14.1%, Sandbox 7.6%, Crafting 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A nomadic survival game that features unique creature-based transport and large-scale exploration.
- #29 Tinkerlands
75% matchVery Positive86% of 4,122 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.5 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: Survival 18.8%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 14.8%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Crafting 8.8%
- #30 ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
78% matchMixed66% of 11,805 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 27%
ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 34.5% ★, Survival 18%, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Open World 9.7%, Multiplayer 7%
- #31 Planet Centauri
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,395 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Open World 18.4%, Sandbox 18.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 11%, Building 9.9%
- #32 Ylands
76% matchMixed64% of 8,453 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 13.5%
- #33 Soulmask
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 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: Survival 22.3%, Open World 18.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11.1%
- #34 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,438 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Survival 16.2%, Voxel 15.4% ★, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 9.1%
- #35 Outlaws of the Old West
75% matchMixed59% of 6,297 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 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: Massively Multiplayer 24.2%, Survival 24.2%, Open World 19.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Base Building 4.5%
- #36 Scrap Mechanic
69% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 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: Survival 19%, Open World 16.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%
- #37 Conan Exiles Enhanced
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,692 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 114.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Survival 24.2%, Open World 17.7%, Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 8.5%
- #38 Keplerth
71% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 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: Survival 21.4%, Open World 18%, Sandbox 17.3%, Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #39 Spirit Animal Survival
70% matchMixed70% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: TRUEFX GAMES Pub: TRUEFX GAMES
Windows
SAS is an Open World Multiplayer PVP and CO-OP Survival Game. Set in a vast environment that features Building, Crafting, Taming, Riding, Flying and Exploring Wildlife, Dinos and Dragons as well as Horrific Creatures and Instances with the ability to Morph into Spirit Animals.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 29.4% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 8.5%
- #40 GRAV
74% matchMixed47% of 6,922 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: Survival 24.3%, Open World 18.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Base Building 9.2%
- #41 Reign Of Kings
73% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 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: Survival 23.9%, Open World 19.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Building 10.2%
- #42 Myth of Empires
70% matchMixed68% of 17,631 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 228.5 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: Survival 19.3%, Open World 17.6%, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 13%, Multiplayer 10%
- #43 XERA: Survival
71% matchMixed66% of 7,942 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: Survival 17%, Massively Multiplayer 16.1%, Open World 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Base Building 9.2%
- #44 Subsistence
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Survival 27.4%, Open World 16.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Building 8.3%
- #45 Out of Reach
72% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Survival 22.4%, Massively Multiplayer 16%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #46 Dinosaur World
69% matchMixed62% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Dinosaur StudioPub: CoolRabbit Games
Windows
Dinosaur World is a survival game about dinosaurs.
Why similar: Survival 42.6%, Building 23.3%, Base Building 21.1%, Dinosaurs 7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 4.6%
- #47 Primeval
68% matchMixed59% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Exhibyte
Windows
Grow a dinosaur from hatchling to full-grown adult, then take it anywhere — solo or into 150-player servers, with everything you've earned carried over. 67+ playable species, from land to sea to sky.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 34% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.1%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #48 ARK Park
70% matchMixed44% of 452 reviews2018
Dev: Snail Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 329.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In ARK Park, engage in close encounters with primal species through a series of theme park attractions. Enter by yourself or with a group of adventurous friends, and witness dinosaurs roaming in the wild with your own eyes!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 61.5% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 10.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Multiplayer 4.8%
- #49 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
63% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Survival 19.9%, Open World 19.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 8.2%
- #50 The Front
65% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.8 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: Massively Multiplayer 17.2%, Survival 16.6%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #51 Rising World
67% matchVery Positive86% of 6,019 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.4 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: Voxel 19.7% ★, Survival 17.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 10%
- #52 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World 25%, Survival 22.7%, Crafting 16.3%, Base Building 14%, RPG 8.5%
- #53 Wild Terra Online
68% matchMixed60% of 1,846 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.2%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 6%
- #54 The Beasts Of 9500
68% matchMixed56% of 623 reviews2020
Dev: Dragons
Windows
Come to the world of beasts 95 million years ago, you can experience prey, grow, die, and survive as best you can.As you grow, you will hone your speed, stamina, and aggression to become the king of the century.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 46.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 7.7%, Adventure 6.4%
