- #1 Terraria
97% 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: Sandbox 21.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the definitive 2D sandbox experience, it offers the most similar loop of mining, crafting, and boss-progression combat.
- #2 Starbound
96% 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: Sandbox 22.8%, Crafting 13.8%, Open World 11.5%, Building 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the sci-fi exploration, 2D pixel-art aesthetic, and deep crafting systems found in Planet Centauri.
- #3 Keplerth
96% 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 22%, Open World 17%, Building 15.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar focus on 2D survival, crafting, and creature taming within a procedurally generated open world.
- #4 Core Keeper
95% 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: Sandbox 15.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 14.1%, Building 12.1%, Co-op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down sandbox excels at mining, base building, and challenging boss encounters in a beautifully realized pixel world.
- #5 Necesse
94% 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: Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the village-building and exploration aspects of Planet Centauri while adding robust multiplayer and RPG mechanics.
- #6 Monster Sanctuary
94% matchVery Positive91% of 12,643 reviews2020
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Why similar: Creature Collector 45.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%, Platformer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy the creature-collection aspect of the seed game, this title provides a deep, tactical RPG experience with similar pixel visuals.
- #7 Crea
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,408 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.9%, Crafting 17.9%, Building 8.1%, Open World 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a 2D sandbox RPG that emphasizes crafting and character progression through a skill-based system.
- #8 Tinkertown
92% matchMixed67% of 1,344 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 13.2%, RPG 11.2%, Open World 10.3%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer-focused sandbox offers a similar charming aesthetic and emphasis on cooperative building and adventure.
- #9 Serin Fate
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 575 reviews2021
Dev: VethergenPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Evil is afoot... Wielding your new Magic, bound into mysterious Monster-infested lands to uncover ancient relics and restore the Fate Stone. Along the way, explore the depths of every nook to find creatures, garner ingredients, train in Witchery, and craft new equipment.
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Open World 12%, Crafting 11.8%, Magic 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on magic, creature collection, and exploration, making it a great thematic match for Planet Centauri.
- #10 Aground
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,018 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Mining 33% ★, Open World 14.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 13.1%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling 2D progression system where you advance from primitive tools to advanced technology while taming creatures.
- #11 Craftopia
89% 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 23.8%, Crafting 23.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world game combines creature collection, crafting, and automation in a way that captures the ambitious spirit of Planet Centauri.
- #12 Junk Jack
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Crafting 18.8%, Building 13.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D sandbox that focuses on exploration, farming, and building in a charming pixelated world.
- #13 Forager
89% 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: Crafting 24.1%, Sandbox 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Building 9.6%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an addictive sandbox loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory that feels very rewarding.
- #14 Portal Knights
88% 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: Sandbox 23%, Crafting 18%, Building 15.7%, Multiplayer 13%, Co-op 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it perfectly captures the sandbox-RPG hybrid feel, focusing on building and class-based combat.
- #15 Magicite
87% matchVery Positive85% of 7,591 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: Crafting 18%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Co-op 11.4%, Platformer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D roguelike that relies on crafting and resource gathering to survive increasingly difficult biomes.
- #16 Realms of Magic
86% matchVery Positive81% of 998 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.3%, Open World 18.1%, RPG 14.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends open-world sandbox elements with traditional RPG mechanics and crafting in a fantasy setting.
- #17 Dig or Die
86% matchVery Positive90% of 4,284 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Crafting 20.8%, Open World 13.2%, Building 9.2%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines mining and base defense with a strong emphasis on survival against increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
- #18 Feel The Snow
85% 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: Crafting 16.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Open World 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that features a unique winter setting, crafting, and exploration elements.
- #19 PixARK
84% 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: Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 18.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the creature-taming and survival-crafting loop into a voxel-based open world.
- #20 Creativerse
83% 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: Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Open World 13.2%, Building 13.2%, Co-op 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox building game that offers extensive tools for creative construction and exploration.
- #21 Everwind
79% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 15%, Open World 13.7%, Building 12.7%, Co-op 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that encourages cooperative play and resource management.
- #22 Edge of Space
84% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.7%, Crafting 15%, Open World 8%, Building 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D sci-fi sandbox focuses on mining, crafting, and surviving on a hostile alien planet.
- #23 Windforge
82% matchMixed68% of 620 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Crafting 17%, Open World 11.7%, Building 10.3%, RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D game features unique steampunk-inspired crafting and exploration in a world of floating islands.
- #24 Shards of Azuria
82% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Crafting 24.2%, Sandbox 20.1%, Building 12.8%, RPG 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG sandbox features crafting and exploration with a focus on combat and dungeon delving.
- #25 Palworld
75% matchVery Positive95% of 480,493 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 40.2 hrsMean: 84.9 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: Creature Collector 28.8%, Open World 17.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 10%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #26 Tile Miner
81% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!
Why similar: Mining 23.1% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Loot 10.6%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward 2D sandbox that emphasizes mining and exploration in a retro-styled world.
- #27 Tinkerlands
77% 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: Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 9.3%, Loot 9.1%
- #28 Pixel Privateers
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 881 reviews2017
Dev: Quadro DeltaPub: Re-Logic
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Pixel Privateers is a Squad Based Tactical RPG “Loot ‘Em Up” that will send your team of mercenaries through a mysterious wormhole on a quest to gather technology for your employer. An entire galaxy awaits - full of worlds to explore, factions to encounter, and epic gear to collect!
Why similar: Loot 25.4%, RPG 20%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Co-op 9.7%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based RPG that features exploration and loot-driven progression in a sci-fi setting.
- #29 BLASTRONAUT
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Mining 32.9% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Exploration 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the mining and exploration aspect of sandbox games with a unique visual style.
- #30 UnderMine
78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,846 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Mining 32.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 29.4%, RPG 16.5%, Adventure 6.8%, 2D 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the mining and exploration loop with action-packed combat and RPG progression.
- #31 Pixel Worlds: MMO Sandbox
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,952 reviews2017
Dev: Social First Oy
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Pixel Worlds is a free-to-play sandbox MMO where players build worlds, craft items, explore dungeons, farm resources, and trade in a player-driven economy, all within a shared online universe rebuilt as a fresh start for a fair and stable long-term experience.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused sandbox that allows for player-driven economies and creative building in a pixelated environment.
- #32 Super Mining Mechs
76% matchVery Positive87% of 882 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Why similar: Mining 25.1% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Open World 11%, Crafting 10.1%
- #33 My Little Universe
75% matchVery Positive86% of 2,242 reviews2023
Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
Why similar: Mining 39.9% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #34 Planet Explorers
77% matchMixed62% of 6,818 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Open World 19%, Crafting 14.6%, Building 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #35 Mining Mechs
74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,723 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Mining 26.5% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Co-op 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.8%
- #36 Cubic Odyssey
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,720 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Building 20.3%, Co-op 17%, RPG 10.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #37 Wonderia
73% matchVery Positive82% of 347 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Mining 25.6% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Crafting 14%, Building 11.2%, Open World 8.9%
- #38 Roguelands
76% matchVery Positive80% of 3,732 reviews2016
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Embark on an epic journey in this hardcore Multiplayer RPG! As a Galactic Cadet, you and your Combat Squad of friends must brave hostile worlds in search of valuable loot and resources. Craft powerful gear, slay otherworldly creatures, and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Multiplayer 17.3%, Co-op 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, RPG 11.5%, Side Scroller 9.2%
- #39 Rock the Islands
71% matchVery Positive90% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: HYPE GAME LLC
Windows
Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!
Why similar: Mining 30.6% ★, Loot 14.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 10.9%
- #40 Crashlands
72% matchVery Positive90% of 6,745 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 16.1%, Building 12.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #41 Project 5: Sightseer
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 550 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.3%, Building 22.7%, RPG 15.3%, Open World 15.1%, Adventure 8.8%
- #42 Sun Haven
69% matchVery Positive81% of 25,417 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Mining 27.5% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Magic 11.3%
- #43 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: Crafting 16.6%, Open World 15.4%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 14.1%, Co-op 10.5%
- #44 Astral Terra
73% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Mining 15.9% ★, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.2%
- #45 Asteria
72% matchMixed55% of 251 reviews2014
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Asteria is a fast paced indie platformer, wrapped up in a sandbox sci-fi world where everything is destructible, mineable, collectable, craftable and creatable.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.1%, Crafting 24.5%, Platformer 17.2%, Indie 9.9%, Adventure 9.4%
- #46 Solace Crafting
69% 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: Crafting 18.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 15.1%, Building 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #47 StarMade
70% matchMixed68% of 2,991 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Open World 18.1%, Building 15.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #48 阳光物语 / Sunshine Story
67% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: DreamSpaceEra
Windows
Sunshine Story invites you to explore magical islands! Team up to battle the Guardian Dragon and befriend magical pets. Build your dream homestead, farm, and adventure with friends. Delve into mysterious mines, raise adorable animals, and enjoy a poetic day & night cycle.
Why similar: Creature Collector 26.3%, Open World 14%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #49 Trove
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 92,789 reviews2015
Dev: gamigo US Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 49.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Open World 16.5%, Crafting 16.2%, Building 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #50 Atomcraft
65% matchVery Positive96% of 358 reviews2026
Dev: Triplejump
Windows
A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.7%, Crafting 29.3%, Open World 13.3%, RPG 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #51 Crafting Block World
70% matchMixed47% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!
Why similar: Mining 25.1% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 10.2%, Open World 10.1%
- #52 Starground
66% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Mining 30.6% ★, Loot 14.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 9.3%
- #53 Romestead
64% 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: Crafting 21.1%, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World 12.8%, Building 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #54 Farworld Pioneers
69% matchMostly Negative38% of 701 reviews2023
Dev: IgloosoftPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, Crafting 16.4%, Co-op 14.8%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Colorful 9.5%
- #55 Wanderlust Adventures
70% matchMixed60% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: Yeti TrunkPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Wanderlust Adventures is an online, free-roaming, open world, action adventure RPG. Join fellow heroes online, explore vast and deadly landscapes, and capture companions to aid you in your quest. Forge powerful items, salvage artifacts, and crush the souls of menacing foes!
Why similar: Open World 22.3%, Crafting 16%, RPG 14.8%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%
- #56 Boundless
68% matchMixed70% of 2,774 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 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: Sandbox 26.3%, Crafting 21.4%, Open World 21.1%, Building 16%, RPG 6.3%
- #57 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,230 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
This is a 2D crafting survival sandbox game. You will be able to explore a huge 2D side-view world, building houses, crafting tools, weapons and armour from the resources you collect. There is a day/night cycle and each night many dangerous monsters can be found and defeated.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.1%, RPG 18.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%, 2D 9%
- #58 The Planet Crafter
63% 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: Crafting 19.7%, Sandbox 17.4%, Building 17.3%, Open World 17%, Co-op 14.2%
