- #1 Terraria
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D sandbox experience that mirrors the exploration, mining, and boss-progression loop found in Planet Centauri.
- #2 Starbound
96% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 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 22.9%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.3%, Building 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a vast sci-fi universe to explore, featuring similar 2D crafting, building, and creature-taming mechanics.
- #3 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 15.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 13.7%, Building 12.2%, Co-op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A polished top-down sandbox that excels in mining, base building, and progression through challenging boss encounters.
- #4 Necesse
94% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 16.6%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 13.7%, Building 10.1%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sandbox exploration with village management and complex combat, closely matching the multi-faceted gameplay of the seed.
- #5 Keplerth
95% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 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 16.8%, Building 15.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival sandbox that emphasizes genetic engineering and creature taming alongside traditional crafting.
- #6 Monster Sanctuary
93% matchVery Positive91% of 12,449 reviews2020
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Why similar: Creature Collector 46%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the creature collection and tactical combat aspects that make Planet Centauri's monster system so engaging.
- #7 Crea
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 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 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused 2D sandbox that features deep crafting systems and character progression similar to Planet Centauri.
- #8 Serin Fate
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 568 reviews2021
Dev: VethergenPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 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 13.8%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.9%, Magic 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world exploration with creature collection and magic-based combat in a charming pixel-art style.
- #9 Tinkerlands
90% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 9.3%, Loot 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival, exploration, and building in a vibrant world that feels very similar to the core loop of Planet Centauri.
- #10 Junk Jack
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D sandbox that prioritizes exploration, farming, and building with a distinct, cozy aesthetic.
- #11 Magicite
91% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 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 18.1%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Co-op 11.4%, Platformer 10%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike 2D sandbox that emphasizes crafting and survival against increasingly difficult creature encounters.
- #12 Tinkertown
89% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 13.3%, RPG 11.1%, Open World 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-friendly sandbox that emphasizes cooperative building and exploration in a charming fantasy setting.
- #13 Forager
89% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 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 13.8%, Building 9.6%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an addictive, fast-paced loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory in a colorful 2D world.
- #14 Aground
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,985 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.6% ★, Open World 14%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 13%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a compelling progression loop where you evolve from primitive survival to space travel while taming creatures and building bases.
- #15 Roguelands
87% matchVery Positive80% of 3,731 reviews2016
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.3 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 17.4%, Co-op 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, RPG 11.4%, Side Scroller 9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy 2D game that focuses on exploration and RPG-style progression through dangerous, procedurally generated worlds.
- #16 Portal Knights
86% matchVery Positive83% of 22,235 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: Sandbox 23.1%, Crafting 18%, Building 15.6%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Co-op 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D sandbox that incorporates RPG classes and boss fights, offering a similar progression feel to Planet Centauri.
- #17 My Little Universe
85% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2023
Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 40.5% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 15.7%, Open World 12%, Exploration 9%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful exploration and resource-gathering game that focuses on the satisfaction of building up a world from scratch.
- #18 Planet Explorers
86% matchMixed62% of 6,817 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 25.4%, Open World 18.8%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 10.2%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world survival game that allows for heavy customization and building on an alien planet.
- #19 Craftopia
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 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: Crafting 23.8%, Open World 23.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that integrates creature taming, automation, and crafting into a seamless adventure.
- #20 Shards of Azuria
84% 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 24.3%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 12.7%, RPG 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG sandbox that allows for creative building and combat in a fantasy-themed world.
- #21 BLASTRONAUT
82% matchMostly Positive75% 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 33.5% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Exploration 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique mining mechanics and exploration in a procedurally generated environment with a strong focus on survival.
- #22 Cubic Odyssey
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.9%, Building 20.3%, Co-op 17.2%, RPG 10.7%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi base-building and survival game that emphasizes cooperative play and exploration.
- #23 Creativerse
82% 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: Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 15.7%, Building 13.2%, Open World 13%, Co-op 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox that focuses on exploration, building, and taming creatures in a vibrant, open world.
- #24 Miniland Adventure
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Crafting 20.6%, Building 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural sandbox that emphasizes building and survival with a clean, pixelated aesthetic.
- #25 Edge of Space
83% 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 26.9%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi 2D sandbox that features intense combat and exploration, mirroring the high-stakes adventure of Planet Centauri.
- #26 Planetaries
80% matchMixed58% of 223 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 16.7%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 15.1%, Building 14.1%, Co-op 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and exploration in a procedurally generated world with a strong emphasis on multiplayer cooperation.
- #27 Pixelum
79% matchMixed48% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZXC Games
Windows
Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.4%, RPG 19.3%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox exploration game that incorporates RPG elements and crafting in a retro-inspired world.
- #28 Rock the Islands
78% matchVery Positive90% of 312 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 31% ★, Loot 14.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused sandbox that emphasizes mining and crafting in a colorful, island-hopping setting.
- #29 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 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 15.5%, Crafting 15%, Open World 13.4%, Building 12.7%, Co-op 10.6%
- #30 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,140 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 42.3%, RPG 18.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, 2D 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward 2D sandbox that provides a classic experience of crafting, mining, and combat.
- #31 PixARK
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,071 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: Sandbox 18.4%, Open World 17.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Building 10%
- #32 Astral Terra
79% 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 16.2% ★, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features open-world exploration and building with a focus on magical progression.
- #33 Tile Miner
77% 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 23.5% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Loot 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.1%
- #34 Palworld
72% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 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: Creature Collector 29.1%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Multiplayer 10%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #35 Feel The Snow
75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,047 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 15%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Open World 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #36 Project 5: Sightseer
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 26.5%, Building 22.8%, RPG 15.2%, Open World 15%, Adventure 8.6%
- #37 Realms of Magic
73% matchVery Positive81% of 990 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 21.5%, Open World 17.9%, RPG 14.6%, Crafting 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #38 Super Mining Mechs
71% matchVery Positive88% of 826 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 25.4% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.2%
- #39 Mining Mechs
71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,628 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 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 26.9% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Co-op 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.6%
- #40 Pixel Worlds: MMO Sandbox
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,855 reviews2017
Dev: Social First Oy
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 71.0 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 28.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #41 Pixel Privateers
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 881 reviews2017
Dev: Quadro DeltaPub: Re-Logic
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.2 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 25.8%, RPG 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Co-op 9.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #42 Windforge
74% matchMixed68% of 619 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 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 22.7%, Crafting 17.5%, Open World 11.4%, Building 10.1%, RPG 10%
- #43 Crashlands
72% matchVery Positive90% of 6,682 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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 17.5%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 15.9%, Building 12.3%, Exploration 9.2%
- #44 StarMade
73% matchMixed68% of 2,982 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 27.1%, Open World 17.8%, Building 15.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #45 Sun Haven
69% matchVery Positive81% of 24,867 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 31.4 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 28.1% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Magic 11.1%
- #46 Solace Crafting
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 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 18.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 14.8%, Building 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #47 Dig or Die
70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 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 25.3%, Crafting 20.9%, Open World 13.1%, Building 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #48 Orebound
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 913 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Mining 26.6% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 10.3%, Building 10.2%
- #49 Cube World
70% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,707 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 24.9%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%, RPG 8.9%
- #50 阳光物语 / Sunshine Story
66% 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 26.4%, Open World 13.8%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #51 Nova Lands
65% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Sandbox 23%, Crafting 18.1%, Open World 15.9%, Building 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #52 Crafting Block World
69% matchMixed47% of 53 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 25.5% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 10.1%, Open World 9.9%
- #53 Cubic Castles
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,273 reviews2014
Dev: Raptisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Your blocks, your castle, your world! Build anything you can dream up and explore with other players! Cubic Castles is a mini-MMO that combines the best of block-building and 3D platform action! Create fantastic parkour challenges, explore worlds made by other players, or even make friend!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Building 20.1%, Open World 17%, Crafting 15.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%
- #54 Starground
66% matchVery Positive82% of 188 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 30.9% ★, Loot 14.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.2%
- #55 Trove
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 92,685 reviews2015
Dev: gamigo US Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 49.0 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 20%, Crafting 16.3%, Open World 16.3%, Building 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #56 Boundless
68% matchMixed70% of 2,767 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 26.5%, Crafting 21.6%, Open World 20.8%, Building 16%, RPG 6.3%
- #57 Scrapnaut
67% matchMixed70% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Building 17.8%, Sandbox 17.4%, Crafting 14.7%, Co-op 12.7%, Open World 11.8%
- #58 Wanderlust Adventures
69% matchMixed60% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: Yeti TrunkPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.1 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%, Crafting 16.1%, Multiplayer 14.8%, RPG 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%