- #1 Planet Explorers
97% 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 7.6%
- #2 Cubic Odyssey
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,655 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Building 10.5%, Co-op 9.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #3 The Planet Crafter
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 71,038 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 38.2 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 25.6% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.4%
- #4 StarRupture
94% matchVery Positive81% of 12,717 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 8%
- #5 GRAV
95% 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 34.9% ★, Survival 10.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 7.8%
- #6 TerraTech Worlds
94% matchMixed63% of 2,250 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 8.7%, Open World 7.8%
- #7 Eden Crafters
92% matchVery Positive86% of 2,494 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Building 7.7%
- #8 Fragmented
93% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 11.5%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #9 Plains of Pain
90% matchVery Positive83% of 831 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Open World 7.6%
- #10 Eden Rising
91% matchMixed64% of 1,447 reviews2019
Dev: The Wall Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Brace yourself for a brand new action-packed Open World. Explore a huge world to gather materials for gear and defenses. Use everything at your disposal to defend your bases and defeat hordes of hostile monsters. Play solo or up to 8-player online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Tower Defense 15.4%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10%, Co-op 9.2%
- #11 Stars End
89% matchMixed61% of 1,422 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.1%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 7.9%
- #12 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
88% matchVery Positive91% of 7,475 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #13 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
87% matchVery Positive82% of 10,202 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.8 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 23.1% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 7.9%
- #14 Dune: Awakening
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 76,850 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.6 hrsMean: 99.1 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 21.3% ★, Base Building 9%, Online Co-Op 8.2%, Crafting 7.7%, Building 7.6%
- #15 Starbound
86% matchVery Positive90% of 123,040 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.3 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 35.5% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Online Co-Op 8%, Crafting 7.8%, Survival 7.3%
- #16 Keplerth
85% matchVery Positive84% of 4,142 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 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: Building 14.8%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #17 ASTRONEER
84% matchVery Positive92% of 138,295 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 9.3%, Multiplayer 7%
- #18 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,243 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Building 10.1%, Co-op 9.5%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.8%
- #19 SpaceCraft
82% matchMixed69% of 1,804 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #20 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,685 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.3%
- #21 Signs of Life
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.8%, Building 7.5%
- #22 Dig or Die
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,272 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 9.5%, Tower Defense 7.5%
- #23 Farworld Pioneers
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 695 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Co-op 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
- #24 Night of the Dead
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,799 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Tower Defense 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9%, Base Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.1%
- #25 The Front
78% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Tower Defense 9.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 8.1%
- #26 Scrapnaut
80% matchMixed70% of 831 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Building 11%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Survival 9.3%, Co-op 8%
- #27 Shamania
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 150 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 24.1% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 9.1%, Survival 8.3%, Online Co-Op 7.6%
- #28 Satisfactory
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 273,405 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.9 hrsMean: 110.9 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: Base Building 17.7%, Open World Survival Craft 14.8% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 10.6%, Building 10.2%
- #29 Tinkerlands
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,887 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 8.4%, Open World 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%
- #30 Volcanoids
77% matchVery Positive83% of 9,287 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 9.6%
- #31 KeepUp Survival
76% matchMixed64% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 9.1%
- #32 Palworld
72% matchVery Positive94% of 423,735 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.6 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Crafting 8%
- #33 Stellarcraft
73% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense adventure: explore alien planets, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off waves of enemies, solo or in 4-player co-op. 🚀
Why similar: Online Co-Op 21%, Base Building 20.6%, Co-op 16.1%, Survival 13.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #34 Solace Crafting
75% 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: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Crafting 8.8%, Base Building 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8%, Survival 7.9%
- #35 Outerstellar
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 8.9%
- #36 Start Over
73% matchMixed62% of 378 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Tower Defense 14.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 10.9%, Survival 10.7%
- #37 Outpost Zero
76% matchMixed49% of 850 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #38 Astrometica
71% matchVery Positive83% of 3,114 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 15.3%
- #39 ICARUS
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 64,520 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.3 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 25.9% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9.4%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Crafting 8%
- #40 Dawn of Defiance
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,809 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Base Building 9.1%, Survival 8.7%, Building 6.9%
- #41 Abiotic Factor
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 56,173 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.2%
- #42 Subsistence
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,713 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 8.1%, Base Building 7.6%
- #43 Far Lands
72% matchMixed65% of 169 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 29.6% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.1%
- #44 Omega Crafter
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 569 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 26.7% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 7.9%, Co-op 7.7%
- #45 Occupy Mars: The Game
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,088 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Building 10.8%, Open World 10.8%
- #46 Starsand
70% matchMixed66% of 1,244 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10%, Open World 10%
- #47 Nightingale
69% matchMixed66% of 17,965 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 25.5% ★, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #48 Forever Skies
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,533 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10%, Co-op 8.8%, Survival 8.8%
- #49 Len's Island
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,768 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Building 11%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #50 Lost Skies
68% matchMixed61% of 2,928 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Sandbox 8%, Crafting 7.1%
- #51 Horizon Journey
69% matchMostly Negative26% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Redivided Studios
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure to Mars in Horizon Journey, an open-world survival game that blends colonization, terraforming, and exploration in both single-player and multiplayer co-op modes. You're tasked with the monumental challenge of making Mars a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 8.8%
- #52 Craterbound
70% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 11.1%
- #53 Everwind
65% matchVery Positive82% of 3,471 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Online Co-Op 13.1%, Crafting 12%, Building 11.7%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.4%
- #54 Voidtrain
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,560 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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 30.9% ★, Base Building 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Co-op 7.6%, Crafting 7.6%
- #55 World Crafter TD
68% matchMixed46% of 647 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Tower Defense 15%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 8.4%
- #56 Solarpunk™
65% matchVery Positive82% of 2,601 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.8% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 8.8%