- #1 Northern Lights
97% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Snow 12.2% ★, Crafting 8%, Open World 7.7%, Survival 7.4%
- #2 FRIGID
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%
- #3 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
96% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Survival 10.5%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #4 The Long Dark
95% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 6.1%, Sandbox 4.7%
- #5 Category 6
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Fishing 13.6% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
- #6 Mineval
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MinegamerFrance Studios
Windows
Explore, build, survive, and gather all the resources you need! Customize your hero with unique armor and outfits! Mineval listens to its community and will do everything to bring your ideas and suggestions to life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 8.8%
- #7 Frost Survival VR
91% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Fishing 13.7% ★, Snow 13.6% ★, Inventory Management 9.5%, Survival 8.2%
- #8 25°N 71°W
92% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SE {} KS
Windows
25°N 71°W, Bermuda Triangle: An airplane is on its way to America. Suddenly the engines fail. At the end of the day there's a lone survivor: you, stranded on a desert island. Welcome to 25°N 71°W - a survival game where you have to mine, craft and build - to survive somehow! Remastered 2023.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Fishing 11.4% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.9%
- #9 Beyond Horizon
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Pie
Windows · Mac
Beyond Horizon is a survival adventure where your mind is transferred inside of an advanced rover crashlanding on a frozen post-apocalyptic Earth.
Why similar: Snow 25.2% ★, Open World Survival Craft 18.8% ★, Loot 9.8%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 6.8%
- #10 Salt
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,246 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.8%, Naval 10.7% ★, Crafting 10.2%
- #11 Primal Man Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.4%, Realistic 7.1%
- #12 Arid
89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,936 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Viscacha StudioPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Inventory Management 8.4%
- #13 Ship Builder
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Play with up to three companions and become the best shipwrights on this side of the globe! Explore and gather materials needed to build legendary ships! Soon they will call you a legend as well.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Fishing 13.9% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 9.1%
- #14 Permafrost
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SpaceRocket GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Survive the frozen apocalypse. Explore a vast open world buried in ice — hunt, craft, and build to withstand the deadly cold. Play solo or team up with up to 4 friends to reclaim what’s left of humanity in this brutal white hell.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Snow 20.7% ★, Loot 12.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #15 Herd is Coming
86% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Loot 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.7%
- #16 PostCollapse
85% matchMixed57% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.4% ★, Fishing 12.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.8%
- #17 Crushed
84% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Open World 10.4%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #18 Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,710 reviews2020
Dev: Misc Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Commercial fishing in North Atlantic! Discover majestic world of Canadian Nova Scotia while admiring the vast diversity of ocean life. Search for the ocean gold with upgradable fishing boats and various fishing gear as you progress in your fisherman career.
Why similar: Naval 34% ★, Fishing 28.1% ★, Open World 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #19 KeepUp Survival
83% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Inventory Management 11.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.4%
- #20 Starsand
82% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.6% ★, Inventory Management 13.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 9.3%, Survival 9%
- #21 Stranded Deep
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.9%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #22 Desolated District
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 8.2%
- #23 Project Canopy
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #24 WarpedSpace
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
WarpedSpace is a sci-fi survival adventure game set in deep space. A massive, open environment full of wonder and peril awaits you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Loot 11.4%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #25 The Forest
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #26 Novus Inceptio
79% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.4%
- #27 Surviving Skeleton Island
76% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Bert Games
Windows
Surviving Skeleton Island is an open world survival crafting RPG set in a primitive 3D low poly island world of 12 unique biomes. Explore, hunt, craft, build, farm and fish to survive, while quests and clues unveil the secrets of the island, and your past. Forge your destiny and plot your escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Fishing 13.4% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 9.7%
- #28 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
78% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Open World 11.2%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 11%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%
- #29 Scorching Desert
75% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Runner Studio
Windows
"Scorching Desert" is an open-world survival crafting game, where your main objective is to survive in a hot, unforgiving desert plagued by an ancient evil! You will need to gather resources, build a resillient shelter, stay hydrated & explore a massive 64km^2 Map!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%, Realistic 8.4%
- #30 Miasmata
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,225 reviews2012
Dev: IonFxPub: IonFX Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 21.6%, Open World 10.6%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 7.2%
- #31 Alchemist's Awakening
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 12%, Survival 10.6%
- #32 Force of Nature
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 9.8%
- #33 THE WILDERNESS
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wilderness Games
Windows
THE WILDERNESS is a first person, action packed, realistic survival game. Fight off mutant zombies while trying to expand your base. Craft and upgrade your equipment in order to survive. Begin a solo session, or partner up with up to 4 players in a cooperative survival adventure. You are not alone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Fishing 15.9% ★, Loot 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 9%
- #34 Under A New Sun
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 11.4%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #35 The Stormy Islands
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 14.3%, Open World Survival Craft 11.4% ★, Crafting 10.8%
- #36 Far North Survival
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 12%, Open World 11.9%, Exploration 6.1%
- #37 Project Cobalt
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Inventory Management 13.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #38 Bromeliad
73% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #39 Jibbers
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Leander Edler-GollaPub: GWorks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Physics-driven ski game with fully simulated bodies and flexible skis. No trick buttons. Control, timing, and motion earn every move. Full customization, tunable physics, community maps, multiplayer.
Why similar: Skiing 55.2% ★, Snow 25.1% ★, Sandbox 7.1%, Simulation 6.2%, Exploration 3.1%
- #40 Arctico
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,417 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Snow 13.1% ★, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 7.9%
- #41 30 days to survive
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: HeXPub: Laush Studio
Windows
"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Inventory Management 15%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.4%
- #42 Blockscape
73% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.8% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 8.9%, Survival 7.9%
- #43 Beneath the Snow Veil
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FODK Studio
Windows
"Beneath the Snow Veil" is an exploration survival game set in a frigid, post-apocalyptic world. Amid extreme weather and deadly cold, explore ruins, craft tools, repair and upgrade your shelter to withstand freezing temperatures, hunger, and lurking threats.
Why similar: Snow 28.3% ★, Inventory Management 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Survival 9.8%, Walking Simulator 8.5%
- #44 The Highrise
70% matchMixed57% of 275 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 10.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Survival 8.9%
- #45 Planet Explorers
71% 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 43.8% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.2%
- #46 VECTOR ZONE
69% matchMostly Negative31% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Survival Sphere Studios
Windows
VECTOR ZONE is a gripping survival game where the weight of leadership rests on your shoulders. Set in a post-apocalyptic world teeming with dangers, your task is to manage a camp of diverse NPC survivors and lead them to safety while constructing vital structures for their survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Loot 14.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
- #47 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
69% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Survival 15%, Open World 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Crafting 7.1%
- #48 Wrongworld
69% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.9%
- #49 Unhinged
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 11%, Post-apocalyptic 7%
- #50 Miscreated
68% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Crafting 7.6%
- #51 Hostile Planet: Survival
68% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #52 USSR 2021
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daylights Games
Windows
In 1987, an unknown object fell on the territory of USSR. After a fall in a radius of 50 kilometers from the epicenter, any connection with all populated areas is completely lost. In 2021 satellite images revealed anomalous formations in the radius of the fall of the object.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Fishing 17.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Loot 10.2%, Open World 10%
- #53 Polygon Survival
67% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #54 Nictheroy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nipix Games
Windows
Explore countless lands, gather vital resources, and build your base. Within this universe, you the player have the free will to decide where to go and what adventures you pursue. Secret storylines, unexpected events, and special interactions will create a journey unique to each explorer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Fishing 15.8% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Inventory Management 10.7%, Open World 9.8%
- #55 Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forestlight Games
Windows
While traveling to the East the Vikings fall into a trap. Ragnald is saved by the accompanying wolf and must find his loved ones. The Viking and his companion are forced not only to survive, but properly manage time, space and energy to achieve the goal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Fishing 20.7% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%