- #1 Necesse
96% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.4%, Building 21%, Open World 15.4%, RPG 13.6%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox that excels at combining base-building, multiplayer, and RPG elements in a persistent world.
- #2 Solace Crafting
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 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: Building 26.1%, Sandbox 21.8%, RPG 17.1%, Open World 16.2%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the procedural world and RPG-focused progression found in Sightseer with a heavy emphasis on crafting.
- #3 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Building 33.3%, Open World 21%, Sandbox 18.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a premier open-world survival experience with deep base-building mechanics and a strong focus on cooperative exploration.
- #4 TerraTech Worlds
95% matchMixed63% of 2,297 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 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: Building 33.6%, Sandbox 30%, Open World 18.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the spirit of exploration and creative building within a vast, hostile alien environment.
- #5 Omega Crafter
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 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: Building 22.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, RPG 15.5%, Open World 14.9%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on automation and multiplayer survival, making it a great fit for players who enjoy the technical side of Sightseer.
- #6 Planet Explorers
94% 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 31%, Building 18.3%, Open World 18.1%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines sandbox exploration with deep crafting and base-building mechanics on a hostile alien planet.
- #7 Boundless
93% matchMixed69% of 2,779 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.7%, Building 24.7%, Open World 17.3%, RPG 12.5%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based multiplayer sandbox that encourages exploration and collaborative building across multiple worlds.
- #8 Keplerth
92% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Building 26.1%, Sandbox 25.4%, Open World 15.2%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that features extensive exploration, crafting, and survival elements in a procedurally generated world.
- #9 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,438 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Building 40.3%, Sandbox 30.3%, Open World 21.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a complex space-faring sandbox experience with extensive base-building and exploration mechanics.
- #10 Creativerse
91% 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: Building 26.4%, Sandbox 22.7%, RPG 15.8%, Open World 14%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vibrant voxel sandbox experience focused on creative building and exploration with friends.
- #11 Eco
90% matchVery Positive81% of 14,085 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Sandbox 49.8%, Open World 35.9%, Multiplayer 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes long-term multiplayer collaboration and complex building systems within a simulated ecosystem.
- #12 Longvinter
88% matchMixed67% of 7,713 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Building 26.4%, Open World 21.1%, Multiplayer 10%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes gathering and crafting in a persistent, open-world setting.
- #13 Rising World
89% matchVery Positive86% of 6,019 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Building 38.8%, Sandbox 32.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a highly flexible building system within a vast, procedurally generated open world.
- #14 Scrap Mechanic
85% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 35.8%, Sandbox 26.2%, Open World 16.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox game that emphasizes building complex machines and structures in a multiplayer environment.
- #15 Lost Skies
86% matchMixed61% of 2,995 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Sandbox 38.9%, Adventure 24.6%, Open World 20%, Action 16.5%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused survival game that features unique base-building mechanics in a world of floating islands.
- #16 Voidtrain
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 9,990 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.8 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: Building 26.8%, Sandbox 21.5%, Open World 17.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces a unique twist on the survival genre by focusing on building and upgrading a mobile base in an interdimensional void.
- #17 Force of Nature
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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: Building 25.2%, Sandbox 25.2%, Open World 16.4%, RPG 11.3%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines sandbox exploration with survival and crafting in a way that feels very similar to classic indie survival titles.
- #18 Conan Exiles Enhanced
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,692 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 114.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Building 31.4%, Open World 21.5%, Sandbox 17.8%, RPG 12.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A robust multiplayer survival game that features significant base-building and RPG character progression.
- #19 7 Days to Die
82% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Building 32.7%, Sandbox 27.4%, Open World 22%, Action 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on base-building and survival against waves of enemies, perfect for those who enjoy the defensive aspects of Sightseer.
- #20 ARK: Survival Ascended
83% matchMixed60% of 118,321 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.2 hrsMean: 198.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Building 26.9%, Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 19.8%, Adventure 9.3%, RPG 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of the open-world survival genre, offering extensive base-building and creature interaction in a multiplayer setting.
- #21 Tinkertown
84% matchMixed67% of 1,345 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 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: RPG 25.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Building 15.7%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming multiplayer sandbox that focuses on adventure, RPG elements, and creative building.
- #22 No One Survived
82% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Building 28.2%, Open World 27.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, RPG 10%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a detailed survival and base-building experience with a focus on scavenging and crafting.
- #23 Stationeers
81% matchVery Positive88% of 9,306 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 85.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Building 48.6%, Sandbox 41.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers complex, engineering-focused base-building that rewards players who enjoy the research and development loop.
- #24 Everwind
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Building 27.9%, Sandbox 23.2%, RPG 17%, Open World 16%, Adventure 9.8%
- #25 Medieval Dynasty
79% matchVery Positive90% of 52,440 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 38.4%, Sandbox 20.1%, Open World 14.6%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends RPG elements with village management and building, perfect for those who enjoy the progression aspect of Sightseer.
- #26 Subsistence
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Building 32.8%, Open World 23.6%, Sandbox 20.3%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Action 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pure survival experience that focuses on base-building and resource management in a harsh, open-world environment.
- #27 Shamania
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 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: Sandbox 22.9%, Building 20.9%, Open World 20%, Adventure 10.6%, Action 9.4%
- #28 TerraTech
78% matchVery Positive91% of 25,032 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Building 35.5%, Sandbox 26.8%, Open World 16.1%, Adventure 6.5%, Action 6.3%
- #29 Project Explore
79% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Fern Nigro
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.
Why similar: Adventure 32.7%, Action 25%, Open World 21.8%, Indie 20.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a straightforward survival and exploration experience that captures the essence of early indie sandbox games.
- #30 Volcanoids
76% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 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: Building 31%, Sandbox 27.3%, Open World 16.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Action 9.2%
- #31 Delverium
74% matchVery Positive85% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, Building 25.8%, Open World 13.8%, RPG 11.3%, Adventure 10.1%
- #32 ASTRONEER
75% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 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: Sandbox 26.9%, Building 26.3%, Open World 24.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #33 Notmads
73% matchVery Positive85% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Rhomita
Windows
Your home is a living beast. Explore a handcrafted open world in an action RPG where you fight with magic, gather resources, find loot, craft, and grow stronger. Customize and expand your home on its back, and take it with you as you explore solo or with friends.
Why similar: Building 29.8%, RPG 19.5%, Open World 18.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 7.7%
- #34 Digger Online
76% matchMixed49% of 17,911 reviews2015
Dev: DiggerGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Sanbox multiplayer building game with additional game mods
Why similar: Building 23%, Sandbox 22.8%, Open World 15.9%, Action 12.4%, RPG 9.7%
- #35 Pax Dei
72% matchMixed57% of 11,377 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Sandbox 33.6%, RPG 23.6%, Open World 21.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Multiplayer 8%
- #36 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,250 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 31.5%, RPG 24.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Action 14.4%, Indie 9.9%
- #37 Wild Terra Online
74% matchMixed60% of 1,846 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, RPG 20%, Building 17.4%, Open World 15.2%, Adventure 7%
- #38 Re.poly
73% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.5%, RPG 19.2%, Open World 18.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 9.2%
- #39 Cubic Odyssey
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Building 34.6%, Sandbox 30.1%, RPG 23.6%, Open World 7.6%, Action 4.1%
- #40 Palworld
66% matchVery Positive95% of 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World 26.6%, Sandbox 18.3%, Building 17.1%, RPG 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%
- #41 Playcraft
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 700 reviews2023
Dev: Bebop Games
Windows
Playcraft is a multiplayer game-creation sandbox accessible to anyone!
Why similar: Building 23.5%, Sandbox 22.6%, RPG 12.8%, Open World 12.7%, Adventure 9.5%
- #42 Cultivation Tales
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 22.0 hrsMean: 64.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Building 27.9%, Sandbox 25.8%, RPG 13.2%, Open World 12.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #43 Start Over
69% matchMixed61% of 382 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: Building 32.2%, Sandbox 28.3%, Open World 13.3%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 9.8%
- #44 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: Kindred Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Building 54.8%, Open World 31.7%, Multiplayer 13.5%
- #45 Lay of the Land
67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,234 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Building 20.8%, RPG 18%, Open World 14.7%, Adventure 11.5%
- #46 Wanderlust Adventures
72% 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: RPG 29.4%, Adventure 21%, Open World 18.4%, Action 12.6%, Indie 11.6%
- #47 Counter Spell
71% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2015
Dev: Abnormal Software
Windows
"Counter Spell" combines elements of classic role playing games with modern stealth-based shooters. Single player, multiplayer coop, and competitive multiplayer are all supported with different game modes for each. An open, streaming world makes for an exciting sandbox to adventure in!
Why similar: RPG 50%, Action 26.5%, Indie 17.2%, Multiplayer 6.3%
- #48 GRAV
71% matchMixed47% of 6,922 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.2%, Open World 26.2%, RPG 12.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #49 The Front
66% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Building 33.1%, Sandbox 26%, Open World 17.8%, RPG 15.1%, Multiplayer 8%
- #50 Pirates
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 921 reviews2021
Dev: F.P. Games
Windows
(Sandbox Game) You play as a pirate on a remote island, surviving alone or with other players as you battle hostile skeletons. Construct a shelter and gather resources to fortify your survival.
Why similar: Building 27.4%, Sandbox 26.1%, RPG 21.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 8.7%
- #51 Wild Omission
67% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Building 29.1%, Sandbox 24%, Open World 17%, Adventure 10%, Action 8.3%
- #52 Dead District: Survival
69% matchMixed47% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.1%, Open World 20.3%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.9%
- #53 Project Castaway
65% matchMixed65% of 1,893 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Building 24.8%, Open World 16%, RPG 10.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #54 Survive The Island
68% matchMixed54% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
survive the island you survive from skeletons and humans you can build and mine and level up your stats you can build whatever you want you can raid enemies you can mine and cut down trees and you have to hunt for your own food and you can grow your own crops and you can craft weapons
Why similar: RPG 26.5%, Sandbox 24.6%, Building 22.4%, Action 15.2%, Open World 8.5%
- #55 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
67% matchMixed52% of 4,220 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Building 23.1%, RPG 17.8%, Open World 11.1%, Action 6.5%
