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Games Like Project Explore

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sandbox, Survival, 2D, Adventure.

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A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.

Reviews: Mixed — 67% — of 242 reviews
Released: 2017-08-10
Developer: Fern Nigro
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 1.9 hrs
Mean playtime: 2.8 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 66%

Overview

Project Explore is a charming 2D sandbox survival game that captures the essence of creative building and open-world exploration. These recommendations focus on titles that emphasize similar mechanics, such as resource gathering, crafting, and base building within 2D or voxel-based environments.

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  1. #1 Terraria
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
    Dev: Re-Logic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    Why similar: Survival 55.9%, Open World 13.2%, Adventure 12.3%, 2D 8.3%, Action 5.3%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D sandbox survival experience that perfectly matches the core gameplay loop of Project Explore.

  2. #2 Core Keeper
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
    Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

    Why similar: Survival 48.7%, Open World 19.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Action 9.5%, Indie 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down exploration with deep survival and crafting mechanics in a vibrant, underground world.

  3. #3 Necesse
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
    Dev: Fair Games ApS
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Survival 47.8%, Open World 20.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 8.1%, Action 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes base building and progression through challenging boss encounters.

  4. #4 Starbound
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
    Dev: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 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: Survival 50.1%, Open World 16.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 7.8%, Indie 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a vast, procedurally generated universe with similar 2D survival and exploration mechanics.

  5. #5 Keplerth
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 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: Survival 43.9%, Open World 17%, Adventure 11.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Casual 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival mechanics and genetic modification in a procedurally generated 2D world.

  6. #6 Junk Jack
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
    Dev: Pixbits
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 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: Survival 52.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Action 9.3%, Indie 9%, 2D 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A charming 2D sandbox game that focuses heavily on exploration, crafting, and creative building.

  7. #7 Dig or Die
    93% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 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: Survival 62.7%, Open World 14.4%, 2D 7.1%, Action 6.1%, Indie 5.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival aspect of 2D sandbox games, requiring you to build defenses against nightly waves of enemies.

  8. #8 Craft The World
    92% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
    Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

    Why similar: Survival 54.8%, Open World 18.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Indie 6.4%, 2D 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends god-game elements with 2D survival as you manage a tribe of dwarves in a dangerous sandbox environment.

  9. #9 Forsaken Isle
    91% matchMostly Positive71% of 512 reviews2025
    Dev: Smoodlez
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

    Why similar: Survival 58.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 9.2%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 8%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sandbox game that challenges you to thrive on a procedurally generated island.

  10. #10 Planet Centauri
    91% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,359 reviews2024
    Dev: Permadeath
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

    Why similar: Open World 41.6%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 18.5%, 2D 17.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers extensive creative freedom with a complex magic and creature-taming system in a 2D sandbox.

  11. #11 Forager
    90% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
    Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 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: Survival 59.8%, Open World 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 7.6%, Simulation 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: An addictive open-world survival game that focuses on gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory.

  12. #12 Pixelum
    89% matchMixed49% 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: Survival 33.9%, Simulation 23.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Action 12.1%, Indie 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that blends exploration and survival with unique pixel art aesthetics.

  13. #13 Tinkerlands
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
    Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 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: Survival 49.7%, Open World 18.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 8.3%, 2D 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A vibrant 2D survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a world filled with secrets.

  14. #14 Feel The Snow
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 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: Survival 50.2%, Open World 12.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Indie 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A winter-themed 2D survival game with a focus on exploration and combat in a harsh environment.

  15. #15 Miniland Adventure
    88% matchMostly Positive74% of 328 reviews2023
    Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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: Survival 71.4%, 2D 10.1%, Casual 9.5%, Adventure 9%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist sandbox survival game that lets you expand your world piece by piece.

  16. #16 Piworld
    86% matchMostly Positive75% of 134 reviews2025
    Dev: Ahaha studio
    Windows

    Piworld is a unique multiplayer game where everyone can find something to do to suit their desires. Try out different roles: from a simple fisherman to an adventurer. Explore the world alone or with friends, fight evil, develop your skills, and create your own story.

    Why similar: Survival 45.1%, Simulation 18.3%, Open World 17.4%, Adventure 12.4%, 2D 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: An early-access sandbox game that focuses on building and survival in a pixelated 2D environment.

  17. #17 Aground
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,965 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: Survival 58.4%, Open World 23.6%, Casual 10.3%, 2D 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique 2D survival game that starts with primitive tools and progresses through technology to space travel.

  18. #18 Creativerse
    84% 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: Survival 55.3%, Open World 21.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 10%

    Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that offers extensive building tools and a focus on exploration.

  19. #19 Rise of Ages
    85% matchMixed44% of 217 reviews2019
    Dev: Anguis Game StudioPub: 99Gamers Digital
    Windows

    Rise of Ages is a sandbox game, allowing you to explore, build, found cities, make wars and evolve technologies to reach the highest level of a civilization and then travel to other planets! The game begins in prehistory and will advance ages, one by one, as the player evolves.

    Why similar: Survival 45.7%, Open World 16.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Action 12.4%, Indie 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival game that spans different eras, allowing you to progress from primitive tools to advanced technology.

  20. #20 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
    83% matchVery Positive94% of 1,099 reviews2018
    Dev: y8.com
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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: Survival 26.1%, Adventure 19.7%, Action 17.1%, Casual 16.8%, Indie 13.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that provides a straightforward survival experience with crafting and building.

  21. #21 Total Miner
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 760 reviews2017
    Dev: Brandon Moore
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.

    Why similar: Survival 45.6%, Open World 20%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 11.6%, Indie 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic voxel-based sandbox game that offers both creative and survival modes for players.

  22. #22 Zero-based World-从零开始
    81% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2020
    Dev: zerogame
    Windows

    Zero Based World is a multiplayer sandbox survival game.

    Why similar: Open World 40.3%, Adventure 22.3%, Casual 20.3%, Indie 17%

    Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer sandbox survival game that focuses on building and community interaction.

  23. #23 Blockscape
    82% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
    Dev: ioneo
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    The ultimate block building game.

    Why similar: Survival 47.6%, Open World 20.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Indie 7.1%, Adventure 5.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A voxel sandbox game that provides high-fidelity building and exploration in a destructible world.

  24. #24 Project 5: Sightseer
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 543 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: Adventure 32.2%, Action 24.7%, Open World 21.8%, Indie 21.4%

    Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration and building in a vast, procedurally generated landscape.

  25. #25 Growtopia
    78% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,277 reviews2024
    Dev: Ubisoft Abu DhabiPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Growtopia is a 2D sandbox game, that brings together millions of players in an expansive pixel world. Collaborate in building anything you can imagine, become anyone you want to be, and delve into numerous mini-games. Unleash your creativity and join the massive universe in Growtopia today!

    Why similar: Simulation 34.6%, Adventure 22.2%, Casual 19.6%, Open World 12.1%, 2D 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer sandbox game that focuses on creative building and social interaction.

  26. #26 Edge of Space
    80% 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: Survival 42.2%, Adventure 15.1%, Open World 12.4%, Indie 12.1%, Action 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi 2D sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration and combat in a hostile alien environment.

  27. #27 Crafting Block World
    79% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2019
    Dev: IO Games
    Windows

    Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!

    Why similar: Survival 43.8%, Simulation 16.3%, Open World 11.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Casual 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that emphasizes building and survival mechanics.

  28. #28 Planet Explorers
    77% 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: Survival 47.5%, Open World 25.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Simulation 6.5%, Indie 4.8%

  29. #29 Countrified
    77% matchMixed57% of 111 reviews2021
    Dev: Avelar Studios
    Windows

    Countrified is an online Survival simulator focused on player interaction. Hunt, build, control regions, survive, kill, die and more in our world!

    Why similar: Survival 39.4%, Simulation 19.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Casual 9.9%, Action 9.8%

  30. #30 PIRATECRAFT
    75% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: Game for games
    Windows

    PIRATECRAFT is a game battle-royale (survival, action, first person shooter) for single or multiplayer game

    Why similar: Open World 33.7%, Simulation 31.1%, Action 17.8%, Adventure 17.5%

  31. #31 Voxel Project VR
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 289 reviews2025
    Dev: 180°
    Windows

    Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.

    Why similar: Simulation 36.1%, Casual 23.2%, Action 21.9%, Adventure 18.8%

  32. #32 Squarelands
    76% matchMixed50% of 163 reviews2015
    Dev: Oryon Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Squarelands is sandbox adventure game where you explore a randomly generated world while fighting, building and becoming stronger as you play! Mainly inspired by Terraria, Squarelands aims to provide plenty of freedom for the player.

    Why similar: Adventure 58%, Indie 42%

  33. #33 Definya 2D MMORPG
    73% matchMixed66% of 64 reviews2023
    Dev: Definya: 2D MMORPG Online
    Windows

    Fantasy 2D Retro Pixel Anime MMORPG — Crafting, Open-World, Sandbox — PVP & PvE

    Why similar: Open World 71.4%, 2D 28.6%

  34. #34 Deep Despair
    74% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
    Dev: BekkerDev Studio
    Windows
    Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!

    Why similar: Survival 35.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Open World 12.1%, Action 12%

  35. #35 Novus Inceptio
    75% 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: Survival 45.4%, Open World 17.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 5.9%

  36. #36 Project Cobalt
    71% 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: Survival 49.9%, Open World 19.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 7.7%

  37. #37 Modiverse
    73% matchMixed57% of 67 reviews2021
    Dev: Deep Voodoo Games
    Windows

    An open multiplayer sandbox game; includes tools, props, levels, NPCs, character models, game-modes and much more! Make your own using our mod kit!

    Why similar: Survival 100%

  38. #38 Re.poly
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 135 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: Survival 52.6%, Open World 19.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Action 9.1%, Indie 7.4%

  39. #39 Elsewhere
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Four White Cats
    Windows

    Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.

    Why similar: Survival 58.5%, Open World 24.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 7.8%

  40. #40 Metaverse
    74% matchMixed43% of 77 reviews2016
    Dev: Metaware Limited, LLC
    Windows · Mac

    In Metaverse you will dig, discover, design, deploy, and defend. Explore, build upon, or tear apart your own procedurally generated voxel planet. And now in the early stages of our multiplayer implementation, help conquer or build the planets of others.

    Why similar: Simulation 36.4%, Adventure 26.1%, Action 20.1%, Indie 17.4%

  41. #41 Deep Despair 2
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 90 reviews2021
    Dev: BekkerDev Studio
    Windows

    Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.

    Why similar: Survival 46.7%, Open World 18.1%, Simulation 17.8%, Adventure 11.6%, 2D 5.9%

  42. #42 Playcraft
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 700 reviews2023
    Dev: Bebop Games
    Windows

    Playcraft is a multiplayer game-creation sandbox accessible to anyone!

    Why similar: Survival 45.5%, Open World 19.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 11.5%, Indie 9.7%

  43. #43 ACTION SANDBOX
    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,004 reviews2022
    Dev: Vona Soft
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    A physics sandbox game for people who like to play with digital toys. Create, control toys and define your goals.

    Why similar: Simulation 74.4%, 2D 25.6%

  44. #44 Everwind
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
    Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: Survival 61.3%, Open World 24.2%, Adventure 14.5%

  45. #45 Vagabond
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2023
    Dev: Pierre Vigier
    Windows · Linux

    Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.

    Why similar: Survival 38.7%, Open World 29.6%, Adventure 13.8%, 2D 9.5%, Indie 8.4%

  46. #46 Signs of Life
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
    Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Survival 49.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Open World 10.7%, Action 8%, Indie 7.5%

  47. #47 The Survivalists
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,935 reviews2020
    Dev: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

    Why similar: Survival 53.7%, Open World 15.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Casual 6.8%, Action 6.6%

  48. #48 PixPhys
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 214 reviews2021
    Dev: Red Starship
    Windows · Linux

    PixPhys is a 2D engineering sandbox with huge technical possibilities and scope for imagination: design equipment from a jet-powered cart to space stations.

    Why similar: Simulation 38.6%, Open World 25.6%, Indie 14%, 2D 13.1%, Action 8.6%

  49. #49 Kselebox
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2021
    Dev: KseLeroNPub: ONRI Studio
    Windows

    Kselebox is a sandbox game, which means you can do whatever you want in it! You can build a rocket and go to explore the vastness of space. Or maybe you want to build a huge car? No problem! Players can save their buildings and then publish them to the Steam Workshop.

    Why similar: Simulation 44.4%, Indie 20%, 2D 18.2%, Casual 17.4%

  50. #50 Wild Omission
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 59 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: Survival 53.9%, Open World 19.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 9%, Indie 6.3%

  51. #51 Rising World
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
    Dev: JIW-Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 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: Survival 71%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 11.8%

  52. #52 Digger Online
    68% 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: Survival 48.2%, Open World 17.4%, Action 12.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 6.9%

  53. #53 Age of Survival
    67% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: Silky Sullivan
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

    Why similar: Survival 53.5%, Simulation 14.7%, Open World 13.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Action 5.5%

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