- #1 Mist Survival
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 17.7%, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival Horror 7.8%
- #2 Outbreak Island
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Survival 14.5%, Horror 14.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 12.2%
- #3 Urge
95% matchVery Positive90% of 520 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Survival Horror 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.2%
- #4 Len's Island
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,866 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 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 37.8% ★, Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10.8%
- #5 Voidtrain
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,810 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.9 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 41% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 9.1%, Building 8.6%
- #6 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
94% matchMostly Negative37% of 375 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Survival Horror 10.5%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 8.8%
- #7 Project Cobalt
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 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 27.8% ★, Survival Horror 13.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 11.6%, Building 11.3%
- #8 Winter Survival
91% matchMixed63% of 776 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Cooking 16.7%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 8.2%
- #9 KeepUp Survival
91% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 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 30% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 11%, Survival 9.5%, Realistic 7.4%
- #10 MISERY
89% matchVery Positive84% of 25,586 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 8%
- #11 Subsistence
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 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: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 10.6%, Building 8.8%
- #12 Sons Of The Forest
86% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%
- #13 Radiation Island
88% matchVery Positive81% of 638 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.2% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 7.7%, Horror 4.4%
- #14 The Forest
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 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 38.3% ★, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9.8%, Horror 8.4%, Survival Horror 8.2%
- #15 Survival: Lost Way
87% matchMostly Negative36% of 295 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #16 INCUR Survival
85% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #17 StarRupture
82% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 34.3% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 12%, Survival 10.3%, Shooter 8.2%
- #18 Heat Death: Survival Train
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Survival 9.4%
- #19 DESOLATE
84% matchMixed66% of 8,063 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Open World 29.1%, Survival 26.6%, Horror 23.4%, Survival Horror 6.3%, Crafting 4%
- #20 Volcanoids
84% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 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: Crafting 16.6%, Building 15.1%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Shooter 10.5%
- #21 DYSMANTLE
80% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Crafting 24.7%, Survival 22.1%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #22 DREADZONE
81% matchMixed51% of 1,210 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 12%, Survival 11.9%
- #23 Nightingale
79% matchMixed66% of 18,038 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 34.3% ★, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.3%, Survival 10.2%
- #24 Hauntsville
79% matchMixed63% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Michael JanischPub: indie.io
Windows
You're a nameless traveler, stranded in a ghost town in the Cursed West. Use your wits, elbow grease, and the iron on your hip. Build a homestead, work the land, and survive against unspeakable monsters in this unique Western horror survival game - alone or with friends!
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Horror 9.8%
- #25 Vortex: The Gateway
81% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #26 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 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: Crafting 20.8%, Building 20.4%, Open World 19.6%, Survival 16%, Multiplayer 13%
- #27 The Infected
77% matchVery Positive84% of 6,982 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Survival Horror 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.6%, Open World 9.3%
- #28 Miscreated
78% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 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 44.5% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #29 Surrounded
78% matchMixed44% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Nightmare Studios
Windows
A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 17.1%, Open World 15%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Dark 10%
- #30 Vorax
77% matchMixed61% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 10.5%, Building 9%
- #31 Far Lands
76% matchMixed65% of 170 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 29.7% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 11.2%, Survival Horror 11%, Open World 10.9%
- #32 The Gold River Project
74% matchMixed63% of 659 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #33 RailGods of Hysterra
75% matchMixed54% of 345 reviews2025
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a co-op survival journey for 1-5 players through a post-apocalyptic Lovecraftian world! Command and evolve a living, monstrous train, craft weapons, build a mobile base, gain powers, and face the Great Old Ones. Explore an ever-changing world, hold on to your sanity, and ascend to godhood!
Why similar: Crafting 22.6%, Survival 18%, Building 17.3%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #34 Descending The Woods
75% matchMixed51% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 12.3%, Crafting 12%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #35 Choo-Choo Charles
73% matchVery Positive91% of 17,402 reviews2022
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Open World 18.6%, Horror 15.9%, Shooter 10.8%, Dark 10.5%
- #36 Forever Skies
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 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 27.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 10.4%, Building 9.3%
- #37 Green Hell
73% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.3%
- #38 Zompiercer
73% matchVery Positive88% of 4,697 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 14.3%, Shooter 14.2%, Horror 14.1%
- #39 IfSunSets
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,352 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Open World 12.8%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #40 No One Survived
70% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 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: Open World 16.3%, Survival 16.1%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Crafting 12.9%
- #41 GRAV
74% 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 47.5% ★, Open World 14.3%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #42 Witch Hunt
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,445 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Horror 16%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 13.5%, Shooter 10%
- #43 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
68% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Survival 16.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Horror 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Survival Horror 10.7%
- #44 Dead District: Survival
72% matchMixed47% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 14.2%, Shooter 12%, Multiplayer 11.6%
- #45 Whisper of the Swallows
68% matchVery Positive86% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Building 11.4%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Open World 10.1%
- #46 Project Castaway
68% matchMixed66% of 1,849 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Open World 10.5%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 9.7%
- #47 Crushed
70% matchMixed54% of 318 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% ★, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.4%
- #48 Northern Lights
70% 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 33.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.6%
- #49 INMATE: Survival
69% matchMixed57% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: SV Games
Windows
INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Building 11.9%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #50 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,818 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 17.7%, Open World 16.8%, Building 15.8%, Survival 13.6%, Horror 11.8%
- #51 Mesorift Survival
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Meik.W Interactive
Windows
Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Open World 14.7%, Survival 11.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #52 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
69% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 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 42.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #53 Invasion 2037
69% matchMixed61% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Crafting 15.5%, Open World 15.4%, Simulation 9.3%
- #54 DYSPLACED
64% matchVery Positive88% of 330 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Grenades are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, discover a fantasy realm invaded by modern world and destroy nearly everything. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.
Why similar: Cooking 22.4%, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 14.7%, Survival 11.7%
- #55 Lost Rift
65% matchMixed70% of 1,693 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 9.1%
- #56 HumanitZ
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival Horror 10.6%