- #1 The Forest
97% 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 56.7% ★, Survival 20.3%, Open World 7.5%, Crafting 5.1%, Horror 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the intense feeling of being stranded on a mysterious, hostile island where you must craft to survive.
- #2 Stranded Deep
96% 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 58.5% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 7.1%, Crafting 6%, Multiplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the theme of being stranded on a tropical island and needing to master survival mechanics to stay alive.
- #3 7 Days to Die
96% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Open World Survival Craft 43.3% ★, Survival 23%, Zombies 17%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for blending zombie survival, base building, and deep crafting mechanics in an open world.
- #4 Green Hell
95% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 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 57.3% ★, Survival 21%, Open World 6.6%, Crafting 5.7%, Multiplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This provides a highly realistic and challenging survival experience set in a dense, isolated wilderness.
- #5 Sons Of The Forest
94% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 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 45.2%, Open World 19.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Horror 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A refined island survival experience that emphasizes exploration, building, and terrifying encounters.
- #6 Mist Survival
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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 44.1% ★, Survival 22.5%, Zombies 16%, Open World 8.2%, Crafting 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on zombie threats and base building in a wilderness setting that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #7 Unturned
93% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Survival 27.7%, Zombies 25.3%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This shares the accessible, low-poly zombie survival aesthetic and focuses heavily on scavenging and crafting.
- #8 ARK: Survival Evolved
92% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.3% ★, Survival 20%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 5.9%, Multiplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive island-based survival game that features deep crafting and exploration in a dangerous, mysterious setting.
- #9 Raft
91% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.1% ★, Survival 24.4%, Crafting 6.2%, Open World 6.1%, Multiplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: While set on the ocean, it provides a similar sense of isolation and the constant need to scavenge and craft to survive.
- #10 Dead Island Definitive Edition
91% matchVery Positive82% of 27,187 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, Survival 25.6%, Open World 14.1%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Crafting 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific tropical island zombie apocalypse atmosphere found in the seed game.
- #11 Dying Light
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 482,438 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 60.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Zombies 21.9%, Survival 15.8%, Open World 9.1%, Horror 4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person zombie survival game that emphasizes movement and exploration within an open, dangerous world.
- #12 How to Survive
90% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Survival 23.2%, Zombies 21.1%, Crafting 6.8%, Open World 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that places a heavy emphasis on crafting and managing needs in a dangerous environment.
- #13 Miscreated
88% 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 52.5% ★, Survival 18.9%, Zombies 12.1%, Open World 7.5%, Crafting 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutant threats and scavenging opportunities.
- #14 Outbreak Island
86% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Survival 36.6%, Zombies 21.6%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on island-based survival and investigating a mysterious zombie outbreak.
- #15 Vortex: The Gateway
89% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 57.8% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 7.2%, Crafting 5.6%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar sci-fi mystery premise combined with survival and exploration mechanics.
- #16 Project Zomboid
86% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Survival 23.9%, Zombies 19.1%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, realistic zombie survival simulation that rewards careful planning and resource management.
- #17 Fragmented
87% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.6% ★, Survival 20.2%, Open World 7.1%, Crafting 4.8%, Multiplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and surviving in a hostile alien world.
- #18 Don't Starve
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.8% ★, Survival 30.4%, Crafting 7.3%, Open World 4.3%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with a unique, mysterious atmosphere that keeps players constantly engaged.
- #19 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
84% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Survival 38.8%, Zombies 32.9%, Open World 17.9%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Action 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a strong focus on zombie survival, community management, and scavenging in an open world.
- #20 Subnautica
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.9% ★, Survival 19.7%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 6.3%, Horror 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an exploration-heavy survival experience in a mysterious, alien environment that feels very isolating.
- #21 Conan Exiles
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Survival 26.1%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 7.4%, Multiplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world survival game with deep crafting and building mechanics set in a harsh environment.
- #22 Valheim
81% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.9% ★, Survival 19.1%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 6.6%, Multiplayer 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features exploration and survival in a mysterious, hostile world that encourages building and progression.
- #23 Force of Nature
82% 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 56.9% ★, Survival 19%, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 7.2%, Adventure 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and exploring a diverse open world.
- #24 The Long Dark
81% 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 60.6% ★, Survival 23.5%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 3.8%, Adventure 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on pure survival in a harsh, isolated environment where every resource counts.
- #25 Out of Reach
82% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.9% ★, Survival 20.1%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 6.6%, Multiplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: An island-based survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and surviving against other players.
- #26 CastleMiner Z
79% matchVery Positive81% of 11,088 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.2% ★, Survival 16.6%, Zombies 14.1%, Open World 5.4%, Crafting 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A block-based zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting and fighting off hordes of enemies.
- #27 Nomad
78% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Survival 18.1%, Zombies 13.4%, Open World 6.8%, Crafting 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes exploration and scavenging in an open-world setting.
- #28 Wrongworld
76% 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 60.4% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 6.3%, Adventure 5.3%, Crafting 4.8%
- #29 Cube Life: Island Survival
77% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 63.3% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 7.4%, Crafting 5.7%, Adventure 5.4%
- #30 GRAV
78% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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 57.1% ★, Survival 20.1%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 5.6%, Multiplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that features base building and exploration on dangerous, procedurally generated planets.
- #31 Better Late Than DEAD
79% matchMostly Negative28% of 909 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 41.1%, Open World 14.9%, Zombies 14.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and exploration game set on a mysterious island where you must solve puzzles to escape.
- #32 StarsOne
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: IllusoryWorldEntertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.
Why similar: Survival 73.8%, Action 15.2%, Indie 11%
- #33 Savage Lands
74% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57% ★, Survival 18.7%, Open World 7.7%, Crafting 5.9%, Multiplayer 3%
- #34 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
75% 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 56.7% ★, Survival 20.1%, Open World 6.9%, Zombies 5.8%, Crafting 3.6%
- #35 INCUR Survival
73% matchVery Positive84% of 103 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 46.3% ★, Zombies 15.7%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 7.2%, Crafting 6.8%
- #36 KeepUp Survival
73% 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 51.1% ★, Survival 19.5%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 4.1%
- #37 Alchemist's Awakening
74% 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 59.7% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.8%, Action 3.7%
- #38 The Gold River Project
71% matchMixed67% of 526 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.6% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 6.7%, Adventure 5%
- #39 Crazy Islands
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Ge-Aivan
Windows
Welcome to "Crazy Islands", a 3D survival game for 1-4 players that takes you into a world full of mystery and challenges. On this isolated archipelago, you will face ancient gods, cruel natural environment and unknown dangers. Only wisdom and courage can help you survive in this unknown land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.1% ★, Survival 22.7%, Open World 10.1%, Adventure 6.1%
- #40 Far Lands
72% matchMixed66% of 166 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 47.7% ★, Survival 22%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 9.1%, Adventure 4.9%
- #41 Apocalypse Island
71% matchMixed41% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Zombies 32.3%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.9%, Adventure 6.7%
- #42 DESOLATE
72% matchMixed67% of 8,009 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.5 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: Survival 39.8%, Zombies 23.4%, Open World 18.4%, Horror 6.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #43 Shadows of Kurgansk
73% matchMixed66% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!
Why similar: Survival 34.5%, Zombies 26.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 6.5%
- #44 INMATE: Survival
70% 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 54.7% ★, Survival 19.1%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Adventure 4.3%
- #45 Len's Island
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 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 55.8% ★, Survival 19.4%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 7.9%, Adventure 3.9%
- #46 Survival Machine
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Survival 16%, Zombies 12.8%, Open World 7.4%, Crafting 7.1%
- #47 Under A New Sun
68% 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 57.2% ★, Survival 19.6%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 7.9%, Adventure 3.5%
- #48 Age of Survival
70% 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 47.8%, Open World 15.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Adventure 7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #49 Dead District: Survival
69% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 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: Survival 33.8%, Zombies 21.3%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #50 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
67% 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 51.4% ★, Survival 20.9%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 6.5%, Adventure 4.2%
- #51 Tinkerlands
65% 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: Open World Survival Craft 53.6% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 6.8%, Adventure 3.9%
- #52 Miasmata
70% 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 41.8% ★, Survival 33.3%, Open World 7.9%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 3.5%
- #53 Forsaken Isle
66% 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 52%, Crafting 19.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Action 8.2%, Indie 6%
- #54 The Infected
67% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 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 47.9% ★, Survival 16.6%, Zombies 11.7%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 7.6%
- #55 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
69% matchMostly Negative36% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 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 50.6% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 9%, Crafting 7.3%, Adventure 3.8%
- #56 Polygeddon
67% matchMixed42% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Survival 28.3%, Open World 14.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #57 Project Cobalt
65% 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 49.6% ★, Survival 21.5%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Adventure 4.1%
