- #1 Tides of Despair
97% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 12.1%, Building 9.8%
- #2 Exot
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 13%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 10.9%
- #3 Survindust
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IS Games
Windows
Stranded on a small island, you must gather, build, and automate to survive and turn a humble camp into a thriving, self-sustaining base.
Why similar: Survival 15.3%, Crafting 14.3%, Resource Management 11.2%, Inventory Management 10.5%, Base Building 9.8%
- #4 Tide Fall
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lone Badger Studio Pub: Lone Badger Studio
Windows
Explore dangerous islands, build and defend your base, sail the seas, and raid rival crews in this open-world pirate survival game.
Why similar: Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #5 HORDE Survival
94% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: WDS Games
Windows
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 12.7%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #6 DISTANT VISITANT
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TriadPixel
Windows
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Aliens 12.3%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 12.1%
- #7 Retreat To Enen
93% matchMixed61% of 401 reviews2022
Dev: Head WestPub: indie.io
Windows
Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.
Why similar: Base Building 13.3%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
- #8 The Maker Way
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brave Games Inc.
Windows
Build creative machines, rovers, drones or robots. Use them to gather resources, discover new machine parts, source energy, construct bases and battle enemy factions in a physics-based open world.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 15.5%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 9.9%
- #9 Starsand
91% matchMixed66% of 1,241 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Base Building 12.5%, Inventory Management 11.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.4%
- #10 Wildlands Resurgence
91% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
section for a game where players need to survive from wildlife, mine resources, craft items and structures, and even form tribes:
Why similar: Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 14.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11.8%, Survival 11%
- #11 The Joy of Mining
90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: spielepk
Windows
Mine, loot, craft, build, fight, and explore the open world in this Minecraft/Terraria-inspired game. It includes quests from NPCs, farming and fishing, as well as a variety of arcade games to play in-game.
Why similar: Crafting 19.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 9.4%
- #12 Cast Ashore
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unanchored Studios
Windows
After a catastrophic rocket crash, you find yourself stranded on an island with only the ocean and unexplored land before you. Immerse yourself in a peaceful, open-world adventure where curiosity guides your journey. Survive. Build. Explore.
Why similar: Base Building 14.7%, Open World 14.1%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #13 Bandit the game
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Adrian Ubiorski
Windows
Bandit the game is an open-world RPG with unique quests, character development, intense combat and interesting exploration. With optional elements: tower defense, city/base building and gang management.
Why similar: Base Building 16.2%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #14 ENDGAME: Survival
88% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, Crafting 16%, Survival 14.5%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 11%
- #15 From Nothing
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Power Hobo Games
Windows
Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Inventory Management 10.1%
- #16 Last Float
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Crafting 18.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Base Building 14.1%, Inventory Management 9.3%
- #17 Rocks Tools Hordes
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neural Monkeys
Windows · Mac
Rocks, Tools, Hordes is a survival crafting game where a brave little girl explores vast caves, builds her base, and battles endless zombie waves. Play the Demo! Add to Wishlist! Mine resources, craft gear, and pilot powerful robots to withstand the horde. Robots, rocks, and really rude zombies.
Why similar: Survival 17.1%, Open World 16.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 12.5%
- #18 WormWorld
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyjmo
Windows
A creative sandbox adventure with a focus on exploration, discovery and survival. Shape your worlds, build, mine, and farm. Expand your reach and travel to other worlds using your ship, and worm holes!
Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11.1%, Survival 10.7%
- #19 Edge Of Survival
84% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Builderline
Windows
Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 14.9%, Building 11.7%, Open World 11.1%
- #20 A Silent Desolation
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHK Interactive
Windows
Stranded on post-apocalyptic Earth centuries after humanity's exodus, "A Silent Desolation" is a solo survival game developed by one person. Face dangers, craft, explore, and uncover secrets while repairing a shuttle base to escape.
Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #21 Keplerth
83% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 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: Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Survival 16.1%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 9.2%
- #22 Coastline Survival
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbitami Entertainment
Windows
Unleash your ultimate survival skills in Coastline Survival - a game that redefines open-world excitement! Craft, build, farm, hunt, and fish amidst breathtaking coastal scenery. Conquer the wild, master survival, and carve your path to triumph in this thrilling adventure today!
Why similar: Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.1%
- #23 Planeturem
81% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: jamiebrn
Windows
Explore a procedurally generated planet filled with resources to harvest - or discover structures containing potentially rare items. Build your base to protect yourself and fight off evil, collecting materials to build new gear. Build a rocket and explore new planets!
Why similar: Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 13.6%, Inventory Management 12.4%, Building 10%
- #24 To-Gather
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poeka Studio
Windows
When a cult disrupted the peace 200 years ago by summoning terrible creatures, they couldn't reverse their mistake! Gather resources, Explore the abandoned Island and battle the curse with your friends before it takes over your home!
Why similar: Base Building 17.2%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 12.7%
- #25 Profectus
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Alrek Studios
Windows
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, Crafting 20.6%, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Simulation 10%
- #26 Rise of The Newborns
79% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: DodigamestudiosPub: Dodi Game Studios
Windows
In a dystopian world consumed by the VAS, become one of the Newborn: A new generation of humans immune to the plague, surviving the ravages of disease, mutants, and sinister AXIOM. Fight for hope, rise against the odds, and pave the way for society to be reborn in a unique online sandbox RPG.
Why similar: Base Building 14%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 11%, Inventory Management 10.9%
- #27 Survivance
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endless Worlds Studio
Windows
Stranded on an uncharted alien world with a broken ship and no rescue coming. Scan the wildlife, uncover the truth behind abandoned human outposts, and build the technology you need to escape, before this planet becomes your grave.
Why similar: Survival 20.6%, Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 15.5%, PvE 12.1%, Crafting 10.1%
- #28 Island of the Lost
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JR_Development
Windows
Survive on a mysterious island, gather resources, craft tools, and build a ship to escape—or explore freely in a larger open-world survival mode.
Why similar: Survival 15.6%, Crafting 14.9%, Inventory Management 13.9%, PvE 13.8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #29 Reprocessed
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 10.9%
- #30 Triton Survival
77% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.6%, Survival 11.4%
- #31 Broken World
78% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Base Building 16.1%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 12.9%
- #32 Ex/l
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FDST
Windows
A top-down 2D survival shooter with base building and crafting. Explore procedurally generated islands, secure resources, and defend—or raid—player bases in tense online PvP. Every run reshapes routes, chokepoints, and risk.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 16.9%, Sandbox 12.1%, Inventory Management 12%
- #33 Port Town: Survival
75% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Emre ŞahinPub: Survivillage
Windows
A deserted port town, missing people, and a dark secret waiting to be uncovered… Dive into Port Town’s open world, collect mysterious photos, and reveal the truth. But be careful… some secrets are meant to stay buried.
Why similar: Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.8%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 13.4%, Building 11.9%
- #34 Spiritura
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spiritura Works
Windows · Mac
Spiritura is an open-world survival craft game with action combat and exploration. Follow the story to uncover the mysteries of the land as you forge your own path through survival, building, and discovery.
Why similar: Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 11.8%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #35 Super-Spatial
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Interline Studios LC
Windows
Explore, build, and master the art of automation. Build your base, discover colorful new worlds, and develop new technologies as you tame the far reaches of space and search for a way to return to Earth.
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, Open World 15%, Survival 13%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #36 Solaria
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pva Games
Windows
Collect various androids known as "Pvas" on the futuristic colony planet named "Solaria", deploy them for battles, construction, farming, crafting; pilot your own mobile base to explore the vast world. This is a brand-new, single player open-world survival and crafting game.
Why similar: Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Open World 12.3%, Artificial Intelligence 11.4%, Survival 11.1%
- #37 XenoHaven
73% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Open World 16.1%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%
- #38 Where's the Boat
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: KetaGames
Windows
Where's the Boat is a sandbox open world survival crafting game set on an archipelago of deserted islands. Gather resources, craft tools, tend to your needs and travel from island to island in search for a way back to civilization.
Why similar: Base Building 14.7%, Inventory Management 14.4%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 13.8%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #39 G.E.T.
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Konnex Interactive
Windows
G.E.T. (Gather, Explore, Technologize) is a 3D first person open world adventure-survival game. On your journey you will progress through different ages, beginning from the stone age and finishing in the far future.
Why similar: Base Building 16.7%, Inventory Management 14.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 14%, Survival 14%
- #40 Encave
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Imagination Port
Windows
Encave is a hybrid FPS-tower-defense game. Build customizable killrooms in a fully destructible environment to eliminate waves of corporate bioweapon rejects! Strategic base construction, and escalating Lovecraftian threats, Encave delivers a unique blend of action, strategy, and dark humor
Why similar: Base Building 18.8%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 11.6%, Building 11.4%
- #41 The Otherwilde
74% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Brass Persimmon
Windows
A gorgeous world of photorealistic natural assets, cute villages, and unexpected NPCs. Explore the open world map, gather herbs, create potions, hunt wild animals, build bases, and farm. Currently Pre-Alpha Early Access.
Why similar: Open World 16.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Nature 12.3%, Crafting 11%
- #42 Gengu Survival
71% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Survival 17.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 9.4%
- #43 Enshrouded
69% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 20.3%, Open World 20.3%, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 8.8%
- #44 Isekai Frontier
71% matchMixed63% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Mythpath Games
Windows
An open-world survival adventure with roguelike progression. Hunt monsters, craft weapons, build shelters, and grow stronger through cards, fate choices, and death marks—every journey is unique, and every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Base Building 14.5%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 13%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Crafting 12.5%
- #45 Camping Simulator: The Squad
70% matchMixed58% of 1,083 reviews2025
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.
Why similar: Crafting 16.4%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #46 Foul
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AZRK
Windows
Foul is a survival game with story elements. Alone, you must face everything that comes your way. Contaminated animals, hunger, and darkness are just some of the dangers awaiting you.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Inventory Management 14.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 12.5%
- #47 Ember's Verge
69% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Feralless Games
Windows
Survive on a deserted island with no modern tools or electricity. Gather resources, craft everything you need, and adapt to changing seasons including winter conditions. No zombies, no supernatural. Man vs nature survival. Your adventure, your choice.
Why similar: Crafting 16.6%, Open World 15.3%, Survival 14.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Nature 10.7%
- #48 Guardians of the Wild Sky
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Isle Studios
Windows
Survive, build, craft and explore a vast magical world as you capture and bond with powerful Guardians. Captain your own airship and sail the cloud seas. Build everything from cozy homes to flying castles. Explore this world solo or with friends; the skies are yours to conquer!
Why similar: Base Building 17.1%, Survival 17%, Crafting 15.6%, Open World 13.2%, Building 12.6%
- #49 Road to Eden
72% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Crafting 14.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12.4%, Building 11.2%
- #50 Everlost
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kub3sqtPub: Orivilon
Windows
Stranded in a world that never stops growing. Gather, craft, build and survive in an infinite procedurally generated wilderness where no two worlds are ever the same.
Why similar: Crafting 19.4%, Sandbox 18.3%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 16.2%, Survival 14.9%
- #51 Starframe Station
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rickard Abraham
Windows
A physics‑based sandbox 2D adventure of survival and exploration. Gather resources to build bases, contraptions, and outposts on land or in space, but since everything keeps its mass, hauling it around requires smart planning.
Why similar: Base Building 24%, Sandbox 18.5%, Crafting 17.7%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Exploration 11.7%
- #52 HullRats
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%
- #53 STOLEN CITY
70% matchMixed53% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: LeeJones Games Development
Windows
This is a survival game in a city that has been captured by gangs. Survive, develop, explore a huge city, craft, build bases, fight gangs and other players for resources.
Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 16.6%, Open World 16%, Survival 14.4%, PvE 9.3%
- #54 Resttore
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: s4bishii
Windows
Craft, build and upgrade your character as you explore a fantasy open world full of secrets and help its habitants defeat the creatures that brought this place to its end.
Why similar: Base Building 19%, Open World 16.2%, Inventory Management 15.7%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 12.6%
- #55 Elacoria
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows · Linux
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Open World 24.4%, Sandbox 17.8%, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 15.6%, Building 14.5%
- #56 Colonterra
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paladov
Windows
After the 13-year colonial war, the planet Venturius is given to a new colonial power. You are sent to the surface to deliver the laws of the new ruler. After something goes wrong, you find yourself alone on this wild alien planet. Explore, fight and craft to unveil the secrets of these lands...
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 14.8%, Aliens 11.3%, Futuristic 9.9%
- #57 Pathless Woods
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 15.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 15%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #58 Valhalla Path: Survival
66% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Survival Saga Studios
Windows
Valhalla Path casts you as a Viking warrior stranded in a hostile land. Build a village, defend against the fallen warriors, lead your people to glory and secure your place in Valhalla's legends.
Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 15%, Inventory Management 12.4%