- #1 Life is Feudal: Your Own
97% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Medieval 11.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the genre, it provides a realistic medieval survival experience with heavy emphasis on terraforming and group-based building.
- #2 Conan Exiles Enhanced
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,196 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 113.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.3%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a premier medieval-fantasy survival experience with robust base-building, brutal combat, and persistent multiplayer PvP.
- #3 Myth of Empires
96% matchMixed68% of 17,524 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 229.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Base Building 8.6%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors Renown's focus on large-scale medieval warfare, base construction, and complex resource management.
- #4 Valheim
94% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 30.2% ★, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on exploration, it provides the definitive medieval survival and building loop that fans of the genre crave.
- #5 Reign Of Kings
95% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 10%, Medieval 9.9%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the raw, chaotic nature of medieval survival with a heavy focus on feudal politics and castle sieges.
- #6 Pax Dei
94% matchMixed57% of 11,286 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Crafting 15.9%, Medieval 15%, Base Building 14.4%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 13%
Why You'll Like It: A social-driven medieval sandbox that emphasizes player-built settlements and a persistent, evolving world.
- #7 Soulmask
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep survival mechanics and tribe management that align perfectly with the progression style of Renown.
- #8 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
92% matchMixed68% of 11,915 reviews2026
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.5%, Medieval 13%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on realistic medieval combat and faction-based warfare, mirroring the competitive nature of Renown.
- #9 Bellwright
91% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 16.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Open World 15.1%, Medieval 14.9%, Online Co-Op 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends medieval survival with city-building elements, allowing players to lead a rebellion from the ground up.
- #10 Enshrouded
91% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 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: Open World 15.7%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly satisfying voxel-based building system paired with survival and combat mechanics in a medieval-inspired setting.
- #11 V Rising
90% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Base Building 12.6%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 11.4%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Though top-down, it delivers an incredibly polished PvP and base-building loop that feels very similar to the intensity of Renown.
- #12 Mortal Online 2
89% matchMixed60% of 13,911 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 150.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Medieval 12.3%, Crafting 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, full-loot PvP sandbox that offers the most intense medieval combat experience available for competitive players.
- #13 Medieval Dynasty
88% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 16.6%, Building 15.3%, Medieval 11.8%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more grounded, immersive look at medieval life with a strong focus on building and sustaining a village.
- #14 Last Oasis
89% matchMixed62% of 24,230 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 120.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features unique nomadic survival mechanics and large-scale PvP combat that will appeal to fans of Renown's intensity.
- #15 Citadel: Forged with Fire
86% matchMixed68% of 5,894 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.5%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 9.2%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-medieval survival game that emphasizes spellcasting and massive castle construction.
- #16 Life is Feudal: MMO
87% matchMixed40% of 7,349 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10.2%, Medieval 9.2%, Base Building 8.4%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive-scale version of the medieval survival experience with a focus on community and territorial control.
- #17 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
85% matchMixed59% of 461 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9%, Building 8.4%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct competitor that focuses specifically on the medieval survival and crafting experience in a multiplayer environment.
- #18 ARK: Survival Ascended
84% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 14.9%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It serves as the gold standard for open-world survival and base-building, providing the mechanical foundation that Renown builds upon.
- #19 Dark and Light
86% matchMixed52% of 11,834 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 18.1%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Open World 13.3%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines vast open-world exploration with survival mechanics and magical combat in a medieval setting.
- #20 Rust
83% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 10.1%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: While modern-themed, it is the mechanical blueprint for the high-stakes, base-raiding, and resource-gathering loop found in Renown.
- #21 Deadside
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 9.7%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a stripped-back, hardcore survival experience with a focus on tactical combat and base building.
- #22 Out of Reach
84% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 31.9% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.8%, Massively Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pirate-themed survival game that shares the same island-based, base-building, and PvP combat structure as Renown.
- #23 Hurtworld
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.9%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that prioritizes PvP combat and resource management in a harsh, unforgiving open world.
- #24 The Front
79% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Massively Multiplayer 9.2%, Base Building 8.5%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features highly detailed base-building and defensive mechanics that satisfy the craving for stronghold protection found in Renown.
- #25 Subsistence
81% 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 36.5% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 8.6%, Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the raw struggle of survival and base construction against both AI and player threats.
- #26 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
80% matchMixed52% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and player-driven economies in a medieval world.
- #27 Dune: Awakening
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 78,134 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.5 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Base Building 8%, Building 7.7%
- #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 40.9% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 11%, Massively Multiplayer 7.8%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that shares the intense, high-stakes PvP and base-building mechanics of Renown.
- #29 Outlaws of the Old West
79% matchMixed59% of 6,295 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.6%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 11.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: While western-themed, the survival and building mechanics are nearly identical to the loop found in Renown.
- #30 Rem Survival
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Base Building 9.5%, Survival 9.2%, Massively Multiplayer 9.2%
- #31 Nightingale
75% 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 27.9% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.8%, Building 9.3%, Open World 9.2%
- #32 Mortal Online
78% matchMixed52% of 2,959 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.7%, Open World 15.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 9.7%, Medieval 9%
Why You'll Like It: The original hardcore medieval sandbox that set the stage for modern full-loot PvP survival games.
- #33 Plains of Pain
75% matchVery Positive83% of 933 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Crafting 10%, Base Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 8.6%
- #34 Life is Feudal: Arden
76% matchMixed42% of 885 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.9%, Medieval 10.3%, Survival 8.9%
- #35 ENDALOR
74% matchMixed70% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Medieval 8.6%, Survival 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Open World 8.1%
- #36 Re.poly
74% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%
- #37 MORDHAU
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 113,182 reviews2019
Dev: Triternion
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 74.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.
Why similar: Medieval 25.7%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, PvP 13.1%, First-Person 10.9%
- #38 Dawn of Defiance
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,842 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Survival 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 8.2%
- #39 Frozen Flame
73% matchMixed63% of 2,989 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Base Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.3%, Building 7.7%, Online Co-Op 7.6%
- #40 Stars End
71% matchMixed61% of 1,428 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.2%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #41 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
71% 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 41.4% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Crafting 6.7%
- #42 Shamania
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #43 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
73% matchMixed54% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 8%, Open World 6.9%
- #44 Wild Terra Online
72% matchMixed60% of 1,845 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 11%, Crafting 9%
- #45 KINGDOMS
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,086 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Medieval 16.6%, Open World 16.1%, Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.4%
- #46 Wurm Unlimited
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,138 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 8.7%
- #47 Solace Crafting
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 898 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #48 Boundless
70% matchMixed70% of 2,774 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 9.7%
- #49 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
67% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 8.7%
- #50 Savage Lands
69% matchMixed54% of 6,690 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 35.5% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
- #51 Grim
66% matchMixed57% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Spoonfed Interactive
Windows
GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%
- #52 The Last Plague: Blight
64% matchVery Positive89% of 1,472 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Medieval 11.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 9%
- #53 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 26.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9.4%
- #54 XERA: Survival
66% matchMixed66% of 7,941 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Massively Multiplayer 9.2%, Survival 9%
- #55 Nested Lands
64% matchMostly Positive72% of 555 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Medieval 12.2%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.4%
