Games Like Renown

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 28.9% ★, Medieval 11.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.6%, 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.

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 26.1% ★, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.1%, Base Building 8.7%, Open World 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors Renown's focus on large-scale medieval warfare, base construction, and complex resource management.

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 24.4% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.1%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a premier medieval-fantasy survival experience with robust base-building, brutal combat, and persistent multiplayer PvP.

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 29.5% ★, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 9.1%

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.

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 27.9% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Medieval 10%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the raw, chaotic nature of medieval survival with a heavy focus on feudal politics and castle sieges.

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 16.7%, Medieval 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A social-driven medieval sandbox that emphasizes player-built settlements and a persistent, evolving world.

Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features deep survival mechanics and tribe management that align perfectly with the progression style of Renown.

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 18.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.4%, Medieval 13.2%, Open World 11%, Crafting 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on realistic medieval combat and faction-based warfare, mirroring the competitive nature of Renown.

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 16.2%, Crafting 15.4%, Medieval 14.9%, Open World 14.6%, Online Co-Op 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends medieval survival with city-building elements, allowing players to lead a rebellion from the ground up.

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 12.2%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

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.

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 15.2%, Base Building 14%, Survival 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.8%

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.

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: Sandbox 12.4%, Medieval 12.4%, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, full-loot PvP sandbox that offers the most intense medieval combat experience available for competitive players.

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 16.8%, Building 15.2%, Medieval 11.7%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%

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.

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 21.8%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11%, Building 9.4%

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.

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% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.5%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-medieval survival game that emphasizes spellcasting and massive castle construction.

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 22.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10.1%, Medieval 9.4%, Base Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive-scale version of the medieval survival experience with a focus on community and territorial control.

👑 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 23.1% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 9%, Building 8.5%, Medieval 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A direct competitor that focuses specifically on the medieval survival and crafting experience in a multiplayer environment.

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 14.6%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 10.7%

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.

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 16.8% ★, Open World 13.1%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines vast open-world exploration with survival mechanics and magical combat in a medieval setting.

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 21.9% ★, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 9.9%, 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.

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 23.3% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Massively Multiplayer 9.2%, Base Building 8.6%, 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.

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 28.7% ★, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that prioritizes PvP combat and resource management in a harsh, unforgiving open world.

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 31.4% ★, Survival 11%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.7%, Massively Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A pirate-themed survival game that shares the same island-based, base-building, and PvP combat structure as Renown.

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 28.3% ★, Survival 12.3%, Open World 9.9%, PvP 9.5%, Massively Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a stripped-back, hardcore survival experience with a focus on tactical combat and base building.

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 23.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, Crafting 8.3%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and player-driven economies in a medieval world.

Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.9%, Crafting 8.4%, Base Building 8%, Building 7.7%

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 40.4% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 10.9%, Massively Multiplayer 7.8%, Crafting 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that shares the intense, high-stakes PvP and base-building mechanics of Renown.

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 37.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.7%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: While western-themed, the survival and building mechanics are nearly identical to the loop found in Renown.

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 35.9% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 8.5%, Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the raw struggle of survival and base construction against both AI and player threats.

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 26.4% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 9.2%, Massively Multiplayer 9.1%

Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 8.5%

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: Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Medieval 10%, Base Building 8.6%

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 27.3% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Building 9.4%

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% ★, Medieval 8.7%, Survival 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%

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 21.5%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 9.7%, Medieval 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original hardcore medieval sandbox that set the stage for modern full-loot PvP survival games.

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 24.6% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 9.5%, Building 8.7%

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 30.6% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 8.2%

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 21.7% ★, Base Building 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Building 7.7%

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 29.7% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%

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 25.8%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Online Co-Op 14%, PvP 13%, First-Person 10.9%

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 27.5% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 9.5%

Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.6%

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 19.5%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 9.1%

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 23.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Crafting 8.4%, Survival 8.3%

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 23.1% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Medieval 9.8%, Base Building 9.4%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

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 26.2% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 7.9%

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 16.9%, Open World 15.7%, Building 15.6%, Crafting 13%, Survival 12.3%

On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

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 37.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 6.9%

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% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9.3%

Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 17.9%, Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%

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 27.7% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 9.7%, Building 8.8%

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 24.9% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.3%

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 41.7% ★, Survival 15.4%, Open World 11.1%, Multiplayer 11%, Crafting 9.7%

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.5%

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 23.8% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.3%, Base Building 9.3%

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Crafting 9%, Open World 8.2%, Sandbox 8.2%, Survival 7.7%