- #1 Core Keeper
97% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match for underground exploration, mining, and automation-heavy survival in a sandbox environment.
- #2 Factorio
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 39%, Base Building 24.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for players who want to master complex automation and production chains.
- #3 My Time at Sandrock
96% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.7%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Crafting 14.3%, Mining 13.5% ★, Sandbox 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strong focus on building, crafting, and developing meaningful social relationships within a desert community.
- #4 Slime Rancher
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 151,397 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.7%, Exploration 25.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Singleplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building and resource management with the joy of collecting and caring for unique creatures.
- #5 Necesse
94% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Automation 19.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that features base-building, NPC recruitment, and automation in a procedural world.
- #6 Craftopia
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Crafting 27.1%, Survival 23.6%, Sandbox 15.6%, Automation 14.4%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive open world that mixes automation, survival, and RPG combat mechanics.
- #7 Nova Lands
93% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming 2D game that streamlines automation and exploration, making it very accessible for sandbox fans.
- #8 Aground
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,965 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Mining 24.9% ★, Base Building 24%, Survival 16.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on deep progression through mining and crafting while emphasizing the importance of building relationships with NPCs.
- #9 Volcanoids
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Crafting 18.7%, Survival 18.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique underground drilling mechanic and automation-based base defense against volcanic eruptions.
- #10 Forager
91% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Crafting 20.2%, Farming Sim 16.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Sandbox 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: An addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and automating resources that keeps the player constantly progressing.
- #11 Satisfactory
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Base Building 24.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-fidelity 3D automation experience for players who love building complex, efficient factories.
- #12 Rune Factory 4 Special
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2021
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Journey to the vibrant world of Rune Factory and experience the legendary fantasy farming adventure like never before!
Why similar: Farming Sim 45%, Crafting 18.2%, RPG 11.5%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Combat 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly balances farming and combat with a deep dating-sim system that allows you to build bonds with characters.
- #13 Sun Haven
89% matchVery Positive81% of 24,588 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.5%, Dating Sim 23.5%, Mining 16.7% ★, Crafting 13.3%, RPG 5%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed life-sim that adds RPG combat and dating elements to the traditional farming and building formula.
- #14 Keplerth
88% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 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: Sandbox 21.7%, Survival 21.2%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a vast, procedurally generated world with a heavy emphasis on survival, crafting, and exploration.
- #15 Coral Island
86% matchVery Positive89% of 25,947 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 52.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Dating Sim 20.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Mining 11.9% ★, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, visually stunning life-sim that features extensive social interaction and environmental restoration mechanics.
- #16 Hydroneer
87% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Automation 27.6%, Mining 20.3% ★, Base Building 20%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the physical act of mining and setting up automated machinery to process resources.
- #17 Drill Core
84% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Base Building 46.4%, Sandbox 23%, Building 12.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines underground mining with tower-defense mechanics to create a high-stakes survival experience.
- #18 Terraria
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.2%, Survival 23.2%, Crafting 20.4%, Building 13.3%, Exploration 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D sandbox adventure that emphasizes mining, boss progression, and extensive base construction.
- #19 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,178 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Automation 31.1%, Base Building 19%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 12%
Why You'll Like It: Features adorable creature companions that help you automate tasks in a vibrant, explorable world.
- #20 Hammerting
86% matchMixed57% of 2,576 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Automation 27.5%, Mining 19.9% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A vertical colony-sim that tasks you with managing a dwarven underground base through mining and automation.
- #21 Stardew Valley
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 992,215 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.9%, Crafting 16%, Sandbox 14.5%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for life-sims, offering deep social bonding and farming mechanics that complement a relaxing gameplay loop.
- #22 Starground
82% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Mining 20% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An automation-focused game that allows for cooperative play while you mine and build on alien worlds.
- #23 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
81% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing take on the survival genre that focuses on base-building and automation in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #24 Little Rocket Lab
80% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Automation 40.6%, Crafting 18.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 13.3%, RPG 6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends automation and building with RPG elements, perfect for players who enjoy technical progression.
- #25 Space Trash Scavenger
81% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Automation 29.4%, Crafting 14%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and automation in a unique space setting where you must build and maintain your own station.
- #26 Minicology
82% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Farming Sim 12%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed survival game that emphasizes automation and crafting on small, procedurally generated planets.
- #27 Dinkum
78% matchVery Positive92% of 28,435 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.1%, Crafting 20.7%, Sandbox 17.7%, Building 12.9%, Exploration 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and building game set in an Australian-inspired wilderness that encourages community development.
- #28 Roots of Pacha
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,347 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.4%, Farming Sim 22.9%, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A community-focused farming sim that emphasizes social progression and technological discovery in a prehistoric setting.
- #29 AETHUS
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Automation 19%, Mining 16.5% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.9%
- #30 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 51,774 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Why similar: Crafting 25.2%, Building 24.6%, Farming Sim 20.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Cartoony 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on management and base-building while emphasizing emotional, character-driven storytelling and social bonds.
- #31 Orebound
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?
Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Mining 16.4% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #32 Border Town
76% matchVery Positive81% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Sandbox 18%, Survival 16.4%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 10.1%
- #33 XenoHaven
75% matchVery Positive86% of 64 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 20%, Automation 16%, Sandbox 14.2%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 12.5%
- #34 MineMogul
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Automation 28%, Mining 17.1% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Farming Sim 9.2%
- #35 GeoDepths
76% matchVery Positive87% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Mining 24.1% ★, Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 13%, Building 6.2%
- #36 Yuma Nest
74% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Piokou
Windows
Destroy massive swarms of monsters and build automated systems that fight for you in Yuma Nest. An open-world sandbox action RPG where you grow stronger in the overworld before exploring an interconnected underworld.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 13%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 9.6%
- #37 Faun Town
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: 游乐坊Pub: 2P Games
Windows
After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 17.8%, Farming Sim 14.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #38 My Time at Portia
74% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Farming Sim 24%, Crafting 19.6%, Mining 12.7% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 8.8%
- #39 Lantern Forge
79% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Crafting 28.7%, Sandbox 27.8%, Survival 27.5%, RPG 10.9%, Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration in a dangerous, monster-filled world.
- #40 Out of Ore
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,794 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, Mining 15.5% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 12%
- #41 AutoForge
72% matchVery Positive88% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: Siege Games
Windows
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Why similar: Automation 30.2%, Base Building 19.9%, Crafting 14.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 9.5%
- #42 Guardians of the Sanctree
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: HuCang Studio
Windows
You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 22.5%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%
- #43 Immortal Life
71% matchVery Positive80% of 4,255 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Mining 24.9% ★, Farming Sim 22.2%, Crafting 18.8%, Action RPG 9.5%, Building 8.8%
- #44 Tropical Monster Girls
70% matchVery Positive86% of 722 reviews2025
Dev: Sweet Cakes Games
Windows
Build relationships and homes with sexy monster girls while you fight to survive. After your ship was raided, you find yourself on a mysterious island. Gather materials, craft weapons and tools. Decorate & build your home. Let your desires be fulfilled in ways only monster girls can.
Why similar: Survival 26.9%, Sandbox 19.8%, Crafting 18.8%, Base Building 18.7%, RPG 6.7%
- #45 UnderMine
71% matchVery Positive90% of 9,748 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 48%, Mining 22.9% ★, RPG 12.7%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #46 River Town Factory
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,328 reviews2024
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
Why similar: Automation 31.9%, Base Building 21.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 8.9%
- #47 Elsewhere
69% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.
Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Mining 17.8% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 13.8%
- #48 ReFactory
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
Windows
Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Base Building 25.4%, Crafting 16.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #49 Prospector
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Automation 26%, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 10.6%
- #50 One Lonely Outpost
69% matchMixed59% of 638 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.9%, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Crafting 12.9%
- #51 Star Crafter
68% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Mining 17.8% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 8.9%
- #52 Moonstone Island
67% matchVery Positive84% of 4,722 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.4%, Dating Sim 24%, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 14.2%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #53 Return to abyss 重返深渊
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 979 reviews2023
Dev: Wingjoy Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Abyss is a mowing survival game with Rogue-Lite elements, upgrade your weapons and use your fighting skills to fight through over 10,000 monsters on screen until defeat the culprit who brought chaos!
Why similar: Action RPG 31.7%, Cartoony 21.6%, Action-Adventure 19.2%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 10.4%
- #54 Craft Hero
68% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2022
Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
Windows
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 9.6%
- #55 Survivor Girls of Monster Dungeon
65% matchVery Positive94% of 278 reviews2025
Dev: Naku Kinoko
Windows
Over a dozen adorable girls of various professions must pick up weapons to protect themselves and strive to survive in this dangerous dungeon filled with various monsters!
Why similar: Combat 34.6%, Action-Adventure 29.6%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 7%
- #56 Outpath
65% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Base Building 19.7%, Farming Sim 15.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #57 Aground Zero
66% matchVery Positive82% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Linux
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.6%
- #58 FORGE SIMULATOR
66% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: GreenOnionGames
Windows
You are trapped in an endless labyrinth. You must find hidden resources scattered throughout the labyrinth to craft your own sword. Overcome the dangers of the labyrinth with your crafted sword, survive, and escape.
Why similar: Crafting 25.6%, Survival 24.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, Combat 8.5%, Simulation 7.1%
- #59 TerraTech Worlds
67% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Automation 16.7%, Mining 15% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.2%
