- #1 Keplerth
97% 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: Survival 24.1%, Open World 22.4%, Sandbox 18.7%, RPG 10.9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #2 Project Explore
96% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Fern Nigro
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.
Why similar: Survival 45.7%, Open World 16.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 12.4%, Indie 9.7%
- #3 Rise of Man
96% matchVery Negative18% of 147 reviews2017
Dev: Darkcross Games
Windows · Mac
Rise of Man is a pre historic strategy game with city building and survival elements. Can you guide your people through the ages and conquer all the challenges ahead of them.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #4 Rising World
94% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Survival 38.2%, Sandbox 29%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 8.4%
- #5 Metaverse
94% matchMixed43% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Metaware Limited, LLC
Windows · Mac
In Metaverse you will dig, discover, design, deploy, and defend. Explore, build upon, or tear apart your own procedurally generated voxel planet. And now in the early stages of our multiplayer implementation, help conquer or build the planets of others.
Why similar: RPG 28.9%, Sandbox 24.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Action 17.2%, Indie 11.9%
- #6 Sapiens
92% matchVery Positive83% of 2,122 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: Survival 34.3%, Open World 25%, Sandbox 21.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 6.9%
- #7 Planet Explorers
93% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World 26.9%, Sandbox 23.2%, Survival 20.5%, RPG 11.8%, Adventure 6.2%
- #8 The Bloodline
91% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Open World 28.5%, Sandbox 22.9%, RPG 21.1%, Action 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #9 Noble Fates
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.9%, Survival 41.7%, Action 13.4%
- #10 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
89% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Why similar: RPG 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #11 Novus Inceptio
90% matchMixed52% of 1,302 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Survival 25%, Open World 23.2%, Sandbox 17.2%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 7.5%
- #12 Pixelum
89% matchMixed48% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZXC Games
Windows
Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!
Why similar: RPG 25.6%, Survival 21.6%, Sandbox 16.1%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 12.7%
- #13 Shards of Azuria
88% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: Survival 22.3%, RPG 20%, Sandbox 17.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Action 9.6%
- #14 Rise of Piracy
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 448 reviews2026
Dev: IrishJohnGamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Why similar: Open World 36.6%, Sandbox 34.8%, Exploration 15.4%, Action 13.1%
- #15 Legends of Ellaria
86% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 33.2%, Action 16.3%, Adventure 15%, Open World 12.8%, Indie 11.1%
- #16 Star Rangers™ XE
87% matchMixed40% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Project Whitecard Studios Inc.Pub: Awestruck Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore space and build on other worlds in Star Rangers! Star Rangers is a space exploration and construction game that allows players to build habitats and spacecraft, acquire gear and explore the solar system.
Why similar: Survival 26.6%, Sandbox 19.1%, Open World 18.4%, RPG 11.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #17 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,140 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
This is a 2D crafting survival sandbox game. You will be able to explore a huge 2D side-view world, building houses, crafting tools, weapons and armour from the resources you collect. There is a day/night cycle and each night many dangerous monsters can be found and defeated.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.8%, RPG 22.7%, Survival 14.8%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 13.1%
- #18 Necesse
81% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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: Open World 22.9%, Survival 22.5%, Sandbox 17.8%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #19 Trials of Ascension: Exile
86% matchMixed49% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Dragonfire Entertainment
Windows
Trials of Ascension: Exile is a hardcore sandbox fantasy game where you will play as a human mastering your skills, evolve for the hunt as a Raknar, or defy all odds to grow as a powerful dragon!
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Action 20.5%, Adventure 18.5%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #20 Wild Terra Online
84% matchMixed60% of 1,839 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: Survival 23.9%, Open World 21.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, RPG 17.4%, Adventure 5.1%
- #21 Ragnorium
82% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Survival 56.2%, Sandbox 28.5%, RPG 15.4%
- #22 Journey Of Life
82% matchMixed56% of 755 reviews2021
Dev: Hyperion Studio Limited
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
You have experienced the sudden loss of your wealth, which has compelled you to abandon your previous life and begin anew. By venturing into the game world, you can construct settlements and forge alliances with other players, ensuring that you will always have exciting challenges to undertake.
Why similar: Survival 24.7%, Open World 21.9%, Sandbox 17.2%, RPG 15.9%, Action 8.4%
- #23 SparkDimension
83% matchMostly Negative33% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Asixa
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Sparks Dimension is an independent sandbox game where you can build your own base on this alien Planet, design and manufacture your own vehicles and Aircraft, and even use your own spliced weapons to fight wild monsters
Why similar: Survival 39.9%, Sandbox 27.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 13.6%
- #24 Lay of the Land
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 971 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World 22.2%, Sandbox 19.2%, Survival 16.6%, RPG 16.4%, Action 9.4%
- #25 The Warhorn
81% matchMixed54% of 346 reviews2019
Dev: Pigeons Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Warhorn is a medieval RPG mixed with city-building and management elements. Play as an adventurer who decided to leave his dull life as a lumberjack behind to explore a dangerous world full of puzzles in the pursuit of the most valuable relic mankind has ever seen: The Warhorn!
Why similar: RPG 27.2%, Survival 13.9%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Open World 12.7%
- #26 Out of Orbit
78% matchVery Positive80% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Case Yellow Labs
Windows
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
Why similar: RPG 17.9%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Action 9.7%
- #27 StarsOne
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: IllusoryWorldEntertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.
Why similar: Survival 46.7%, Sandbox 26.3%, Action 16%, Indie 11.1%
- #28 TerraTech
78% matchVery Positive91% of 24,617 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Open World 30.5%, Sandbox 25.5%, Survival 20.5%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #29 Planet Centauri
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Open World 25.5%, Sandbox 22%, RPG 15.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Exploration 9.4%
- #30 Evospace
79% matchVery Positive83% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Quantum Rivet
Windows · Mac
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Open World 36.2%, Sandbox 29.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 10.8%, Exploration 9.9%
- #31 GRAV
79% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Survival 33.7%, Open World 28%, Sandbox 17.9%, RPG 8.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #32 Valorborn
75% matchMixed63% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Survival 24.7%, Open World 24.5%, Sandbox 18.6%, RPG 16.6%, Exploration 8%
- #33 Project 5: Sightseer
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: RPG 25.6%, Sandbox 19.7%, Open World 17.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 13.6%
- #34 Force of Nature
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Survival 31.9%, Open World 22.6%, Sandbox 17.4%, RPG 9.4%, Exploration 5.8%
- #35 Re.poly
73% 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: Survival 24.3%, Open World 21.6%, Sandbox 17.4%, RPG 13.5%, Action 6.9%
- #36 Realms of Magic
72% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: RPG 23%, Open World 19.4%, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 11.7%, Adventure 9.6%
- #37 TerraTech Worlds
71% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 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: Survival 30.5%, Open World 28.9%, Sandbox 23.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #38 Medieval Engineers
73% matchMixed52% of 7,297 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Open World 33.4%, Sandbox 30.7%, Survival 23.5%, Action 5.6%, Indie 3.7%
- #39 KINGDOMS
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,083 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: Open World 30.6%, Survival 24.7%, RPG 16.5%, Sandbox 15.3%, Adventure 5%
- #40 Shamania
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
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 28.1%, Survival 27.4%, Sandbox 16.3%, Action 8.5%, RPG 7.8%
- #41 Romestead
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Survival 26.2%, Open World 18.2%, RPG 17.4%, Sandbox 15%, Adventure 8.7%
- #42 Vagabond
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Pierre Vigier
Windows · Linux
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: Open World 25.9%, Sandbox 20.6%, RPG 18.2%, Survival 14.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #43 Palworld
66% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 32.9%, Survival 31.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, RPG 7%, Adventure 5.7%
- #44 Astral Terra
73% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Survival 25.2%, Sandbox 18.1%, RPG 12%, Adventure 6%
- #45 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, RPG 20%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 12.2%, Action 11.3%
- #46 Everwind
65% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Open World 25.3%, Sandbox 18.6%, RPG 16.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #47 Edge of Space
71% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 12.2%, RPG 10.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #48 Junk Jack
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Sandbox 26.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Open World 10.1%, Action 9.3%
- #49 STAR-BOX: RPG Adventures in Space
71% matchMixed50% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Michael FlynnPub: FlynnFour Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
STAR-BOX – RPG Adventures in Space!Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown!Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story.
Why similar: RPG 31.4%, Open World 17.2%, Sandbox 14.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 11.8%
- #50 Xsyon - Prelude
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Open World 25.2%, Sandbox 19.1%, RPG 11.8%, Exploration 7.3%
- #51 Polylithic
67% matchMixed68% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.
Why similar: Survival 29.6%, Open World 27.5%, Sandbox 19.7%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.6%
- #52 Old Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
68% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Crafting-survival Indie game. Explore at your own pace or team up with your friends in multiplayer. Early access game!
Why similar: Open World 29.1%, Survival 25.2%, Sandbox 22.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Action 7.5%
- #53 Huaxia: Warring States
65% matchMixed61% of 583 reviews2026
Dev: 秦川汉渚
Windows
Build your own epic story in the Huaxia: Warring States. Start a clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. Or roam the Nine Provinces as a lone warrior fighting bandits and monsters. The choice is yours!
Why similar: Open World 29.2%, Sandbox 21.7%, RPG 19%, Action 10.4%, Adventure 10%
- #54 Signs of Life
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Survival 24.8%, Sandbox 22.2%, RPG 13.3%, Open World 12.9%, Adventure 8.3%
- #55 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,558 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.
Why similar: Survival 30.4%, Open World 28.5%, RPG 12.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 7.9%
- #56 ARK: Survival Ascended
64% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 34.4%, Open World 29.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, RPG 7.9%, Adventure 6.9%