- #1 ICARUS
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that focuses on exploring alien environments and gathering resources for survival.
- #2 Abiotic Factor
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 58,426 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.8%, Aliens 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar blend of sci-fi survival, crafting, and cooperative exploration in a hostile facility.
- #3 Enshrouded
96% 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 14.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep open-world survival experience with robust base-building and cooperative multiplayer mechanics.
- #4 No One Survived
94% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 19.1%, Open World 14.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on scavenging, crafting, and building defenses against threats.
- #5 Subsistence
95% 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 33.9% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 12%, Open World 8.5%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival experience that focuses heavily on base-building and resource management in a hostile open world.
- #6 The Forest
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that captures the tension of exploring a dangerous, mysterious environment with friends.
- #7 Sons Of The Forest
93% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 19.6%, Open World 15.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 13%, Multiplayer 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: The modern successor to The Forest, featuring improved building, survival systems, and intense third-person combat.
- #8 7 Days to Die
92% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 9.3%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A staple of the post-apocalyptic survival genre that emphasizes base defense and crafting against waves of enemies.
- #9 Volcanoids
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 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: Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.4%, Survival 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique mobile base-building mechanics in a steampunk-inspired survival setting.
- #10 Rust
90% 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 22.1% ★, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 10.6%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive multiplayer survival game that emphasizes intense player interaction, crafting, and base-building.
- #11 Miscreated
91% 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 42.2% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes exploration and scavenging.
- #12 DeadPoly
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.7%, Base Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that focuses on multiplayer looting, crafting, and building in a zombie-infested world.
- #13 SurrounDead
89% matchVery Positive91% of 26,489 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Survival 19.1%, Open World 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Base Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes looting, exploration, and managing resources in a dangerous world.
- #14 Grounded
88% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Survival 16%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A third-person survival game that excels in exploration and crafting within a unique, dangerous environment.
- #15 Eden Crafters
86% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and crafting aspects of survival in a sci-fi, planet-exploration setting.
- #16 GRAV
87% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes building and exploration in a vibrant, alien world.
- #17 Night of the Dead
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 10%, Building 9.8%, Survival 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and base fortification against massive hordes in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #18 Conan Exiles Enhanced
85% 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 25.5% ★, Survival 15.7%, Building 12.4%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive open world with deep survival, crafting, and base-building mechanics in a harsh setting.
- #19 Fragmented
86% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that features exploration and crafting on a hostile alien planet.
- #20 SCUM
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 13%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers highly detailed survival mechanics and multiplayer interaction in a large, open-world setting.
- #21 Crushed
84% matchMixed54% of 318 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.2%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and exploration in a vast open world.
- #22 Taora : Survival
82% matchMixed60% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Third-Person Shooter 10.8%, Survival 9.3%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes exploration, shooting, and crafting.
- #23 Valheim
80% 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 25.1% ★, Survival 9.7%, Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.6%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, it offers the same satisfying loop of exploration, base-building, and cooperative survival.
- #24 Last Whisper
81% matchMixed67% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: 12Studio
Windows
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Third-Person Shooter 11.5%, Survival 10.2%, Aliens 9.3%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A third-person survival game that focuses on exploration and cooperative play in a dangerous world.
- #25 DayZ
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 468,041 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 280.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 25.1%, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Online Co-Op 14%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore multiplayer survival experience that defines the genre's focus on scavenging and player-versus-player tension.
- #26 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Survival 19%, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most in-depth survival mechanics available for those who enjoy realistic post-apocalyptic resource management.
- #27 Outpost Zero
81% matchMixed48% of 853 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Survival 14.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base-building with sci-fi elements in a hostile environment.
- #28 VEIN
76% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 18.3%, Base Building 16.7%, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #29 Plains of Pain
78% 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 19.9% ★, Base Building 9.2%, Third-Person Shooter 9.1%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #30 Far Lands
78% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and adventure in an open-world setting.
- #31 XERA: Survival
77% 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 22.2% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 8.9%, Third-Person Shooter 7.5%
- #32 Deadside
74% 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 23.7% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 8.7%
- #33 Sunkenland
75% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Survival 12%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 10%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #34 Rem Survival
76% 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 30% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 12%, Survival 11.9%
- #35 Eden Rising
77% matchMixed64% of 1,447 reviews2019
Dev: The Wall Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Brace yourself for a brand new action-packed Open World. Explore a huge world to gather materials for gear and defenses. Use everything at your disposal to defend your bases and defeat hordes of hostile monsters. Play solo or up to 8-player online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Open World 14.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Survival 11%
- #36 KeepUp Survival
75% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 11%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 9.7%
- #37 Forever Skies
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 10.4%, Building 9.6%
- #38 Lost Rift
71% 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 28.4% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.6%, Online Co-Op 8.9%
- #39 Next Day: Survival
74% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 25%, Open World 18.6%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
- #40 TerraTech Worlds
72% matchMixed63% of 2,287 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #41 The Planet Crafter
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10%, Building 10%, Survival 9.4%
- #42 Out of Reach
73% 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 33.5% ★, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 9.8%, Building 8.8%
- #43 StarRupture
68% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 25.4% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.3%
- #44 The Front
68% 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 25.8% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 10.3%
- #45 Planetaries
70% matchMixed58% of 226 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.3%, Base Building 8.8%, Survival 8.6%
- #46 Scrapnaut
71% matchMixed70% of 837 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.8% ★, Building 12.5%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #47 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
67% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 8.4%, Building 8.2%
- #48 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 41.2% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Crafting 7.5%
- #49 Once Human
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 182,222 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 52.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 9.2%
- #50 Ruins To Fortress
68% matchMixed65% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Crafting 12%, Base Building 11%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 8.9%
- #51 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 22.4% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.3%
- #52 The Last Disease Z
67% matchMixed56% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #53 MISERY
65% matchVery Positive84% of 25,586 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.8% ★, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.4%
- #54 Last Oasis
69% 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: Survival 19.2%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10%
- #55 Survival: Lost Way
69% matchMostly Negative36% of 295 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 22.3%, Survival 19.5%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Building 13.5%, Base Building 12.2%
- #56 Fallen Region
70% matchMixed42% of 198 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Survival 12.5%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 8.5%
- #57 Nightingale
66% 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 25% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10.1%, Building 10%, Base Building 9.3%
