- #1 Necesse
97% matchVery Positive93% of 27,498 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 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 Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, procedural survival game that heavily emphasizes settlement management and cooperative combat.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 65,308 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same top-down, multiplayer survival-crafting loop with a strong focus on exploration and base development.
- #3 Tinkerlands
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,973 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Crafting 11%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Survival 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cute 2D survival-crafting game that captures the same lighthearted adventure and exploration feel as Romestead.
- #4 Len's Island
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,790 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Base Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down dungeon crawling with relaxing farming and building mechanics in a vibrant, stylized world.
- #5 Terraria
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,534,723 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.6 hrsMean: 150.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 10.6%, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D survival-crafting sandbox that offers deep progression, boss battles, and extensive building options.
- #6 Tinkertown
94% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Crafting 16.7%, RPG 14.1%, Sandbox 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused adventure RPG that allows players to build settlements and explore procedurally generated lands together.
- #7 Don't Starve Together
93% matchVery Positive95% of 537,789 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.6% ★, Survival 25.9%, Crafting 4.1%, Open World 2.9%, Online Co-Op 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging top-down survival game that excels in cooperative play and unique, stylized world-building.
- #8 Keplerth
92% matchVery Positive84% of 4,145 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 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: Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 13.3%, Open World 11.6%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that features extensive crafting and base-building in a hostile, procedurally generated environment.
- #9 Forager
91% matchVery Positive90% of 43,749 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 7.7%, Sandbox 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down exploration and crafting game that focuses on gathering resources and expanding your territory.
- #10 Kynseed
91% matchVery Positive83% of 3,766 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Crafting 27.5%, Sandbox 18.1%, Open World 14.3%, RPG 10.9%, Exploration 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on life-simulation and building a legacy in a top-down world with charming, hand-drawn aesthetics.
- #11 Roots of Pacha
90% matchVery Positive94% of 4,483 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Crafting 22.2%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, RPG 9%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the theme of rebuilding civilization and developing a community through cooperative farming and crafting.
- #12 Dinkum
89% matchVery Positive92% of 28,918 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 28.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and building game set in the Australian outback that emphasizes community growth and cooperative multiplayer.
- #13 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
89% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 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 24.2% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11%, Online Co-Op 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that focuses on building bases and exploring a dangerous world from a unique perspective.
- #14 Valheim
86% matchVery Positive94% of 536,933 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 77.4 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 28.8% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 11%, Base Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it is the gold standard for cooperative survival-crafting and building settlements against mythological threats.
- #15 Vagabond
88% 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 Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that offers deep procedural generation and survival mechanics in a top-down, open-world setting.
- #16 Enshrouded
86% matchVery Positive86% of 103,247 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 46.1 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: Base Building 15.2%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep base-building and survival mechanics with a strong emphasis on cooperative exploration and combat.
- #17 Crashlands
87% matchVery Positive89% of 6,716 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-RPG that emphasizes crafting and survival in a quirky, procedurally generated alien world.
- #18 Grounded
84% matchVery Positive90% of 94,772 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 29.4% ★, Survival 17.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Online Co-Op 7%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that excels at base-building and environmental exploration in a hostile setting.
- #19 Craftopia
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,099 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Crafting 19.9%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG survival game that blends crafting, farming, and combat in a massive, multiplayer-friendly world.
- #20 My Time at Sandrock
83% matchVery Positive88% of 28,759 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.2 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: Crafting 29.1%, Building 22.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Open World 14.3%, RPG 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated rebuilding and crafting RPG that focuses on restoring a town to its former glory through community effort.
- #21 Tribes of Midgard
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,177 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Action RPG 12.1%, Survival 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG survival game that tasks players with defending their settlement from hordes of enemies.
- #22 Dawn of Defiance
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,820 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that features Greek-inspired themes and cooperative base-building mechanics.
- #23 Nightingale
82% matchMixed66% of 17,987 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 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 25.6% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Online Co-Op 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that focuses on exploration and building in a procedurally generated, multi-realm environment.
- #24 Pathless Woods
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,109 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 19%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes building and crafting in a world inspired by ancient Chinese culture.
- #25 Project Zomboid
80% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 31.5% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive top-down zombie survival game that focuses on long-term settlement building and resource management.
- #26 Scrapnaut
81% matchMixed70% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.1 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 20% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game with a focus on base-building and crafting in a steampunk-inspired world.
- #27 Longvinter
79% matchMixed67% of 7,607 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Crafting 17.5%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on crafting, farming, and building in a persistent open world.
- #28 Palworld
77% matchVery Positive94% of 425,619 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.3 hrsMean: 71.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 27.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 12%, Open World 11.2%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
- #29 Everwind
77% matchVery Positive81% of 3,601 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 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: Crafting 14.4%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Survival 10.9%, Action RPG 10.8%, Building 9.8%
- #30 Solace Crafting
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 894 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Crafting 13%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that offers a vast, procedurally generated world with a focus on building and exploration.
- #31 Spirit of the Island
78% matchMixed66% of 1,894 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative life-sim and survival game that focuses on restoring a tropical island and building a thriving community.
- #32 Cubic Odyssey
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,674 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #33 Lodventure
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 9.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #34 Beyond the Map
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 722 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Action RPG 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #35 Shamania
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
- #36 Nested Lands
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 494 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Sandbox 10%
- #37 Omega Crafter
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 570 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Crafting 15%, Survival 11.5%, Building 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #38 Rotwood
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 8,109 reviews2026
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.6%, Online Co-Op 24.5%, RPG 17.2%, 2D 10.9%, Adventure 8.8%
- #39 Voidtrain
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,612 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.7%
- #40 Adventure Craft
75% matchVery Positive82% of 228 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Base Building 11%, Procedural Generation 9%, Survival 8.6%, Action RPG 8.4%
- #41 Bellwright
71% matchVery Positive80% of 20,703 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Crafting 23%, Survival 22.6%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Open World 15.6%, Building 12.7%
- #42 Dig or Die
72% matchVery Positive90% of 4,273 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 6.7%
- #43 The Survivalists
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,061 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Base Building 9.4%
- #44 Heroes of Hammerwatch II
68% matchVery Positive83% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Action RPG 19.3%, RPG 11.3%, Top-Down 11.1%
- #45 Xsyon - Prelude
73% 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: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.1%, Building 8.8%
- #46 Miniland Adventure
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 332 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 10.6%
- #47 Ruins To Fortress
70% matchMixed64% of 177 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 33.9% ★, Crafting 15.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 8.3%
- #48 Eden Crafters
66% matchVery Positive86% of 2,537 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 13.6 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 26.7% ★, Crafting 14%, Base Building 12.9%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #49 XenoHaven
68% matchVery Positive86% of 69 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: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #50 Medieval Dynasty
67% matchVery Positive90% of 51,427 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 25.3%, Building 17.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #51 Feel The Snow
69% matchVery Positive87% of 3,053 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 7.2%, Open World 5.9%
- #52 ENDALOR
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%
- #53 Dinotica
66% matchVery Positive87% of 831 reviews2025
Dev: XA StudioPub: Celestial Studio
Windows
Welcome to Dinotica! Stomp into a mysterious and dangerous world filled with action, adventure, and companionship! Together, you'll fight, build, farm, and more as you work toward creating a unique home that is truly your own.
Why similar: Crafting 25.7%, Base Building 22.9%, Action RPG 16.4%, RPG 14.8%, Top-Down 9%
- #54 Cannibal Crossing
69% matchMixed62% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Everplay InteractivePub: Rocketcat Games
Windows
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #55 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
68% matchMixed59% of 460 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 12.8%, Building 9.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #56 Road to Eden
70% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.7%
- #57 Re.poly
69% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Crafting 14%, Base Building 11%, Survival 11%, Action RPG 9.8%
