- #1 Necesse
97% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 32.6% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.4%, Base Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like Romestead, Necesse combines top-down survival crafting and settlement management with cooperative multiplayer and action-RPG combat.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 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 18.2% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares Romestead's charming top-down pixel art style and heavy focus on cooperative cave exploration, survival, and crafting.
- #3 Tinkerlands
96% matchVery Positive86% of 4,122 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.5 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 26.5% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It matches Romestead's top-down survival crafting loop, inviting players to build settlements and survive in a cute, procedurally generated world.
- #4 Enshrouded
95% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 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 15.3%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Both games center on rebuilding a fallen civilization and fighting back against dark forces while establishing cooperative bases.
- #5 Len's Island
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,974 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 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 24.5% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Base Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Len's Island captures Romestead's blend of action-RPG dungeon crawling, open-world building, and relaxing farming mechanics.
- #6 Bellwright
94% matchVery Positive80% of 21,714 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.6 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: Survival 23%, Crafting 22.8%, Open World 16.1%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Building 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Romestead, this title challenges you to rebuild a ruined society from the ground up, blending survival, crafting, and community management.
- #7 The Survivalists
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,123 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 20.3% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares Romestead's colorful top-down perspective, emphasis on crafting, and cooperative survival gameplay in a wild environment.
- #8 Keplerth
92% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 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 15.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 13.2%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D top-down sandbox survival game matches Romestead's crafting depth and procedural world exploration.
- #9 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
91% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 24.5% ★, Crafting 12%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar cooperative base-building and survival experience where players must tame their surroundings and fight off threats.
- #10 Tribes of Midgard
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,278 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 19.7 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 34.4% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Online Co-Op 13%, Action RPG 12.2%, Survival 11%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors Romestead's cooperative survival and combat loop where players must defend their settlement from relentless hordes of enemies.
- #11 Sun Haven
90% matchVery Positive80% of 25,583 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 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: Crafting 37.9%, RPG 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.5%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: For those leaning into Romestead's relaxing farming and multiplayer aspects, Sun Haven provides a delightful, community-focused alternative.
- #12 Crashlands
89% matchVery Positive90% of 6,773 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 24.5% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers an eccentric open-world survival crafting adventure with an emphasis on exploration, base building, and combat.
- #13 Forager
89% matchVery Positive89% of 44,137 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 32.9% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 7.8%, Sandbox 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the addictive resource gathering, progression, and top-down idle-crafting elements found in settlement-building games like Romestead.
- #14 Welcome to ParadiZe
88% matchMixed68% of 1,403 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar post-apocalyptic, zombie-fighting survival setup that can be enjoyed cooperatively with friends.
- #15 Dawn of Defiance
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,856 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are a fallen Spartan, cast into the realm between the living and the Underworld. In this survival adventure inspired by Greek myth, hunt, craft and build a home worthy of legend with up to 3 friends. Raid the gods' temples, defeat legendary creatures and loot the iconic weapons of the Olympians.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on ancient-themed survival crafting and cooperative base-building against hostile mythological or historical threats.
- #16 Saleblazers
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,249 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A shopkeeping adventure for 1-8 players. Cook, fish, fight, and sell your way through a magical island!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Action RPG 9.7%, Survival 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival crafting with management mechanics, appealing to players who enjoy building and running settlements.
- #17 Everwind
85% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 14.3%, Survival 11.1%, Action RPG 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival crafting game designed for cooperative play and exploration in a newly formed world.
- #18 Tinkertown
86% matchMixed67% of 1,345 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 16.5%, RPG 14.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer sandbox game offers a similar cute aesthetic, top-down perspective, and heavy emphasis on crafting with friends.
- #19 Delverium
84% matchVery Positive85% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 9.2%, Sandbox 8.1%, Dungeon Crawler 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends farming simulation, sandbox survival, and multiplayer building reminiscent of Romestead's community focus.
- #20 Windrose
82% matchVery Positive87% of 53,040 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 33.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Base Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a cooperative open-world survival crafting experience emphasizing exploration and base development.
- #21 Scrapnaut
84% matchMixed70% of 839 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 20.2% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down base building and survival game where you manage resources and fend off attacks, closely echoing Romestead's core gameplay.
- #22 Grounded 2
82% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: While scaling differently, it captures the core cooperative survival and base-building joy found in titles like Romestead.
- #23 Dimraeth
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,557 reviews2026
Dev: Mudtek
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A 1-8 player fantasy RPG set in a handcrafted pixel world. Build your hero across 8 races and 6 classes. Explore ancient lands, master elemental combat, forge relationships, and shape a stronghold to call home. Fight for the fate of Dimraeth either together or alone.
Why similar: Crafting 22.2%, Action RPG 18.7%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Open World 14.2%, RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG open-world exploration game that appeals to players looking for similar combat-heavy progression.
- #24 Rotwood
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 8,160 reviews2026
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 38.7%, Online Co-Op 24.1%, RPG 17.4%, 2D 10.8%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the snappy hack-and-slash action combat and cooperative dungeon-clearing elements present in Romestead's gameplay loop.
- #25 Wonderia
80% matchVery Positive83% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Survival 9.3%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival adventure that encourages online co-op building and exploration in colorful procedural worlds.
- #26 Zelter
83% matchMixed47% of 1,975 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Building 12.4%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game where you rescue survivors and build up a fortified settlement to withstand the dead.
- #27 Gathera
79% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Catris Games
Windows
Gather, craft, build and explore alone or with up to 3 friends. Unlock new land, collect resources, build and decorate your home, farm, fish, automate production, upgrade your character, and defend against optional enemy raids.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cute pixel-art survival crafting loop centered on adventure and resource gathering.
- #28 Heroes of Hammerwatch II
79% matchVery Positive82% of 6,565 reviews2025
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 6.4 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 20.2%, Action RPG 19.5%, Procedural Generation 19.3%, RPG 11.4%, Top-Down 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the top-down action-RPG progression and dungeon crawling aspects of Romestead.
- #29 Farever
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,511 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.
Why similar: Action RPG 18.7%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Crafting 16.3%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers action-RPG online co-op mechanics for players seeking cooperative challenges and combat.
- #30 Grounded
77% matchVery Positive90% of 95,977 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 41.9 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 29.6% ★, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Online Co-Op 6.8%
- #31 Lodventure
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 166 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 27.9% ★, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival open-world game that emphasizes collaborative building and gathering.
- #32 DYSMANTLE
77% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Crafting 19.9%, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Open World 13%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #33 Luma Island
76% matchVery Positive84% of 12,744 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Building 16.4%, Open World 10.9%, RPG 9.8%
- #34 Valheim
73% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 9.9%
- #35 Pathless Woods
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,121 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 18.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 11.3%
- #36 Beyond the Map
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 22.3% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Action RPG 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #37 Nightingale
75% matchMixed66% of 18,084 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 25.9% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
- #38 Roots of Pacha
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,567 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 17.2%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 12.5%, RPG 9.2%
- #39 Longvinter
74% matchMixed67% of 7,713 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 45.1 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 26% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #40 The Riftbreaker
73% matchVery Positive90% of 24,991 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.9%, Action RPG 10.9%
- #41 Palworld
69% matchVery Positive95% of 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 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 Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.7%
- #42 Graveyard Keeper 2
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,173 reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim is back! Restore The Town, manage the graveyard, automate production, lead your undead army into battle and turn the zombie problem into a thriving business! Graveyard Keeper 2 is the grotesque sequel that's deeper than six feet, and more unhinged than ever!
Why similar: Crafting 29.7%, Building 24.1%, Sandbox 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, RPG 8.1%
- #43 DYSPLACED
71% matchVery Positive88% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Grenades are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, discover a fantasy realm invaded by modern world and destroy nearly everything. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 12.7%, Building 12.6%
- #44 Vagabond
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 100 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 25% ★, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 8.7%
- #45 Project Zomboid
72% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 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 31.7% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #46 Nested Lands
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 576 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 37.8% ★, Survival 16.2%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 12.3%
- #47 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
68% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.6%
- #48 Soulmask
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #49 Omega Crafter
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 28.9% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 8.3%, Building 8.2%
- #50 Notmads
69% matchVery Positive85% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Rhomita
Windows
Your home is a living beast. Explore a handcrafted open world in an action RPG where you fight with magic, gather resources, find loot, craft, and grow stronger. Customize and expand your home on its back, and take it with you as you explore solo or with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 15.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 12.4%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Action RPG 10.8%
- #51 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
67% matchVery Positive81% of 12,511 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.9%
- #52 Cannibal Crossing
70% matchMixed61% of 260 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 24.3% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #53 Cloudheim
67% matchVery Positive82% of 2,013 reviews2025
Dev: Noodle Cat Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Master chaotic physics-based combat inspired by Zelda and Devil May Cry. Explore islands and dungeons, smash monsters, loot and craft powerful gear, and grow your home in the sky. Play solo or online co-op with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Crafting 23.8%, Action RPG 19%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Building 13%
- #54 Witchspire
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,161 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Action RPG 10.6%
- #55 Terraria
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,558,339 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 152.6 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 31.9% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Survival 10.6%, Building 7.5%
- #56 Travellers Rest
68% matchVery Positive88% of 18,257 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Crafting 32.9%, Building 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, RPG 16.6%, Adventure 5.3%
- #57 Voyagers of Nera
66% matchVery Positive85% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Crafting 16.7%, Base Building 15.2%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Building 11.3%
- #58 Adventure Craft
70% matchVery Positive83% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a procedurally generated open-world PvE survival crafting action RPG. Explore, gather resources, hunt monsters, craft weapons and armour, build a home, train companions, and survive a dangerous world that changes from day to night.
Why similar: Crafting 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Survival 11.2%, Action RPG 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #59 Above Snakes: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,876 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 7.5%
