- #1 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
97% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Open World 8.9%
- #2 Ink and Paper: Wandering
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: The Mumbling Mammoth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight enemies with four different styles in turn-based tactical combat. Grant mercy to your enemies and maybe they'll spare you. Flee when you can't win, and return with friends. Avoid spiritual foes, who can't be defeated in battle. Step in the world of the well known, but still different fantasy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Survival 13%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 10.6%, Difficult 8.9%
- #3 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 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 27.1% ★, Survival 19%, Open World 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #4 The Long Dark
95% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Survival 19.6%, Open World 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #5 Polygon Survival
94% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 8.4%
- #6 The Fifth Day
94% matchMostly Negative37% of 940 reviews2014
Dev: Touz
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #7 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 12.1%, RPG 9.6%
- #8 LifeZ - Survival
92% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Survival 15.5%, Sandbox 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Zombies 7.2%
- #9 Northern Lights
91% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 11%
- #10 Novus Inceptio
90% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #11 Miscreated
89% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 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 42.1% ★, Survival 17.4%, Open World 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Zombies 5.6%
- #12 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
89% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 44.3% ★, Survival 18%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 4.7%
- #13 Herd is Coming
88% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 11%
- #14 Planet Explorers
87% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 7.1%
- #15 Force of Nature
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Survival 15.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%
- #16 Dandelion Void
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manzanita Interactive
Windows
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.6%
- #17 New Spring: Survival
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
New Spring is a open world zombie survival RPG where you spend the daytime exploring and scavenging for tools and weapons, and defend your base when night falls. How long can you stave off the hordes?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Survival 12.3%
- #18 Stoneshard
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 33,430 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Turn-Based 16.4%, RPG 12.8%, Survival 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #19 Drifter at World's End
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drifter Studio
Windows
A dice-driven doomsday survival sandbox game. Drive your RV across the wasteland, build your mobile fortress, and shape your survival story with every choice and dice roll.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 9.2%
- #20 Blockscape
84% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 6.5%
- #21 Survisland / 实境求生
82% matchMixed63% of 1,544 reviews2024
Dev: Super Trampers StudioPub: Easy Joy Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Survisland is a super hardcore sandbox survival game that pays great attention to restoring the real survival experience. The character has rich and realistic actions and reactions to , and the process logic of making props is no different from reality.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 10%, Difficult 9.4%
- #22 Alchemist's Awakening
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Sandbox 17%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 10.8%
- #23 Realms of Magic
81% matchVery Positive81% of 986 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.3% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, RPG 12.2%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 7.1%
- #24 Desolated District
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 10.5%, Difficult 10%
- #25 Cataclysm Upon Us
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #26 Don't Starve
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Survival 26%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 6.8%
- #27 ATOM RPG Trudograd
79% matchVery Positive84% of 4,354 reviews2021
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Turn-Based 14%, Survival 13%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 12.3%
- #28 Crushed
78% matchMixed55% of 307 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 34.2% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
- #29 Cubits
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango Nebula Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 10.3%, Difficult 9.4%
- #30 Survivalist
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,560 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Survival 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #31 Dig or Die
77% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 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 39.6% ★, Survival 17.2%, Sandbox 17.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #32 As One We Survive
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Revelation Games LLC
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Form a community, scavenge resources, build facilities, and defend yourself against a lawless world while joining a father's desperate journey to save his sick daughter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #33 Crea
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Sandbox 19.1%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 9.5%, RPG 7.3%
- #34 Nighthold
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.7%, Difficult 7.5%
- #35 Wurm Unlimited
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 9%
- #36 NEO Scavenger
75% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Survival 20.7%, Turn-Based 17.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, Crafting 7%
- #37 CrossWorlds: Escape
74% matchMixed64% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 11.9%, Difficult 10.7%
- #38 Primal Man Simulator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #39 Signs of Life
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 6.9%
- #40 The Wild Eight
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 7,155 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 20.5%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 7.5%, Crafting 6.6%
- #41 Block Story™
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,973 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Sandbox 17%, Open World 11.6%, RPG 10.2%, Survival 9.4%
- #42 Andarilho
70% matchMixed66% of 1,295 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Open World 11.9%
- #43 Megacraft Hentai Survival
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: Boom Team
Windows
Megacraft Hentai Survival is an open-world shooter where you decide where to go and what to do, your fate is in your hands. How long can you survive in a cubic post-Apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, RPG 8.2%
- #44 Fragmented
71% 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 47.7% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 6.4%
- #45 Mist Survival
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Survival 22%, Open World 14.8%, Sandbox 8.1%, Zombies 7.9%
- #46 The Overlap
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Back Pocket Games
Windows
The Overlap is a survival-cosmic-horror 2D sandbox. Explore procedurally generated wastelands, scavenge resources, craft, build, customize and upgrade your survivor, face eldritch horrors, survive the post-cataclysmic world alongside friends online and find out the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 10.2%
- #47 Ozone Wipeout
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CitrioN
Windows
Ozone Wipeout is a post apocalyptic zombie survival game in a procedurally generated open world. Staying alive is your only goal which is much easier said than done. Harsh weather conditions, zombies and resource scarcity are only a few of many things you will have to deal with.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 11.9%
- #48 Craftopia
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Open World 19.5%, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #49 Nighthold: Number 1
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Survival 15.5%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%
- #50 Xsyon - Prelude
69% 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 30.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 11.7%
- #51 SURVIVAL 2099
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomsday GamesPub: Open World Entertainment
Windows
Survival 2099 is an open world survival crafting game. Human beings have been discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea for a long time, and Marine creatures are slowly mutated by radiation. In 2099, the apocalypse comes, and the terrible creatures after mutation begin to attack human.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%
- #52 The Nature
68% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Unphysical Machinery
Windows · Linux
(NOT A MOBILE GAME PORT or NOT AN RPG MAKER GAME!!!) You are a creature just like others. You have the same needs, the same abilities. There is just one difference; you can talk with the Spirit of The Nature. Gather items, craft weapons, achieve your dreams, start a family, form a party and complete the quests without dying.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, RPG 12.8%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8%
- #53 Life is Feudal: Your Own
67% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 9.2%
- #54 Category 6
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #55 The Stormy Islands
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Sandbox 20%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 16.9%, Difficult 12.7%, Open World Survival Craft 11.5% ★
- #56 FRIGID
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 8.3%