- #1 Ahoy!
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silver Compass Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ahoy! is an open world survival adventure where you must craft, build, and fight to survive on a tough, bullet hell boss and magic filled, island. Explore treacherous lands, uncover secrets, and face supernatural threats in your quest for survival stranded on a mystical island!
Why similar: Pirates 16.6% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Historical 11%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 6.4%
- #2 No Quarter
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BallsaurDev
Windows
Sail as a pirate across a Caribbean ocean. Trim to the wind, rake enemy hulls with broadsides, and haul plunder home in a hold you have to pack yourself. Take your vessel from a floating shipwreck to an unsinkable fortress, and make a name for yourself amongst the factions that sail these waters.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.7%, Pirates 15.8% ★, Action 15.4%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Adventure 13.3%
- #3 Pirates Job
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monuments GamesPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Forget all you know about the swashbuckling adventures on the open seas. Modern piracy is grim, bloody, and only the toughest and most ruthless gunners can survive in this vicious “business”. Witness all that and more in Pirates Job.
Why similar: Naval 21.6% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #4 Above The Horizon
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BigUpdate Games
Windows
Above The Horizon is terraformation survival crafting game where you crash landed above the planet "Lunaris". The rest of your colonization team landed safely on the planet... so it's up to you to get back to the planet and terraform it along the way!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Adventure 17.7%, Action 14.7%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 7.9%
- #5 Alterworld
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 27%, Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Stylized 8.3%
- #6 Ashes Of Idunn: Tales Of Fimbulwinter
94% matchMixed47% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Mad Viking Games
Windows
Ashes Of Idunn: Tales Of Fimbulwinter is a small sneak peek into the future of the Ashes Of Idunn Metaverse. In this experience, you will follow the Berserker into battle in search of his people. After the fight with the Troll, the Berserker seeks the Voelver to get answers.
Why similar: Action 20.7%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, Adventure 17.9%, Historical 15.5%, Exploration 11.8%
- #7 Gates of Eden
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Li Create
Windows
Imagine "Doom" but in Heaven. Demons, evil creatures, and rebellious warriors have taken over the Kingdom, and it's your job to restore order to paradise. Fight to protect the Garden of Eden and defeat the Prince of Darkness.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, Action 17.4%, Action-Adventure 16%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #8 Last Float
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, Action 13.4%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Crafting 8.7%
- #9 Snaccoon
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Christian Sparks
Windows
Be nimble. Be clever. Be finding snacks. Snaccoon is a stealth/exploration game starring a raccoon.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%
- #10 Die Daddy Die
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Cauldron
Windows
Die Daddy Die is a 3d adventure and platform game in which you control a slime thrown by a Cosmic God, capable of deforming his body at will, solving traps and situations that arise in order to continue advancing.
Why similar: Action 27.8%, Adventure 24.1%, Action-Adventure 23.5%, Exploration 14.5%, 3D 8.5%
- #11 Sea of Craft
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 455 reviews2023
Dev: Wizard Games
Windows
Hello! Captain! “Sea Of Craft” is a sandbox ocean-building game with realistic physics simulation. In “Sea of Craft”, you can build your exclusive ship with hundreds of materials, and explore intriguing stages on planet Beella as well as adventures of wonders in the great ocean!
Why similar: Pirates 23.1% ★, Naval 18% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Exploration 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #12 Wild Frontier
89% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: AMMCPub: AMMC Games
Windows
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Action 10%, Adventure 9.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #13 Lumen: World of Color
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Metal Pipe GamesPub: Jamk Games
Windows
Lumen: World of Color is an action adventure game made as a student project.
Why similar: Action 19.5%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Stylized 10.8%, Third Person 9.7%
- #14 Volcanewt
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Lizard Lair Games
Windows
Volcanewt is an action city destruction game where the goal is annihilation. Destroy the city, defeat the WWDF and their creations, and save? the Hawiwi Archipelago.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.1%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Action 13.1%, Third Person 9.1%
- #15 Uktena
89% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Connor FahrenwaldPub: Fahrenwald Games
Windows
Hunt and topple Gargantuans to keep the enemy at bay in this atmospheric Titan-Rush Game!
Why similar: Action 23.7%, Action-Adventure 20.2%, Adventure 19.7%, Stylized 12%, Third Person 10.5%
- #16 Despair
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
Despair is a third-person stealth game where you incarnate Emre Tuccar, a merchant from Constantinople and set off in search of his family in a city devastated by an ancient curse.
Why similar: Action 19.8%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Historical 9.1%
- #17 FOAMGRAVE
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TriadPixel
Windows
Survive a relentless ocean with no land in sight. Build your ship, risk everything in full-loot PvP, and carve your path in a player-driven world.
Why similar: Naval 22% ★, Sandbox 21.2%, Pirates 16.7% ★, Action 14.3%, Exploration 8.5%
- #18 Factory pirates
86% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: WhackAKey GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Factory pirate lets you play with your friends co-op on an adventure to serve customers at your pirate ship restaurant. You will need to solve complex puzzles to get the items they are needing.
Why similar: Pirates 29% ★, Sandbox 20.6%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Action 8.3%, Survival 6.6%
- #19 Desperate Island
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endurance Games
Windows
In the game Desperate Island, the player takes on the role of a survivor on a deserted island and must use the island's resources to survive and overcome the challenges posed by nature. The player must search for food and water and create shelters.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 18.4%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 9.4%
- #20 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
81% matchVery Positive85% of 2,349 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.
Why similar: Pirates 21.3% ★, Naval 20.1% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7%
- #21 Leonardo's Island - Origins
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Danilec
Windows
You wake up on a deserted island. To complete missions, you must build. Gather wood, rope, and stone to construct your home and later your boat. A relaxing building experience on your island.
Why similar: Pirates 28.4% ★, Sandbox 25%, Exploration 13%, Base Building 10.5%, Adventure 9.7%
- #22 The White Dreams : Road To Gate 1
83% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Nader Khadouma
Windows
Armed with just three weapons, you must fight zombies . The stakes are high, as the victor claims the grand prize of $1000 ! Are you up for the challenge? Do you have what it takes to be the last survivor in the Zombie Skies and claim your reward?"
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25%, Adventure 24.6%, Exploration 15.7%, Colorful 10.6%, 3D 9%
- #23 Sin Retorno
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: GamesBroLo
Windows
Third-person role-playing game, where you are a knight with different skills that get better as you get equipment, liberate a medieval kingdom with the different skills in the sword.
Why similar: Adventure 22.1%, Action 21.3%, Action-Adventure 21%, Exploration 13.2%, Third Person 9.5%
- #24 Steel Soul
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: HoanC
Windows
An action RPG game. Take part in battles and defeat enemies, learn new skills and collect weapons to reach the end.
Why similar: Action 23.6%, Action-Adventure 20.8%, Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Third Person 9.9%
- #25 Oogie’s Chicken Quest
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Navigator Media LLC
Windows
A short, quirky 3D action adventure where Oogie sets out to find his legendary chicken, Cluck Cluck, who lays diamond eggs. Explore small open worlds , solve puzzles, battle odd enemies, and uncover hidden secrets in vibrant levels!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.9%, Exploration 16.3%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Stylized 7.5%
- #26 First Men´s Life
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paul UrbanPub: Laid-Back Games
Windows
Create your own world! Build, fight, farm and explore the open world map in a relaxed way!
Why similar: Adventure 23.2%, Action-Adventure 23.2%, Exploration 14.5%, Third Person 14%, Survival 10.7%
- #27 Horn Of Africa
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Other Choice
Windows
Horn of Africa is an open-world survival and piracy game set on the coast of East Africa. Start with a small fishing boat, collect containers at sea, raid ships, trade contraband, and build your own pirate operation.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Action 17.6%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #28 No Debt Left
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Freaks
Windows
Step in the shoes of a debt collector in an immersive, interactive world where your primary weapons are psychological leverage and high-stakes negotiation to extract payments from everyone — from desperate street vendors to corrupt corporate titans.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Action-Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 15.7%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 10.1%
- #29 Seafarer
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Games Foundation GmbH
Windows
SEAFARER is a game set in the age of sailships where you play as a young captain commanding a merchant ship in search of fame and fortune. This game features a unique sailing mechanic that goes beyond that of other games in the genre.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Naval 16% ★, Historical 15.3%, Pirates 10.8% ★, Exploration 9.9%
- #30 Astral Dusk
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Graffiti Studios
Windows
Astral Dusk is a first-person, crafting horror survival game following a lone astronaut marooned on the edge of a deep, dark moon crater. Scavenge various resources, debris, and alien plant life to craft tools to venture further into the void, to fix your damaged rocket, and blast off into space.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.8%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Action 12%, Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%
- #31 Noah in a Dream
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oreolabs private limited
Windows
A single-player 3rd-person action-adventure game. Play as a boy who finds himself in a dream trying to reach school on time through a fantasy forest.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.2%, Action 15%, Adventure 13.8%, Stylized 11.9%, Third Person 11.5%
- #32 Odd Stories: Backyard Mountain
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IonForce Studio
Windows
Dig into a mysterious mountain in your backyard. Mine valuable resources, sell your discoveries, upgrade your digging equipment, and venture deeper to uncover what lies beneath.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Action 16.9%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 8.2%
- #33 RecQuiem
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RecquiemPub: RecquiemStudios
Windows
An online multiplayer social game where you hang out with friends, play games, explore player-created rooms, and make your own fun!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Exploration 9.4%
- #34 Smalland 2: Lost Realms
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Ent Games Limited
Windows
The Smallfolk are back with a massively expanded universe in this open-world survival adventure set on a tiny scale! Enjoy up to 10 player co-op where you craft weapons and armor, form companionships with creatures, build encampments, and discover strange new lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 15.3%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #35 Illegal Excavation
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myeksi Studio
Windows
What would it be like if a mysterious force called you while you were going to end your life? Welcome to Yusuf's exciting journey.Finding the mysteries and signs of true history, assemble the pieces and solve the mystery. Only you can solve this mystery by bypassing traps and being caught by enemies
Why similar: Action 25.2%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Third Person 10%
- #36 PirateGate
73% match2 user reviews67% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: FabLab Games
Windows · Linux
Third Person action game
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.8%, Pirates 15.3% ★, Action 14.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 12.9%
- #37 The Tartarus Loop
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Team EendPub: Warlock Games
Windows
Play as a copy of Theseus. Run around in a maze, having to defeat the very Minotaur in Tartarus after it perished by the hands of the original Theseus. Over and over again. The soul of the Minotaur can't rest. All it can do is chase the player and try to outsmart you.
Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Action 23.7%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Third Person 11.3%, Survival 8.7%
- #38 Terry
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erencan PelinPub: ErenCode
Windows · Linux
Help Terry and his dog survive on their adventure across a charming world of floating islands. Gather, Craft, Build and Battle in a classic RPG adventure to piece together the mystery of how their world fell apart.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Third Person 9.8%, Exploration 8.2%, Survival 8.2%
- #39 CaptMeow
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Christopher V. CostelloPub: ChristophercGaming LLC
Windows
Capt. Meow is an Action RPG game
Why similar: Sandbox 24.1%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Stylized 8.5%
- #40 Cypress Legacy
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cypress Inheritance, LLC
Windows · Mac
As Lorna you have now learned of Alfred Cypress, your grandfather. You have also encountered the technology he has invented and now you have gained access to a few of the virtual training areas he has created. This particular one is located in a mansion to help learn more about how him.
Why similar: Adventure 22.5%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Action 21.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Third Person 11%
- #41 On Island
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SystemGames P.S.A.
Windows
On Island is a game where you must survive on a mysterious archipelago and recover your memories. Enter a world where every day brings new challenges. Complete quests, experience an amazing adventure, and find your way to escape!
Why similar: Sandbox 25%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Third Person 10.4%, Colorful 8.4%
- #42 百鬼幻想記 ~100 Demon Fantasia~
73% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: hypnosisSoftPub: PGN Games
Windows
巫女の姉妹カグヤとセツナの暮らしは封印を解かれた鬼一族の出現で一変する。彼らの復活により人類はピンチを迎える。彼らを封印できるのは、封印の力を持つ姉妹だけ。果たしてふたりは人類を救うことができるのか!?
Why similar: Action 22.7%, Action-Adventure 20.9%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Survival 7.6%
- #43 Last of Humanity
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Action 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 10%, Third Person 9.4%
- #44 Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy
70% matchVery Positive81% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Skyward DigitalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Witness the rise of piracy in this prologue to Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Command and customise a powerful warship on PC or in VR and take part in tense naval and land battles that will put your swashbuckling skills to the test.
Why similar: Naval 27.6% ★, Pirates 23% ★, Historical 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Action 6.3%
- #45 Rum Skulls
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: thrilldawill
Windows
Embark on an epic open-world survival pirate adventure in Rum Skulls. Sail the high seas, form a pirate crew, conquer islands, and face deadly sea monsters. Become the most feared pirate captain in the Caribbean!
Why similar: Pirates 20.4% ★, Action 17.7%, Adventure 15.3%, Historical 14.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #46 Ergenekon
68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Cihan Ürtekin
Windows
Ergenekon is a story-based, cinematic-heavy, linear, third person single player game about the Turkish epic Ergenekon. You will witness the resurrection of the Turks with Ergenekon.
Why similar: Action 18.9%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Historical 12.1%, Exploration 11%
- #47 GERINGI
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deniz Works
Windows
GERINGI is a stylized open world survival horror/adventure game about a road trip during the apocalypse. Explore Ashford Island, fight against mysterious beings and uncover a horrifying cosmic mystery.
Why similar: Action 20.3%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 8%
- #48 Chickzilla
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: SurinPub: Devotion Interactıve
Windows
Destroy, evolve, and grow until no skyscraper can stand in your way. How much of the city can you erase before the clock runs out?
Why similar: Sandbox 28%, Action 19.4%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 11%, Third Person 8.1%
- #49 Wrong Landing: Reborn
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BigUpdate Games
Windows
Wrong Landing: Reborn is a new, improved open-world survival game. Explore a mysterious island full of surprises alone or with friends! Discover its rich story, fight hunger, extreme cold, and try to stay alive.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.3%, Action 18%, Adventure 15.7%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 6.8%
- #50 The Explorer
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOSMUNGALS
Windows
Play as Ellie, an outer space adventurer stranded on the hostile alien world of Aethergald. Fight deadly creatures, uncover lost alien tech, and explore treacherous biomes to escape—if you can.
Why similar: Action 21.3%, Adventure 19.1%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Colorful 13.1%, 3D 11.6%
- #51 Eternal Seas
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Versnel Studio
Windows · Linux
Eternal seas is an open world pirate RPG inspired by classic pirate games, set in a fictional island region. Command mighty vessels and lead your crew across the high seas and through lush jungles. Will you find fortune or will your soul be damned to sail the seas eternally?
Why similar: Naval 24.3% ★, Pirates 23.9% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Third Person 7.5%
- #52 Fenrir's fury
71% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Nick Serebryanik
Windows
Unleash Fenrir's vengeance. Explore, fight enemies, and make crucial decisions. Trust no one. Seek revenge.
Why similar: Sandbox 23%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #53 Homeland: Lay to Rest
70% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Nuclear LunchPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Homeland: Lay to Rest is a third person action-adventure game about a monk in training who fights corrupted guardians with a thrown homing weapon to redeem their overrun childhood home.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.5%, Action 21.3%, Third Person 17.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Stylized 13%
- #54 Terror of the Seven Seas
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Cutthroat Games
Windows
Become a Mighty Captain in a Age of sail naval combat game, set in all of the Seven Seas! Sail the entire world: conquering, boarding, plundering, exploring and trading along the way! Gather your crew, ready your ship, hoist your sails and enter a world of swashbuckling and piracy!
Why similar: Pirates 21.9% ★, Naval 20.9% ★, Historical 10.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Action 7.3%
- #55 Steamwrecked
66% matchMixed64% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: sTeam
Windows
Ascend the skies and escape the hot desert caused by humanity's over usage of fossil fuels. Find blueprints, scavenge and craft items to build your airship to soar the skies up to society once more. Can you survive this tragedy or fall prey to the harsh nature of this decaying world?
Why similar: Sandbox 36.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Survival 13.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Stylized 9.3%
- #56 Toon & Tune
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PXLGames
Windows
A Survival-Crafting Game combining all of your favourite mechanics from different games and genres. Fill your Item Collections, Max out your Weapons and Skills, Complete all Quests, Defeat Bosses, Increase your Stats, or just Build your Island.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.7%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Stylized 7.7%
- #57 Echo Signal
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlashkaPlain
Windows
An immersive survival crafting adventure game set on an alien planet. Explore the surroundings and build an understanding of the world around you. Create tools, devices, and structures to overcome the limitations of the harsh environment and unravel the mysteries of the unknown signals.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Stylized 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #58 Lost quest
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: DLC Games
Windows
Bring your best weapon, this is a massive, ancient structure designed for one purpose: trapping the unwary. This isn't just a maze; it's a living entity, and you are its prey in this action/adventure game !
Why similar: Action 32.4%, Adventure 27.6%, Action-Adventure 27.4%, 3D 10.6%, Indie 2.1%