- #1 Marauders
97% matchMixed68% of 21,414 reviews2022
Dev: Small Impact Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.7% ★, Pirates 14.4% ★, Loot 10.5%, FPS 8.2%, PvP 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar dieselpunk aesthetic and intense extraction-based gameplay where players scavenge in hostile environments.
- #2 Last Oasis
96% matchMixed62% of 24,228 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 40.3%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 18.3%, PvP 11.7%, PvE 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on surviving in a vast desert world using massive, player-controlled walking machines.
- #3 Volcanoids
95% matchVery Positive83% of 9,298 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: FPS 17.6%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Survival 15.9%, Open World 15.6%, Shooter 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines steampunk themes with a mobile, drill-based base that players must upgrade and defend against environmental threats.
- #4 Dune: Awakening
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 77,257 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.8 hrsMean: 99.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, PvP 13.9%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the essence of desert survival and scavenging in a massive, open-world environment.
- #5 ARC Raiders
93% matchVery Positive83% of 406,580 reviews2025
Dev: Embark Studios
Windows
Median: 41.3 hrsMean: 96.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 54.3% ★, PvP 10.3%, PvE 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Survival 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative extraction shooter that emphasizes survival and tactical combat against overwhelming odds.
- #6 Crossout
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 69,326 reviews2017
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 36.4%, Loot 18.9%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, PvP 11.2%, PvE 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep vehicular combat and customization mechanics that mirror the modular building found in SAND.
- #7 Gray Zone Warfare
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 77,212 reviews2024
Dev: MADFINGER Games, a.s.
Windows
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 48.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10.2%, FPS 9.6%, Open World 7.9%, Online Co-Op 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly tactical, realistic extraction shooter experience for players who enjoy the high-stakes nature of SAND.
- #8 Deadside
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,400 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Survival 17.1%, FPS 16.2%, Massively Multiplayer 15.4%, PvP 15.2%, Open World 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that balances open-world exploration with intense PvP extraction elements.
- #9 Voidtrain
90% 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: Online Co-Op 25.9%, Survival 25.6%, Open World 22.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique mobile base-building mechanic set in a surreal, industrial-themed world.
- #10 Windrose
88% matchVery Positive87% of 49,500 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 32.4 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: Pirates 36.2% ★, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Massively Multiplayer 11.3%, Survival 10.5%, PvE 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the pirate-themed survival and exploration elements found in the desert-pirate setting of SAND.
- #11 TerraTech Worlds
89% matchMixed63% of 2,256 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 33.1%, Open World 27.2%, Survival 26.4%, Exploration 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on modular vehicle and base construction in a procedurally generated open world.
- #12 Dark and Darker
89% matchMixed65% of 83,786 reviews2024
Dev: IRONMACE
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 37.3% ★, Loot 16.1%, Battle Royale 15.7% ★, PvP 7.9%, Online Co-Op 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A pioneer of the modern extraction genre that focuses on high-tension looting and survival.
- #13 Forever Skies
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,551 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World 31%, Survival 30.7%, Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 14%, Action 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes scavenging and maintaining a customizable airship base while surviving in a ruined world.
- #14 Lost Rift
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,626 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 37.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Online Co-Op 8%, FPS 7.8%, PvP 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused extraction game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in dangerous environments.
- #15 Hunt: Showdown 1896
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 275,045 reviews2019
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 180.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39% ★, Battle Royale 18% ★, FPS 9.8%, PvP 9.2%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a tense, atmospheric extraction experience with a period-appropriate aesthetic that matches the grit of SAND.
- #16 Vigor
84% matchMixed46% of 7,873 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.6% ★, Loot 15.8%, FPS 15.1%, PvP 13.2%, Shooter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of scavenging, surviving, and extracting from dangerous territories.
- #17 Blazing Sails
83% matchVery Positive86% of 10,634 reviews2023
Dev: Get Up GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight for survival in Blazing Sails, a fast-paced pirate PvP game! Create your own unique pirate and ship. Band together with other players to command your mighty vessel! Explore different game-modes, maps, weapons, ship types and more while eliminating other crews in epic battles on land and sea!
Why similar: Pirates 25.3% ★, Battle Royale 22.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.3%, FPS 9.1%, PvP 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on naval combat and team-based survival in a pirate-themed battle royale format.
- #18 ATLAS
84% matchMixed47% of 42,895 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 111.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Pirates 34.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18.5%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 12.2%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features large-scale pirate-themed exploration and survival mechanics in a massive multiplayer setting.
- #19 Reaper Actual
82% matchMostly Negative24% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Distinct Possibility Studios, Inc.
Windows
Reaper Actual is an Open-World Persistent Shooter where hundreds of players engage in FPS combat against each other and 5 NPC Factions on the massive war-torn island of Marova. Level your Reapers, maintain a home Base, and complete missions to earn gear and reshape the world.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38.4% ★, Vehicular Combat 14.5%, Massively Multiplayer 13.2%, FPS 8.9%, PvP 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated extraction shooter that focuses on tactical combat and loot management.
- #20 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 134,290 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 29.6 hrsMean: 56.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
Why similar: Open World 26.1%, FPS 23.8%, Survival 20.1%, Shooter 12.4%, Exploration 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an unparalleled atmospheric survival experience in a hostile, irradiated open world.
- #21 VEIN
79% matchVery Positive89% of 11,054 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World 36.6%, Survival 36.6%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 9%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base-building and scavenging in a hostile, open-world environment.
- #22 XERA: Survival
81% matchMixed66% of 7,928 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.9%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 14.7%, FPS 12.8%, PvP 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with extraction-based PvP mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #23 Marathon
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 61,959 reviews2026
Dev: Bungie
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 63.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV, scavenging valuable loot in a high-stakes survival first person shooter from the creators of Halo and Destiny.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 55.5% ★, PvP 10%, FPS 9.4%, Shooter 6.6%, PvE 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly anticipated extraction shooter that focuses on tactical movement and sci-fi combat.
- #24 PIRATECRAFT
82% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Game for games
Windows
PIRATECRAFT is a game battle-royale (survival, action, first person shooter) for single or multiplayer game
Why similar: Pirates 26.9% ★, Battle Royale 22.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10.6%, PvP 9.3%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that allows for extensive ship building and naval combat.
- #25 Trailmakers
79% matchVery Positive92% of 37,343 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 35.1%, Online Co-Op 24.6%, Open World 14%, Survival 13.3%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers robust vehicle building and physics-based exploration that appeals to fans of modular design.
- #26 Wildgate
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,594 reviews2025
Dev: Moonshot GamesPub: Dreamhaven
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wildgate is a PvPvE multiplayer shooter that blends tactical ship-to-ship combat with fast-paced first-person action. Evade deadly environmental hazards, search for powerful weapons and ship upgrades, and be the first crew to escape with the Artifact... or the last crew left flying.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38% ★, Battle Royale 17.5% ★, FPS 9%, PvP 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #27 Rust
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,378,603 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 424.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 33%, Open World 20.7%, PvP 14.8%, FPS 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential open-world survival game that defines the high-stakes PvP and base-building genre.
- #28 Drive Beyond Horizons
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 19,483 reviews2025
Dev: Drive Beyond HorizonsPub: Tacty Studio
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Driving 24.8%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 13%, FPS 10.3%
- #29 Far Far West
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,400 reviews2026
Dev: Evil RaptorPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete missions, and collect bounties. Work as a team to get in, get paid and get out (mostly) alive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 41.2% ★, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Loot 11.6%, FPS 10.4%, PvE 8.3%
- #30 StarRupture
75% matchVery Positive81% of 12,866 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World 23.6%, Survival 23.5%, Online Co-Op 20.6%, Shooter 16.6%, Exploration 11.2%
- #31 Everwind
75% 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: Online Co-Op 23.7%, Open World 21%, Survival 19.8%, PvP 15.7%, PvE 12.7%
- #32 TerraTech
76% matchVery Positive91% of 24,767 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 26.4%, Open World 25.4%, Survival 15.7%, Online Co-Op 11%, PvP 9.7%
- #33 Granvir
72% matchVery Positive91% of 780 reviews2025
Dev: Airborne GamesPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Granvir is a 3rd person action roguelite mech-builder with co-op multiplayer. Scavenge the battlefield for parts to replace and upgrade your Granvir and weaponry. PIlot your Granvir and manage your campaign between battles to find the best equipment and stay supplied while fighting a guerilla war.
Why similar: Mechs 46.3% ★, Loot 25.1%, Online Co-Op 19.6%, Shooter 9%
- #34 BEACHED
74% matchMixed65% of 3,691 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.7%, Open World 18%, Survival 17.4%, Shooter 14.7%, Exploration 7.9%
- #35 Expedition Agartha
73% matchMixed63% of 1,765 reviews2023
Dev: Matrioshka GamesPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Expedition Agartha is a high-stakes first person slasher. Loot ancient treasures, conquer mythological enemies, and extract to safety - alone or up to groups of three. Gear up and launch your expedition in the first and only medieval extraction looter available on Steam!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 47.9% ★, Loot 17.8%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, PvP 9.4%, Survival 8%
- #36 Arena Breakout: Infinite
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 64,603 reviews2025
Dev: Morefun Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every decision matters. Fight, loot, and extract—or lose it all. With stunningly realistic visuals, lifelike sound, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 62.8% ★, FPS 14.4%, Shooter 8.6%, Survival 7.3%, First-Person 5.2%
- #37 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
73% matchMixed47% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!
Why similar: FPS 18.2%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 15.2%, PvE 11.9%
- #38 Renown
70% matchMixed59% of 1,570 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 24.3%, Open World 16.4%, Survival 16.4%, PvP 16.1%, Online Co-Op 15.3%
- #39 Nuclear Epoch
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2026
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Nuclear Epoch: Open-world survival mixing base building & extraction shooting. Explore with friends, raid dangerous instances for loot, but death means losing everything. Craft weapons with fully customizable stats in this post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 60.6% ★, Open World 12.2%, Survival 10%, FPS 6.7%, Shooter 6.4%
- #40 Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
72% matchMixed56% of 571 reviews2020
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Treasure Royale is a Battle Royale style game in which dozens of pirate crews face each other on the open sea, jungle islands and dark caves. Navigate your ship, bombard enemies, find gear but above all - hunt treasures!
Why similar: Battle Royale 33% ★, Pirates 19% ★, Loot 10.3%, FPS 7.6%, Open World 6.5%
- #41 The Forever Winter
69% matchMixed69% of 23,927 reviews2024
Dev: Fun Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 60.4% ★, Mechs 19.7% ★, PvE 11.3%, Shooter 6.9%, Action 1.7%
- #42 Raiders of Treasure Island
71% matchMixed50% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: SuperMonster Studio
Windows
This is a multiplayer action-competitive game where you use mystical powers to become the ruler of the world! Warriors, gunmen, wizards... Dig up treasures buried deep underground. If you can make it out alive, they will all be yours. Gather your friends and join together in a hunting team.
Why similar: Battle Royale 38.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 36.3%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Action 5.7%, PvP 5.5%
- #43 No Love Lost
71% matchMixed50% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Ratloop Games Canada
Windows
Grab your ragtag crew & take up the Nectar Raiding trade on a dangerous planet that’s become all the rage! In this PvPvE extraction game for 1-10 players, compete against enemy crews to harvest as much Nectar as possible before night falls. But watch out, you're not the only one roaming this planet!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.2% ★, Loot 14.8%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 8%
- #44 Lost Skies
69% matchMixed61% of 2,941 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 40.3%, Online Co-Op 19.9%, Open World 11.3%, Shooter 10.1%, PvE 7.4%
- #45 The Midnight Walkers
68% matchMixed54% of 1,661 reviews2026
Dev: Oneway Ticket Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.5% ★, Loot 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, PvP 9.1%, FPS 9%
- #46 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,306 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 38.1% ★, Open World 15.2%, Survival 13.5%, Loot 11.1%, PvE 9.2%
- #47 Badiya: Desert Survival
71% matchMixed49% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: Semaphore
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
Why similar: Loot 30.2%, Open World 19.2%, Survival 18.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Exploration 9.4%
- #48 Scrap Mechanic
68% matchVery Positive92% of 117,933 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Open World 35%, Survival 33.8%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, First-Person 12%, Action 4.8%
- #49 Plains of Pain
68% matchVery Positive83% of 869 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 20%, Open World 17.6%, PvP 17.3%, Survival 17.2%, PvE 14.5%
- #50 Sunkenland
66% matchVery Positive81% of 23,452 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Survival 28.7%, Open World 18.8%, FPS 16.6%, PvE 12.9%, Shooter 10.9%
- #51 Strayed
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Crustacean Interactive
Windows
Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.
Why similar: Loot 34%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, PvP 13.5%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 13.2%
- #52 Mortal Online 2
67% matchMixed60% of 13,710 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 145.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 25%, PvP 20.8%, Open World 20.3%, Survival 14.4%, First-Person 10.2%
