- #1 Scrap Mechanic
97% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 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: Crafting 19.2%, Building 16.2%, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Physics 10.1%
- #2 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,197 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 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 31.7% ★, Naval 17.7% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #3 ATLAS
96% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 112.2 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 38.8% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Open World 13.7%, Online Co-Op 7.2%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #4 Forgotten Seas
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 572 reviews2025
Dev: Pangea Game StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are lost in the Bermuda Void, where the ocean is endless and dry land precious. Craft your Ship-in-a-Bottle, then experience survival on the high seas. Sail for new land, build camps, hunt for treasures, trade for goods - then defend your ship from dreaded pirates stalking this strange realm!
Why similar: Pirates 33.2% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Building 10%, Base Building 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #5 PIRATECRAFT
94% 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 34.6% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 9.1%, PvP 8.5%
- #6 The Planet Crafter
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 14.9%, Building 14.5%, Online Co-Op 12.5%
- #7 Salt
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,246 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Pirates 31.2% ★, Crafting 16.6%, Open World 16.3%, Naval 11% ★, Sandbox 9.2%
- #8 Volcanoids
93% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Crafting 19.4%, Open World 14.7%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%
- #9 Mystical Maritime Adventure
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Ze_Yu
Windows
Here, you can freely sail your ship, explore the endless ocean, and find hidden islands and treasures!
Why similar: Pirates 43.6% ★, Naval 29.4% ★, Open World 7.9%, Sandbox 4.6%, 3D 4.4%
- #10 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
90% matchMixed63% of 996 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Crafting 16.5%, Open World 15.7%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Exploration 7.1%
- #11 Windward
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,625 reviews2015
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.
Why similar: Pirates 47.7% ★, Naval 26% ★, Sandbox 9%, Open World 6.6%, Multiplayer 4.8%
- #12 Ylands
89% matchMixed64% of 8,354 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Crafting 22%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 9.9%
- #13 Age of Water
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,467 reviews2025
Dev: Three Whales StudioPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
Why similar: Pirates 28.4% ★, Naval 26.4% ★, Crafting 14%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 4.5%
- #14 Make Sail
88% matchMixed55% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Popcannibal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.
Why similar: Naval 24.5% ★, Building 18.7%, Physics 16.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 9.5%
- #15 OceanCraft
86% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: FlodLabPub: FlodLab UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
Windows
OceanCraft is a game about surviving alone - or with your friends on a self build vehicle in the ocean.
Why similar: Crafting 39.8%, Online Co-Op 23.4%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #16 Autocraft
86% matchMixed56% of 297 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, Building 21.7%, Crafting 17.2%, Physics 15.7%, Simulation 8.7%
- #17 Ship Graveyard Simulator
85% matchMixed65% of 2,179 reviews2021
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Naval 28.1% ★, Destruction 19.6%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 11%, Physics 8.5%
- #18 World of Sea Battle
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,909 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!
Why similar: Pirates 30.9% ★, Naval 22.2% ★, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #19 Skull and Bones
83% matchMixed68% of 3,760 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft SingaporePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Skull and Bones is an open world naval action RPG where ship combat, build choice, and sailing skill define your pirate legend. Conquer rival ships and mythical beasts in a vast ocean of up to 20 players.
Why similar: Pirates 43.3% ★, Open World 15.4%, Naval 8.8% ★, Exploration 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #20 Terror of the Seven Seas
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 99 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 40.7% ★, Naval 22.8% ★, Open World 13.7%, Exploration 6.9%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
- #21 Landless
84% matchMixed44% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: CodeBullet
Windows
Explore and conquer the high seas in this post-apocalyptic sandbox water world survival game where you must fight, build, and craft to survive.
Why similar: Pirates 29.3% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Open World 13.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 9.9%
- #22 Sunkenland
81% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 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: Crafting 25%, Base Building 17.1%, Open World 16.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.7%
- #23 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Crafting 17.5%, Open World 15.3%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 12%, PvP 9.5%
- #24 TerraTech
80% matchVery Positive91% of 24,455 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 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: Building 18.5%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 16.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #25 ShipCrafter
78% matchVery Positive93% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: MyrmecomanPub: MoreButterGames
Windows · Linux
ShipCrafter is a naval sandbox simulation game. Build your ship, unlock new components and defeat increasingly powerful foes in the campaign !
Why similar: Naval 36.8% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Simulation 11.5%, 3D 6.8%
- #26 Everwind
77% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Destruction 17.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 12.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10.7%
- #27 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Crafting 18.5%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 11%, Online Co-Op 10.3%
- #28 Survive on Raft
79% matchMixed63% of 1,245 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on Raft is a Survival Sandbox Simulator on the Raft in the middle of the ocean! Fight with shark, build base, craft, loot islands, farm and survive. Play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.5%
- #29 Force of Nature
79% 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: Crafting 29.5%, Open World 16.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 12.6%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #30 Space Engineers
76% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Open World 13.8%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, PvP 10.1%
- #31 Out of Reach
78% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Crafting 19.9%, Open World 16.7%, Pirates 16% ★, Building 11%, Multiplayer 8%
- #32 ASTRONEER
75% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World 20.6%, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 13%, Building 11.4%
- #33 Survival: Fountain of Youth
73% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Crafting 22.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Open World 14.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 12.1%
- #34 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,027 reviews2023
Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!
Why similar: Pirates 31.2% ★, Naval 22.5% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, PvP 11.1%, Open World 9.9%
- #35 Stars End
75% matchMixed61% of 1,414 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Crafting 18.2%, Open World 14.7%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Sandbox 12.2%, PvP 12%
- #36 Voyagers of Nera
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,114 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Crafting 25.8%, Building 17.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Exploration 11.3%
- #37 Planet Explorers
76% 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 22.9%, Sandbox 22.2%, Crafting 20.9%, Building 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #38 Rise of Piracy
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: IrishJohnGamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Why similar: Pirates 34.9% ★, Naval 23.5% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 9.1%, PvP 7.1%
- #39 Sail Forth
72% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: Festive VectorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Sail a fleet of customizable ships across an ocean whose ancient depths have swallowed the key to the mysterious past. Befriend fishfolk to expand your boat crews, take up arms against petulant pirates, and chart a course across an expansive watery world. Will you answer the call of High Adventure?
Why similar: Pirates 51.9% ★, Physics 12.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, 3D 7.2%
- #40 Piratopia
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,055 reviews2021
Dev: Adi ZhavoPub: Project 99 Games
Windows · Mac
Set sail in the open seas and plunder solo, PvE or PvP. Trade goods for ship upgrades or equipments to hunt the Kraken, all in the same Server. Dominate by yourself or with maties. Arrrr for free!
Why similar: Pirates 36.6% ★, Naval 18.6% ★, Open World 9.2%, PvP 8.7%, Exploration 6.8%
- #41 Cubic Odyssey
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Sandbox 15.9%, Building 15.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.1%
- #42 Len's Island
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 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: Crafting 21.3%, Building 16.2%, Open World 16%, Sandbox 13.8%, Base Building 11.1%
- #43 Raft
69% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Crafting 23.6%, Open World 15.5%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Building 13.4%, Base Building 11.1%
- #44 Interstellar Rift
73% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Crafting 21.6%, Open World 16.5%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, PvP 10.9%
- #45 Escape The Pacific
73% matchMixed68% of 754 reviews2018
Dev: Gamers4Gamers Team
Windows
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
Why similar: Crafting 26.5%, Open World 19.9%, Building 16.4%, Sandbox 15.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #46 The Last Caretaker
67% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Crafting 22.7%, Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Base Building 14%, Physics 10.8%
- #47 Buccaneers!
71% matchVery Positive81% of 397 reviews2022
Dev: Skyward Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become a fearless captain in Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Join a band of pirates or a naval power and fight for supremacy in the Caribbean. Build and customise your fleet to take on any foe and rewrite history!
Why similar: Pirates 38.9% ★, Naval 26.6% ★, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, 3D 4.2%
- #48 Project Castaway
68% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Crafting 16.1%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 13%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Base Building 11.3%
- #49 Breathedge
70% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Crafting 25.3%, Sandbox 21.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Open World 15.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #50 Voidtrain
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 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: Crafting 19%, Open World 14.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%
- #51 The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
70% matchVery Positive83% of 4,579 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King of the Antilles!
Why similar: Pirates 53.7% ★, Naval 22.6% ★, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Simulation 2.7%
- #52 Solace Crafting
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Crafting 21.7%, Open World 15.2%, Building 12.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #53 Aloft
66% matchVery Positive84% of 3,496 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Crafting 25.9%, Building 17%, Open World 14.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #54 TerraTech Worlds
67% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Crafting 20.3%, Open World 14.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 13.3%
- #55 Trailmakers
66% matchVery Positive92% of 34,107 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.4 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: Crafting 15.9%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Open World 11.8%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #56 Playcraft
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 700 reviews2023
Dev: Bebop Games
Windows
Playcraft is a multiplayer game-creation sandbox accessible to anyone!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Open World 19.8%, Building 18.6%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%
- #57 Ocean Punk
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Pirates 44.8% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Open World 10.7%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%