- #1 Palworld
97% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Creature Collector 18.7%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 7.5%
- #2 Temtem: Pioneers
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crema
Windows
Survive and explore an untamed frontier in Temtem: Pioneers. Tame and become a roster of 200+ Temtem and master their unique abilities in fast, real-time combat. Build, craft, battle, and discover new creatures solo, or co-op with your friends in this open world survival crafting adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Creature Collector 20.8%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.4%, Co-op 7.1%
- #3 The Untamed realms
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firestonemander Studios
Windows
Explore a vast untamed world, capture powerful Ecomon, build your team, craft your survival, and battle alongside friends in an online open-world creature-collecting adventure.
Why similar: Creature Collector 23%, Open World Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9%
- #4 Craftopia
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 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 26.8% ★, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #5 Isekai to Farth
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inuneko Nanita
Windows
A 3D open world survival, farming and crafting multiplayer game, where you can survive, build, farm, craft, and catch to evolve your wild kin, the "Neuramons," into human-like beings like yourself!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Creature Collector 16.1%, Looter Shooter 10.5% ★, Open World 8.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #6 GRAV
94% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Survival 12.6%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #7 Feel The Snow
93% matchVery Positive87% of 3,047 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Co-op 8.4%
- #8 Grounded
92% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 15.6%, Co-op 10.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 10%
- #9 Force of Nature
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 38.6% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #10 Grounded 2
90% matchVery Positive81% of 21,263 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 11.2%, Co-op 10.5%, Crafting 10.3%
- #11 Subsistence
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #12 Raft
89% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 15.4%, Co-op 11%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Crafting 9.8%
- #13 Shamania
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 8.3%
- #14 The Wild Eight
89% matchMixed68% of 8,077 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 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 38.5% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 9.9%, Co-op 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #15 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 38.6% ★, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9%
- #16 Necesse
84% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #17 Wurm Unlimited
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,133 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 33.8% ★, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.6%
- #18 Dig or Die
85% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 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 37% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 8.4%
- #19 Longvinter
83% matchMixed67% of 7,565 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 13%, Open World 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #20 Crea
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,407 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 41.1% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 8.7%, Multiplayer 6%
- #21 Stranded Deep
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #22 Fragmented
82% 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 44% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #23 Ink and Paper: Wandering
81% 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 31.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.7%, Co-op 10.3%
- #24 Terraria
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #25 Green Hell
79% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 9.2%
- #26 无尽之界/Endless Trek
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 满汉全席工作室
Windows
As the commander of the original human world, we led the vanguard through the portal and entered the unknown original world. The fog here hinders our exploration, and we must unite to build a home here to survive! In this way, we may find a way home. Remember! Don't trust Aboriginal and life here!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Creature Collector 15.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 9%
- #27 2D?!
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 8.8%
- #28 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
78% 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Looter Shooter 14.6% ★, Creature Collector 14.2%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.1%
- #29 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
75% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, Co-op 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%
- #30 Divided Land
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mich
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a vast medieval open world. Explore, hunt, craft powerful gear, raid and plunder enemy villages, or forge your own path. As darkness falls, the dead awaken - prepare your defenses or seek shelter. Join allies in co-op PvE or test your skills in ruthless PvP.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 8.6%
- #31 Junk Jack
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #32 Aurendor
76% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Co-op 8.3%
- #33 Solace Crafting
75% 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #34 Out of Reach
76% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Survival 13.7%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #35 Tinkerlands
72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #36 World In The Abyss
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Cat Studio
Windows
The aliens have caused the oceans to rise, plunging the world into the abyss. Survive, craft, and explore this mysterious underwater world. Build your base, defend it against relentless waves of enemies, and dive deep to uncover the secret that could stop the alien invasion once and for all!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10.2%, Co-op 10%
- #37 CHKN
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,732 reviews2016
Dev: Katapult
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Creature Collector 19%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 10.4%
- #38 Outpost Zero
73% matchMixed49% of 850 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Crafting 8.8%
- #39 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
71% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.1%, Co-op 8.6%
- #40 Arctico
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,460 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Open World 12%, Survival 11.3%, Co-op 11%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #41 Life is Feudal: Your Own
72% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 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 37.5% ★, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #42 Blockscape
73% 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 50.3% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #43 Never Wither
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Geo Seed GamesPub: Luckycalf
Windows
Experience unprecedented creature collection gameplay—Transform into almost any creature you see! Collect and raise fantastical creatures, and command them to farm, build, and craft. In this vast multiplayer online open-world game, become the last hope against the Corruption.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Creature Collector 27.1%, Sandbox 6.9%, Crafting 5%, Base Building 4.5%
- #44 Rust
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 421.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Survival 20.3%, Crafting 15%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #45 Plains of Pain
69% matchVery Positive84% of 757 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Third-Person Shooter 10.7%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 9%
- #46 Across the Wonderlands
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Covenant.dev
Windows
The most whimsical open-world survival crafting game! Build your magical base dimension, craft bizarre dishes, and face off against quirky foes as you journey through enchanting fables to uncover the mystery of the fallen star.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Creature Collector 17%, Crafting 11%, Open World 10.4%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #47 Rocksowers
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bemad
Windows · Linux
Rocksowers is a co-op survival sandbox with challenging bullet hell combat. Explore the surface on a moving base, scavenge for resources, craft and customize gear with many unique modules.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%
- #48 Nighthold
69% 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 44.4% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 8.3%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #49 Edge of Space
71% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 7.3%, Open World 5.8%
- #50 ASTRONEER
68% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 Survival Craft 34% ★, Open World 12.8%, Survival 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Co-op 8.8%
- #51 Alchemist's Awakening
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 497 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 44.1% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 11.6%
- #52 Starbound
67% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.4%
- #53 Until North Ends
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Hex
Windows
Explore a fantasy themed open world. Together with your friends or alone build your safe haven to craft gear, prepare equipment, refine resources to go on a journey. Visit different biomes, fight enemies, gather resources, plunder dungeons or caves and obtain loot!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Crafting 13%, Open World 12.7%, Survival 11.5%, Co-op 9.5%
- #54 Undercraft
67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PlayUndercraft
Windows
Create your world in this sandbox game where you can dig, build, explore, fight, and farm. Have a different experience in a day or night adventure. Explore a procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%
- #55 SkyCraft
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ADIAN
Windows
Skycraft is an open-world survival game for 1-10 players, set in infinite procedurally-generated floating islands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.4%, Co-op 8.4%
- #56 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
66% matchMixed59% of 460 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 12%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #57 SpiritBorn
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 8.1%