- #1 Realms of Magic
97% matchVery Positive81% of 986 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: RPG 21.2%, Sandbox 18.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric open-world RPG that emphasizes sandbox exploration and character progression in a similar pixel-art style.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Crafting 23.4%, Sandbox 16.8%, Survival 14.4%, Building 13.9%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric sandbox adventure that perfectly captures the blend of exploration, crafting, and base-building found in Shards of Azuria.
- #3 Necesse
95% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Crafting 21.4%, Sandbox 17%, Survival 13.3%, Building 11.1%, RPG 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric sandbox RPG features village management and deep crafting systems that mirror the town-building focus of the seed game.
- #4 Tinkertown
96% matchMixed67% of 1,340 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Crafting 20.3%, RPG 18.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Sandbox 14%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused sandbox RPG that shares the lighthearted adventure and building mechanics of the seed game.
- #5 Planet Centauri
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 12.7%, RPG 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game with deep crafting and creature-collecting elements that appeal to fans of Shards of Azuria's building focus.
- #6 It Lurks Below
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,274 reviews2019
Dev: Graybeard GamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.
Why similar: Crafting 17.5%, RPG 17.1%, Survival 16.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RPG that emphasizes survival and procedural dungeon exploration, feeling very similar in tone and mechanics.
- #7 Len's Island
92% 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 26.4%, Sandbox 18.6%, Building 17.8%, Survival 17.6%, Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines isometric building and survival with dungeon crawling, offering a similar gameplay loop to Shards of Azuria.
- #8 Crashlands
93% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Crafting 24%, Sandbox 16.2%, Survival 14.9%, Building 12.2%, RPG 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that focuses heavily on crafting, creature taming, and exploration across a vibrant world.
- #9 Tinkerlands
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 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: Crafting 19.7%, Sandbox 17.5%, Survival 14.2%, Building 11.2%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-sandbox game that features pixel-art graphics and a strong emphasis on exploration and crafting.
- #10 Forsaken Isle
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Crafting 25.9%, Survival 19%, Sandbox 14.3%, Adventure 11.6%, RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused adventure game that shares the pixel-art aesthetic and crafting-heavy gameplay of the seed game.
- #11 Wayward
90% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Crafting 29.4%, Survival 22.1%, Sandbox 14.7%, RPG 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A complex survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in an open-world setting.
- #12 Arcane Vale
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Dynamic Zero
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Arcane Vale is an action packed open-world RPG. Embark on an adventure to discover a long-lost treasure in a vast and dangerous world.
Why similar: Action RPG 15.3%, RPG 14.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Adventure 12%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that offers a similar 2D adventure feel with a focus on quests and exploration.
- #13 Portal Knights
88% matchVery Positive83% of 22,116 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Crafting 23%, Sandbox 19.7%, Building 14.2%, Survival 12.9%, RPG 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D sandbox RPG that focuses on building and exploration, sharing the core 'adventure and craft' loop.
- #14 Artificer: Science of Magic
89% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Psilocybe GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Your exploration ship crashlands on a mysterious planet where apparently magic is real. Learn how to survive in this hostile territory by applying your technical abilities to the arcane. Discover how to cast spells and craft elixirs. Uncover the planet's secrets to find your way out.
Why similar: RPG 30.8%, Crafting 17.8%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.8%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RPG that focuses on crafting and magical experimentation within an isometric perspective.
- #15 Feel The Snow
87% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 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: Crafting 24.5%, Survival 18.2%, Sandbox 14.8%, RPG 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival game that incorporates RPG elements and adventure in a snowy, sandbox environment.
- #16 Forager
86% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Crafting 29.3%, Survival 18.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric exploration and crafting game that rewards players with constant progression and base expansion.
- #17 Beyond the Map
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 659 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Sandbox 15.3%, Action RPG 15.1%, Survival 14.7%, Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that emphasizes base-building and loot collection in a sandbox environment.
- #18 Miniland Adventure
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Crafting 23.4%, Sandbox 22%, Survival 17.3%, Building 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist sandbox game that focuses on survival and building, mirroring the core mechanics of Shards of Azuria.
- #19 Littlewood
82% matchVery Positive93% of 6,792 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Crafting 29.6%, Sandbox 19.6%, Building 16.1%, RPG 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A town-building RPG that focuses on the relaxing aspects of sandbox development and character interaction.
- #20 Stardew Valley
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 992,215 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Crafting 27.6%, Sandbox 19.4%, RPG 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Building 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on farming, it shares the core RPG and town-building progression loops found in Shards of Azuria.
- #21 Kynseed
81% matchVery Positive83% of 3,619 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Crafting 32%, Sandbox 23%, RPG 13.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG with a unique pixel-art style that emphasizes life-simulation and exploration.
- #22 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
79% matchVery Positive87% of 4,190 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Crafting 35.4%, RPG 21.9%, Survival 21.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Action 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that blends base-building and RPG elements in a persistent, open world.
- #23 Lantern Forge
84% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Crafting 29.2%, Sandbox 21.9%, Survival 17.5%, RPG 17.2%, Adventure 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that features crafting and survival mechanics in a 2D world.
- #24 Dinkum
78% matchVery Positive92% of 28,435 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 30.2%, Sandbox 19.9%, Building 16.6%, RPG 12.1%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that focuses on building a town and exploring, sharing the lighthearted adventure feel of the seed game.
- #25 Asteria
83% matchMixed55% of 251 reviews2014
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Asteria is a fast paced indie platformer, wrapped up in a sandbox sci-fi world where everything is destructible, mineable, collectable, craftable and creatable.
Why similar: Crafting 29.5%, Sandbox 26.7%, Adventure 19%, Indie 11.8%, Action 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox platformer that blends action and crafting, providing a similar sense of discovery to the seed game.
- #26 Graveyard Keeper
80% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 35.6%, Sandbox 16.8%, RPG 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A crafting-heavy RPG that features a unique theme and isometric perspective similar to the seed game.
- #27 Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 349 reviews2022
Dev: Ludomotion
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Dynamic, procedurally generated adventure game that puts exploration first. Build your legacy as each wayfarer will change the fate of the world. Endless replayability with a huge set of difficulty modifiers. Boasting an award-winning soundtrack, a beautiful art style, and regular updates.
Why similar: RPG 45%, Adventure 33.4%, Exploration 21.6%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric adventure game that emphasizes exploration and procedural world-building.
- #28 Don't Starve
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Crafting 29.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game with a distinct art style that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a harsh environment.
- #29 Starbound
76% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 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: Sandbox 22.3%, Crafting 20.1%, Survival 13.1%, Building 9.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #30 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,099 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
This is a 2D crafting survival sandbox game. You will be able to explore a huge 2D side-view world, building houses, crafting tools, weapons and armour from the resources you collect. There is a day/night cycle and each night many dangerous monsters can be found and defeated.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, RPG 20.4%, Adventure 18.9%, Action 10.4%, Survival 10.1%
- #31 Keplerth
74% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Survival 16.4%, Building 15.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Adventure 10.6%
- #32 Creativerse
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Building 14.7%, Survival 14.3%, RPG 10.3%
- #33 Windforge
77% matchMixed68% of 616 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Sandbox 21.3%, RPG 15.2%, Building 10.1%, Indie 6.8%
- #34 Crea
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Crafting 25.2%, Sandbox 22.6%, Survival 11.6%, RPG 10.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #35 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Building 12.2%, Action RPG 11.6%, RPG 11.4%
- #36 Adventure Craft
75% matchVery Positive82% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Building 17.6%, Survival 16.8%, Action RPG 13.9%, RPG 12%
- #37 Pixelum
73% matchMixed49% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZXC Games
Windows
Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!
Why similar: RPG 21.4%, Sandbox 18.8%, Adventure 17.6%, Survival 15.7%, Action 8.8%
- #38 Border Town
71% matchVery Positive81% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, Building 20.7%, Survival 19.3%, RPG 15.3%, Adventure 14%
- #39 Solace Crafting
73% 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 27.6%, Survival 17.3%, Sandbox 16.1%, Building 14%, RPG 10.8%
- #40 Planet Explorers
72% 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: Sandbox 25.1%, Crafting 21.6%, Survival 13.7%, Building 10.8%, RPG 9.1%
- #41 Deep Despair
71% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Crafting 18.6%, RPG 13.5%, Adventure 12%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #42 Balrum
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 781 reviews2016
Dev: Balcony Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Balrum is an old-school, turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your home, and craft your own custom items.
Why similar: Crafting 24.5%, Sandbox 16.4%, Survival 13.6%, Building 13.2%, RPG 11%
- #43 Re.poly
69% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Crafting 25%, Sandbox 17.9%, Survival 15.5%, Action RPG 11.6%, RPG 9.9%
- #44 Serin Fate
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 567 reviews2021
Dev: VethergenPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Evil is afoot... Wielding your new Magic, bound into mysterious Monster-infested lands to uncover ancient relics and restore the Fate Stone. Along the way, explore the depths of every nook to find creatures, garner ingredients, train in Witchery, and craft new equipment.
Why similar: Crafting 29.1%, Sandbox 22.6%, RPG 13.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #45 Edge of Space
72% 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: Sandbox 26.2%, Crafting 22%, Survival 10.6%, Adventure 9.4%, RPG 7.6%
- #46 Vagabond
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Pierre Vigier
Windows · Linux
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: Crafting 22.9%, Sandbox 22%, RPG 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Survival 9.3%
- #47 Novus Inceptio
71% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Crafting 22.6%, Sandbox 16.5%, Survival 14.9%, Building 12%, RPG 9%
- #48 Tile Miner
69% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!
Why similar: Crafting 22.5%, Sandbox 18.2%, Building 14.5%, Survival 13.6%, Adventure 9.4%
- #49 Rogue Harvest
70% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Genetix Studio
Windows
Rogue Harvest is a finely crafted Rogue-like Open World Adventure - Dig, Mine, Build, Craft, Explore, and Survive in a massive Procedurally Generated World and work to unravel the mystery of how you ended up in this dream like place.
Why similar: Crafting 24.2%, Sandbox 15.2%, Survival 13.1%, Action RPG 9.8%, RPG 9.2%
- #50 Crystarise
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 256 reviews2023
Dev: YUKIUSAGI Games
Windows
Explore a vast world, create your own sky island, the island gives the girl the power. An open world-action RPG that you create more and more and become stronger and stronger.
Why similar: Crafting 42.8%, Action RPG 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Exploration 8.2%, 2D 4.9%
- #51 Brinefall
68% matchMixed42% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: Crafting 22.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Survival 13.3%, Building 12.7%, Action RPG 10.2%
- #52 Soulash 2
65% matchVery Positive86% of 2,323 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Crafting 28.7%, Sandbox 24.9%, Survival 16.1%, RPG 15.3%, Exploration 7.8%
- #53 Astral Terra
70% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, Crafting 20.2%, Survival 17.8%, Building 13.1%, RPG 9.8%
- #54 Alchemage
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: 量子艺界(QUANTUM ARTS)
Windows
Begin your otherworldly life from scratch—with nothing but a single magic staff in hand. Shape the world with your own hands, build the home you love, or unleash the powers of alchemy and magic to battle relentless monsters from beyond.Set forth, Warlock!
Why similar: Adventure 34.9%, Sandbox 31.8%, Action 17.7%, Indie 15.5%
- #55 Terraria
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.7%, Crafting 20.3%, Survival 14.5%, Building 11.7%, Adventure 7.9%
- #56 Chef RPG
63% matchVery Positive88% of 2,496 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Crafting 26.1%, Building 19.2%, RPG 18.2%, Action RPG 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%
- #57 Project 5: Sightseer
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 543 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, RPG 20.9%, Building 20.7%, Adventure 18.9%, Action 9.2%