- #1 Starbound
97% 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 45.8% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 7.7%, Survival 7.2%, Space 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive 2D sci-fi sandbox that mirrors the exploration, mining, and alien-world survival loop of the seed game.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12%, Survival 10.9%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This modern 2D survival game features excellent progression and base-building mechanics that feel like a polished evolution of the genre.
- #3 Dig or Die
96% 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 45.4% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 4%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the survival and defense aspects of 2D mining, requiring players to build fortifications against waves of alien creatures.
- #4 Terraria
95% 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 45.7% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for 2D sandbox survival, it offers the most refined mining, crafting, and combat mechanics in the genre.
- #5 Crea
94% 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 46.5% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 7%, Building 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D sandbox incorporates significant RPG elements and skill trees, providing a deeper sense of character growth than most survival games.
- #6 Junk Jack
94% 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 45.4% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.7%, Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A charming 2D sandbox that focuses on exploration and crafting with a distinct art style and deep world-building.
- #7 Necesse
91% 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 50.8% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Survival 7.8%, Building 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down 2D survival game that excels at combining exploration, base management, and RPG-style progression.
- #8 Edge of Space
93% 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 46.1% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 7.6%, Space 5.5%, Survival 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi 2D sandbox that focuses on survival in a hostile, procedurally generated galaxy filled with strange creatures.
- #9 Aground
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,985 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 12.9%, Building 10.1%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sci-fi survival game that focuses heavily on technological progression and exploration, closely matching the sci-fi theme of the seed.
- #10 Darkout
92% matchMixed48% of 880 reviews2013
Dev: AllgrafPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crashed and alone on a world mankind tried to leave behind, Darkout challenges players to survive on Illuna, in harsh, procedurally generated biomes, utilizing the game’s sandbox features to build shelters, craft weapons, and research new technologies.You are not alone.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.1%, Crafting 20.9%, Survival 16.8%, Sci-fi 8%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sci-fi survival game that utilizes light-based mechanics and alien exploration to create a tense, atmospheric experience.
- #11 Minicology
90% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.6%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi 2D survival game where you explore tiny, procedurally generated planets, perfectly capturing the space-faring feel of the seed game.
- #12 Keplerth
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 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 24%, Survival 16.9%, Building 12.7%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D sandbox survival game offers deep genetic modification and base-building systems within a procedurally generated world.
- #13 Crashlands
89% matchVery Positive90% of 6,682 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.5%, Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival RPG that features a massive world to explore and a robust crafting system centered on alien materials.
- #14 The Planet Crafter
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Space 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it perfectly captures the sci-fi survival and terraforming loop that makes the seed game's exploration so rewarding.
- #15 Breathedge
88% matchVery Positive82% of 16,224 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: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 9.8%, Space 9.5%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed survival game that emphasizes crafting and resource management in a dangerous, vacuum-filled environment.
- #16 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 46% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 7.6%, Open World 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world sci-fi survival game that offers extensive crafting and voxel-based building mechanics.
- #17 FortressCraft Evolved!
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,057 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 11%, Survival 7.8%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep sandbox survival game that focuses on complex automation and base defense in a sci-fi setting.
- #18 Windforge
85% matchMixed68% of 619 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: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Crafting 11.2%, RPG 6%, Building 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D steampunk sandbox that allows for creative airship building and exploration in a unique, dangerous world.
- #19 Remains
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.3%, Space 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed survival game that focuses on scavenging and base building within a derelict sci-fi environment.
- #20 Craft The World
83% matchVery Positive88% of 16,888 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Crafting 23.9%, Building 16.2%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox that combines base building and survival with a unique management-style approach to resource gathering.
- #21 SteamWorld Dig 2
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,952 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Adventure 26%, Platformer 23.3%, Action 15.6%, 2D 14.7%, Indie 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the core mining and exploration loop of the seed game with high-quality platforming and progression.
- #22 TerraTech Worlds
81% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 40.5% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 9.5%, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for extensive vehicle building and exploration in a sci-fi sandbox environment.
- #23 Forager
81% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game distills the exploration and crafting loop into a highly addictive experience that rewards constant expansion.
- #24 Astral Terra
82% 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: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that focuses on exploration and crafting within a procedurally generated fantasy-sci-fi world.
- #25 Life Not Supported
80% matchMixed67% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 10%, Space 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that challenges players to manage resources while drifting through a dangerous, procedurally generated galaxy.
- #26 Solace Crafting
78% 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 41.7% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a massive, procedurally generated open world.
- #27 Cube Life: Island Survival
79% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.8% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 8.2%, Building 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that provides a classic resource-gathering and building experience in a tropical setting.
- #28 Craterbound
78% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 10.1%, Space 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed survival game that focuses on exploration and resource management on alien surfaces.
- #29 XenoHaven
75% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Sandbox 14%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 6.5%
- #30 TerraTech
76% matchVery Positive91% of 24,617 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: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 7.1%
- #31 Cubic Odyssey
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,584 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Open World Survival Craft 49.8% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 9.1%, Sci-fi 6%, RPG 5.5%
- #32 Planetaries
76% matchMixed58% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.8%, Building 7.5%
- #33 GRAV
77% 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 47.9% ★, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 5.6%
- #34 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Space 8.8%
- #35 Blossom: The Seed of Life
72% matchVery Positive89% of 884 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9%, Building 7.8%
- #36 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,680 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 5.7%
- #37 Fragmented
77% 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 51.8% ★, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 7.9%, Crafting 7.2%, Open World 4.6%
- #38 Space Trash Scavenger
72% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.5%, Space 8.2%
- #39 Magicite
73% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: Crafting 24.7%, Survival 14.8%, RPG 12.5%, Multiplayer 9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #40 Orion Sandbox Enhanced
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,140 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 36.2%, RPG 13.5%, Survival 12.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Action 7.4%
- #41 Abiotic Factor
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 55,118 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.3% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 6.5%
- #42 No Man's Sky
71% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Space 10.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 7.1%
- #43 Planet Centauri
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,370 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 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: Sandbox 25.7%, Crafting 19%, Building 11.3%, Open World 9.5%, RPG 6.8%
- #44 ASTRONEER
70% 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 42.4% ★, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Space 9.3%, Crafting 7.4%
- #45 Interstellar Rift
71% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.5 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: Sandbox 19.6%, Crafting 17.5%, Survival 13.2%, Building 12.4%, Space 11.2%
- #46 Alchemist's Awakening
71% 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 51.7% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 5.8%
- #47 Len's Island
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 10.9%, Building 8.8%
- #48 Force of Nature
70% 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 47.6% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 10.9%, Building 5.5%
- #49 Starsand
69% matchMixed66% of 1,241 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11%, Building 6.5%
- #50 Prospector
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 8.4%, Building 8%
- #51 Rising World
69% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.3%, Building 8.7%
- #52 StarRupture
65% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 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 Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 6%
- #53 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
65% matchVery Positive91% of 7,431 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 7.4%, Building 6%
- #54 Star Crafter
66% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Space 8.7%, Survival 8.1%
- #55 Stars End
67% matchMixed61% of 1,419 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: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Space 8.9%
- #56 Farworld Pioneers
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 693 reviews2023
Dev: IgloosoftPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 9.8%, Space 8.8%
- #57 Echo of the Wilds
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 195 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.4%, Crafting 25.5%, Survival 23.2%, Open World 10.1%, Adventure 6.2%
