- #1 Junk Jack
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 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 42.5% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.5%, Adventure 6.7%
- #2 Alchemist's Awakening
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 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 45.9% ★, Crafting 16%, Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 10.6%, Indie 7.2%
- #3 Wrongworld
96% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #4 Signs of Life
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.8%, Adventure 5.7%
- #5 Crea
94% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 8.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #6 Edge of Space
94% 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 49.3% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 11%, Survival 7.1%, Indie 6.5%
- #7 Don't Starve
92% 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: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 21.9%, Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Indie 6.2%
- #8 Realms of Magic
91% 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: Open World Survival Craft 54.9% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Indie 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Crafting 6.4%
- #9 Cube Life: Island Survival
91% 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 51.6% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Crafting 11%, Survival 9.9%, Indie 8.5%
- #10 Radiation Island
90% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.8% ★, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 7.5%
- #11 About Gretel
89% matchMixed57% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: PAXERT GAMES
Windows
As the Gretel, build, explore and survive in the dangerous forest. Fight to survive against mysterious Druids of the forest. If you can survive, maybe you can find out what happened to your twin brother and who kidnapped him.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Action 19.7%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 16.8%, Crafting 10.2%
- #12 Outpost Zero
88% matchMixed49% of 846 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 42.9% ★, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 8.6%
- #13 Force of Nature
87% 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: Open World Survival Craft 48% ★, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Adventure 3.9%
- #14 ARCANA
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Adventure 7.4%
- #15 Blockscape
86% 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 58.1% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 8.5%, Indie 4.1%
- #16 The Warhorn
86% matchMixed54% of 345 reviews2019
Dev: Pigeons Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Warhorn is a medieval RPG mixed with city-building and management elements. Play as an adventurer who decided to leave his dull life as a lumberjack behind to explore a dangerous world full of puzzles in the pursuit of the most valuable relic mankind has ever seen: The Warhorn!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Indie 14.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 13.1%, Survival 9.1%
- #17 Dig or Die
84% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 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 45.2% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 15%, Survival 14.7%, Indie 4.1%
- #18 Vortex: The Gateway
84% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.1% ★, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Indie 6.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #19 The Nature
83% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Unphysical Machinery
Windows · Linux
(NOT A MOBILE GAME PORT or NOT AN RPG MAKER GAME!!!) You are a creature just like others. You have the same needs, the same abilities. There is just one difference; you can talk with the Spirit of The Nature. Gather items, craft weapons, achieve your dreams, start a family, form a party and complete the quests without dying.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.4% ★, Indie 11.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #20 Block Story™
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,973 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 7.9%, Adventure 7.3%
- #21 Exotic Matter
82% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: MobiusCode
Windows
A blend of Metroidvania adventure and procedural survival game, in Exotic Matter you will explore, craft, fight, solve puzzles and survive. As the sole survivor of a last-ditch expedition to an alien planet, your duty is to find a powerful alien material that could save Earth from destruction.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.8% ★, Indie 8.9%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 7.4%, Crafting 7%
- #22 Animallica
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 12%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #23 Terraria
79% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11.7%, Adventure 5.4%
- #24 EDGE OF DAWN
81% matchMostly Negative32% of 41 reviews2020
Dev: Western Werks
Windows
In EDGE OF DAWN, players will craft, build, and survive in a mountainous winter landscape. Along with threats of hunger, thirst, and exposure to extreme temperatures, players will also need to adapt to the various enemies that inhabit EDGE OF DAWN in order to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Indie 19.7%, Action 17.3%, Adventure 16.7%, Crafting 9.1%
- #25 Nighthold: Number 1
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Survival 13.4%, Adventure 5.2%
- #26 Nighthold
78% 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 53.2% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Indie 9.2%, Survival 9.1%
- #27 Hostile Planet: Survival
78% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Crafting 17.8%, Survival 16.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Adventure 7.6%
- #28 Planet Explorers
79% 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 49.5% ★, Sandbox 17.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Adventure 4.9%
- #29 The Jungle
77% matchNegative18% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: TecHNQ Studio inc
Windows
You wake up on a mysterious island. In this fearful island, you must fight native and other mutant creatures and also solve the mystery.
Why similar: Indie 25.6%, Action 22.8%, Adventure 22%, Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Survival 6.5%
- #30 Bromeliad
76% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 11.5%, Action 7.2%
- #31 Starbound
75% 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: Open World Survival Craft 49.9% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.8%, Adventure 4.8%
- #32 Feel The Snow
74% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Adventure 6%
- #33 Necesse
70% 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: Open World Survival Craft 52.1% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 9.9%, Indie 5.4%
- #34 WildCraft
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Sandbox 19.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Action 7.6%, Survival 7.3%
- #35 Fragmented
76% 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 56.1% ★, Survival 16%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 8.9%, Action 4.3%
- #36 Goliath
75% matchMixed67% of 277 reviews2016
Dev: Whalebox StudioPub: Octopus Tree
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Welcome to a mysterious world filled with strange creatures, giant monsters and warring factions. You won't last long here on your own. Fortunately, you know how to build giant robots! Find the plans, gather the resources, climb inside your giant robotic creation and start punching monsters in the face!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Action 17.2%, Indie 16.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Crafting 13.1%
- #37 Wild
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Survival 18.2%, Crafting 13%, Action 7.9%, Indie 7.3%
- #38 The Long Dark
73% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.4% ★, Survival 19.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 6.5%, Adventure 3.8%
- #39 Defend Till Sunshine
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 19.8%, Crafting 18.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 5.3%
- #40 SpiritBorn
71% 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 44.8% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #41 2D?!
71% 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 43.8% ★, Sandbox 15%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12.7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #42 Forager
71% 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: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 9.6%, Indie 5.8%
- #43 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
74% matchMixed54% of 630 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.9% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 6%
- #44 Desert Skies
73% matchMixed57% of 461 reviews2019
Dev: White_Rabbit_Games
Windows
Desert Skies takes survival to the air! Build an airship and fly on an adventure through the deserts of the Wild West. Look for places to land and scavenge for loot, expand your airship and craft new equipment, but beware the dangers lurking beneath the sands!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.8% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 10.6%, Action 6.9%, Indie 6.9%
- #45 The Forest
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.6% ★, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 5.5%, Adventure 4.1%
- #46 Breathedge
68% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Indie 6.8%
- #47 Stranded Deep
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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 56.8% ★, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 5.7%, Adventure 3.8%
- #48 Nimoyd - Survival Sandbox
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nudge Nudge Games
Windows
You’ve crash-landed on Earth in 2702. Craft, dig, fight through a vast and colorful post-apocalyptic open world full of wonder, generated cities, dungeons, aliens, mechs, and an underworld. Find love. Or beat the ultimate Underlord!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 14.7%, Survival 13.3%, Indie 6.8%
- #49 The Wild Eight
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 7,155 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 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 51.7% ★, Survival 18.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 7.2%, Adventure 5%
- #50 Phoning Home
69% matchMixed69% of 1,074 reviews2017
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 9.8%
- #51 CastleMiner Z
69% matchVery Positive81% of 11,088 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Action 5.6%
- #52 Don't Starve Together
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 69.8% ★, Survival 22.1%, Crafting 3.3%, Sandbox 2.3%, Adventure 1.4%
- #53 GRAV
69% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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 51.1% ★, Survival 15.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Adventure 3.8%
- #54 Subsistence
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 55.4% ★, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 16.1%, Sandbox 7.3%, Action 2.4%
- #55 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
66% matchVery Positive92% of 7,831 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.2% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.2%
- #56 Tinkerlands
62% 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: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 13%, Survival 12.5%, Indie 6.7%