- #1 Grounded
97% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 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 27.1% ★, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Co-op 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive tiny-scale survival experience that mirrors the perspective and gameplay loop of Smalland perfectly.
- #2 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in survival progression, boss-based exploration, and creative base-building that feels very similar to the Smalland experience.
- #3 Palworld
96% matchVery Positive95% of 480,493 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 40.2 hrsMean: 84.9 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 27.2% ★, Survival 11.3%, Open World 11%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The creature-taming and base-building mechanics provide a deep, satisfying loop that complements the exploration found in Smalland.
- #4 Enshrouded
95% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: The voxel-based building and exploration mechanics provide a highly rewarding sense of progression in a dangerous world.
- #5 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Base Building 16.3%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique top-down perspective with deep base-building and survival mechanics that reward strategic preparation.
- #6 Soulmask
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep survival mechanics with a strong emphasis on tribe management and creature taming.
- #7 Nightingale
93% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: Exploration-heavy survival with unique crafting and base-building mechanics set in a fantastical world.
- #8 Sons Of The Forest
91% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 17.1%, Base Building 15%, Open World 12.7%, Co-op 11.5%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides high-fidelity survival and base-building in a hostile, immersive open world.
- #9 ICARUS
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that emphasizes preparation, crafting, and base-building under harsh conditions.
- #10 ARK: Survival Ascended
91% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive creature-taming survival game that offers a massive world to explore and build within.
- #11 The Forest
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 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 46.3% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-horror experience that excels in base-building and exploration within a dangerous, isolated environment.
- #12 Raft
89% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 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 31% ★, Survival 13.6%, Co-op 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on survival and building in a hazardous, expansive environment where every resource counts.
- #13 Green Hell
89% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 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 32.6% ★, Survival 11.9%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Intense survival mechanics that emphasize preparation, health management, and environmental awareness.
- #14 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
88% matchVery Positive81% of 12,363 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Crafting 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Dwarven-themed survival that focuses heavily on underground base-building and resource management.
- #15 The Planet Crafter
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 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 26.2% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Survival 9%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on environmental survival and base-building as you terraform a hostile planet.
- #16 Voidtrain
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,810 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 8.1%, Co-op 7.4%, Online Co-Op 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Unique survival mechanics centered around building and upgrading a mobile base that traverses a strange dimension.
- #17 Sunkenland
86% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Co-op 10.1%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Survival and base-building with a unique underwater exploration twist that keeps the gameplay fresh.
- #18 Dune: Awakening
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 78,134 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 46.5 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Open-world survival that emphasizes base-building and resource management in a harsh, unforgiving desert.
- #19 Len's Island
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,866 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.2 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 10%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, building, and dungeon crawling in a vibrant, relaxing world.
- #20 Omega Crafter
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, City Builder 9.4%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8.7%, Co-op 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Automation and base-building mechanics with a focus on survival in a procedurally generated world.
- #21 Medieval Dynasty
83% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 15.8%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.5%, Co-op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival with village management and building, offering a slower-paced but deeply rewarding experience.
- #22 7 Days to Die
79% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep base-building and survival mechanics designed to withstand waves of enemies.
- #23 Subsistence
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 36.1% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 8.1%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Hardcore survival with a focus on base-building and crafting against challenging AI threats.
- #24 Drake Hollow
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,807 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 12.7%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Survival and base-building with a whimsical, creature-focused theme that feels approachable and fun.
- #25 The Survivalists
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,097 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.1% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Survival and crafting with a focus on monkey-based automation to help manage your base.
- #26 Grounded 2
78% matchVery Positive81% of 23,765 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 24.2 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 21.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 12%, Co-op 7.7%, Crafting 7.6%
- #27 Solace Crafting
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 898 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 23.6% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and crafting in a vast, procedurally generated world with few restrictions.
- #28 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 29,187 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Survival 9.3%, Open World 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Base Building 8%
- #29 Tinkerlands
77% matchVery Positive86% of 4,087 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.2 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 28.8% ★, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 7.8%
- #30 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 12.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 12.2%, Building 11.9%, Open World 10.9%
- #31 Force of Nature
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 35% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 7.4%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Sandbox survival with a focus on crafting, exploration, and building in a top-down perspective.
- #32 Ylands
78% matchMixed64% of 8,445 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Exploration and building in a colorful, low-poly survival setting that is great for casual co-op play.
- #33 No One Survived
76% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 19.3%, Open World 14.1%, Crafting 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #34 ASKA
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 12,091 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Survival 9.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #35 Lost Skies
75% matchMixed61% of 2,976 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Sandbox 7.6%, Crafting 6.7%
- #36 Windrose
72% matchVery Positive87% of 51,977 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 9.5%
- #37 Bellwright
73% matchVery Positive80% of 21,324 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 16%, City Builder 13.5%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 12.3%, Online Co-Op 12%
- #38 PixARK
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,223 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Crafting 9.6%
- #39 Solarpunk™
71% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 8.6%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Building 8.2%
- #40 Dawn of Defiance
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,842 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.9%, Building 6.7%
- #41 Volcanoids
74% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 14%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.3%, Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.5%
- #42 Eden Crafters
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Base Building 12%, Crafting 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8%, Building 7.4%
- #43 Scrapnaut
73% matchMixed70% of 837 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Building 10.5%, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Base Building 8.5%
- #44 Scrap Mechanic
68% matchVery Positive92% of 122,134 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 14.6%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 10.6%
- #45 Craftopia
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,210 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 25.2% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #46 Voyagers of Nera
69% matchVery Positive85% of 2,598 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.4%
- #47 Shamania
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2026
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 24% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7%
- #48 Creativerse
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.2% ★, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 8.1%, Building 8.1%
- #49 The Front
68% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #50 Tribes of Midgard
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,242 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Survival 10.5%, Co-op 8.6%
- #51 Necesse
65% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 34.8% ★, Survival 7.5%, Base Building 7.4%, Crafting 7.2%, Open World 7%
- #52 Witchspire
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,994 reviews2026
Dev: Envar Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the ultimate open-world witch adventure. Befriend and battle creatures, and conjure up a sanctuary alongside other witches in co-op or single-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Base Building 15%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 9.9%
- #53 Forever Skies
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Co-op 8.8%
- #54 Frozen Flame
69% matchMixed63% of 2,989 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 8%
- #55 Dark and Light
70% matchMixed52% of 11,834 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 16.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Base Building 6.8%
- #56 StarRupture
65% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.1% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 7.9%
- #57 Core Keeper
65% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 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: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 9%, Crafting 8.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #58 Project Castaway
66% matchMixed66% of 1,849 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Base Building 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9%, Survival 8.3%, Co-op 7.5%
- #59 The Wild Eight
68% matchMixed68% of 8,109 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.7 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 37.9% ★, Survival 15.7%, Open World 8%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Co-op 7.8%
