- #1 Grounded
97% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Co-op 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive tiny-scale survival experience that mirrors the perspective and gameplay loop of Smalland perfectly.
- #2 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 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 15.7%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Crafting 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features highly intuitive base-building mechanics and a vast, beautiful open world to explore and survive in.
- #3 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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 27.4% ★, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 8.7%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in open-world survival and base-building with a strong emphasis on exploration and progression.
- #4 Nightingale
95% matchMixed67% of 17,932 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 25.6% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique portal-hopping survival experience with a focus on crafting and building in diverse, strange worlds.
- #5 The Forest
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 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 46.2% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides an intense survival experience where building a secure base is essential to surviving against hostile threats.
- #6 Subnautica
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at making the player feel small in a vast, alien world where exploration and resource management are key to survival.
- #7 ARK: Survival Ascended
93% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 17.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep creature-taming and survival system that rewards players for building and exploring dangerous lands.
- #8 V Rising
91% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 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 16.7%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Online Co-Op 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines top-down survival mechanics with deep base-building and unique combat systems.
- #9 ICARUS
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 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 25.9% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.3%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This session-based survival game emphasizes preparation and building, requiring players to adapt to harsh environments.
- #10 Soulmask
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 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 26.1% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 10%, Building 9.3%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features complex colony management and survival mechanics that allow for deep base-building and resource gathering.
- #11 Palworld
90% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends creature collection with survival and base-building, offering a similar sense of progression and discovery.
- #12 Raft
89% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Co-op 8.5%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Much like Smalland, this game focuses on building a home in a hazardous environment while managing limited resources.
- #13 Dune: Awakening
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Survival 7.9%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the scale and danger of a harsh open world, focusing on survival and building in a hostile desert.
- #14 Sunkenland
88% matchVery Positive81% of 23,216 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.5 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 34.9% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11.6%, Co-op 10.1%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This water-based survival game focuses on building and defending your base from threats in a flooded world.
- #15 Len's Island
86% 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 32.3% ★, Survival 11.1%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines relaxing base-building and farming with dungeon-crawling exploration in a vibrant world.
- #16 Green Hell
87% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Survival 11.8%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Base Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a hardcore survival experience that forces players to master their environment to stay alive.
- #17 Omega Crafter
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 24% ★, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces automation mechanics to the survival genre, allowing for creative base-building and resource management.
- #18 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
85% matchVery Positive82% of 11,900 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25.5% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a focused survival and building experience set within the iconic, claustrophobic depths of a dwarven kingdom.
- #19 Tinkerlands
83% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a charming pixel-art survival experience with a focus on exploration, crafting, and base-building.
- #20 Voidtrain
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 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 30.1% ★, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.1%, Online Co-Op 7.5%, Co-op 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique train-based survival loop that requires constant building and upgrading to survive the void.
- #21 Drake Hollow
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,796 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.6 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 13%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 11%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building and protecting villages in a strange, magical world filled with exploration.
- #22 The Survivalists
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,012 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 22.9% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a fun, accessible survival experience with crafting and base-building mechanics set on a mysterious island.
- #23 Volcanoids
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,267 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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 11.3%, Survival 10.2%, Building 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This steampunk survival game features a unique mobile base-building mechanic that keeps players constantly on the move.
- #24 Dawn of Defiance
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,797 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 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 28.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 9.8%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a Greek mythology-inspired survival experience with a strong focus on building and exploration.
- #25 Solace Crafting
81% 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 23.4% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive open world with deep crafting and building systems that allow for significant player freedom.
- #26 Scrapnaut
81% matchMixed70% of 827 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 20.7% ★, Building 10.5%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game emphasizes base-building and resource management in a stylized, dangerous world.
- #27 Lost Skies
79% matchMixed61% of 2,893 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.1 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 35.4% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Sandbox 7.7%, Crafting 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on sky-based exploration and building, requiring players to craft and survive in a world of floating islands.
- #28 Grounded 2
77% matchVery Positive81% of 21,263 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20% ★, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Co-op 7.8%, Crafting 7.8%
- #29 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
77% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Survival 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Open World 8.5%, Base Building 7.9%
- #30 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 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 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 12.1%, Building 11.8%, Co-op 10.6%
- #31 Windrose
74% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 30.3% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.9%, Base Building 9.5%
- #32 Conan Exiles Enhanced
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 10.8%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a brutal, large-scale survival game that emphasizes building massive structures and surviving in a harsh, unforgiving land.
- #33 PixARK
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,071 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 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 19.9%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This voxel-based survival game allows for creative building and creature taming in a vast, colorful open world.
- #34 No One Survived
75% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.6 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%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 12%, Multiplayer 10%, Building 9.2%
- #35 The Planet Crafter
73% 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 26% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.2%
- #36 Craftopia
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Crafting 13%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #37 Ylands
76% matchMixed64% of 8,392 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 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% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Building 7.5%
- #38 ASKA
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 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% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Survival 9.1%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #39 Bellwright
72% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 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 15.7%, City Builder 13.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Open World 12.3%
- #40 Necesse
70% 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 34.3% ★, Survival 7.5%, Crafting 7.3%, Base Building 7.2%, Open World 7%
- #41 Forever Skies
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,446 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 32.0 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 25.2% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%, Co-op 8.9%
- #42 Lodventure
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Co-op 8.8%, Open World 8%
- #43 Subsistence
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 8.1%, Open World 7.4%
- #44 Eden Crafters
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 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 26.6% ★, Base Building 12%, Crafting 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Building 7.5%
- #45 Shamania
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.4%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
- #46 Cubic Odyssey
70% 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 31% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10%, Co-op 9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #47 The Front
70% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 25.6% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #48 Frozen Flame
72% matchMixed63% of 2,975 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 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 24.9% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 8.1%
- #49 Voyagers of Nera
68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,367 reviews2025
Dev: Treehouse Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.6 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 25.1% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9.4%
- #50 Medieval Dynasty
69% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 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 16%, Building 15.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 11.2%, Co-op 9.9%
- #51 Force of Nature
71% 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 34.7% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 7.3%, Building 7.2%
- #52 Survival Machine
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Survival 15.1%, Third Person 8.2%
- #53 Tribes of Midgard
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,133 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 19.5 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% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Survival 10.4%, Co-op 8.7%
- #54 DYSMANTLE
67% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 17.9%, Open World 16.7%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #55 Project Castaway
66% matchMixed67% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 24.8% ★, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Base Building 9.1%, Survival 8.3%, Co-op 7.6%
- #56 StarRupture
64% 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 25.8% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.8%, Co-op 7.9%
- #57 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
68% matchMixed52% of 3,445 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 9%, Base Building 8.1%
- #58 Dark and Light
69% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 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 24.1% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 16.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Base Building 6.8%
- #59 KeepUp Survival
67% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.3%
