- #1 Beyond The Shadow
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyrenal Games, LLC
Windows
As the sole specialist sent into a quarantined part of the Midwest , discover all you can about the mysterious corruption rapidly taking over. Utilize all you can find around you to survive the evolving area, find the source and eliminate the threat. Will you defeat what lies Beyond The Shadow?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Building 10.7%, Open World 10.3%, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%
- #2 SpiritBorn
96% 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 34.2% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Building 10.9%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10.5%
- #3 Nighthold: Number 1
96% 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 34.7% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.2%, Building 10.6%
- #4 Bromeliad
95% 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 36.7% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.7%
- #5 Subsistence
94% 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 44.2% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 8.7%
- #6 MALTIVA
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IQSP4DPub: Boskit
Windows
Complexity Island game is a survival game Overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals. Protect your city from meteor
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.1%, Open World 10.8%
- #7 Forsaken Universe
93% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Jacob Folkerts
Windows
Forsaken Universe is an exploration-survival game based on a unique universe. Become one of the Elite space explorers in the universe by completing missions, building a strong base, killing space pirates and or aliens, or many different other ways. Can you explore all the planets and survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Building 14.1%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.8%
- #8 Cryowakers
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Checkbox Interactive
Windows
Cryowakers is an exploration and survival game that takes place in a randomly-generated futuristic world. Play solo or with seven other players to explore, survive, build, and fight to uncover the truth behind the cryosleep experiments.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Open World 8.1%, Character Customization 7.1%
- #9 FarmZone
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exwalt
Windows
The goal in FarmZone is to survive and protect your farm. You are just a farmer in the world full of zombies. You have to fight them to protect yourself and your farm. Travel the open world, explore new towns and grow your farm.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 15.6%, Building 12.8%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.2%
- #10 Road to Eden
91% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Building 11.4%, Survival 10.3%
- #11 My Island
89% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.3%, Building 7%
- #12 Force of Nature
90% 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 42.5% ★, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 9.8%, Building 9.3%
- #13 Determinant
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Khor Chin Heong
Windows
Realistic physics-based open-world survival game set in the future. Survival, crafting, exploration and base building are the main focus. Hunt for food and water and survive against environmental hazards. Combat is possible, but more defensive in nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Crafting 13%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9%
- #14 Shamania
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 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 32.1% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 11%, Building 8.1%
- #15 Solace Crafting
87% 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 32.1% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 11%, Open World 10.2%
- #16 SkyCraft
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ADIAN
Windows
Skycraft is an open-world survival game for 1-10 players, set in infinite procedurally-generated floating islands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Open World 11%
- #17 Fragmented
86% 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 48% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 7.2%
- #18 Nightingale
84% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 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 34% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 11%
- #19 Wurm Unlimited
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 12.7%, Building 11.4%, Survival 9.9%
- #20 Primal Man Simulator
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 12.8%, Base Building 9.5%
- #21 XenoHaven
82% matchVery Positive86% of 64 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 29.5% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.3%
- #22 World In The Abyss
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Cat Studio
Windows
The aliens have caused the oceans to rise, plunging the world into the abyss. Survive, craft, and explore this mysterious underwater world. Build your base, defend it against relentless waves of enemies, and dive deep to uncover the secret that could stop the alien invasion once and for all!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10%, Survival 10%
- #23 GRAV
84% 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 42.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 10%
- #24 Skyformer
81% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #25 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
79% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.9%, Building 10.5%
- #26 Novus Inceptio
81% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 11%
- #27 XERA: Survival
79% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Survival 9.6%
- #28 Craftopia
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 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 31.5% ★, Crafting 18%, Open World 17.2%, Survival 13.4%, Building 9.2%
- #29 Rem Survival
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 11.6%, Survival 11.3%
- #30 Odd Woods
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 12.4%, Open World 11.9%
- #31 Reign and Ruin
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Azimpur
Windows
Reign and Ruin is a multiplayer survival game that takes place in a brutal medieval open-world. You must weather the harsh elements, gather resources, establish a settlement, defend your home, dominate your enemies, and rise up alone or with your guild to become the king of the realm.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 9.4%
- #32 Wildsite
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vividdi Entertainment
Windows
Crash-landed on an unknown planet filled with plasma and toxic weather. Your only hope? Bob, a sarcastic-genius AI who will question your every survival decision. Explore, build your mobile base and try to avoid death alongside up to 3 friends in Co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11.6%, Open World 10.9%
- #33 Nighthold
76% 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 47% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9%, Survival 8.4%
- #34 ICARUS
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.9% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 8.9%
- #35 Wild
75% 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 40.5% ★, Survival 16.5%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #36 DUCKSIDE
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,985 reviews2024
Dev: tinyBuild RigaPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Third-Person Shooter 15.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 9.2%
- #37 Far North Survival
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 12.3%
- #38 Under A New Sun
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12%, Open World 12%, Base Building 11.3%
- #39 Planetaries
72% matchMixed59% of 222 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 31.4% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 11.1%, Open World 10.4%
- #40 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
72% matchVery Positive80% of 2,320 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 11.7%
- #41 Outback
73% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Wafflesoft
Windows
Tasmania is a harsh environment and to make things worse, the world is ending. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Open World 11.7%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.9%
- #42 Ancient the Dimensions
71% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 11.6%, Building 11.6%
- #43 Dune: Awakening
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 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 27.4% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 10%, Open World 9.2%
- #44 STOLEN CITY
71% matchMixed53% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: LeeJones Games Development
Windows
This is a survival game in a city that has been captured by gangs. Survive, develop, explore a huge city, craft, build bases, fight gangs and other players for resources.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 16.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.2%
- #45 Valheim
69% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 37.8% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.2%, Building 11%, Crafting 11%
- #46 Fade to Silence
71% matchMixed63% of 1,317 reviews2019
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 10.6%, Base Building 8.5%
- #47 Eldercraft: Mountaineers
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derivative Synergistics
Windows
Eldercraft: Mountaineers is an RPG about crafting, surviving and exploring. Forge your routes and pathways up the mountain to reach valuable treasures. These will help you forge more pathways that will lead you to the summit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 11.6%
- #48 Crashlands
70% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.7%
- #49 Necesse
66% 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 46.3% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.4%, Survival 9.2%, Building 8.8%
- #50 Last Hope on Earth
70% matchMixed50% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: iLand Studios
Windows
An single/multiplayer game of survival in a desolated post-war future world. A group of clone challenges the dangers of a forbidden Earth trying to survive against monsters made of pure radiation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.6%, Third-Person Shooter 10%
- #51 The Forest
68% 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 50% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 8.7%
- #52 Space Trash Scavenger
67% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 33.1% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10%, Building 9.6%, Open World 9.4%
- #53 FURTIVE
68% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Frozen Bullet Games
Windows
Prisoners of war, your team was captured but on the run on a large military controlled island. Explore, gather resources, build a shelter and survive the dangerous military presence on the look out for your team in this epic first person, multiplayer, open world, survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 11%, Building 10%
- #54 Polygon Survival
68% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.5%, Base Building 11%, Building 9%
- #55 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 49.7% ★, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 11%, Building 6.9%
- #56 Out of Reach
69% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 11.9%, Building 9.6%
- #57 PolyZ
67% matchMixed50% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.5%
- #58 Aurendor
67% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 11.7%