- #1 Untethered
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.2% ★, Space Sim 12.8%, Automation 12.7%, Base Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #2 Reprocessed
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 15.3%, Space Sim 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 9.3%, Space 9%
- #3 PoliPlanet
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World Survival Craft 10.2% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Space Sim 9.6%
- #4 Space Trash Scavenger
95% matchVery Positive84% of 521 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 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 18% ★, Automation 14.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Space 9%, Space Sim 8.7%
- #5 Eden Crafters
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,537 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 13.6 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 17.9% ★, Automation 14.9%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #6 The Planet Crafter
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 71,525 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 17.5% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Automation 10.8%, Crafting 8.3%, Space 8%
- #7 Astrometica
93% matchVery Positive83% of 3,131 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space Sim 19%, Automation 12.8%, Open World Survival Craft 10.1% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Base Building 9.3%
- #8 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
91% matchVery Positive91% of 7,488 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.7% ★, Automation 12.9%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 8.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #9 LithoBreak
92% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Labs
Windows
LithoBreak is an Early Access industrial survival game rebuilding toward one moon-site loop: boot up the console, build the first site, and help shape a science-driven survival sim.Play with Science
Why similar: Automation 14.1%, Space Sim 11.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World Survival Craft 10.6% ★, Crafting 9.1%
- #10 XenoHaven
91% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.4% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 9.1%
- #11 Astrometica: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,294 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Astrometica: Prologue is the free game about surviving in space. You need to use your skills and tools to stay alive. There are many challenges to face, and you need to fight to survive. You also need to build a new base in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.7%, Automation 12.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 8.9%, Space 8.9%
- #12 Satisfactory
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 274,659 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.8 hrsMean: 111.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World Survival Craft 9.2% ★, Building 8%
- #13 Skyformer
88% matchVery Positive84% of 70 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 18.1% ★, Automation 15.6%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 9.5%, Space 8.2%
- #14 Red Planet: Survive
90% matchNegative12% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Silent Parrot Studio
Windows
Red Planet: Survive is a first person survival game for Microsoft Windows. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Red Planet will be hard, but if you are strong enough, you will succeed. Find the best way to survive, but be careful, since each wrong step will ensure your demise. The environment is your main enemy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.5% ★, Space Sim 11.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 8.2%, Space 7.9%
- #15 Triton Survival
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Space Sim 15.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World Survival Craft 10.6% ★, Space 10.3%
- #16 Prospector
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Automation 13.9%, Open World Survival Craft 13.4% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #17 ASTRONEER
86% matchVery Positive92% of 138,510 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Space 11.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8%
- #18 Industronaut
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amca Games
Windows
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.
Why similar: Automation 16.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Space Sim 9.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #19 Chocolate Factory
84% matchMixed55% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Automation 16.8%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #20 Lunar Impact
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artem Rumyantsev
Windows
Go to the Moon to explore its harsh nature and mysterious anomalies. Build your own lunar base, craft equipment, extract valuable resources and make many discoveries. Overcome the challenges of extreme lunar conditions, an oxygen-free atmosphere and much more unknown...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.9% ★, Space Sim 13.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 8.7%
- #21 Star Crafter
82% matchMixed70% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Automation 12.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%, Space 9.2%
- #22 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 203 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.4% ★, Automation 17.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #23 Starvector
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Automation 15.9%, Space Sim 12.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 9%
- #24 X Space
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: X SPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 13.8%, Automation 13.4%, Space 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #25 Main Sequence
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tumbling Dumpling StudioPub: Mythwright
Windows
Main Sequence is a first-person space-sim factory builder where you design spaceships, build space stations, and automate everything. Start with a single ship and grow to become an interstellar industrial empire as you leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.2%, Automation 18.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Space 10%, Crafting 8.2%
- #26 TerraTech Worlds
79% matchMixed63% of 2,256 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.6% ★, Base Building 12%, Automation 10%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #27 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,689 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #28 Craterbound
79% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Space Sim 12.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Space 10.5%, Crafting 9.5%
- #29 Moon Colony Crafter
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9.5%, Space 8.8%
- #30 GreenMars: Expedition 744
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 744 Interactive
Windows
A sci-fi survival game where you explore a full planet, gather resources, build your base, deploy terraforming machines and drones, and begin turning hostile Martian terrain into the foundation of a new civilisation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.4%, Space 9.3%
- #31 Astral Divide
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sébastien Aoki
Windows · Linux
You wake up alone in a damaged space station with no memories. To get out of here, you will have to build your own spaceship. But survival comes first: gather resources, build a base and a factory out of gear and steam, and explore hand-crafted planets with unique biomes and resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Automation 16.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 9%, Base Building 8.7%
- #32 Space Crafter
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sirhyss Games
Windows
Go on an adventure in the footsteps of an ancient civilisation. Explore hostile planets, build your base and acquire the technologies of the past before they are turned to create chaos.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.6% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Automation 12.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #33 Astro Colony
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,654 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 17.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Space Sim 11.6%, Space 11.5%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #34 Asynchronauts
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puppetbucket Games
Windows
A zany single-player, open-world survival-crafting adventure game, set in space across a colorful planetary system. Explore the system at your own pace, leverage the unique properties and lifeforms of the planets, build bases and factories, and reveal the mystery of a vanished science colony.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Automation 15%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 8.3%
- #35 Candy Factory TD
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.9% ★, Automation 17.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #36 Yuri's Resolve
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apothecary Games
Windows
Yuri’s Resolve is a single-player factory-building game set in Mars' orbit. Salvage wreckage, mine Phobos, construct manufacturing systems, and forge a path back home. Operate from the immersive cockpit of your ship as Yuri’s Resolve delivers a bold, innovative take on the factory building genre.
Why similar: Automation 18.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Space Sim 12.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Space 10.3%
- #37 Nova Lands
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,465 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 18.2%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9%
- #38 AstroPlanet
73% matchMixed67% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: VIVA
Windows
AstroPlanet is a sandbox game where you find yourself in the role of an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a planet with an inhospitable atmosphere. Your task is not only to survive, but also to turn this world into a habitable place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Space 9.7%
- #39 Minicology
73% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.2%, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Automation 13.1%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 8.5%
- #40 Drill Space
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drill Space is a rogue-lite survival mining game where gravity shapes your journey. Explore a vibrant, randomly generated solar system, mine for resources, upgrade your ship, and defend against alien invasions. How long can you survive as you conquer the vastness of space?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Space Sim 12.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.3%
- #41 SpaceCraft
70% matchMixed67% of 2,264 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Space Sim 15.6%, Automation 13.1%, Space 11%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #42 Cosmorists
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.5%
- #43 Drift: Space Survival
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Space 12.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 9%
- #44 Huntian: StarTrace
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization—from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Space 13.8%, Automation 13%, Base Building 10.3%
- #45 Alien Planet Survival
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Yamate
Windows
You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.7%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #46 Terra Taker
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Craft
Windows
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.6% ★, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #47 Breathedge
70% matchVery Positive82% of 16,329 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Space 13.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.2%
- #48 Shamania
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 154 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 21.9% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Automation 12.7%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #49 Bot Crafter
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Dreams
Windows
Construct, maintain, manage and upgrade the fleet of your space robots in this sandbox crafter. Build the base, gather resources and automate to succeed in your mission in a unique robotic spacesim.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 13.9% ★, Space Sim 13%, Automation 12.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #50 Evolution Survival
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DrierWhisper729Pub: DrierWhisper Games
Windows
Evolution Survival is a survival game where the universe evolves around you. The plants and animals you saw at the beginning will be different at the end, They may not even be there, the star may have gone supernova or shrunk into a white dwarf. Use the time you have to ensure your survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Space Sim 14%, Base Building 9.6%, Space 9%, Crafting 8.9%
- #51 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
69% matchMixed69% of 845 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.1%
- #52 Deus Mantle
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1SPEED
Windows
Craft, build, fight monsters, discover new technologies and explore an infinite procedurally generated world! Delve into unknown worlds to uncover ancient secrets and return home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.4% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #53 Krasnaya Factory
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kickback games
Windows
Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 10%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #54 Railborn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Railborn is a survival game where you build your train piece by piece. Navigate a world entangled by branching tracks. Find rare plants to cultivate on your farms. Upgrade your train - manage its power systems, direct resource flow, and distribute water. Designed for 1 to 4 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Base Building 13%, Automation 10.9%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.7%
- #55 Blossom: The Seed of Life
65% matchVery Positive89% of 956 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Space Sim 13.9%, Automation 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 8.3%
- #56 AETHUS
64% matchVery Positive95% of 1,920 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 14.5% ★, Automation 12.6%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #57 Life Not Supported
67% matchMixed67% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Space 11.5%, Survival 9.7%