- #1 Starpoint Gemini 3
97% matchMixed50% of 877 reviews2020
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight, loot, explore and craft in the living open world of Starpoint Gemini 3. Assemble your trusty ship and boost your RPG skills to face all challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 31.3% ★, Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Space Sim 16.7%, Space 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #2 Red Planet: Survive
96% 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 38.1% ★, Space Sim 14.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Space 7.1%, Base Building 6.7%
- #3 SpaceLab Simulator
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tractor Set GO!
Windows
Run a spaceship's lab module all by yourself while trying to find a cure for close-to-extinct humanity. Make repairs to various systems of the ship, solve technical problems, perform maintenance, and upgrade tools that will help you to overcome the most unusual challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 55.1% ★, Space Sim 23.5%, Space 9.3%, Sci-fi 9.2%, 3D 2.2%
- #4 Jump Crew
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Felwig GamesPub: Offwidth Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a ship tile by tile, automate production, and explore a persistent galaxy of little worlds. Forage, hunt, mine and forge with friends, establish planetary outposts, survive space hazards, and raid rival crews in this co-op PvPvE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Spaceships 38.2% ★, Base Building 5.5%, Space 5.4%, Crafting 5.2%
- #5 Moon Colony Crafter
93% 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 42.8% ★, Base Building 8.8%, Open World 8.6%, Space 7.8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #6 Craterbound
92% matchMixed53% 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 39.4% ★, Space Sim 15.8%, Space 9.5%, Open World 8.8%, Base Building 7.5%
- #7 Spaceship Pro Simulator
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Spaceship Pro Simulator. Strapped in and ready. One ship, one mission—survive the unknown. Enemies ahead, systems online. This is my journey through deep space, and I'm not going down easy.
Why similar: Spaceships 59.4% ★, Space Sim 24.4%, Space 7.6%, Sci-fi 3.8%, 3D 1.8%
- #8 Signs of Life
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 846 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.8% ★, Crafting 8.3%, Space 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Building 6.1%
- #9 Adrorium
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Beholder
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your ship, defend against drone waves and explore hundreds of sectors filled with stations, asteroids and planets with lots of POIs. The ship systems can be controlled via consoles with several hundred buttons. Craft equipment and blocks, loot the POIs and disabled drones.
Why similar: Spaceships 47% ★, Space Sim 24.8%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 9%, Space 9%
- #10 Unknown Planet
89% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Synthetic Games
Windows
Your spacecraft has crash landed on an alien planet. Explore this unknown world, mine the resources, build your base, grow farms, craft equipment, fight off the alien lifeforms and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Sci-fi 9.4%, Aliens 8%, Base Building 7.8%, Space 7.5%
- #11 Celestial Routes
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unpredictable Games
Windows · Mac
A third-person space survival game where seamless planet landings meet debt, fuel costs, fines, taxes, base ownership, and rebellion.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.2% ★, Space Sim 20.3%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Open World 7.5%
- #12 No Man's Sky
88% matchVery Positive85% of 421,258 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Space 12.3%, Open World 11.8%, Space Sim 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #13 ARK: Survival Evolved
87% matchVery Positive83% of 778,394 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Dinosaurs 17.3% ★, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 6.6%, Building 6.5%
- #14 PULSAR: Lost Colony
86% matchVery Positive90% of 5,738 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Spaceships 38.2% ★, Space Sim 20.5%, Space 8.2%, Open World 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #15 Solar System Colonist
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteroid MinersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
The conquest of the Solar System has begun – prove yourself as a space colonist! Pilot the spaceship, choose the planet you wish to inhabit and build your new home. However, remember that there are no rules or laws in outer space. Don't underestimate the danger and stay vigilant – enemies are near!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Space Sim 11.7%, Space 11.6%, Open World 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #16 Triton Survival
85% 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: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Space Sim 20.2%, Space 9.9%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.7%
- #17 FarWest Colony
84% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: JCP
Windows
Lead a rebellion against tyranny in this open-world, survival sci-fi RPG game. Utilize alien technology to explore, build bases, craft, and farm. Prepare for an unequal combat to rescue humanity from tyranny and a mysterious deadly virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Open World 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Crafting 8%
- #18 WarpedSpace
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
WarpedSpace is a sci-fi survival adventure game set in deep space. A massive, open environment full of wonder and peril awaits you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Space Sim 20.9%, Open World 8.6%, Space 8.5%, Crafting 8.5%
- #19 Remains
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 323 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Space 9.7%, Crafting 8.4%, Building 8.2%, Base Building 8.2%
- #20 Breathedge
82% matchVery Positive81% of 18,514 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 50.4% ★, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Base Building 8.3%, Crafting 6.6%
- #21 Space Trash Scavenger
81% matchVery Positive83% of 528 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 40.6% ★, Space Sim 12.3%, Space 9.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 7.8%
- #22 14: Overmind
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Next Genium
Windows
Immersive survival-adventure. Wake up in deep space with no memory, amid debris and dangerous 5D fractals of an alien world. Piece together the catastrophe, build a base, drive vehicles, laser-cut asteroids, fight for life and remember who you are among these secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Space Sim 19.5%, Space 8.5%, Open World 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #23 Lunar Impact
79% 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 41.3% ★, Space Sim 17.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 8.4%, Base Building 7.8%
- #24 Drill Space
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Burrow through alien worlds and mine for hidden treasures. As your foothold spreads across the vastness of space, dark forces hunt you down. How will you carve out your legacy among the stars?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.9% ★, Space Sim 14.9%, Building 8%, Crafting 8%, Open World 7.5%
- #25 Trenite Engineer
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gryzly22
Windows
You don't pilot the ship-you run it. Manage power, fuel, gravity, life support and other systems, repair failures and engineer your way through a hostile solar system.
Why similar: Spaceships 47.9% ★, Space Sim 25%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Space 8.5%, Crafting 6.9%
- #26 Edge of Space
80% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.4% ★, Space 8.2%, Crafting 7.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Open World 4.7%
- #27 SpiritBorn
78% 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 52% ★, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.8%, Base Building 7.6%
- #28 VIFA
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NavySparkStudio
Windows
Vifa is a survival-building game where each hero character brings unique talents that change how you play. Team up with friends, craft and build your base, deploy worker bots to gather resources, and assemble powerful mechs to defend your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.1% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Robots 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Crafting 6.3%
- #29 Untethered
77% 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 38.6% ★, Space Sim 19.3%, Space 9.2%, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.2%
- #30 Halley Mission: 2061
76% matchMixed67% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a sci-fi survival adventure on Halley's Comet as a retired astronaut on a top-secret mission. Build, manage limited resources, and survive the desolate space environment to complete your mission.
Why similar: Spaceships 30.1% ★, Space Sim 19.3%, Building 10.1%, Space 10%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #31 eXoSpace Combat Engineer
75% matchVery Positive87% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Fantastimaker
Windows
Snap, rotate and launch your own warship in minutes, then pilot it into bullet-hell boss fights to hunt the galaxy's supervillains. Master intuitive engineering, evolve from drone to dreadnought, and use the fully gridless designer to build anything you can imagine!
Why similar: Spaceships 50.7% ★, Space Sim 19.7%, Space 9.2%, Building 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #32 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 60.5% ★, Base Building 7%, Open World 6.8%, Building 6.8%, Crafting 6.8%
- #33 XenoHaven
74% matchVery Positive82% of 73 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 38.2% ★, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 8.2%
- #34 Astrometica
74% matchVery Positive82% of 3,211 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 27.5%, Open World Survival Craft 23.1% ★, Open World 10.3%, Space 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #35 GRAV
75% matchMixed47% of 6,922 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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 56.3% ★, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 8.9%, Space 7.2%, Crafting 7.1%
- #36 The Eternal Bone : Shellshore
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wild Ink
Windows
The Eternal Bone : Shellshore is a farm adventure game. You can build your own home, cultivating ,protect and harvest crops, dig resources. Or obtain weapon,defeat the monster, start a sci-fi farm adventure game along the Shellshore's river.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 88.1% ★, Adventure 3%, Robots 2.4%, Building 2.2%, Base Building 2.1%
- #37 In Control: Rocketry
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electromechanical SoftworksPub: Maximum Entertainment France SAS
Windows
Take to the skies in this spaceflight simulator where you have control over every aspect of your orbital journey. Build a rocket and its control panels, steer your spacecraft to stay on its flight path, manage resources and explore the solar system using realistic physics and propulsion systems.
Why similar: Spaceships 47.4% ★, Space Sim 27.5%, Space 13.8%, Building 6.5%, Crafting 3.4%
- #38 Space Vet
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuminautsPub: Lemfactory
Windows
As an intergalactic Space Vet, your hands are full with helping alien creatures while exploring a vast universe where every mission is a new adventure!
Why similar: Spaceships 45.5% ★, Space Sim 14.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Space 5.9%
- #39 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 51.3% ★, Space 11.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 8.1%, Base Building 6.5%
- #40 Andromeda Wars
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Mccue
Windows
Andromeda Wars is a retro styled space RTS. In Andromeda Wars you must gather power, build a fleet, build defences to defend your mothership, and try to survive the onslaught from the opposing factions. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your dwindling resources.
Why similar: Spaceships 61.7% ★, Space Sim 23.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, PvE 2.6%, Space 2.5%
- #41 Vortex: The Gateway
73% matchMixed57% of 399 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.3% ★, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Aliens 6.7%, Building 5.3%
- #42 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
71% matchVery Positive92% of 8,103 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.7% ★, Building 9.8%, Crafting 6.3%, RPG 6.3%, Adventure 5.8%
- #43 Moltiva
71% 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 43.9% ★, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 9.7%
- #44 Astrometica: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,306 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 25.6%, Spaceships 16.5% ★, Base Building 9.8%, Open World 9.8%, Building 9.7%
- #45 Chorus
70% matchVery Positive82% of 4,715 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Silver FishlabsPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.
Why similar: Spaceships 48.9% ★, Space Sim 13.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #46 Second Dawn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: windurex
Windows
Sent ahead alone to make a dead world breathe, you print machines, raise heat and air and turn Hearth green. But your warmth wakes a swarm beneath the ruins. Hold the line with turrets, then take the fight to its hives in tanks, walkers and gunships. Survival terraforming for 1–4 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Base Building 8.8%, Sci-fi 8%, Aliens 7.7%, Open World 7.5%
- #47 ASTRONEER
69% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 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 47.9% ★, Space 12.1%, Open World 11%, Base Building 8.2%, Building 6.5%
- #48 Minicology
68% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Space Sim 25.2%, Aliens 8.1%, Building 7.1%, Open World 7.1%
- #49 Robowork
70% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Edvar Studio
Windows
Explore a planet with your friend or alone, upgrade yourself and try to return to Earth in your adventure that begins with your spacecraft sent by "Space-T" to explore other planets!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Open World 10.9%, Robots 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Space 6.6%
- #50 Cubic Odyssey
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 51.1% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Building 10.2%, RPG 4.6%
- #51 Floating in Space
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wingfinity Games
Windows
A cozy open-world survival game, a relaxing experience in zero gravity. Explore mysterious places, craft, build and collect to reach a colony of your tribe. Enjoy the silence and beauty of the universe. Unravel mysterious puzzles along the way, that could even lead to an entirely different outcome.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Space Sim 11.4%, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Crafting 8.2%
- #52 Funorbit
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Aeroenix
Windows
Funorbit is a space survival simulation with realistic physics, resource gathering, crafting, and building. Navigate a vast universe using orbital mechanics, encounter drifting meteoroids, and construct space stations to survive.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.8% ★, Space Sim 24.8%, Space 9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #53 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,438 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Space Sim 18.7%, Space 9.4%, Open World 8.2%, Building 8.1%
- #54 My Island
66% matchMixed66% of 1,739 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 67.5% ★, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Building 5.7%, Adventure 3.7%
- #55 Fragmented
68% 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 66% ★, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 6.7%, Building 5.8%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #56 The Planet Crafter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 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 42.4% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Space 9%, Building 8.3%, Open World 8.1%