- #1 Satisfactory
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 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 21.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Open World Survival Craft 11.7% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for first-person industrial automation and large-scale base construction on a beautiful alien planet.
- #2 The Riftbreaker
96% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 25.9%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the blend of base-building, resource automation, and intense combat against waves of alien creatures.
- #3 The Planet Crafter
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 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 22.4% ★, Automation 12.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 7.6%, Co-op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on terraforming and resource management, capturing the same 'improving a hostile world' loop as StarRupture.
- #4 ICARUS
95% 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 28.5% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 9%, Online Co-Op 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features session-based survival and base-building on a hostile alien planet with a strong emphasis on sci-fi technology.
- #5 Abiotic Factor
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.5%, Online Co-Op 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes base-building and crafting within a complex, research-focused environment.
- #6 Techtonica
94% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 25.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.9%, Co-op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person factory automation game set in a mysterious, bioluminescent alien cavern system.
- #7 Subnautica
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 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 35.1% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 12%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an unparalleled sense of exploration and survival on a dangerous, alien world that feels truly alive.
- #8 FOUNDRY
92% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 18.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Co-op 9.4%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based automation game that allows for massive, complex industrial systems in an infinite open world.
- #9 Forever Skies
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 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 25.5% ★, Base Building 14%, Co-op 10.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-concept survival game where you build and maintain a mobile base while exploring a ruined, toxic planet.
- #10 Dune: Awakening
90% 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 25.3% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival and base-building with large-scale multiplayer interactions in a harsh, sci-fi setting.
- #11 Volcanoids
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 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: Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 7.9%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Unique survival mechanics where you operate a mobile drill-ship base to survive volcanic eruptions and mechanical enemies.
- #12 ASTRONEER
89% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 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 26.9% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 9.1%, Automation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on planetary exploration and base-building with a unique deformation mechanic that makes terraforming intuitive.
- #13 No Man's Sky
89% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 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 38.4% ★, Open World 13.9%, Survival 9.1%, Sandbox 7.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the ultimate open-world exploration experience with extensive base-building and survival mechanics across infinite planets.
- #14 Lightyear Frontier
88% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features mech-based farming and exploration, offering a more relaxed but still satisfying base-building experience.
- #15 7 Days to Die
86% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 10%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: While set on Earth, its core loop of base fortification and surviving massive, recurring horde attacks is a direct parallel to StarRupture's combat.
- #16 Space Engineers
87% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Base Building 19.8%, Co-op 14.3%, Survival 13.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, physics-based building and engineering that allows players to create complex structures and vehicles in space.
- #17 Eden Crafters
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Automation 15.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 8.1%, Colony Sim 7.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation of resources to terraform a planet, mirroring the industrial progression of StarRupture.
- #18 TerraTech Worlds
85% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 23.6% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Automation 10.9%, Crafting 8.9%, Co-op 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for extensive vehicle and base construction in a sandbox environment with a focus on exploration and combat.
- #19 Voidtrain
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 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 31.6% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Co-op 9.2%, Survival 8%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique base-building mechanic where you construct and upgrade a train that serves as your mobile home through a void.
- #20 Stationeers
84% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore engineering and automation game that requires deep knowledge of atmospheric and electrical systems to survive.
- #21 Astrometica
82% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Automation 19.2%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 12%
Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that tasks you with building a base in zero-gravity while managing limited resources.
- #22 Occupy Mars: The Game
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 11%, Open World 9.7%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly technical survival game that focuses on the realistic challenges of building a base on Mars.
- #23 ASKA
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,320 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 19.4% ★, Colony Sim 13.2% ★, Automation 10.8%, Base Building 10%, Survival 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival with colony management, requiring you to build and defend a settlement in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #24 Astro Colony
81% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 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 22.7%, Colony Sim 18.9% ★, Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 8.1%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An automation game where you build and manage a network of space colonies connected by conveyor belts and transport systems.
- #25 The Front
80% matchMixed68% of 10,753 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 26.4% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base defense and large-scale construction against both AI and player threats.
- #26 Outworld Station
79% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Automation 26.3%, Base Building 18.2%, Co-op 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: An automation-heavy simulation game set on a space station that requires careful resource management.
- #27 Valheim
79% 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 29.8% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, its robust base-building and survival loop against escalating enemy threats is highly influential in the genre.
- #28 The Last Caretaker
77% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.7%
- #29 Space Trash Scavenger
78% 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 25.4% ★, Automation 17.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Base Building 8.4%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines automation and survival as you scavenge debris to build and expand your base in space.
- #30 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Automation 13.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 7.6%, Open World 6.9%
- #31 Space Engineers 2
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.3%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 16.4%, Crafting 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%
- #32 Starbase
78% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Open World 18.2%, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A massive, space-faring MMO that allows for incredibly detailed ship and station building using voxel technology.
- #33 Sunkenland
75% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 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 32.3% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Co-op 11.1%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 8.1%
- #34 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 27.4% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Automation 8.6%
- #35 Enshrouded
73% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 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 19.7%, Open World 16.2%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.6%
- #36 Planetaries
73% 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 24.4% ★, Base Building 11%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 8%
- #37 Nightingale
72% 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 28.6% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 9%
- #38 VEIN
70% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 13.5%, Co-op 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%
- #39 Subsistence
74% 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 37.8% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 8.5%
- #40 Lost Rift
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.1%
- #41 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 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 28.9% ★, Co-op 11.9%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 9.3%
- #42 Dyson Sphere Program
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 37.7%, Base Building 25.5%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 10.5%, Sci-fi 8%
- #43 Star Crafter
71% matchMixed69% of 104 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 27% ★, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 6.9%
- #44 Survival Machine
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 9.5%, Co-op 9%, Survival 8.6%
- #45 Omega Crafter
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 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 22.9% ★, Automation 18.4%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 8.8%, Survival 8.8%
- #46 Soulmask
69% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Automation 16.2%, Colony Sim 15.5% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 8.3%
- #47 Orebound
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Co-op 11%, Open World 9.4%
- #48 GRAV
73% 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 33.7% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #49 Cubic Odyssey
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 30.3% ★, Base Building 15%, Co-op 10.8%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 7.8%
- #50 Farworld Pioneers
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 691 reviews2023
Dev: IgloosoftPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Colony Sim 13.7% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Co-op 10%, Crafting 8%
- #51 IfSunSets
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Co-op 9.3%, Survival 8.7%
- #52 XenoHaven
66% 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 23.1% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Automation 10.1%, Open World 10%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #53 Shamania
66% 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 23.3% ★, Automation 11.6%, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.9%, Survival 8.4%
- #54 Everwind
64% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Co-op 14.5%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 12.7%
- #55 Stars End
67% matchMixed61% of 1,414 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Co-op 11.8%, Survival 8.5%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Crafting 8%
- #56 Palworld
62% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 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 25.9% ★, Open World 11%, Survival 10.1%, Automation 8.2%, Base Building 7.9%
- #57 Craterbound
68% 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 31% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 10.2%
