- #1 Last Float
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Survival 24.8%, Sandbox 19.8%, Crafting 18%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 8.1%
- #2 Tides of Despair
96% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Base Building 18.9%, Open World 17.3%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #3 Brutal Inventions
96% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Cankut Keskin
Windows
Brutal Inventions is a 3D tower defense and survival game. You are the king in a war between two castle.
Why similar: Survival 19.3%, Strategy 16%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 14.6%
- #4 Direland
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAIJIUUUUU
Windows
A sandbox survival craft game set in a vast world. Explore the wilderness, defeat monsters, gather materials, and conquer colossal bosses.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Crafting 21.4%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 16.8%, Action 5.8%
- #5 Cannibal Island: Survival
94% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: EchoTale Games
Windows
It was a dark and stormy night when the helicopter had to make an emergency landing on an isolated island. Unfortunately for them, fate had a cruel twist in store. As the storm progressed, the chopper was violently tossed and turned until it landed on an isolated island shrouded in mystery.
Why similar: Survival 25.1%, Crafting 19.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #6 Elacoria
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn68
Windows
Explore an endless open world — vast in width, length, and depth — filled with mysteries to uncover. Join up to 8 friends to survive, farm, mine, build, and fight together in a living world with day-night cycles, seasons, and dynamic weather.
Why similar: Open World 26%, Survival 21.2%, Sandbox 20.8%, Crafting 14.3%, Exploration 7.3%
- #7 The Joy of Mining
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: spielepk
Windows
Mine, loot, craft, build, fight, and explore the open world in this Minecraft/Terraria-inspired game. It includes quests from NPCs, farming and fishing, as well as a variety of arcade games to play in-game.
Why similar: Crafting 20.7%, Survival 20.3%, Sandbox 19.8%, Open World 14.9%, Base Building 8.5%
- #8 Horrors Glade
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
You are a young scientist whose experiment turned into a disaster. When you wake up in the heart of a creepy forest, where every whisper of the wind hides a threat, you realize: there are no rules here. There is only hunger, fear, and shadows hungry for your flesh.
Why similar: Survival 26.6%, Crafting 21.6%, Sandbox 21.3%, Open World 18%, Exploration 6.3%
- #9 Wormhusk
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeoln Studios
Windows
The world is dying. The answer lies beneath. Dig deep into the husk of an ancient god-worm, build your defenses, slay the parasites that feed on its remains, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Why similar: Open World 24.8%, Survival 23.5%, Sandbox 18.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 8.3%
- #10 Hold Your Own
91% matchMixed67% of 577 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 15.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 13.9%
- #11 Gengu Survival
89% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.4%
- #12 Paloma Island
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Houari Mohamed AminePub: Damz Games
Windows
Stranded after a storm, survive the uncharted dangers of Paloma Island. Gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter in this open-world sandbox survival adventure. Explore lush biomes and diverse locations, uncover secrets, and face wildlife and enemies to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Base Building 19.2%, Crafting 16.4%, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 13.9%
- #13 Exot
88% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, Crafting 17.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Open World 15.8%
- #14 Alterworld
86% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 14%, Base Building 13.1%, Open World 11.7%
- #15 Kuma's Panty
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KUMAPub: KUMA Software
Windows
A weak bear wore panties to become stronger!? You only have 30 days to spend with Panty! Survive together! Survive in the harsh nature and walk the path to power that plunders everything. As long as you have Panty, you have nothing to fear in the world!
Why similar: Open World 28.5%, Survival 28.1%, Crafting 22.6%, Sandbox 9.8%, Strategy 4.8%
- #16 Better Late Than DEAD
87% matchMostly Negative28% of 910 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 34.1%, Open World 22.6%, Crafting 18.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Action 4.4%
- #17 99 Nights
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ammonite Design Studios
Windows
Chop down trees, gather fuel & scrap, search abandoned structures, and build a base camp strong enough to withstand what comes after the sun sets. The wilderness grows more dangerous with every passing night, and something is always watching from beyond the firelight. Survive all 99 Nights.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Survival 20.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Open World 15.6%, Crafting 13.2%
- #18 Enshrouded
83% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 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: Open World 23.2%, Survival 22.5%, Base Building 19.7%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #19 Profectus
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Alrek Studios
Windows
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Crafting 21.2%, Sandbox 18.7%, Open World 17.6%, Adventure 6.7%
- #20 暴食海岛 Munchy Island
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: clownpiece
Windows
Play as a fennec fox in a survival adventure on an island packed with food! Keep your belly full as you explore the island, build defensive structures, and fend off relentless attacks from monsters of the deep.
Why similar: Survival 24%, Base Building 22.2%, Crafting 18.3%, Sandbox 16%, Exploration 5.9%
- #21 Rocks Tools Hordes
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neural Monkeys
Windows · Mac
Rocks, Tools, Hordes is a survival crafting game where a brave little girl explores vast caves, builds her base, and battles endless zombie waves. Play the Demo! Add to Wishlist! Mine resources, craft gear, and pilot powerful robots to withstand the horde. Robots, rocks, and really rude zombies.
Why similar: Survival 24.7%, Open World 20.3%, Sandbox 17.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.3%
- #22 Alone on the Lost Isle
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Khachatur Antonyan
Windows
An atmospheric open-world survival game featuring exploration of a mysterious island, base building, crafting, and a dog companion. Face hostile inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Open World 19.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #23 Above The Horizon
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BigUpdate Games
Windows
Above The Horizon is terraformation survival crafting game where you crash landed above the planet "Lunaris". The rest of your colonization team landed safely on the planet... so it's up to you to get back to the planet and terraform it along the way!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.9%, Crafting 15.4%, Survival 14.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Open World 11%
- #24 Broken World
79% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: N777
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Survival 21%, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 16.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 15.2%
- #25 The Islands
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trash Studios
Windows
An open-world survival game. Use your environment to craft items and structures. Physics based with weather and day/night. More than 50 different animals. Combat and non-combat activities fishing.
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Open World 18.5%, Crafting 16.7%, Strategy 7%
- #26 Grounded 2
77% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Survival 24.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Open World 16.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #27 BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows
A year after the Aurora’s appearance & the world went dark, the people of Harmont & its vast wild environs struggle to survive the Quiet Apocalypse. Survive alone or with others against a host of new hazards & a fresh new survival sandbox from a pioneer of the genre. Live together. Die alone.
Why similar: Survival 29.8%, Open World 22.9%, Sandbox 16%, Crafting 10.5%, Strategy 6.1%
- #28 Landiscape
77% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: GTI
Windows
Landiscape is a relaxed 1–4 player open-world survival sandbox set on a zombie-infested island. Build bases, scavenge resources, explore dangerous landmarks, grow crops, and survive together — or turn on your friends.
Why similar: Survival 22%, Base Building 20.9%, Open World 19.9%, Crafting 18%, Exploration 5.8%
- #29 HORDE Survival
78% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: WDS Games
Windows
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Survival 20%, Base Building 19.4%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 16.8%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #30 Unvoided
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexandre
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mine asteroids and refine resources to build your own spaceship, designing every detail as you balance mass, thrust, and torque. Alone or with a crew, expand your vessel into a self-sustaining mobile factory through automation as you survive the harshness of space.
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Sandbox 19.3%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 17.1%, Base Building 15.8%
- #31 Keplerth
76% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Sandbox 22.2%, Open World 21.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 8.1%
- #32 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 19.1%, Survival 18.7%, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 13.7%
- #33 Wildlands Resurgence
75% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
section for a game where players need to survive from wildlife, mine resources, craft items and structures, and even form tribes:
Why similar: Sandbox 21.7%, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 12.9%
- #34 Ex/l
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FDST
Windows
A top-down 2D survival shooter with base building and crafting. Explore procedurally generated islands, secure resources, and defend—or raid—player bases in tense online PvP. Every run reshapes routes, chokepoints, and risk.
Why similar: Survival 23.7%, Crafting 18.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 13.9%
- #35 Core Reboot : 4 Seasons
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElderCat
Windows
Struggle to survive! Drawn by an unknown force, you’ve crashed onto a deserted planet. Hunt, gather, and endure through harsh seasons. Face terrifying monsters at each season’s end and find a way to escape. Can you survive and return to safety?
Why similar: Open World 23.1%, Survival 21.9%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #36 To-Gather
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poeka Studio
Windows
When a cult disrupted the peace 200 years ago by summoning terrible creatures, they couldn't reverse their mistake! Gather resources, Explore the abandoned Island and battle the curse with your friends before it takes over your home!
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Open World 18.3%, Base Building 18.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Crafting 13.6%
- #37 Isla de la Muerte
72% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ashwake Interactive
Windows
Isla de la Muerte is an intense survival game filled with mystery and danger. Stranded on a remote island, you uncover the aftermath of a secret government experiment gone horribly wrong. Officially erased from records, the island is now overrun by hordes of relentless zombies.
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Base Building 23.7%, Open World 20.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Action 5.9%
- #38 The Stormy Islands
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SeMaxYa
Windows
Survive mother nature, prepare for the different seasons protecting yourself from cold, heat, hunger and thirst. Beware of Tornadoes, Storms, Tsunamis and predatory animals, on a variety of islands where each one will have to adapt to its limited resources.
Why similar: Survival 25%, Sandbox 21.8%, Open World 21.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #39 Edge Of Survival
72% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Builderline
Windows
Escape to a relaxing, survival sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your base into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, hunting, cooking, and growing your own food.
Why similar: Survival 22.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Crafting 17.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Open World 14.3%
- #40 Return to Lumia
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: hwangso.world
Windows
Mine, craft, and explore deeper underground. Forge powerful gear, conquer 10 dungeons, and reclaim Lumia from the darkness in this 2D mining sandbox RPG.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.7%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 18.1%, Open World 15.9%, Survival 12.9%
- #41 Edentopia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Petal Studio
Windows
An open-world sandbox ARPG where every weapon transforms how you fight. Hunt monsters, craft gear and create deep character builds through stats, enchantments, spells, equipment and pets. Explore freely, survive chaotic boss fights, and carve your path through a world of magic, danger, and discovery
Why similar: Crafting 25.8%, Open World 25.5%, Sandbox 23.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #42 Squad Zero
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Survival 23.6%, Sandbox 19.7%, Base Building 18.9%, Open World 18.5%, Crafting 14.6%
- #43 Descending
73% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: oldnag
Windows
Descending is a hardcore open world survival in which you are alone in a struggle for survival against these creatures. Please do not buy this unless you want to support further development of the game. There will be bugs and stuff broken.
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Open World 25%, Base Building 24.6%, Crafting 23.7%
- #44 Everlost
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kub3sqtPub: Orivilon
Windows
Stranded in a world that never stops growing. Gather, craft, build and survive in an infinite procedurally generated wilderness where no two worlds are ever the same.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.9%, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 20%, Base Building 17.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #45 Just Us
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: eelDev
Windows
After global warming drowns most of the planet, only fragments of land remain above the rising seas. Among them lies a lonely island—once part of Sweden. Here, a couple struggles to survive the new world, searching for warmth, food, and meaning in the cold remnants of humanity.
Why similar: Survival 36.2%, Crafting 25.6%, Open World 22.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 6.8%
- #46 Sons Of The Forest
68% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 27.2%, Open World 21.6%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #47 MoonCraft
68% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Aluminati StudiosPub: Aluminati Studios Publishing
Windows
Your landing pod is destroyed and oxygen is draining fast! Explore, mine, craft, and build to survive relentless alien attacks on the dark side of the moon!!!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Open World 19.7%, Strategy 15.5%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 11%
- #48 Blightrest
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Hype Games
Windows
Blightrest is a co-op survival action game set in a dark, open world where every decision brings you closer to either salvation or eternal damnation. Master survival, build fortifications, banish demons with ancient rituals, and explore the Wastes where even shadows have eyes.
Why similar: Open World 22.7%, Survival 22%, Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 16.2%, Adventure 6.2%
- #49 ENDGAME: Survival
70% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Survival 22.7%, Base Building 21.3%, Crafting 18.5%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 9%
- #50 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,370 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.0 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: Survival 19.5%, Open World 19.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 15.7%
- #51 miMIR
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grojibz
Windows
miMIR is a survival exploration game where you drift through the shattered remains of Earth as a memoryless robot, surviving from a floating vessel while the world’s ruins reveal what humanity left behind.
Why similar: Survival 27.3%, Base Building 19.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 14%, Adventure 8.1%
- #52 TERROVOX
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: TeemTroom
Windows
Explore a huge world. You can go in any direction. Get resources. Craft weapons and items. Create buildings. Use your imagination to the maximum.
Why similar: Crafting 29.4%, Survival 26.1%, Sandbox 15.8%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 9.6%
- #53 Sandustry
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Survival 16.3%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 15.9%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 15.4%
- #54 The Last Viking
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoBrain Studio
Windows
Play as a young viking, learn to survive and fight in the wilderness. To fulfill your destiny, explore an island alone or in cooperation with friends, build structures, confront Norse gods and mythological creatures. Will you be the last Viking?
Why similar: Survival 21.3%, Open World 19.4%, Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 11.6%
- #55 Kopno: Blightfall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Urar Studio
Windows
Explore the cursed continent of Kopno and shape your path through moral choices. Choose one of six unique races and survive in a living open-world built on two layers, the Surface and the Underground. Gather resources, hunt, and build a thriving fantasy settlement worthy of leading your people.
Why similar: Open World 23.3%, Survival 22.6%, Crafting 17.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #56 Scrap Mechanic
63% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Survival 20.7%, Sandbox 19.4%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Base Building 13.9%