- #1 Mist Survival
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Survival 20.7%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 8%, Base Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a tense PvE survival experience with a strong focus on base fortification and managing resources against environmental threats.
- #2 The Infected
96% matchVery Positive84% of 6,982 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Open World 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features very similar base-building mechanics and AI threats that challenge your survival in a hostile open world.
- #3 Sunkenland
96% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.0 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 46.3% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar experience of building bases and raiding AI-controlled settlements in a challenging survival environment.
- #4 The Front
95% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 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 37.4% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 7.8%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep base-building and crafting with military-style AI threats that require tactical defense and preparation.
- #5 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 8.1%, Base Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on building complex defensive structures to survive nightly waves of enemies, mirroring the base-defense loop of Subsistence.
- #6 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 39.8% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for base-building and defense against waves of AI, perfectly capturing the need to fortify against persistent threats.
- #7 ICARUS
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 39.3% ★, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense survival and base-building mechanics within a session-based structure that rewards careful planning and resource management.
- #8 SCUM
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.8% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed, hardcore survival experience with complex systems that will appeal to fans of the realistic survival elements in Subsistence.
- #9 Green Hell
92% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Survival 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Crafting 8.2%, Open World 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a punishing, realistic survival experience that emphasizes environmental hazards and crafting for long-term sustainability.
- #10 Stranded Deep
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.6% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core survival loop of crafting and building in a harsh, isolated environment.
- #11 Deadside
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 8.6%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a tactical, grounded survival experience with a focus on gunplay and navigating a dangerous, open world.
- #12 Rising World
89% matchVery Positive86% of 5,974 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more relaxed but deep building experience that allows for immense creativity in constructing bases and structures.
- #13 Miscreated
89% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.7% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes exploration and base building in a dangerous, player-populated world.
- #14 No One Survived
87% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 28.8%, Open World 17.7%, Crafting 16.8%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base construction and resource management against zombie threats in a persistent world.
- #15 Conan Exiles Enhanced
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,196 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 113.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features robust building systems and survival mechanics that allow for significant base expansion and defense against PvE threats.
- #16 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
85% matchVery Positive83% of 69,686 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Survival 31.7%, Open World 20.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Co-op 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management and base building while defending against persistent AI threats in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #17 Out of Reach
86% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and building on a remote island, requiring players to defend their territory from other threats.
- #18 Survive the Nights
84% matchMixed66% of 6,719 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.8% ★, Survival 17.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Sandbox 7.7%, Co-op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival and base fortification, particularly during the dangerous night cycles.
- #19 Valheim
83% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 40.9% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers rewarding base-building and progression systems that emphasize exploration and preparation for challenging boss encounters.
- #20 Rem Survival
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 8.6%, Base Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival experience that focuses on the core pillars of crafting, building, and staying alive.
- #21 Volcanoids
82% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 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: Crafting 16.3%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Open World 10.9%, Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique mobile base-building mechanic where you must defend and upgrade your drillship against volcanic eruptions and mechanical enemies.
- #22 Force of Nature
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 7.2%, Building 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a sandbox survival experience with crafting and base-building elements in a procedurally generated world.
- #23 KeepUp Survival
80% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 9.1%, Base Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes building and crafting with a focus on co-op play and environmental challenges.
- #24 Fragmented
82% 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 51.6% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 7.4%, Crafting 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes crafting and base building while managing hunger, thirst, and environmental hazards.
- #25 VEIN
77% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Survival 25.8%, Open World 18.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.4%, Multiplayer 11%
- #26 XERA: Survival
79% matchMixed66% of 7,941 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that incorporates base-building and tactical combat against AI and players.
- #27 GRAV
81% matchMixed47% of 6,921 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 46.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.1%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features sandbox survival and base-building elements in a vibrant, alien environment.
- #28 Hurtworld
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 17.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #29 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
76% matchVery Positive82% of 10,429 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 8.1%, Open World 7.5%
- #30 Savage Lands
78% matchMixed54% of 6,690 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.5% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 8.5%, Multiplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival game that emphasizes building and crafting to survive in a harsh, dragon-filled world.
- #31 Hold Your Own
78% matchMixed67% of 576 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 23%, Crafting 21.6%, Open World 14%, Base Building 13%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on the basics of building, crafting, and defending against waves of enemies.
- #32 StarRupture
73% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 9.1%, Open World 8.6%
- #33 Outlaws of the Old West
76% matchMixed59% of 6,295 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.2% ★, Survival 16.1%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Crafting 5%
- #34 Project Castaway
73% matchMixed66% of 1,849 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 7.4%, Base Building 7.1%
- #35 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
75% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.2% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Crafting 6.1%
- #36 This Land Is My Land
74% matchMixed68% of 4,651 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.1% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #37 Reign Of Kings
75% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 7%
- #38 Raft
70% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Open World 5.7%
- #39 Winter Survival
71% matchMixed63% of 776 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 9.8%, Base Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.5%
- #40 HumanitZ
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 10%
- #41 Nomad
74% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.6% ★, Survival 16.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.1%
- #42 Medieval Dynasty
71% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 21.4%, Survival 16.5%, Building 14.9%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 10.6%
- #43 DeadPoly
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #44 Plains of Pain
71% matchVery Positive83% of 933 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #45 Forever Skies
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 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 36.9% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Open World 8.8%
- #46 The Planet Crafter
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 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 40.1% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #47 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
73% matchMixed54% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.1% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Multiplayer 7%, Open World 6.9%
- #48 Crushed
72% matchMixed54% of 318 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6.5%
- #49 Survival: Fountain of Youth
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,480 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 7.6%
- #50 Nightingale
69% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 39.2% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.2%
- #51 Occupy Mars: The Game
67% matchMixed70% of 3,132 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 8.9%, Open World 8.2%
- #52 IfSunSets
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,352 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
「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 56.9% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 7.7%, Co-op 6.7%
- #53 Eden Crafters
64% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 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 40.6% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 8.9%, Open World 7.9%
- #54 Far Lands
68% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 9.3%
- #55 Under A New Sun
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 400 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 10.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #56 Outpost Zero
70% matchMixed48% of 853 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.4% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 8%, Crafting 7.7%
- #57 Next Day: Survival
69% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 36.6%, Open World 21.6%, Multiplayer 15%, Crafting 14.6%, Co-op 4.9%
- #58 The Last Plague: Blight
65% matchVery Positive89% of 1,472 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 6.9%
