- #1 Don't Starve
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Survival 18.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 7.6%, Perma Death 7.4%
- #2 Cubits
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango Nebula Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a talkative little Cubit, who knows he lives inside a game, and do your best to ensure both of you survive in this harsh, unforgiving world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Perma Death 11.3%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #3 Wrongworld
96% matchVery Positive94% of 538 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Sandbox 7.4%, Perma Death 6.2%
- #4 The Forest
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Survival 15%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8%, Survival Horror 5.2%
- #5 Force of Nature
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 39.8% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 13%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 7%
- #6 Crea
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 13.4%, Survival 8.9%, Moddable 5.3% ★
- #7 Category 6
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.6%, Perma Death 7.9%, Survival Horror 7%
- #8 Planet Explorers
91% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 9.5%
- #9 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
91% matchMostly Negative36% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 8.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #10 The Nature
90% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Unphysical Machinery
Windows · Linux
(NOT A MOBILE GAME PORT or NOT AN RPG MAKER GAME!!!) You are a creature just like others. You have the same needs, the same abilities. There is just one difference; you can talk with the Spirit of The Nature. Gather items, craft weapons, achieve your dreams, start a family, form a party and complete the quests without dying.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Moddable 10.5% ★, Crafting 9.5%, RPG 7.6%, Survival 7.4%
- #11 Nighthold: Number 1
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 7.1%
- #12 Blockscape
89% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 8.3%, Open World 6.5%
- #13 Cube Life: Island Survival
89% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 7.4%
- #14 Whisper of the Swallows
86% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 7.1%
- #15 Nighthold
87% 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 44.1% ★, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 7.9%, Open World 5.6%
- #16 Unhinged
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Survival Horror 8.4%, Open World 8.3%
- #17 The Long Dark
84% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48% ★, Survival 18.1%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 7.5%, Sandbox 5%
- #18 Vortex: The Gateway
84% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 47.2% ★, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 8.2%, Survival Horror 6.1%
- #19 Odd Woods
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 8.7%, Building 7.7%
- #20 Signs of Life
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 43.3% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.6%, Building 5.3%
- #21 Woodland Rebels
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 6.3%
- #22 SpiritBorn
81% 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 36.9% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 8.6%, Building 7.6%
- #23 Cataclysm Upon Us
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #24 Wurm Unlimited
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.5%
- #25 Subterrain
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Survival 17.8%, Crafting 14.6%, Top-Down 7.6%, Survival Horror 7.2%
- #26 Ink and Paper: Wandering
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: The Mumbling Mammoth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight enemies with four different styles in turn-based tactical combat. Grant mercy to your enemies and maybe they'll spare you. Flee when you can't win, and return with friends. Avoid spiritual foes, who can't be defeated in battle. Step in the world of the well known, but still different fantasy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 7.9%
- #27 Terraria
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 6.4%
- #28 Crashlands 2
76% matchVery Positive88% of 2,314 reviews2025
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning open world crafting RPG Crashlands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 9%, Open World 8.3%
- #29 Crashlands
77% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 8.2%
- #30 Hostile Planet: Survival
77% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 16.4%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #31 Junk Jack
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 13.2%, Building 7%
- #32 Alchemist's Awakening
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Crafting 17%, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 9.4%
- #33 ARCANA
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 6%
- #34 Fragmented
75% 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 48.2% ★, Survival 15.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 7.9%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #35 Dig or Die
73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 6.5%
- #36 Primal Man Simulator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #37 Stranded Deep
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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 47.7% ★, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 8.1%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #38 Novus Inceptio
74% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.3% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 8.5%
- #39 No Light
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 匠门电子科技有限公司
Windows
When wake up, you in a strange world. You must learn to be strong in this dangerous and dark world. Look for all the materials that can live, light the torch in hand, this light may be the last hope, but don't forget, in this boundless darkness, the light will also let "them" See you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.5%, Building 10.2%, Exploration 5.3%
- #40 Craftopia
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #41 Subsistence
71% 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 46.8% ★, Survival 15.7%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 8.1%, Building 5.9%
- #42 Rogue Night
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grey November Games
Windows
Gather, build, explore, quest, and survive a zombie apocalypse that is set in a medieval fantasy world. Unlock permanent upgrades with the heads of zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Perma Death 12.2%, Crafting 12%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #43 The Wild Eight
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 7,155 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.8% ★, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 7.7%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #44 Ars Notoria
68% matchMixed63% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #45 2D?!
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 12%, Building 6.8%
- #46 Block Story™
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,973 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 8.2%, Open World 7.9%
- #47 Far North Survival
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 9.4%, Building 8.8%
- #48 Life is Feudal: Your Own
69% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 9.8%
- #49 Frozen State
70% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival Horror 7.5%, Open World 6.5%
- #50 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 30.1% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Open World 10%
- #51 Ardaria
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wise Dragon Studio
Windows
Procedural building parts, schematics import/export on a open world voxel PLANET, mine, craft and upgrade your skills. Master parkour moves, face hordes of enemies, and tame powerful mounts! FREE PROTOTYPE
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Moddable 12% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #52 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
69% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Survival 13%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 9%, Survival Horror 7.3%
- #53 Gombo
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin CochetPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, craft, fight, build and survive in a mysterious cartoon world, haunted by a mysterious infection! Take control of Gombo, an enchanted creature and dive into an adventure full of magic. Play alone or in online co-op with a friend. Can you uncover the dark secrets of this colorful realm?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Difficult 6.4%
- #54 Ancient the Dimensions
67% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 8%
- #55 Good Heavens!
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows
Good Heavens! Is an open-world crafting and building RPG. Embark on a solo adventure or team up with up friends, picking your tool of choice – sword, wand, or carpenter's hammer. Navigate the quirky races and cultures of the promised lands and restore them to their, ahem, intended glory.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Open World 8.4%
- #56 The Overlap
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Back Pocket Games
Windows
The Overlap is a survival-cosmic-horror 2D sandbox. Explore procedurally generated wastelands, scavenge resources, craft, build, customize and upgrade your survivor, face eldritch horrors, survive the post-cataclysmic world alongside friends online and find out the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Survival Horror 8.5%