Games Like Survival: Fountain of Youth

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 42% ★, Survival 14%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 7.2%, Underwater 5.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly mirrors the shipwrecked-on-an-island theme with a strong focus on crafting and seafaring exploration.

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 40.4% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 9.1%, Open World 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most comparable experience to the realistic, punishing health and survival mechanics found in the Caribbean setting of the seed game.

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 16.5%, Base Building 13%, Building 12.7%, Survival 11%, Historical 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the historical, grounded survival and base-building progression that makes the 16th-century setting of the seed game so compelling.

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 45.9% ★, Survival 15.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.6%, Building 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a high-stakes island survival experience with deep base-building and exploration mechanics.

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 34% ★, Underwater 17.2% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on island-hopping and aquatic survival, mirroring the maritime exploration aspect of the seed game.

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 32% ★, Underwater 17.6% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi, it is the gold standard for exploration-driven survival and resource management in a beautiful, isolated world.

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 20.6%, Base Building 19%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern evolution of island survival that emphasizes building, exploration, and managing resources in a hostile environment.

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 48.8% ★, Survival 18.1%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 6.9%, Exploration 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same commitment to realistic, punishing survival mechanics where every decision regarding health and warmth matters.

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 30.6% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and resource management in a unique, isolated environment that requires constant adaptation.

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.3%, Historical 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the discovery and evolution aspect of survival, requiring players to learn and adapt to a harsh, untamed world.

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 33% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar session-based approach to exploration and survival that rewards careful planning and resource gathering.

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 38.8% ★, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on island-hopping and resource gathering, making it a great fit for fans of the maritime survival theme.

Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A desert-themed survival game that shares the 'lost explorer' vibe and the need to uncover ancient mysteries.

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 37.4% ★, Survival 18.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: Features realistic survival mechanics in an open world that forces players to prioritize shelter and safety.

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 9%

Why You'll Like It: Survival in a harsh, isolated environment with a heavy focus on crafting and managing limited resources.

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 30.1% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on exploration and crafting in a hostile, oversized environment that rewards curiosity.

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 42.8% ★, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 9.8%, Open World 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep focus on base building and survival against the elements in a challenging, realistic world.

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Survival 18%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides excellent base-building and exploration mechanics that feel rewarding and well-integrated into the survival loop.

Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10%, Building 7.3%, Open World 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Realistic survival mechanics focused on seafaring and island life that mirror the challenges of the seed game.

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 27.2% ★, Underwater 13.4% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Island survival with a focus on co-op play and exploration in a tropical setting.

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 7.6%, Open World 7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game with a strong focus on base building and exploring a vast, mysterious world.

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 30.5% ★, Underwater 11.9% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Exploration-driven survival in a tropical setting that emphasizes crafting and resource management.

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 33.7% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Exploration-heavy survival with a focus on discovery and crafting in diverse, atmospheric environments.

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 31% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the harsh, realistic survival elements that define the genre, requiring careful attention to physical needs.

An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and building with a relaxing but engaging island exploration theme.

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: Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique base-building mechanics with a focus on exploration and moving through a dangerous landscape.

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 26.8% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 8.9%, Building 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Strong base-building and survival mechanics in an open world that requires constant maintenance and defense.

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: Base Building 19.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.4%

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 40.9% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Island-based survival that emphasizes crafting, building, and navigating the dangers of the open sea.

KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 7.4%

Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11%, Building 8.8%

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 32.3% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, Building 8%

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 30.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 7.8%

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 30.9% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game with a focus on crafting and long-term progression in an open world.

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: Crafting 17.2%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Open World 10.1%

MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.3% ★, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 8.4%, Building 5.6%

Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 8.4%, Open World 8.3%

You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.1%

A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Underwater 18.3% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 11.2%

You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.

Why similar: Underwater 18.2% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 9.1%

Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?

Why similar: Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 9%

Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Open World 11.1%, Building 10.4%

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 38.8% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 10.1%, Action-Adventure 5.8%

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 46.8% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8.6%

Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.3% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 7.9%

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 30.4% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.5%, Building 8%

A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Survival 12%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.5%

Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 7.7%

In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Historical 9.9%, Survival 9.5%

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival 18.3%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 9.9%

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Crafting 13%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 9%

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: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 15.7%, Open World 11.9%

Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.

Why similar: Survival 16.8%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 11.9%

Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 7.7%

Survisland is a super hardcore sandbox survival game that pays great attention to restoring the real survival experience. The character has rich and realistic actions and reactions to , and the process logic of making props is no different from reality.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.1%

Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.

Why similar: Crafting 21.5%, Survival 21.4%, Open World 17.3%, Sandbox 15.3%, Exploration 9.5%