- #1 DAWN OF ARBA
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Clue
Windows
Become a new adventurer in a massive online multiplayer adventure. Explore the new Dawn emerging over the horizon of a new world, ARBA. Although beautiful at first sight, ARBA's history harbors a hidden secret and a much deeper and dangerous truth.
Why similar: MMORPG 21.5% ★, Building 12.8%, Open World 11.7%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10%
- #2 Undawn
96% matchMixed54% of 6,521 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: MMORPG 26.4% ★, Open World 14.4%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Zombies 7.1%
- #3 Adaptive Wilds
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grizzle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A living survival game where every action reshapes the world. Terraform freely, craft modular tools, and build complex structures in ecosystems that change dynamically. Progress through skill, crafting, and hard choices in a wilderness that never stagnates.
Why similar: MMORPG 18.3% ★, Building 14.1%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #4 HuaBing
95% matchMostly Negative38% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Dust Studio
Windows
Pictorial Pie is a large multi-person online role-playing game in the Xianxia sandbox. With the growth of martial arts, the construction of the Zongmen and the Cave, and the free PVP battle, dangers and opportunities can be seen everywhere.
Why similar: MMORPG 31.6% ★, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.6%
- #5 Fallen Mankind MMO
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mikko Hämäläinen
Windows
Good morning, loner. Welcome to hell. In Fallen Mankind MMO, Explore The Zone, survive deadly anomalies, and choose your path among three factions. Build bases, battle players, face horrors, and uncover secrets in a hardcore, open-world MMO inspired by STALKER and survival classics.
Why similar: MMORPG 29% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Third-Person Shooter 10.6%, Open World 9.6%, Zombies 8.6%
- #6 Xsyon - Prelude
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: MMORPG 23.5% ★, Building 13%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 9.4%
- #7 Starting Life In Another World Naked
93% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: AsGLeague Studios
Windows
You will venture into a world much like ours before you are "taken" to another world, a fantasy world. You are the hero of this new world, but sadly you start off with nothing. You must survive and build your way to defeating the Demon King; that's why you were summoned in the first place.
Why similar: MMORPG 26.3% ★, Building 14.2%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%
- #8 Persist Online
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CipSoft GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Persist Online is an MMORPG with zombies, so you better grab yourself a gun. Level up in an unforgiving open world where you can enter every building. Form a deadly team with friends to claim what’s not yours. Take your loot to the Safehouse and craft perfect gear. Some survive. The best persist!
Why similar: MMORPG 31.1% ★, Zombies 12.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 8.9%, PvP 7.8%
- #9 Haven & Hearth
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 947 reviews2024
Dev: Seatribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A free-to-play MMORPG with crafting, building, landscaping, foraging, hunting, fishing, a dash of poetry, and open PvP combat,
Why similar: MMORPG 25.8% ★, Agriculture 12.9% ★, Open World 10.1%, Cooking 9.8%, Survival 9.8%
- #10 Infected Zone Survival
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quark Game Studio
Windows
"Infected Zone Survival" is an open world zombie apocalypse survival game. The game is mainly based on third person action shooting, and can be searched, disguised, built, made, cultivated, fished,hunted, recruited NPCs, simulated management, etc.
Why similar: Zombies 16.5%, Open World 15.9%, Cooking 15.2%, Survival 14%, Crafting 12.4%
- #11 Albion Online
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 90,120 reviews2018
Dev: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 81.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.
Why similar: MMORPG 42.7% ★, Open World 18.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 7.4%
- #12 Elcom
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lightborn38
Windows · Linux
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 24.1%, Building 18.6%, Survival 17%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 11.8%
- #13 Life is Feudal: Arden
89% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: MMORPG 31.6% ★, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9%
- #14 Guluo Monster Story
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 原谅大叔Pub: 古罗小骷髅
Windows
古罗魔物记,异世界的穿越之旅,即将开始,注意你的网络状况,活着离开这里!
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Open World 19.4%, Building 14.3%, RPG 11.9%, Crafting 10.2%
- #15 Zeverland
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Quirks
Windows
Welcome to Zeverland. Common sense is your best weapon against the Zeds. After figuring out the "not dying" part, grab some friends to save the world. Find a cure, build a rocket, or a tower too high for Zeds to climb. Nothing's off limits. You're here at the very start of the apocalypse. Go wild!
Why similar: Zombies 18.8%, Building 16.6%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #16 Far North
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legnd
Windows
Far North is a captivating survival game set deep inside the procedurally generated North. Alone or together with friends you can build, farm, cook, hunt and increase your various skills in order to survive the dynamic seasons and thrive in the North.
Why similar: Agriculture 15.9% ★, Cooking 15.9%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #17 Death Infection
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChaoYe LiuPub: KiwiGame
Windows
This is a post-apocalyptic virtual world filled with zombies. Each city can accommodate up to 10,000 virtual avatars from around the globe simultaneously. Here, virtual avatars’ genitalia and sexual interactions are restored for every logged-in player. There are no shops, no top-up points.
Why similar: MMORPG 38.2% ★, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 12.9%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 10%
- #18 Wurm Unlimited
85% 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 16.7%, MMORPG 15.2% ★, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 12.5%
- #19 Better Late Than DEAD
86% matchMostly Negative28% of 909 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 27.3%, Open World 20.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Zombies 12.4%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #20 Mithrall
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mithrall Industries
Windows
Mithrall is a Massive sandbox survival game with epic battles, dynamic exploration & real-time conquest. Shape the world, forge your legacy, and dominate in servers of up to 15,000 players in a living, breathing dwarven realm of war, trade, and ancient power.
Why similar: MMORPG 31.1% ★, Open World 13.8%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #21 In Next Life
82% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: MMORPG 22.1% ★, Cooking 11.9%, Building 11.6%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.6%
- #22 Last Oasis
83% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 18.5%, Open World 17.3%, Building 12.9%, MMORPG 10.5% ★, Crafting 10.4%
- #23 Medieval Apocalypse
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joma Rage
Windows · Mac
The main goal in Medieval Apocalypse is not only to survive as in previous survival games where you had to watch over the hunger, thirst, fatigue but the player will have to watch out for infection caused by zombies to not become one of them.
Why similar: Zombies 18.1%, Building 16.7%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 15%, Crafting 11.9%
- #24 Growtopia
81% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,277 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft Abu DhabiPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Growtopia is a 2D sandbox game, that brings together millions of players in an expansive pixel world. Collaborate in building anything you can imagine, become anyone you want to be, and delve into numerous mini-games. Unleash your creativity and join the massive universe in Growtopia today!
Why similar: MMORPG 38.6% ★, Cooking 13.7%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 8.7%
- #25 Irehon
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReMouse Games
Windows · Mac
Action MMORPG game in a fantasy setting. Explore the world, craft your weapon and equipment, engage in fights with other players and unravel the secrets of this strange world with your friends.
Why similar: MMORPG 44.1% ★, Open World 18.7%, PvP 6.9%, RPG 6.2%, Survival 5.5%
- #26 Rebellion Against Rebellion
79% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Rebellion Game Kft.
Windows
Dive into the indie MMORPG, Rebellion Against Rebellion! Embark on a magical journey in a world of enchantment, shaped by mystical crystals. Acquire magical abilities, collect characters, and pets on epic adventures! Join now for an uplifting, enchanting experience!
Why similar: MMORPG 38.4% ★, Open World 15.2%, Building 13.8%, RPG 8.5%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #27 8BitMMO
81% matchMixed60% of 4,325 reviews2015
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.
Why similar: MMORPG 28.5% ★, Building 19.8%, Sandbox 13.4%, Open World 12.5%, PvP 6.6%
- #28 No One Survived
78% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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 20.7%, Zombies 19.5%, Open World 18.9%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%
- #29 Mortal Online
79% matchMixed52% of 2,957 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: MMORPG 25% ★, Open World 21.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 12.3%, RPG 6.2%
- #30 Fallen Earth Classic
78% matchMixed60% of 7,558 reviews2012
Dev: Little Orbit
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon.
Why similar: Survival 21.2%, Open World 20.2%, Zombies 16.7%, MMORPG 10.3% ★, Crafting 9.8%
- #31 Dragon And Home
77% matchMixed60% of 1,378 reviews2021
Dev: HIG
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dragon and Home is a sandbox MMORPG where players can choose freely how they desire to play. Whether you want to play as a courageous adventurer, or you want to experience the tranquil rural lifestyles, growing plants, and feeding animals with your friends in the Homeland, you can find it all.
Why similar: MMORPG 31% ★, Open World 14.3%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 10.1%
- #32 FERAN
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Games
Windows · Linux
FERAN is a single-player extraction FPS set in a ruined post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge dangerous zones, survive brutal firefights, manage scarce resources and uncover what happened to your unit.
Why similar: Survival 27.6%, Zombies 19.9%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, Third-Person Shooter 8.4%
- #33 Archipelago: Island Survival
76% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: FrostFire
Windows
Survival simulator on an archipelago of islands. Sandbox with a huge open world. Over 300 different items and resources, over 100 different enemies and NPCs. Elements of trade and RPG.
Why similar: Battle Royale 17.7% ★, Building 14.4%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 12%, Open World 11.6%
- #34 Broken World
75% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
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: Open World 17.5%, Survival 17.1%, Building 16.2%, Zombies 16%, Crafting 12.7%
- #35 Gone: Survival
76% matchMixed44% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Zombies 16.1%, Building 15.9%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 12.6%
- #36 Polyturned
74% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: PolyturnedGame
Windows
Your goal is to survive in a city overrun by zombies, team up with friends to mine resources, build forts and explore the abandoned city.
Why similar: Zombies 19.4%, Open World 16%, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%
- #37 Isle of Survival: The New Dawn
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BlueSlay3r
Windows
“Survive and rebuild on a mysterious island. Explore diverse biomes, battle zombies, craft, farm, trade, and harness electricity in this open-world sandbox adventure — alone or with friends.”
Why similar: Survival 21.3%, Sandbox 15.4%, RPG 12.2%, Open World 12.2%, Zombies 11.2%
- #38 Wild Terra Online
75% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: MMORPG 20.2% ★, Open World 15.9%, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 13%, Building 11.1%
- #39 Severed Lands
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Severed Lands
Windows
Severed Lands is an open-world sandbox MMORPG featuring crafting, base-building, a player-driven economy, full-loot, and sieges. Flourish as warriors, merchants or seasoned professionals. Severed Lands provides the freedom to pursue your desired goals and discover the optimal path to attain them.
Why similar: MMORPG 36.5% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 8.4%
- #40 Survival Nexus
74% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: BRDynamic Studios
Windows
Survival Nexus is an exhilarating survival game that immerses players in a post-apocalyptic world filled with challenges and dangers.
Why similar: MMORPG 25.6% ★, Battle Royale 23.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 9.4%, Building 8.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #41 Anomaly Zone Renovation
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEW STORY GAMESPub: NEW STORY GAMES
Windows
A-Zone Renovation is a continuation of the legendary Zone, combining the classic stalker atmosphere with revised mechanics. A large-scale rebalancing, from weapons to economy, a new role-playing system, an improved interface, PvE and PvP activities - the Zone is ready to grow with its community.
Why similar: MMORPG 32.5% ★, Zombies 12.9%, Open World 12.5%, Third-Person Shooter 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%
- #42 Arcanatica
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SUDT Games
Windows
Arcanatica is a brand new multiplayer survival action game with elements of magic. The game combines many different mechanics, such as survival, hunting, building, crafting, and others, along with elements of magic
Why similar: Building 17.6%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Third-Person Shooter 12%, Open World 11.5%
- #43 Farvival
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Shiranamitei
Windows
Farvival is a game that combines the words "farm" and "survival." While smoking cigarettes, you can use axes and pickaxes to collect materials in a vast, procedurally generated map, defeat dangerous monsters, and enjoy a slow life of building and farming!
Why similar: Agriculture 21.2% ★, Open World 18.6%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 13%
- #44 The Untamed realms
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firestonemander Studios
Windows
The untamed Realms is an open world creature collection adventure. Tame unique creatures across a vibrant island, battle other tamers, Hunt for extra variants. breed, battle or explore with your favorite Ecomon and friends by your side!
Why similar: Building 16.4%, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%
- #45 Genesis Online
73% matchMostly Negative32% of 1,886 reviews2015
Dev: Shumkov Dmitriy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Genesis Online! First Person Multiplayer Adventure game in an editable procedural cubic world.
Why similar: Survival 26.3%, Open World 20.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #46 Faraway: On Lost Isles
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: reFure
Windows
Explore randomly generated islands, gather resources, build homes, and farm. Survive by managing health, comfort, and hunger. Brave the night to fend off enemies and progress to new islands to unlock advanced crafting. Enjoy a rich build system allowing vast creativity.
Why similar: Cooking 17.5%, Survival 17.5%, Agriculture 16.5% ★, Open World 16.2%, Crafting 15.4%
- #47 Dark and Light
71% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: MMORPG 22% ★, Open World 20.6%, Survival 18.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, RPG 8%
- #48 Dead Sector: Outbreak
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Outpost17 Games
Windows
Survive a brutal desert wasteland after a devastating outbreak. Scavenge, build, and defend yourself in a hostile open-world filled with ruins, wreckage, and deadly infected.
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Zombies 15.7%, Crafting 14.3%, RPG 10.9%, Building 9.6%
- #49 Next Day: Survival
71% 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 27.8%, Open World 24.3%, Crafting 10.5%, MMORPG 9.1% ★, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #50 Rocks Tools Hordes
70% 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 20.8%, Open World 19.8%, Building 17.7%, Zombies 13.4%, Sandbox 13.2%
- #51 Myth of Empires: Conquest
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Angela GamePub: Zavod NGG
Windows
Myth of Empires: Завоевания is a grand MMO survival sandbox with a living world where everything depends on you. Build settlements, raise armies, wage wars, or develop the economy — every choice leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: MMORPG 30.7% ★, Open World 21.4%, Survival 15.7%, Sandbox 14.1%, RPG 6.8%
- #52 TheWorld
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheWorldGameStudio
Windows
Massively multiplayer online sci-fi sandbox game
Why similar: MMORPG 26.6% ★, Building 15.7%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 11%
- #53 Polygeddon
67% matchMixed42% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Zombies 18.4%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #54 Darwin Project
68% matchVery Positive82% of 18,339 reviews2020
Dev: Scavengers Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.
Why similar: Battle Royale 53.5% ★, Survival 15.6%, Open World 8.7%, PvP 6%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #55 DreamWorld: Sandbox MMO
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: DreamWorld Realities, Inc.
Windows
Build incredible structures with powerful tools. Explore the world with all players on one server. Battle bosses, farm, craft, and socialize with friends. How will you shape DreamWorld?
Why similar: MMORPG 30.6% ★, Building 13.8%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10%
- #56 Z1 Battle Royale
68% matchMixed56% of 203,316 reviews2018
Dev: Daybreak Game Company
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Why similar: Battle Royale 27.6% ★, Survival 26.6%, Open World 15.4%, Zombies 9%, PvP 6.8%
- #57 Pastures New
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bluecedural
Windows
Pastures New is a relaxing, open world, survival game. Explore the procedurally generated world, explore new biomes and settlements. Meet new NPCs and construct your farms. Discover the local economy and generate money to advance your farm and prosper throughout the seasons.
Why similar: Building 20%, Open World 18.6%, Survival 15.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 7.6%
- #58 No More Heroes
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 生汽橘子
Windows
"No More Heroes" is a 2.5D survival-exploration game. You find yourself in a world of unknown Yin-Yang and Five Elements forces. Gather food and materials, construct buildings and tools, forge weapons, combat dangerous entities, and confront unexpected events. Do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Open World 19.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 10.4%
- #59 State of Decay
67% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 33%, Survival 23.3%, Open World 21.6%, Sandbox 6.6%, RPG 5.2%