- #1 Starbound
97% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 6.9%, Crafting 6.5%, Building 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest overall match to Terraria's 2D mining, crafting, base-building, loot progression, and boss-driven exploration, just spread across multiple planets.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 8.5%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This nails Terraria's dig-explore-upgrade loop with pixel art, co-op, base-building, biomes, and gated boss progression centered around underground discovery.
- #3 Necesse
96% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Survival 6.8%, Crafting 6.7%, Multiplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its procedurally generated world, crafting-heavy progression, boss fights, and satisfying mix of solo adventuring and settlement building feel very Terraria-like.
- #4 Crea
95% 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 42.9% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 6.9%, Multiplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Crea combines Terraria-style 2D sandbox progression with deeper RPG systems, skill building, crafting, and procedurally generated exploration.
- #5 Planet Centauri
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is a 2D pixel sandbox built around mining, building, crafting, magic, and monster-filled exploration in a way that strongly echoes Terraria.
- #6 Junk Jack
94% 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 40% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Terraria's side-view block world, resource gathering, crafting, building, and exploratory feel with a slightly more relaxed pace.
- #7 Dig or Die
93% 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 40.9% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Terraria, it revolves around side-view mining, terrain manipulation, crafting, and building defenses to survive increasingly dangerous threats.
- #8 Aground
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,965 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Open World 7%
Why You'll Like It: It starts with simple survival and mining but grows into a layered crafting and exploration adventure that scratches the same progression itch as Terraria.
- #9 Portal Knights
91% matchVery Positive83% of 22,116 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 13.9%, Survival 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Although fully 3D, it captures Terraria's mix of gathering, crafting, building, gear progression, and boss fights in a more action-RPG format.
- #10 Tinkertown
91% matchMixed67% of 1,340 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 13%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Building 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers multiplayer sandbox adventuring with pixel-art charm, building, crafting, and boss progression that will feel familiar to Terraria fans.
- #11 Forager
90% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This distills Terraria's gather-craft-expand compulsion into a faster, lighter loop of unlocking tools, structures, and new areas.
- #12 Don't Starve Together
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 67% ★, Survival 18.2%, Multiplayer 3.5%, Co-op 2.5%, Sandbox 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is harsher and more survival-oriented, but the co-op crafting, base-building, exploration, and constant pressure make it a strong alternative.
- #13 Keplerth
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.1%, Survival 16.1%, Building 14.5%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its survival crafting, base-building, dungeon delving, character growth, and boss encounters hit many of the same discovery-and-progression notes as Terraria.
- #14 Valheim
88% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 39.1% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 7.7%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Even in 3D, its boss-gated progression, dangerous exploration, and highly rewarding building and crafting loop appeal to the same part of the Terraria brain.
- #15 Crashlands
87% 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 38% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on crafting, questing, combat upgrades, and exploring a hostile world makes it a great fit if you like Terraria's progression loop more than its block building.
- #16 It Lurks Below
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,274 reviews2019
Dev: Graybeard GamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.4%, Survival 23%, Crafting 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, RPG 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This blends Terraria-like 2D survival crafting and base-building with heavier ARPG loot and class progression from a Diablo-style perspective.
- #17 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
86% matchVery Positive92% of 7,831 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.2% ★, Sandbox 13%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 6.6%, RPG 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This emphasizes block-by-block building and exploration while still giving you combat, crafting, and a strong sense of upgrading your world over time.
- #18 The Survivalists
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,935 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 10.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends island exploration, crafting, combat, and base-building in a way that feels like a simpler, more survival-focused Terraria cousin.
- #19 Craft The World
84% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.1%, Crafting 20.5%, Building 18.6%, Survival 14%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Terraria's appeal of digging, building, defending a home, and steadily expanding your capabilities, just with more colony-management flavor.
- #20 Creativerse
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.5%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is a more building-focused sandbox, but its resource tiers, creature-filled exploration, and block-based construction give off a similar creative-survival vibe.
- #21 Raft
82% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 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 41.9% ★, Survival 13.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Crafting 7.9%, Co-op 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It leans more survival than sandbox action, but its steady crafting progression, shared base-building, and exploration loop make it an easy crossover pick.
- #22 Feel The Snow
83% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art survival game offers crafting, building, combat, and co-op adventuring in a way that overlaps nicely with Terraria's sandbox side.
- #23 Don't Starve
82% 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 43% ★, Survival 19.6%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Multiplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This single-player version keeps the same tense survival, crafting, and exploration appeal as DST for players who want a harsher solo experience.
- #24 Palworld
80% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 8.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended loop of exploration, base-building, crafting, and gearing up for tougher encounters will click if you enjoy Terraria's sandbox progression in multiplayer.
- #25 Grounded
81% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 39.8% ★, Survival 15.2%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Crafting 9%, Co-op 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on co-op survival, handcrafted base-building, equipment progression, and dangerous biome exploration makes it a good 3D counterpart to Terraria.
- #26 ASTRONEER
81% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 10.5%, Multiplayer 8%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: If you love Terraria's calmer side of gathering, terraforming, and expanding a functional base, this offers a more relaxed sci-fi version of that fantasy.
- #27 V Rising
78% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Open World 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: The mix of base-building, gear progression, boss hunting, and venturing into new hostile regions maps well onto Terraria's upgrade-and-conquer rhythm.
- #28 Muck
79% matchVery Positive93% of 182,033 reviews2021
Dev: Dani
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
Why similar: Survival 26.3%, Crafting 19.8%, Building 15.9%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a lighter and more chaotic survival-crafting game, but the boss fights, resource rush, and co-op progression make it a decent lower-tier Terraria alternative.
- #29 No Man's Sky
79% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is much broader and more sci-fi, but the gathering, crafting, base-building, and constant search for better worlds and resources echo Terraria's exploratory appeal.
- #30 Tinkerlands
77% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 7%, Building 6.1%
- #31 SteamWorld Dig 2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,836 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Adventure 23.4%, 2D 21.1%, Platformer 20.9%, Exploration 12.6%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It lacks the building side, but its satisfying 2D mining, underground exploration, upgrades, and discovery make it a strong pick for Terraria's digging fans.
- #32 Rust
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Survival 17.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #33 TerraTech
76% matchVery Positive91% of 24,455 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #34 ARK: Survival Evolved
75% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 200.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 8%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Building 7.1%
- #35 7 Days to Die
71% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 39.3% ★, Survival 15.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #36 Trove
75% matchVery Positive80% of 92,653 reviews2015
Dev: gamigo US Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Crafting 16.7%, Building 15.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Open World 11.4%
- #37 CastleMiner Z
74% matchVery Positive81% of 11,088 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Crafting 6.9%
- #38 Astral Terra
76% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 7.1%, Building 7%
- #39 Project Zomboid
72% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Survival 16.6%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Open World 6.9%
- #40 Cubic Castles
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,272 reviews2014
Dev: Cosmic Cow LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Your blocks, your castle, your world! Build anything you can dream up and explore with other players! Cubic Castles is a mini-MMO that combines the best of block-building and 3D platform action! Create fantastic parkour challenges, explore worlds made by other players, or even make friend!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #41 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
71% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 34.1% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 7.8%
- #42 Subnautica
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 49.7% ★, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 7.6%, Open World 6.7%
- #43 Block Story™
73% 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 46% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 7%, Open World 5.6%
- #44 Planet Explorers
73% 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 42.6% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Survival 7.5%, Crafting 7.4%, Open World 6.3%
- #45 Voidtrain
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 8.1%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.3%
- #46 Lodventure
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 8.2%, Co-op 7.3%
- #47 Edge of Space
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival 5.7%, Multiplayer 3.9%
- #48 TerraTech Worlds
70% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9%, Building 8.6%
- #49 Miniland Adventure
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.5% ★, Sandbox 17%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 8.6%
- #50 Total Miner
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 760 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Survival 7.6%, Building 7.6%
- #51 Blockscape
72% 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 52.6% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Crafting 6.8%, Survival 6.6%, Building 6.1%
- #52 Shamania
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #53 Omega Crafter
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #54 Deep Despair
69% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 7.6%
- #55 Signs of Life
69% 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 45.5% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 5.8%
- #56 Force of Nature
68% 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 43.4% ★, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.6%, Building 6.4%
- #57 Crashlands 2
64% 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 40.6% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 7.1%
- #58 Cube Life: Island Survival
68% 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 49.8% ★, Sandbox 12%, Survival 8.2%, Building 8.1%, Crafting 7.5%
- #59 Volcanoids
66% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 9%, Building 6.7%
