- #1 ICARUS
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 32.5% ★, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%
- #2 Green Hell
96% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Open World 8%
- #3 Stranded Deep
96% 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 44.2% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #4 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
95% 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 30.3% ★, Survival 9.2%, Open World 9%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Crafting 8.3%
- #5 The Planet Crafter
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Co-op 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.5%
- #6 No One Survived
94% 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 19.1%, Open World 18.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Co-op 10.3%
- #7 Project Castaway
93% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 32.8% ★, Co-op 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Open World 8.9%, Survival 8.6%
- #8 Eden Crafters
92% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Open World 10.8%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Survival 8.4%
- #9 Survival Machine
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Co-op 10.6%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 10%
- #10 KeepUp Survival
91% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 31.4% ★, Open World 10.6%, Co-op 10.1%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%
- #11 Voidtrain
89% 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 39% ★, Co-op 9.9%, Open World 8.3%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 7.7%
- #12 StarRupture
89% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 31.4% ★, Open World 10.2%, Co-op 9.9%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%
- #13 Drift: Space Survival
90% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Exploration 5.3%
- #14 Nightingale
88% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Open World 10.3%, Survival 9.4%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Crafting 8.7%
- #15 Forever Skies
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Co-op 11.4%, Open World 11%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.7%
- #16 The Long Dark
87% 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 50.7% ★, Survival 15.3%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 5.8%, Exploration 4.8%
- #17 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
84% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 9%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #18 Raft
84% 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 39.5% ★, Survival 13.7%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Crafting 8.2%
- #19 The Wild Eight
86% 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 40% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 9%, Co-op 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #20 Volcanoids
85% 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 32.5% ★, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Survival 8.8%
- #21 Dawn of Defiance
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,736 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 38% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.2%, Third Person 6.9%
- #22 Grounded
82% 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 34.4% ★, Survival 14%, Co-op 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Crafting 8.6%
- #23 Occupy Mars: The Game
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Open World 15.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Co-op 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Online Co-Op 11.4%
- #24 Dune: Awakening
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%
- #25 Under A New Sun
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Nature 5.2%
- #26 Wilderness
82% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Horizon Studios
Windows
Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.9%, Co-op 7.3%
- #27 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
81% 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 36.9% ★, Open World 11.8%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Third Person 6.6%
- #28 Lodventure
79% 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 35.5% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 7.9%
- #29 Subsistence
79% 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 47.2% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #30 Camping Simulator: The Squad
78% matchMixed58% of 1,083 reviews2025
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.
Why similar: Co-op 18.5%, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 16.6%, Nature 10.7%, Exploration 8.7%
- #31 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Open World 17%, Co-op 16.2%, Survival 14.5%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Crafting 12.8%
- #32 Survival: Fountain of Youth
76% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.6%, Exploration 6%
- #33 CrossWorlds: Escape
77% matchMixed64% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 10%, Nature 7.6%
- #34 Soulmask
73% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #35 Escape The Pacific
77% matchMixed68% of 754 reviews2018
Dev: Gamers4Gamers Team
Windows
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 36.5% ★, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.2%, Nature 6.1%
- #36 Lost Rift
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Nature 8%
- #37 The Front
72% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.8%, Co-op 8.4%
- #38 Solace Crafting
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
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 32.4% ★, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #39 Force of Nature
75% 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 44.5% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 10.1%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #40 The Last Caretaker
70% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World 20.2%, Crafting 18.5%, Survival 17.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #41 Radiation Island
75% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.6% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 6.7%, Adventure 5%
- #42 Longvinter
71% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Open World 12.3%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%
- #43 Project Cobalt
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ 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 37.3% ★, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 12.6%, Exploration 7.2%
- #44 Out of Reach
74% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 45.1% ★, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #45 Omega Crafter
70% 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 32.6% ★, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Co-op 10%
- #46 Arctico
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,417 reviews2022
Dev: Claudio Norori
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Open World 10.7%, Co-op 10.7%, Survival 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #47 Abiotic Factor
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #48 ASTRONEER
70% 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 37.1% ★, Open World 12.4%, Survival 10.5%, Co-op 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #49 Sons Of The Forest
67% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Open World 19%, Survival 18.8%, Co-op 16.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Crafting 11.5%
- #50 GRAV
73% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Open World 12.6%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #51 TerraTech Worlds
69% 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 33.9% ★, Open World 10.5%, Co-op 10.4%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.1%
- #52 Shamania
68% 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 33% ★, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.9%, Co-op 8.8%
- #53 Planetaries
68% matchMixed59% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Open World 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.7%
- #54 Wild Omission
67% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #55 OceanCraft
69% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: FlodLabPub: FlodLab UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
Windows
OceanCraft is a game about surviving alone - or with your friends on a self build vehicle in the ocean.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.1% ★, Survival 12.4%, Co-op 7.3%, Nature 6.6%, Online Co-Op 5.3%
- #56 Valheim
65% 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 36.3% ★, Open World 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 8%
- #57 Long Drive North: Co-Op RV Simulator
66% matchMixed43% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Mindflair Games LTDPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Join the Early Access journey with this immersive driving-survival game. Explore the harsh American wilderness in the Long Drive North. Drive & repair your trusty RV, scavenge for parts, hunt & cook to survive; all alone or with up to 4 players in separate RVs.
Why similar: Co-op 14.2%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Online Co-Op 13%, Survival 13%
- #58 INCUR Survival
67% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #59 Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Shed of Ideas
Windows
Action RPG with survival elements. Manage resources and bond with NPCs to unlock crafting and gain allies who may become playable. Use them to solve puzzles and battle together. Survive the frozen wilds and uncover the truth behind your exile.
Why similar: Crafting 23.2%, Survival 22.6%, Open World 21.7%, Third Person 16.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%