- #1 Subsistence
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 43.2% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #2 The Infected
96% matchVery Positive84% of 7,020 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 26.1% ★, Survival Horror 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 10%, Survival 8.1%
- #3 No One Survived
96% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 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: Open World 17.2%, Survival 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
- #4 Mist Survival
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,394 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 37.1% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival Horror 7.6%
- #5 Vortex: The Gateway
94% matchMixed57% of 399 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11%, Open World 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.6%
- #6 The Forest
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival Horror 9.1%
- #7 Forever Skies
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 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 28.9% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #8 The Wild Eight
91% matchMixed68% of 8,131 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 15.1%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #9 Green Hell
91% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 37% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #10 The Front
90% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.8 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 35.1% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #11 LIFE EFFECT Survival
89% matchVery Positive86% of 548 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Crafting 20.3%, Sandbox 16.8%, Survival 14.8%, Aliens 14.5%, FPS 10.5%
- #12 Urge
89% matchVery Positive90% of 524 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Survival Horror 13.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 8.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #13 Project: Mist
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 304 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Survival Horror 14%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #14 SKYHILL
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,780 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Crafting 16.5%, Horror 7.6%, Adventure 5.8%
- #15 KeepUp Survival
86% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Crafting 12%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #16 Outbreak Island
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,124 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Sandbox 14.5%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 10.8%, Horror 10.6%
- #17 Survival: Lost Way
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 301 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Survival 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #18 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
81% matchVery Positive83% of 704 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Survival 16.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Horror 10%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #19 DESOLATE
84% matchMixed66% of 8,065 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Open World 25.8%, Survival 23.6%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Stealth 6.2%
- #20 DREADZONE
82% matchMixed51% of 1,239 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Crafting 17.1%, Open World 16.4%, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #21 Fragmented
84% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #22 Sons Of The Forest
79% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 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: Survival Horror 18.9%, Open World 15.8%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #23 Vorax
82% matchMixed60% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Survival 8.4%
- #24 Highrisers
83% matchMostly Negative38% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Crafting 37.3%, Survival 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Exploration 11%
- #25 Night of the Dead
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Survival Horror 13%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 10.9%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #26 MISERY
78% matchVery Positive84% of 26,185 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Survival Horror 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #27 Hostile Planet: Survival
81% matchMixed64% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #28 Subnautica
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 380,795 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 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 31.3% ★, Survival 10.2%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Horror 7.4%
- #29 Amnesia: The Bunker
77% matchVery Positive93% of 12,671 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Stealth 16.7%, Survival 9.6%, Horror 8.5%, Open World 8%
- #30 Invasion 2037
79% matchMixed61% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Survival 19.3%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Crafting 17.7%, Open World 16.7%, Horror 7.4%
- #31 Miscreated
77% matchMixed66% of 31,592 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%
- #32 Dying Light
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 496,161 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 61.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Survival Horror 16.8%, Stealth 11.5%, Open World 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%
- #33 Project Silverfish
72% matchVery Positive93% of 3,353 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.6%, Stealth 12.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 10.7%, Horror 8.1%
- #34 The Planet Crafter
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 36.1% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.7%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #35 Radiation Island
76% matchVery Positive81% of 642 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 49.7% ★, Survival 17.4%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 8.7%, Horror 3.7%
- #36 Expedition Zero
75% matchMixed62% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Enigmatic MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 10%, Horror 9.3%
- #37 Gone: Survival
75% matchMixed43% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Crafting 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Open World 13.6%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #38 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
74% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Crafting 7.3%
- #39 Noclipped
73% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: MateussDev
Windows
Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.8%, Stealth 12.3%, Open World 11.4%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #40 Crushed
73% matchMixed53% of 321 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #41 Into The Haze
73% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: MSOFT
Windows
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20%, Stealth 17.2%, Crafting 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival 12%
- #42 Rem Survival
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 809 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 38.4% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 12.1%, First-Person 6.2%
- #43 INCUR Survival
71% matchVery Positive81% of 112 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 32.6% ★, Crafting 13%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 9.5%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #44 Survive the Nights
68% matchMixed66% of 6,793 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #45 Far Lands
70% matchMixed64% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Open World 11%
- #46 HumanitZ
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 12%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Survival 11.2%
- #47 Craterbound
70% matchMixed53% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #48 VEIN
65% matchVery Positive88% of 12,706 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World 18.1%, Survival 15.9%, Survival Horror 13%, Crafting 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%
- #49 Winter Survival
67% matchMixed63% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 26.5% ★, Survival Horror 10.5%, Open World 10.2%, Stealth 9.7%, Survival 9%
- #50 CastleMiner Z
69% matchVery Positive81% of 11,161 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 36.8% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #51 The Legacy
67% matchMixed52% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Cooperative survival and horror genre. You and your family have returned to your native land, on which a terrible curse and darkness has fallen. Will you be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous environment and stop the evil? It depends only on you, on your skills and ability to help each other.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Open World 15%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #52 Abiotic Factor
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 59,444 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 21.2 hrsMean: 46.5 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 33.1% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Aliens 7.4%
- #53 Breathedge
67% matchVery Positive81% of 18,514 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 38.1% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #54 Out of Reach
69% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 41.5% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.6%, Multiplayer 6.3%
- #55 The Night Shift
66% matchMixed58% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Realistic 8.2%
- #56 The Last Disease Z
65% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Open World 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Survival 11%