- #1 Enshrouded
97% matchVery Positive86% of 101,648 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Survival 13.6%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep voxel-based building and exploration mechanics that mirror the crafting-heavy gameplay of Moria.
- #2 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar sense of cooperative survival, base-building, and exploration within a rich, atmospheric fantasy world.
- #3 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 24.2% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10%, Survival 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on underground mining, resource gathering, and base-building in a procedurally generated subterranean world.
- #4 V Rising
95% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 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: Base Building 19.7%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly polished survival and base-building loop that emphasizes progression and cooperative play.
- #5 Deep Rock Galactic
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 375,989 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Dwarves 89.8% ★, Survival 3.8%, PvE 3.2%, Exploration 2.7%, Action 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it is the definitive experience for players who want to embrace the life of a dwarf miner in dangerous, procedurally generated caverns.
- #6 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
94% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.5% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration and survival with a unique perspective and crafting systems similar to Moria.
- #7 ICARUS
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 29.2% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that emphasizes mining, crafting, and building against harsh environmental odds.
- #8 Grounded
92% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 32.3% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a top-tier cooperative survival experience with intricate base-building and a focus on exploring a dangerous, oversized environment.
- #9 Medieval Dynasty
91% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 21.9%, Building 19.8%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and building aspects of creating a settlement in a grounded, historical setting.
- #10 Conan Exiles Enhanced
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.4% ★, Survival 15.8%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features brutal survival mechanics and extensive building systems set in a vast, lore-rich open world.
- #11 Bellwright
90% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 21%, Crafting 18.7%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Building 13.8%, Open World 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and city-building elements, allowing you to lead a settlement and manage resources effectively.
- #12 7 Days to Die
89% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 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 29.5% ★, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 13.5%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep base-building and fortification mechanics that are essential for surviving against waves of enemies.
- #13 Dune: Awakening
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 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 23.8% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes building and resource gathering in a harsh, iconic environment.
- #14 Nightingale
89% matchMixed67% of 17,932 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 28.8% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural exploration and survival mechanics with a focus on building in diverse, fantastical realms.
- #15 ARK: Survival Ascended
87% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 18%, Survival 18%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 12.4%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive scale for survival and base-building, allowing for complex structures and cooperative resource gathering.
- #16 Soulmask
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Base Building 15%, Survival 10.2%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex base-building and tribe management systems within a large-scale survival framework.
- #17 ASKA
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,689 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim survival game where you build and manage a village with cooperative building mechanics.
- #18 Voidtrain
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 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 35.7% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that introduces a unique traversal mechanic while maintaining core crafting and building loops.
- #19 The Forest
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 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 50.2% ★, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 8%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends intense survival and base-building with a focus on exploring mysterious, dangerous environments.
- #20 Night of the Dead
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 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 28.9% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on base-building and defensive strategy to survive against persistent threats.
- #21 Raft
82% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.3 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 36.9% ★, Survival 15%, Crafting 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique cooperative survival experience centered on expanding and building your base while navigating a hazardous world.
- #22 The Planet Crafter
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 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 29.9% ★, Base Building 15%, Online Co-Op 11%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and base-building game focused on transforming a hostile environment through resource gathering and construction.
- #23 The Lord of the Rings Online™
83% matchVery Positive81% of 22,800 reviews2012
Dev: Standing Stone GamesPub: Daybreak Game Company LLC
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 65.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Join the world’s greatest fellowship of players in the award-winning online re-creation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendary Middle-earth.
Why similar: Open World 20.4%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Survival 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the ultimate Middle-earth lore experience for those who want to explore the world beyond the mines of Moria.
- #24 Subsistence
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 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 40.7% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes long-term base-building and resource management in a challenging open world.
- #25 Lost Skies
81% matchMixed61% of 2,893 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Crafting 7.4%, Sandbox 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on cooperative adventure and building, providing a large-scale exploration experience.
- #26 Len's Island
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,720 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, building, and dungeon-crawling elements in a relaxing yet engaging package.
- #27 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
78% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 9%
- #28 Frozen Flame
80% matchMixed63% of 2,975 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy survival game that emphasizes exploration and base-building in a world shaped by ancient magic.
- #29 Project Zomboid
78% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 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 38.1% ★, Survival 21.4%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep survival and base-building experience for players who prioritize realism and long-term planning.
- #30 Stationeers
79% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Base Building 26.9%, Crafting 19.9%, Building 18%, Survival 17.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides complex mining and base-building systems for players who enjoy technical and atmospheric survival.
- #31 Windrose
75% matchVery Positive88% of 44,950 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.7%
- #32 Dawn of Defiance
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,797 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 29% ★, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 9.4%, Building 6.8%
- #33 Necesse
75% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 39.5% ★, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Survival 8%, Building 6.9%
- #34 Orebound
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 913 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Dwarves 40.7% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 9.2%, Open World 5.3%
- #35 LEGO® The Hobbit™
77% matchVery Positive81% of 10,455 reviews2014
Dev: Traveller's TalesPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Reclaim the Lost Kingdom brick by brick! Join Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thorin and his company of Dwarves in an epic adventure across Middle-earth to recapture the Lonely Mountain in the most expansive LEGO game to date.
Why similar: Dwarves 49.7% ★, Open World 15.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #36 Everwind
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Online Co-Op 16.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 14.3%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 8.5%
- #37 Tribes of Midgard
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 23,133 reviews2021
Dev: NorsfellPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Base Building 16%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Survival 10.3%, PvE 5.7%
- #38 Grounded 2
71% matchVery Positive81% of 21,263 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 14%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #39 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 26.5% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9%
- #40 ENDALOR
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 239 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8.4%
- #41 Lodventure
73% 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 33.1% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #42 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,580 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.2%
- #43 StarRupture
70% matchVery Positive81% of 12,313 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 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 30.4% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.1%
- #44 Forever Skies
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,446 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 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 30.4% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.2%
- #45 LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
73% matchVery Positive90% of 15,641 reviews2012
Dev: Traveller's TalesPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original story-lines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events re-imagined with the humor and endl
Why similar: Dwarves 45.7% ★, Open World 19.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Fantasy 6.8%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #46 First Dwarf
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Why similar: Dwarves 45.6% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10.4%, Open World 5.5%
- #47 Eden Crafters
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,425 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Building 8.2%
- #48 Life is Feudal: Your Own
72% matchMixed66% of 12,061 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 12.2%, Building 10.5%, Open World 8%
- #49 Shamania
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 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 28% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Base Building 7.9%
- #50 Tinkerlands
67% matchVery Positive86% of 3,833 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 13.9 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 33.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Survival 10.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 8.3%
- #51 Omega Crafter
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 566 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 29.8% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.1%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Building 8.4%
- #52 Ale & Tale Tavern
66% matchVery Positive89% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.4%, Building 20.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #53 Sengoku Dynasty
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,526 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Survival 14%, Crafting 13.6%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Building 12.5%
- #54 Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game
66% matchVery Positive82% of 3,648 reviews2025
Dev: Wētā WorkshopPub: Fictions
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome home, Hobbit! Live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, & share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits & familiar faces awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings™ Game.
Why similar: Character Customization 35.8%, Crafting 30.8%, Third Person 16.6%, RPG 7.6%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #55 Dungeons of Sundaria
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,410 reviews2023
Dev: Industry Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Adventure through epic dungeons facing fearsome creatures either solo or with a group of friends. Master your class, loot everything, and destroy the foul creatures of the deep! Will you become a hero of legend?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.2%, PvE 17.7%, Character Customization 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, RPG 9.1%
- #56 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,332 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.7%
- #57 Lord of Dwarves
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Stellar Sage Games
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.
Why similar: Dwarves 85.3% ★, Base Building 4.2%, Building 3%, Survival 2.6%, Crafting 2.6%
- #58 Drake Hollow
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,796 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.9%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 10%, Open World 9.2%
