Games Like The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™

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%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep voxel-based building and exploration mechanics that mirror the structural freedom found in Moria.

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 30.2% ★, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most similar experience in terms of cooperative survival, base-building, and exploration within a challenging, atmospheric world.

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 24.1% ★, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on underground exploration, mining, and base-building in a procedurally generated subterranean environment.

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 28.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Uses portal-based exploration and survival mechanics that allow for creative building in diverse, procedurally generated environments.

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 19.6%, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Open World 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with a high-stakes base-building system that requires careful resource management.

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% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Online Co-Op 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished cooperative survival experience with a strong emphasis on building defenses and exploring a dangerous, oversized world.

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 25.4% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration and survival with a unique perspective, focusing on building shelters in a dangerous, untamed wilderness.

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: Dwarf 89.2% ★, Survival 4%, PvE 3.4%, Exploration 2.8%, Action 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it perfectly captures the dwarven mining aesthetic and the camaraderie of underground cooperative play.

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% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features session-based survival and mining mechanics that reward players for efficient resource gathering and base construction.

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 20.7%, Crafting 18.9%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Building 13.8%, Open World 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival with settlement management, requiring players to build and defend their own community in a medieval setting.

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.5%, Open World 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a brutal open-world survival experience with extensive building tools and a focus on conquering hostile territory.

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 22.1%, Building 19.8%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the construction and management of a settlement, offering a slower-paced but deeply rewarding survival experience.

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 9.2%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a creative take on survival where players build and expand a train to explore an interdimensional void.

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 29.5% ★, Base Building 15%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on terraforming and base-building, providing a satisfying progression loop similar to the mining and crafting in Moria.

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 29.3% ★, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for base-building and horde defense, providing a similar sense of urgency when fortifying against waves of enemies.

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 28.9% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique steampunk setting where players must build and upgrade a mobile base to survive volcanic eruptions.

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 32.3% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 11.3%, Survival 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex survival and tribe management mechanics that emphasize building a functional base to thrive in a hostile world.

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 28.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 9.4%, Building 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game set in a Greek mythology-inspired world that focuses on building and exploration.

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 28.5% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with colony simulation, tasking players with building a village and managing resources.

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 26.3% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration and base-building within a vibrant, magical fantasy setting.

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 32.7% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of dungeon crawling and base-building that provides a relaxing yet engaging survival loop.

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 41.8% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.3%, Building 10.5%, Open World 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic survival experience with a heavy focus on terraforming and complex building mechanics.

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 20.5%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Survival 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Exploration 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive MMORPG experience for fans looking to explore the entirety of Middle-earth.

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 26.3% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a vast open world with a focus on crafting and building, allowing for significant creative freedom.

Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?

Why similar: Dwarf 39.6% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 9.4%, Open World 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of mining and automation, appealing to players who enjoy the resource-gathering aspect of Moria.

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% ★, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%

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 32.9% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie survival game that emphasizes cooperative exploration and building in a procedurally generated world.

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 36.9% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Sandbox 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative exploration and base-building with a focus on traversing a world of floating islands.

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: Dwarf 46.5% ★, Open World 16%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Fantasy 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the charm and setting of Middle-earth, focusing on adventure and light crafting elements.

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 30.5% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy survival game that emphasizes exploration and building in a dangerous, atmospheric world.

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 23.6% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8%

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 23.6% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

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 28.2% ★, Base Building 14%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.1%

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%, Online Co-Op 14%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 11.8%, Building 11.3%

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 15.9%, Survival 13.9%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 8.5%

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 30.2% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.2%

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 30.1% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 11%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.2%

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: Base Building 21.6%, Crafting 18.5%, Building 17.1%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 8.3%

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 39.3% ★, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Survival 8%, Building 6.9%

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 30.2% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Building 8.4%

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 27.8% ★, Crafting 12%, Survival 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Base Building 8%

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 17%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10%, Open World 9.2%

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 33.6%, Building 20.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 11.9%, Building 7.8%, Base Building 5.7%

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 40.5% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Survival 10.3%, PvE 5.8%

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 27.9% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Online Co-Op 11%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.1%

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: Dwarf 45% ★, Open World 19.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Fantasy 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.7%

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 33.3% ★, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 8.4%

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 29.6% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Building 8.4%

Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 8.8%

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: Base Building 24.3%, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 7.3%

Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.

Why similar: Base Building 19.8%, Online Co-Op 16%, Crafting 15.6%, Building 13.9%, Exploration 7.4%

Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 8.6%

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: Dwarf 78.5% ★, Base Building 6.2%, Building 4.4%, Crafting 3.8%, Survival 3.8%

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 52.2% ★, Building 12.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 6.7%, RPG 4.6%

Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?

Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Crafting 18%, PvE 9.7%, Open World 9.3%, Sandbox 9.2%

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 22.7% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.7%

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 31.5% ★, Survival 12.1%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%