- #1 2D?!
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Lycke04
Windows
Excavate, combat, discover, construct! Every challenge can be conquered in this thrilling adventure game. Immerse yourself in endless creativity as you explore through uncharted territories , engage in epic battles and shape thw world with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Sandbox 10%, Survival 8.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.6%
- #2 Terraria
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.3%
- #3 Cataclysm Upon Us
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 8.5%, Building 8.2%, Crafting 7.9%
- #4 THE LAST BREATH
95% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Y Games
Windows
Survive the post-apocalypse world. There's a predator who's going after you. This is Online and local party games enjoyed by 1 to 5 players. you have to Survive in an end-of-life world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Survival Horror 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 7.7%
- #5 Crea
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,406 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 7.1%, Building 5.5%
- #6 Infinilands
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyCreature
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infinilands is a pixel art sandbox survival game that lets you explore and modify a procedurally generated world full of unique plants, creatures and ruins. You can build houses and fight monsters with your friends in online/split-screen co-op. This game also supports dedicated server.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.8%, Survival 8.1%
- #7 Tinkerlands
93% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.5%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 7.4%
- #8 Necesse
92% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Sandbox 8.5%, Crafting 7.9%, Survival 7%, Open World 6.8%
- #9 Junk Jack
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Make the world truly yours in Junk Jack, a relaxing sandbox experience focused on building and improving your home. Discover new planets, tame and breed creatures, cook foods, collect animal companions, farm exotic plants, collect fish, grow flowers, play with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 9.7%, Building 8.5%
- #10 Category 6
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Survival 8.5%
- #11 Restart
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 49Wares
Windows
A scientist with great knowledge about humanity ends up back in the Stone Age and has to build a civilization and develop it into the modern age.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Building 8.4%, Survival 8.4%
- #12 Starbound
89% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Crafting 7.8%, Survival 7.2%, Building 6%
- #13 Planet Explorers
89% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 7.7%
- #14 Force of Nature
88% 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 35.6% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Building 7.7%
- #15 Feel The Snow
87% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #16 Rebirthing
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quater Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create and explore endless worlds, fight, craft and build. Play alone or with friends. Travel the planets. Enjoy freedom, creativity and fantasy.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Co-op 7.9%
- #17 Edge of Space
86% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 8.6%, Survival 5.9%, Building 4.3%
- #18 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
85% 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 29.3% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Survival 9.5%, Building 8.9%
- #19 Dig or Die
84% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 6.1%
- #20 Ink and Paper: Wandering
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: The Mumbling Mammoth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight enemies with four different styles in turn-based tactical combat. Grant mercy to your enemies and maybe they'll spare you. Flee when you can't win, and return with friends. Avoid spiritual foes, who can't be defeated in battle. Step in the world of the well known, but still different fantasy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Co-op 9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #21 Project Zomboid
83% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Survival 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #22 Core Keeper
81% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 9.1%, Survival 8.5%
- #23 Wurm Unlimited
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 31.8% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 9.5%, Open World 9.4%
- #24 Craftopia
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #25 Signs of Life
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.4%, Building 7.1%
- #26 Stranded Deep
78% 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 40.5% ★, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Open World 7.9%
- #27 Scrapnaut
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 824 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Building 11.5%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Co-op 8.9%
- #28 Fragmented
79% 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 41.1% ★, Survival 12.5%, Open World 7.7%, Crafting 7.6%, Sandbox 7%
- #29 Allumeria
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unomelon
Windows
Explore a vast and hazardous cave network and uncover mountains of loot. Build a town and trade with NPCs using advanced building and lighting tools. Fight bosses and raid dungeons to unlock abilities. Play with your friends, and build, fight, thrive, in the fully destructible world of Allumeria!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.9%, Survival 8.6%
- #30 Miner Rogue
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voxelblade Studio
Windows
In a fully destructible world, gather resources, build, and craft items. Fight back with your friends against the corruption spreading across the land. But don't dig too deep, because you might end up in hell.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9.2%, Survival 8.3%
- #31 Green Hell
77% 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 37% ★, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Open World 6.8%
- #32 The Wild Eight
76% 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 37.3% ★, Survival 14.3%, Co-op 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 7.5%
- #33 Aurendor
75% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.5%, Open World 8.4%
- #34 Rust
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 9.4%, Building 8.9%
- #35 FRIGID
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Crafting 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #36 Blockscape
76% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 8.3%, Building 7.6%, Survival 7.1%
- #37 Shamania
72% 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 28.2% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #38 The Long Dark
73% 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 43.2% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 9%, Crafting 6.3%, Post-apocalyptic 5.4%
- #39 Cube Life: Island Survival
74% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.5%
- #40 Subsistence
73% 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 40.3% ★, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 8%, Building 7.8%
- #41 Good Heavens!
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nowhere Studios
Windows
Good Heavens! Is an open-world crafting and building RPG. Embark on a solo adventure or team up with up friends, picking your tool of choice – sword, wand, or carpenter's hammer. Navigate the quirky races and cultures of the promised lands and restore them to their, ahem, intended glory.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Co-op 8.5%
- #42 Raft
70% 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 35.6% ★, Survival 14.3%, Co-op 10.4%, Crafting 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #43 Unhinged
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Survival Horror 11.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #44 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
73% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Open World 8.8%
- #45 Desolated District
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 10.6%, Open World 8.9%
- #46 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
71% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 41.9% ★, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #47 Crushed
71% matchMixed55% of 307 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 31.1% ★, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #48 Urge
69% matchVery Positive90% of 476 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 26.9% ★, Survival Horror 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 8.9%
- #49 Life is Feudal: Your Own
70% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 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 34.5% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 9.7%
- #50 Longvinter
67% 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 26.5% ★, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 9.6%, Open World 9.1%
- #51 Nighthold
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Sandbox 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 7.7%, Survival 7.4%
- #52 ARCANA
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8%
- #53 The Forest
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 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 42% ★, Survival 13.7%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival Horror 7.9%
- #54 Dandelion Void
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manzanita Interactive
Windows
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.7%
- #55 Whisper of the Swallows
66% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #56 Novus Inceptio
69% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #57 The Fifth Day
69% matchMostly Negative37% of 940 reviews2014
Dev: Touz
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #58 Until North Ends
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Hex
Windows
Explore a fantasy themed open world. Together with your friends or alone build your safe haven to craft gear, prepare equipment, refine resources to go on a journey. Visit different biomes, fight enemies, gather resources, plunder dungeons or caves and obtain loot!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.1%, Building 8.3%
- #59 Solace Crafting
66% 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 28.7% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%