- #1 Core Keeper
97% 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 18.3% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Base Building 9%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar top-down exploration, base-building, and automation mechanics in a charming pixel-art world.
- #2 Necesse
96% 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 32.8% ★, Crafting 10%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, Online Co-Op 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down survival and crafting with settlement management, mirroring the community-building aspects of The Survivalists.
- #3 Terraria
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 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 32.2% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 10.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D survival-crafting game that shares the same focus on exploration, progression, and base construction.
- #4 Forager
95% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 7.6%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory that feels very similar to the progression in The Survivalists.
- #5 Raft
94% 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 30.6% ★, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on island-hopping and resource gathering in a survival setting that emphasizes cooperative play.
- #6 The Escapists 2
94% matchVery Positive91% of 33,435 reviews2017
Dev: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.1%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Crafting 15.5%, Co-op 13.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Set in the same universe as the seed game, it shares the iconic pixel-art style and focus on crafting and strategy.
- #7 Starbound
93% matchVery Positive90% of 122,999 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.2 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 34.3% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a vast, procedurally generated universe to explore, craft, and build in, sharing the same pixel-art aesthetic.
- #8 Don't Starve Together
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 531,653 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.3% ★, Survival 23.8%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Co-op 3.7%, Crafting 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game with a distinct art style that thrives on cooperative teamwork and resource management.
- #9 Grounded
91% 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 25.6% ★, Survival 15.2%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Co-op 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features excellent base-building and survival mechanics in a vibrant, dangerous world that encourages exploration with friends.
- #10 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 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 24.9% ★, Crafting 18.4%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, crafting, and automation with an open-world exploration focus that feels like a more ambitious take on similar mechanics.
- #11 Stranded Deep
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 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 16.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on surviving on a deserted island, gathering resources, and building a base.
- #12 Aground
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,985 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 13.1%, Online Co-Op 12%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival-crafting game with a strong focus on progression and technology that mirrors the sense of discovery in the seed game.
- #13 Tinkerlands
88% 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 26.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A recent survival-crafting title that leans into the pixel-art aesthetic and exploration-heavy gameplay.
- #14 DYSMANTLE
89% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Crafting 18.3%, Hunting 17.2% ★, Survival 16.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Open World 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a satisfying loop of breaking down the environment to craft better gear and survive in a hostile open world.
- #15 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
86% 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 22.9% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique perspective-based survival and base-building in a world where you are tiny compared to nature.
- #16 Survival: Fountain of Youth
86% matchVery Positive86% of 4,339 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 15.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep island-survival experience that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and managing resources to survive the elements.
- #17 Valheim
85% 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 27.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a rewarding base-building and exploration experience with a focus on survival and cooperative progression.
- #18 Windbound
87% matchMixed59% of 1,166 reviews2020
Dev: 5 Lives StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Forbidden Islands are Calling, Unlock their Secrets. Shipwrecked on an island, explore, adapt and navigate the land and perilous seas to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 33.6%, Crafting 32.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Open World 7.4%, Exploration 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on island exploration and survival, requiring players to craft tools and boats to traverse a beautiful, mysterious archipelago.
- #19 Unturned
84% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Crafting 21%, Survival 18.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Co-op 12.7%, Open World 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game with a distinct visual style that emphasizes base-building and scavenging.
- #20 RimWorld
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.8 hrsMean: 262.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Base Building 31%, Survival 25.2%, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World 11.2%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more management-focused, it shares the core loop of survival, base-building, and managing individual tasks within a colony.
- #21 My Time at Sandrock
83% matchVery Positive88% of 28,550 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Crafting 30%, Sandbox 19.1%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Open World 15.4%, Character Customization 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on crafting, building, and community interaction in a colorful, accessible world.
- #22 Keplerth
81% matchVery Positive85% of 4,138 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Survival 18.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 9.3%, Base Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and base-building in a dangerous, procedurally generated world.
- #23 7 Days to Die
79% 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 25.5% ★, Survival 15.5%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A robust survival game that excels in base-building and defensive strategy against waves of enemies.
- #24 Creativerse
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that focuses on building and exploration in a colorful, friendly environment.
- #25 Junk Jack
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.9 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 35.1% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that focuses on exploration, crafting, and building in a charming, retro-inspired world.
- #26 Subnautica
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 39.3 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 34.9% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival and exploration game that rewards players for building bases and discovering the secrets of a strange world.
- #27 Subsistence
81% 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 36% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 7.9%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that focuses on base-building and managing resources in a challenging wilderness.
- #28 Don't Starve
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,640 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 15.7%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 5%
Why You'll Like It: The original survival classic that challenges players to manage hunger and sanity while building a base in a hostile environment.
- #29 Conan Exiles Enhanced
78% 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 28.3% ★, Survival 17.8%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.2%, Online Co-Op 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a large-scale survival experience with deep base-building mechanics and a focus on exploration.
- #30 Eco
78% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival game where building and crafting have long-term impacts on the world's ecosystem.
- #31 Green Hell
76% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 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 31.8% ★, Survival 13.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #32 Drake Hollow
77% 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 17.2%, Survival 14.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 10.5%
- #33 Scrapnaut
77% matchMixed70% of 827 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 20.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Co-op 7.9%
- #34 PixARK
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,071 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Survival 22%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%
- #35 Len's Island
72% 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 31.3% ★, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #36 Shamania
73% 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 23.7% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Open World 8.4%
- #37 The Wild Eight
75% matchMixed68% of 8,077 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 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 34.8% ★, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8%, Co-op 7.4%
- #38 The Escapists
75% matchVery Positive90% of 16,170 reviews2015
Dev: Mouldy Toof StudiosPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Why similar: Crafting 33.6%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 8%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #39 Feel The Snow
74% matchVery Positive87% of 3,047 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 30.7% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Co-op 6.7%
- #40 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 27.4% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Survival 10.4%, Co-op 8.6%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #41 HumanitZ
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,839 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 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 20.2% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%
- #42 Ylands
74% matchMixed64% of 8,392 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Crafting 15.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Open World 7.9%
- #43 Grounded 2
70% 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 19.5% ★, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #44 Project Castaway
70% matchMixed67% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 8.9%
- #45 Everwind
69% 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: Crafting 15.4%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Co-op 9.6%
- #46 Longvinter
70% matchMixed67% of 7,565 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 42.7 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 25.5% ★, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #47 Crashlands
71% matchVery Positive90% of 6,682 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #48 Palworld
67% matchVery Positive94% of 421,232 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.5 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 26.4% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.2%
- #49 Dinkum
67% matchVery Positive92% of 28,725 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 9.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #50 Wayward
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,357 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 7.4%, Open World 6.9%
- #51 KeepUp Survival
69% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 11%, Co-op 8.3%
- #52 Voidtrain
66% 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 30.3% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%
- #53 Forsaken Isle
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 513 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Crafting 29%, Survival 28.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 7.5%
- #54 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
66% 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 25.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 8.8%
- #55 Tinkertown
69% matchMixed67% of 1,342 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Crafting 19.4%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Open World 10.1%
- #56 ICARUS
68% 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 26.7% ★, Survival 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%
- #57 Miniland Adventure
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Base Building 11.3%
- #58 Farworld Pioneers
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 693 reviews2023
Dev: IgloosoftPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Co-op 9.9%
