- #1 Core Keeper
97% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 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 18.5% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Base Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same addictive top-down pixel-art survival and base-building loop with robust multiplayer support.
- #2 Necesse
96% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 33.4% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 8.4%, Sandbox 7%, Open World 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features top-down pixel-art survival mechanics where you can build settlements and recruit settlers, closely echoing the helper systems in The Survivalists.
- #3 Terraria
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,558,339 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 152.6 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 32.6% ★, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 10.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an expansive 2D sandbox adventure focused on deep crafting, exploration, and building.
- #4 Forager
95% matchVery Positive89% of 44,137 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 35.9% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 7.5%, Sandbox 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world exploration, farming, and crafting in a charming 2D pixelated world focused on progression.
- #5 Starbound
94% matchVery Positive90% of 123,321 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.5 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 34.8% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers an open-world space adventure with rich crafting, building, and survival elements in a vibrant pixelated universe.
- #6 Raft
94% matchVery Positive93% of 379,035 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 38.0 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 31% ★, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to survive and expand a makeshift base on the water through resource gathering and crafting.
- #7 Grounded
93% matchVery Positive90% of 95,977 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 41.9 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 25.9% ★, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Co-op 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Brings the same cooperative survival and base-building excitement, albeit in a unique shrunk-down backyard setting.
- #8 The Escapists 2
92% matchVery Positive91% of 33,842 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 21.6%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Crafting 15.6%, Co-op 13.7%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact same universe and pixel-art aesthetic as The Survivalists, focusing on clever planning and routine management.
- #9 Green Hell
91% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Survival 13.5%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a realistic jungle survival experience emphasizing crafting, building, and managing vital stats.
- #10 Keplerth
91% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 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 19.2%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 14.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Base Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D procedural survival RPG where you build bases, farm, and survive against hostile creatures.
- #11 Palworld
89% matchVery Positive95% of 490,433 reviews2026
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 41.0 hrsMean: 86.8 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 26.6% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world survival crafting with creature collection and automated labor, similar to training monkeys in The Survivalists.
- #12 Valheim
87% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Base Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the rewarding open-world survival and cooperative building spirit with Norse-inspired exploration.
- #13 Don't Starve Together
89% matchVery Positive95% of 543,644 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.9 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 56.6% ★, Survival 23.8%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Co-op 3.6%, Crafting 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential multiplayer survival game featuring a stylized art direction and challenging wilderness exploration.
- #14 Crashlands
90% matchVery Positive90% of 6,773 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 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 29% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An eccentric crafting-heavy survival adventure on an alien planet with fluid combat and base-building.
- #15 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
88% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 23.3% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: Lets players explore a massive open world from a tiny perspective, focusing on survival and crafting.
- #16 Len's Island
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,974 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 31.7% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends top-down dungeon crawling with beautiful open-world building, farming, and crafting.
- #17 ASTRONEER
86% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features friendly planetary exploration and creative base-building in a charming sci-fi sandbox.
- #18 Unturned
84% matchVery Positive91% of 564,742 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.
Why similar: Crafting 20.7%, Survival 18.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 12.8%, Co-op 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an open-world multiplayer survival sandbox where scavenging and building are key to staying alive.
- #19 Drake Hollow
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,809 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 16.7%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 11.7%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative action-survival game about protecting vegetable-folk and building homesteads in a whimsical world.
- #20 Subnautica
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 380,795 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive underwater survival and crafting adventure that emphasizes exploration and base construction.
- #21 The Wild Eight
84% matchMixed68% of 8,131 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Online Co-Op 7.7%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric co-op survival game set in the freezing wilderness of Alaska with deep crafting elements.
- #22 Scrapnaut
83% matchMixed70% of 839 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 20.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down base building and survival game with steampunk elements and resource management.
- #23 Sons Of The Forest
80% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 20.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 13.6%, Co-op 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a tense cooperative survival experience with heavy emphasis on building and companion management.
- #24 Craftopia
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 20,264 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 25.3% ★, Crafting 18.2%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic open-world sandbox combining hack-and-slash combat, automation, farming, and survival mechanics.
- #25 V Rising
79% matchVery Positive89% of 137,392 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 58.2 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: Survival 15.5%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 14.4%, Open World 11.6%, Online Co-Op 11%
Why You'll Like It: Combines isometric action combat with extensive castle building and resource management in an open world.
- #26 7 Days to Die
79% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 26% ★, Survival 15.7%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic zombie survival game focused on open-world crafting, voxel destruction, and cooperative base defense.
- #27 Project Zomboid
81% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 31.2% ★, Survival 21.7%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an uncompromising sandbox survival experience with deep crafting, base fortification, and scavenging.
- #28 Ylands
81% matchMixed64% of 8,453 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 29.8% ★, Crafting 15%, Base Building 12.1%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Open World 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful low-poly sandbox game that lets players craft, explore, and build on vibrant tropical islands.
- #29 Tinkerlands
78% matchVery Positive86% of 4,122 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.5 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% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #30 Romestead
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,129 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%
- #31 ARK: Survival Evolved
78% matchVery Positive83% of 778,394 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features massive open-world survival crafting where taming and utilizing creatures is central to progression.
- #32 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 14.6%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #33 Shamania
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 reviews2026
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 24% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Open World 8.6%
- #34 Delverium
74% matchVery Positive85% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Sagestone Games
Windows
Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #35 PixARK
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,659 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 40.0 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 22.2%, Open World 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Multiplayer 10%
- #36 The Escapists
76% matchVery Positive90% of 16,210 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 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 8%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #37 Dinkum
72% matchVery Positive92% of 29,165 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 29.4 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 42% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Co-op 9.2%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #38 Grounded 2
72% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 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 22.1% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 7.6%
- #39 DYSMANTLE
73% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 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 18.1%, Hunting 17.2% ★, Survival 17.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.4%
- #40 Lodventure
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 166 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 27.8% ★, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Co-op 8.5%, Base Building 8.4%
- #41 Project Castaway
71% matchMixed65% of 1,893 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 25.6% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9%, Base Building 8.8%
- #42 Junk Jack
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2016
Dev: Pixbits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 35.5% ★, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #43 Feel The Snow
73% matchVery Positive87% of 3,062 reviews2019
Dev: Owlet
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.3 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 31.1% ★, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Co-op 6.6%
- #44 Stranded Deep
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,919 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 40.8% ★, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #45 HumanitZ
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Online Co-Op 10.5%
- #46 Longvinter
70% matchMixed67% of 7,713 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 45.1 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 25.7% ★, Crafting 16%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%
- #47 Tinkertown
71% matchMixed67% of 1,345 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 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 14.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Open World 10.4%
- #48 KeepUp Survival
70% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 8.4%
- #49 Voidtrain
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 9,990 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.8 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 30.8% ★, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%
- #50 Gombo
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Martin CochetPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, craft, fight, build and survive in a mysterious cartoon world, haunted by a mysterious infection! Take control of Gombo, an enchanted creature and dive into an adventure full of magic. Play alone or in online co-op with a friend. Can you uncover the dark secrets of this colorful realm?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #51 Miniland Adventure
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 32% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 12%, Base Building 11.2%
- #52 Forsaken Isle
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Survival 28.8%, Crafting 28.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #53 Subsistence
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 7.7%, Open World 7.6%
- #54 Wonderia
65% matchVery Positive83% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #55 Planet Centauri
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,395 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Crafting 22%, Sandbox 16.6%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 10.3%
- #56 Allumeria
63% matchVery Positive93% of 602 reviews2026
Dev: Infinimelon
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A classic voxel sandbox combined with in-depth progression through exploration, dungeon crawling and boss battles. Spend every minute discovering new weapons, abilities, resources, enemies, structures, mechanics and tools. With a strong focus on discovery, variety and creativity, the world is yours.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #57 Aground
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,039 reviews2020
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.5% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Open World 10.2%
- #58 Wayward
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,370 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 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 36% ★, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 7.3%, Open World 7.1%
