- #1 Bellwright
97% matchVery Positive81% of 18,990 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 22.8%, Open World 20.6%, RPG 19.3%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with the ability to lead a rebellion and manage a growing village.
- #2 Medieval Dynasty
96% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 18.7%, RPG 18.7%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the transition from survival to settlement management in a medieval setting.
- #3 Life is Feudal: Your Own
96% 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 40.5% ★, Open World 10.6%, RPG 10.2%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, realistic medieval survival experience with complex building mechanics.
- #4 Valheim
94% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 42.4% ★, Survival 11.5%, Open World 10.2%, Building 8.6%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar blend of exploration, crafting, and base-building within a harsh, fantasy-inspired wilderness.
- #5 HammerHelm
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 384 reviews2021
Dev: SuperSixStudiosPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, RPG 13.5%, Building 11.1%, Open World 10.2%, Action 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the town-building aspect while maintaining a third-person action-adventure perspective.
- #6 Soulmask
93% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 39.1% ★, RPG 14%, Survival 10.4%, Building 10.2%, Open World 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep survival and tribe management mechanics that mirror the progression systems found in The Warhorn.
- #7 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
92% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: RPG 36.5%, Open World 24.5%, Sandbox 14.9%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the grand scale of medieval warfare and management, perfect for those who enjoy the strategic side of The Warhorn.
- #8 Wurm Unlimited
94% 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 35% ★, RPG 15.8%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 8%, Sandbox 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox experience that emphasizes terraforming, building, and long-term survival in a fantasy world.
- #9 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
91% matchMixed69% of 1,050 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.
Why similar: RPG 26%, Open World 15.8%, Building 13.3%, Survival 13%, Adventure 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends action-adventure with base-building as you manage a camp in a medieval open world.
- #10 The Bloodline
91% matchVery Positive83% of 3,777 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: RPG 33.8%, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Action 14.4%, Indie 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, physics-based RPG experience with a focus on exploration and character progression.
- #11 Conan Exiles
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 33% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 11.7%, RPG 10.3%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features robust base-building and survival elements set in a vast, dangerous open world.
- #12 Mirthwood
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, RPG 21.6%, Sandbox 9.2%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with life-simulation and sandbox building in a charming medieval setting.
- #13 Reign Of Kings
89% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 10.4%, Building 8%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival game that allows for significant castle building and medieval warfare.
- #14 Citadel: Forged with Fire
88% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, RPG 17.5%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 9.5%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy survival game that allows for massive base construction and magical exploration.
- #15 Alek - The Lost Kingdom
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 403 reviews2021
Dev: Jessy LemieuxPub: Blackmyers Studio
Windows
Alek, the young man who will change Zarabon's World forever. In this adventure, you must rebuild the world of Zarabon in your image. Build villages and manage your production lines with the help of your villagers.
Why similar: RPG 25.5%, Open World 14.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Survival 13.5%, Building 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that incorporates city-building elements within a fantasy adventure framework.
- #16 Novus Inceptio
87% 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 31.7% ★, RPG 11.6%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.4%, Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting and building in a vast, evolving world.
- #17 Dark and Light
86% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, RPG 20.8%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-fantasy survival game featuring extensive crafting, building, and exploration.
- #18 Foundation
82% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: Building 27%, Sandbox 24.5%, Open World 17.9%, Survival 17.6%, Indie 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-less city-builder that captures the organic growth of a medieval settlement.
- #19 The Unexpected Quest
84% matchVery Positive80% of 201 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
Why similar: Building 38.8%, Crafting 33.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Puzzle 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted fantasy game that mixes base-building with exploration and questing.
- #20 Medieval Engineers
85% matchMixed52% of 7,282 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Building 24.1%, Open World 18.8%, Sandbox 17.5%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical side of medieval construction and structural integrity.
- #21 Legends of Ellaria
84% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 37.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 15.8%, Indie 12%, Open World 6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG exploration with real-time strategy and city-building mechanics.
- #22 Tinkertown
82% matchMixed67% of 1,340 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 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: RPG 32.5%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 11.6%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused sandbox RPG that features charming pixel graphics and building mechanics.
- #23 Project 5: Sightseer
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 543 reviews2019
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
Why similar: RPG 29.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 13.4%, Building 12.2%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox adventure game that focuses on exploration, building, and resource management.
- #24 Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Shed of Ideas
Windows
Action RPG with survival elements. Manage resources and bond with NPCs to unlock crafting and gain allies who may become playable. Use them to solve puzzles and battle together. Survive the frozen wilds and uncover the truth behind your exile.
Why similar: RPG 24%, Survival 20.8%, Open World 16.8%, Crafting 16%, Indie 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that incorporates survival and crafting elements in a mysterious world.
- #25 Savage Lands
81% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.8% ★, RPG 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 6%
Why You'll Like It: A harsh fantasy survival game that requires players to build shelters and craft gear to survive.
- #26 While the Iron's Hot
79% matchVery Positive82% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Bontemps GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Reforge a blacksmith’s village on an isle of the land’s finest artisans! Step into the boots of an expert smith for a crafty adventure filled with mystery and charm. Explore the land of Ellian, and prove that a hammer, anvil, and your wits can overcome any challenge.
Why similar: RPG 30.4%, Adventure 20.9%, Crafting 19.7%, Building 10%, Exploration 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the crafting and management aspects of a blacksmith in a medieval world.
- #27 Brinefall
81% matchMixed42% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: RPG 19.4%, Survival 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes base-building and exploration in a fantasy setting.
- #28 Colony Survival
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Survival 24.2%, Building 18.5%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based city-builder that requires defending your settlement from nightly threats.
- #29 Rising World
79% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.8% ★, Survival 10.8%, Building 10.5%, Adventure 9%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly interactive sandbox environment with extensive building and crafting possibilities.
- #30 Airborne Empire
75% matchVery Positive91% of 688 reviews2025
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: RPG 26.3%, Building 16.5%, Open World 15.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Action 12.5%
- #31 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
77% matchMixed70% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, RPG 18%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Adventure 9%
- #32 ENDALOR
76% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, RPG 12%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.6%, Building 7.1%
- #33 Force of Nature
77% 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 40.8% ★, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 8.5%, RPG 7.7%, Open World 7.7%
- #34 Wartales
72% matchVery Positive87% of 34,222 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Open World 22.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #35 Renown
73% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, RPG 11.4%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 9%, Building 8.1%
- #36 Fantasy Blacksmith
76% matchMixed49% of 1,791 reviews2019
Dev: Heaven BrotherhoodPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are a blacksmith in the world of the sword, magic and war, in which any blacksmith who knows how to make even the simplest swords is in demand. You start off as a poor unskilled blacksmith, but in time you will gain experience and improve to achieve wealth, fame and power, and change this world!
Why similar: Indie 28.7%, RPG 27.9%, Crafting 23.9%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Mystery 5.9%
- #37 Coronation
74% matchMixed66% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sword Studio
Windows
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Why similar: Action 35.3%, Open World 34.5%, Crafting 30.2%
- #38 Wild Terra Online
75% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: RPG 25%, Survival 13.7%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 11%, Building 7.7%
- #39 Adventure Craft
74% matchVery Positive82% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, RPG 15.4%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.4%
- #40 Feel The Snow
72% 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 40.1% ★, RPG 12.6%, Survival 10.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Crafting 6.7%
- #41 YAR: Forgotten Throne
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Honor Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
YAR is a fully-fledged open-world RPG. Embark on a heartfelt journey inspired by Boreyian myths and legends, filled with vibrant and unforgettable adventures, uncover the mystery behind the attempt to conquer the noble Boreyian people.
Why similar: RPG 21.2%, Open World 20.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 15.1%, Survival 14.8%
- #42 KINGDOMS
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: RPG 22.2%, Open World 16.7%, Building 13.9%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 9.2%
- #43 Medieval Shopkeeper Simulator
73% matchMixed61% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Keep your stores afloat against unique threats like royal laws, wars and crazy fantasy events. Discover new items, craft, sell them, and create your Merchant Empire in the kingdom! - All in a hybrid 2D-3D style.
Why similar: RPG 41.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Open World 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Indie 9.8%
- #44 DYSPLACED
68% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
The realm is dying. As its Guardian, you have one desperate option — tear it apart to rebuild it stronger. Explore a vast open world, master its secrets, and forge salvation from the ruins. Sometimes, saving the world means destroying it first.
Why similar: Open World 22.9%, Survival 20.2%, Building 18.5%, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #45 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
71% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, RPG 15.4%, Sandbox 7.8%, Building 7.2%, Open World 6.7%
- #46 Arcane Vale
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Dynamic Zero
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Arcane Vale is an action packed open-world RPG. Embark on an adventure to discover a long-lost treasure in a vast and dangerous world.
Why similar: RPG 28.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 14.7%, Open World 11.6%, Indie 7.3%
- #47 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
67% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 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 34.7% ★, RPG 11.4%, Survival 10.5%, Open World 8.6%, Building 8.1%
- #48 Warlocks Quarry
70% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Use your skills in looting, fighting, exploring and base building to survive and progress in Warlocks world.
Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Action 23.9%, Sandbox 20.3%, Building 15.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #49 Warlocks Deeds
69% matchVery Positive86% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Embark on an extraordinary journey through a mystical realm where warlocks and magic reign supreme. Introducing "Warlocks Deeds," a superbly crafted medieval survival sandbox voxel game that will transport you to a world of enchantment and adventure!
Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 14.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Crafting 12.5%
- #50 Nightingale
67% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, RPG 12%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 9.8%, Building 8.5%
- #51 Life is Feudal: MMO
71% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, RPG 10.6%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Building 7.6%
- #52 Border Town
66% matchVery Positive81% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: RPG 25.7%, Open World 16.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Survival 14.9%, Building 14.6%
- #53 The Unexpected Quest Prologue
69% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: RionixPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
Why similar: Adventure 49.8%, Crafting 22.1%, Action 11.9%, Colorful 9%, Indie 7.2%
- #54 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,168 reviews2020
Dev: Kindred Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World 30%, Building 27.3%, Crafting 20.4%, Exploration 11.5%, Colorful 10.8%
- #55 Shards of Azuria
70% matchMixed60% of 101 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Potion Games
Windows
Shards of Azuria is an isometric, craft and build RPG. Create a character and a new world, then start your adventure by waking up in town. You are greeted by the locals of Azuria and begin to find your way around.
Why similar: RPG 23.1%, Adventure 18.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.2%, Action 9.5%
- #56 Life is Feudal: Arden
68% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: RPG 29.9%, Action 14.4%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 10.9%
- #57 Rise of Ages
71% matchMixed44% of 217 reviews2019
Dev: Anguis Game StudioPub: 99Gamers Digital
Windows
Rise of Ages is a sandbox game, allowing you to explore, build, found cities, make wars and evolve technologies to reach the highest level of a civilization and then travel to other planets! The game begins in prehistory and will advance ages, one by one, as the player evolves.
Why similar: RPG 27.2%, Survival 13.9%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Open World 12.6%
- #58 Pathless Woods
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: RPG 15.5%, Open World 15%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 12%, Building 12%
- #59 Alchemist's Awakening
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: OsarisGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a world full of magic, mystery, beautiful landscapes and dangerous creatures. Build your own destiny, by yourself or with some friends, gather materials, use elements as attacks, recombine them into building blocks... and use your Alchemist's power to give life to any shape you built.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Open World 10.3%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 9%
