- #1 Hostile Planet: Survival
97% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 13.9%, Building 11.4%, Open World 10.9%
- #2 Beyond The Shadow
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyrenal Games, LLC
Windows
As the sole specialist sent into a quarantined part of the Midwest , discover all you can about the mysterious corruption rapidly taking over. Utilize all you can find around you to survive the evolving area, find the source and eliminate the threat. Will you defeat what lies Beyond The Shadow?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.3%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.3%
- #3 Robowork
96% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Edvar Studio
Windows
Explore a planet with your friend or alone, upgrade yourself and try to return to Earth in your adventure that begins with your spacecraft sent by "Space-T" to explore other planets!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Cinematic 11.8%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 7.3%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #4 Bromeliad
95% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.9%, Building 10.4%
- #5 INMATE: Survival
94% matchMixed57% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: SV Games
Windows
INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.3%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #6 Category 6
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Fishing 13.4% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9.7%, Building 9.2%
- #7 INCUR Survival
93% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Building 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #8 World of Wonder
92% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew Grbac
Windows
An open world VR game full of discovery and danger set in a beautifully vast landscape. Navigate the mysterious ruins and use your abilities to traverse and explore. Choose to play peacefully or upgrade your weapons by harvesting resources and build a base to call your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, FPS 11.1%, Building 10.8%, Open World 9.9%, Survival 9%
- #9 Carpathian Survival
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Arnold PopescuPub: ARN IT SOFTWARE
Windows
Experience the untamed beauty of the Carpathian wilderness. Gather resources, chop trees, mine for materials, craft tools, and build shelter to withstand the harsh environment. Hunt wildlife and master essential survival skills as you navigate the untamed mountains.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.9% ★, Crafting 15.6%, FPS 15.2%, Realistic 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
- #10 Hurtworld
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Survival 15.8%, FPS 13.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.5%
- #11 Ship Builder
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Play with up to three companions and become the best shipwrights on this side of the globe! Explore and gather materials needed to build legendary ships! Soon they will call you a legend as well.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Fishing 13.1% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #12 The Ocean
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floares Mihai
Windows
You are the only surviving sailor from a pirate crew. The angry ocean waves bring you on the beach of an tropical island. Your ony goal is to survive
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Building 11.5%, Open World 9.3%, FPS 9%, Survival 9%
- #13 Far North Survival
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrogVille Games
Windows
FAR NORTH SURVIVAL is an open-world survival game set in the unique setting of a vast ice-bound area beyond the Arctic Circle.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Building 12.8%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.3%
- #14 Delivery
87% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Fearjoy Games
Windows
«Delivery» - is not just about cargo delivery. It’s a flight to the heart of the conspiracy, where your piloting skills and driving abilities will determine the fate of many people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Fishing 17.2% ★, Cinematic 11.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #15 Zombie Alert
86% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Darkshark Games
Windows
Zombie Alert, Survival game, Survive by hunting zombies, Build your own territory, Capture cities and collect items, Whether alone or with your friends!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Building 12.8%, Open World 11.5%, FPS 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #16 Stranded Deep
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 9.9%, Building 6.3%
- #17 New Horizon
86% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2022
Dev: Pretoriano_devPub: Coliseum Studio
Windows
New Horizon is a survival with RPG game. Explore a vast world in search of resources, build, upgrade your equipment and fight monsters to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Agriculture 18.6% ★, Building 11%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.9%
- #18 Determinant
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Khor Chin Heong
Windows
Realistic physics-based open-world survival game set in the future. Survival, crafting, exploration and base building are the main focus. Hunt for food and water and survive against environmental hazards. Combat is possible, but more defensive in nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.5%, FPS 8.7%, Open World 8.6%
- #19 The Forest
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.3% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 8%
- #20 Crushed
84% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 10.4%, FPS 10.1%
- #21 WildCraft
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Building 15.4%, Crafting 7.4%, FPS 7.2%, Survival 6.4%
- #22 Deadly Flare
82% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.4%
- #23 Ruins of the Forgotten: A Wild Survival
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Dude Studios
Windows · Mac
Discover an open-world survival game that divides animals into two factions. While crafting, building, and taming animals, explore the forgotten ruins. Do whatever it takes to last another night and solve the mystery surrounding animal factions.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 8.9%, Loot 7.9%
- #24 No Light
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 匠门电子科技有限公司
Windows
When wake up, you in a strange world. You must learn to be strong in this dangerous and dark world. Look for all the materials that can live, light the torch in hand, this light may be the last hope, but don't forget, in this boundless darkness, the light will also let "them" See you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Building 15.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.2%, Exploration 6.3%
- #25 Tales of Morrow
80% matchMixed47% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: GameMechanic
Windows
Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Fishing 15.6% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.4%, Survival 7.6%
- #26 Desolated District
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Building 12.1%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 8.6%
- #27 Planetation
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2Bit Studios
Windows
On the harmstead you sow crops by day, plough hordes of alien pests by night, and spelunk the “Very Dark” depths whenever you damn well please. This bloodthirsty alien planet doesn’t want you here, but you’re a farmer in a tractormech so what do you care?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Agriculture 16.9% ★, Loot 10.3%, FPS 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%
- #28 Forsaken Universe
79% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Jacob Folkerts
Windows
Forsaken Universe is an exploration-survival game based on a unique universe. Become one of the Elite space explorers in the universe by completing missions, building a strong base, killing space pirates and or aliens, or many different other ways. Can you explore all the planets and survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Building 14.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.2%
- #29 Primal Man Simulator
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 12.4%, Realistic 8.3%
- #30 Scorching Desert
77% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Runner Studio
Windows
"Scorching Desert" is an open-world survival crafting game, where your main objective is to survive in a hot, unforgiving desert plagued by an ancient evil! You will need to gather resources, build a resillient shelter, stay hydrated & explore a massive 64km^2 Map!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Realistic 9.1%, Cinematic 6.5%
- #31 Wild
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%
- #32 WILDLANDS
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsen Games
Windows
Dive into a unique adventure that will put you against a world ruled by natural forces! Explore, craft, battle predators, tame animals, build homes, harvest crops & so much more. Gather your friends, grab a weapon, and head out to conquer the WILDLANDS!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 10.9%, Realistic 8.1%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #33 Crazy Islands
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Ge-Aivan
Windows
Welcome to "Crazy Islands", a 3D survival game for 1-4 players that takes you into a world full of mystery and challenges. On this isolated archipelago, you will face ancient gods, cruel natural environment and unknown dangers. Only wisdom and courage can help you survive in this unknown land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Agriculture 16.3% ★, Survival 9.8%, Open World 8.7%, FPS 8%
- #34 Force of Nature
76% 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 43% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 9.9%, Building 9.6%
- #35 Defend Till Sunshine
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 17.8%, Crafting 16.2%, Open World 10%, Exploration 7.4%
- #36 Ancient the Dimensions
73% matchNegative9% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: HEADSTONE STUDIO
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic Survival Action RPG adventure, exploring a vast fantasy fairy tale world to build your own sanctuary and survive against extraordinary mythical creatures. Enhance your equipment, weapons, and skills to battle ruthless empires and interdimensional visitors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.3%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 11.1%
- #37 Subsistence
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 10.4%, Building 9.1%
- #38 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
72% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Survival 13%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Exploration 5.8%
- #39 SpiritBorn
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Building 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.5%
- #40 Gone Upstate
73% matchMixed43% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Digital Boxcar
Windows
Gone Upstate is a relaxed survival sandbox game where you Hunt, Build and Craft in a vibrant wilderness. Explore the vast landscape, escape dangerous predators, buy or craft supplies, sell your farm crops and uncover the mysterious creatures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Open World 14.3%, Survival 12.8%, FPS 10.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #41 Nightingale
70% 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 34.5% ★, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.5%, Building 11.5%, Open World 11%
- #42 FRIGID
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Crafting 12%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.1%, Building 10.9%
- #43 Offworlders
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowchimp Interactive
Windows
A retro-futuristic single player survival RPG where you control a hand-picked team of 4 separate characters; each with their own unique specializations, attributes, and inventories.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Loot 13.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.9%
- #44 Rust
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Survival 20.3%, Crafting 15.8%, Open World 12.4%, Building 10.7%
- #45 Vortex: The Gateway
72% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.8% ★, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 11%, Building 7%
- #46 Arctic Anxiety
71% matchMixed55% of 290 reviews2020
Dev: Arctic Studio
Windows
Survival simulator in extreme conditions. The game takes place in the Arctic ocean. The pilot of a cargo plane makes a hard landing on the water. To survive, the player will have to search for a cargo washed up on the shore.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.4% ★, Fishing 17.3% ★, Loot 12.1%, Survival 9.6%, Cinematic 8.9%
- #47 BugOut
71% matchMostly Negative41% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: A2G Studios
Windows
First Person, Exploring, Surviving, Hunting, Foraging, Buiding, Hoarding, Looting, Prepping, Crafting Work against Time and Survive, Storms, Earthquakes, Nuclear Events, Radical Weather, and much more
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 8.1%, Building 7%
- #48 Rem Survival
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11.8%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.1%
- #49 New Era
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snellsoft Games
Windows
Have you not ever dreamed of your own empire, your own city? New Era is a survival Strategy game, where your goals are to overcome natural death causes such as hunger, thirst, and cold. Build a fire to keep you warm, build a house for your villagers, protect your city at all costs!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Cinematic 10.8%, Building 10.7%, FPS 9.2%, Open World 9.1%
- #50 Last Hope on Earth
69% matchMixed50% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: iLand Studios
Windows
An single/multiplayer game of survival in a desolated post-war future world. A group of clone challenges the dangers of a forbidden Earth trying to survive against monsters made of pure radiation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%, FPS 10.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #51 My First Craft Survival
67% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: kuriemeiku
Windows
When I woke up, I found myself on an uninhabited island. And I had nothing with me! Anyway, the first priority is to find food to avoid starvation. At night, mysterious creatures attack, so I need to craft equipment and build a base to defend myself! In the end, there's a boss waiting for me!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Agriculture 16% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.9%
- #52 The Infected
67% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11%, Open World 10.2%, Survival 9.7%
- #53 25°N 71°W
68% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: SE {} KS
Windows
25°N 71°W, Bermuda Triangle: An airplane is on its way to America. Suddenly the engines fail. At the end of the day there's a lone survivor: you, stranded on a desert island. Welcome to 25°N 71°W - a survival game where you have to mine, craft and build - to survive somehow! Remastered 2023.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Fishing 12.3% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 11.6%
- #54 Cube Life: Island Survival
69% matchMixed69% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Cypronia
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cube Life: Island Survival is an open-world, block building, survival game, taking place on a beautiful remote island. Imagine being shipwrecked and stranded left for dead, with only your will to survive. You must explore, build, craft, and fight your way to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.5% ★, Building 12%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 10.4%, Survival 10%
- #55 The Long Dark
67% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.6% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 12%, Crafting 7.7%, Exploration 4.9%
- #56 Isle Goblin
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kilowatt GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Isle Goblin has been invaded by destructive humans, and complete hostile takeover is all but complete. Armed with only your monster friends and the resources available, do you have what it takes to revert the island to its former glory?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Agriculture 21.4% ★, Crafting 11%, Building 10.7%, Open World 8.3%
- #57 Frostrail
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FakeFishPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Dive into a ruthless survival FPS, solo or co-op. Explore, scavenge, craft and fight to endure a frozen, corrupted world. Operate and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland, where every choice is a matter of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Crafting 12.5%, FPS 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.1%
- #58 Fragmented
68% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.1% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 7.5%