- #1 Terraria
97% 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 34.1% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 6.8%, Building 6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Tinkerlands, it delivers classic 2D pixel-art survival crafting with expansive world exploration and cooperative combat.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% 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 23.3% ★, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Sandbox 9%, Open World 8.6%, Survival 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It matches the top-down perspective, base-building, and cooperative survival gameplay loop of Tinkerlands.
- #3 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 37% ★, Sandbox 8.1%, Open World 7.2%, Survival 6.8%, Crafting 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down sandbox survival game shares Tinkerlands' pixelated aesthetic, settlement building, and multiplayer exploration.
- #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 41.7% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the addictive resource gathering, crafting, and island expansion progression of Tinkerlands in a cute, top-down style.
- #5 Tinkertown
94% 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: Sandbox 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Crafting 11%, Open World 9.7%, RPG 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same multiplayer sandbox survival experience with stylized graphics and creative building mechanics.
- #6 The Survivalists
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,123 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Set on uncharted islands, it mirrors Tinkerlands' focus on crafting, survival, and cooperative island exploration.
- #7 Starbound
93% 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 36.3% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Online Co-Op 7.6%, Survival 6.9%, Crafting 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar 2D sandbox survival and crafting adventure across multiple planets, perfect for fans of exploration.
- #8 Keplerth
92% 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: Sandbox 18.9%, Survival 15.8%, Open World 15.3%, Building 13.5%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D procedural survival game features similar base-building, farming, and exploration mechanics to Tinkerlands.
- #9 Cubic Odyssey
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Sandbox 13%, Building 10.4%, Co-op 10.3%, Online Co-Op 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a colorful open-world survival crafting adventure with cooperative multiplayer and base-building.
- #10 Junk Jack
91% 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 38.1% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled 2D sandbox game emphasizes crafting and survival in a block-based world akin to Tinkerlands.
- #11 Miniland Adventure
90% 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 38.2% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D crafting survival sandbox that echoes the top-down perspective and world-shaping elements of Tinkerlands.
- #12 Nova Lands
89% matchVery Positive89% of 3,544 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It blends island exploration and base building with crafting mechanics similar to the progression in Tinkerlands.
- #13 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
89% 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 29% ★, Online Co-Op 10%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It amplifies the exploration of small-scale worlds with base-building and survival elements reminiscent of Tinkerlands.
- #14 Omega Crafter
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 579 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Survival 8.7%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 8.1%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival crafting game combines base-building and automation with cooperative exploration.
- #15 Portal Knights
87% matchVery Positive83% of 22,395 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Building 13.5%, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Though 3D, it shares the cooperative action-adventure and island-hopping progression found in Tinkerlands.
- #16 Dig or Die
86% matchVery Positive90% of 4,291 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling survival crafting game that emphasizes defensive building and resource gathering.
- #17 Voidtrain
84% 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 36.7% ★, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Survival 8.3%, Co-op 7.8%, Crafting 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival crafting game where you build and upgrade your mobile base through uncharted realms.
- #18 Feel The Snow
85% 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 34.5% ★, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 7.6%, Sandbox 7.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This winter-themed survival game features a similar 2D pixel-art style, crafting, and adventure focus.
- #19 Solarpunk™
83% matchVery Positive81% of 4,581 reviews2026
Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival and building game centered around crafting and sustainable technology in an open world.
- #20 Creativerse
84% 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 26.3% ★, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an open-world sandbox crafting experience focusing on gathering, building, and survival.
- #21 Valheim
81% 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 33.3% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal exploration and survival game for up to 10 players set in a procedurally generated purgatory.
- #22 Longvinter
82% 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 29.8% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world multiplayer survival game featuring crafting, base building, and island exploration.
- #23 Realms of Magic
82% matchVery Positive81% of 1,005 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.9% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 9.3%, RPG 6.6%, Survival 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival and crafting elements with traditional RPG adventure elements.
- #24 Raft
80% 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 36.6% ★, Survival 13.5%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An ocean-based survival crafting game emphasizing exploration, resource gathering, and base expansion.
- #25 Project Zomboid
79% 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 32.9% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 11.5%, Sandbox 9.8%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore isometric survival game featuring deep crafting and base-building mechanics.
- #26 Craftopia
79% 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 28% ★, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends elements of survival, crafting, and hack-and-slash combat in an open world.
- #27 Unturned
78% 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: Sandbox 17.5%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 15.4%, Co-op 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer sandbox survival game focusing on resource gathering and crafting.
- #28 Everwind
77% 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: Online Co-Op 13.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 10.9%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 10.5%
- #29 Astral Terra
81% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival and crafting game featuring procedurally generated worlds and exploration.
- #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 26.5% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #31 Allumeria
76% 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 27.4% ★, Sandbox 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Survival 8.1%, Crafting 7.6%
- #32 Delverium
76% 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 29% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 8.2%, Online Co-Op 7.7%, Crafting 7.3%
- #33 Wonderia
75% 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 32.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%
- #34 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 29.1% ★, Open World 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 9.3%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #35 Nightingale
73% matchMixed66% of 18,084 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 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 32% ★, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.2%
- #36 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
71% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Open World 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 9.4%, Co-op 7.6%
- #37 Wayward
74% 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 40.5% ★, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 7.6%
- #38 Gombo
72% 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 28.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #39 Crea
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,408 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 7.2%, Open World 4.6%
- #40 TerraTech Worlds
72% matchMixed63% of 2,297 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 9.3%, Open World 9.3%
- #41 Scrapnaut
73% 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 24.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Survival 10.2%, Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #42 Planetaries
73% matchMixed58% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 8.4%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 8%
- #43 Enshrouded
70% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Open World 17.6%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #44 Don't Starve Together
70% 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 62.8% ★, Survival 19.2%, Co-op 3.5%, Multiplayer 3.4%, Open World 2.8%
- #45 Scrap Mechanic
67% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Sandbox 16%, Building 15.3%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 13.1%
- #46 Palworld
66% 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 31.2% ★, Open World 12.1%, Survival 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Crafting 7.3%
- #47 Lodventure
71% 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 34.7% ★, Survival 9.5%, Open World 9.4%, Co-op 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #48 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,103 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 6.7%, RPG 6.5%
- #49 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
71% matchMixed52% of 4,220 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 36.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 8.5%, Building 7.5%, Open World 7%
- #50 ENDALOR
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 280 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 32.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 6.8%
- #51 Len's Island
68% 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 39% ★, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.3%, Open World 10%
- #52 Eden Crafters
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 8.4%
- #53 Project Castaway
67% 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 30.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8.5%, Co-op 7.9%
- #54 Solace Crafting
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.2%
- #55 Ruins To Fortress
68% matchMixed66% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 9.1%, Online Co-Op 7.7%
- #56 Saleblazers
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,249 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A shopkeeping adventure for 1-8 players. Cook, fish, fight, and sell your way through a magical island!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 10.8%, Survival 10.7%
- #57 Crashlands
67% 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 34.3% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.4%
- #58 Aloft
65% matchVery Positive83% of 3,782 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.1%, Co-op 9.9%
