- #1 CastleMiner Z
97% matchVery Positive81% of 11,161 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A direct contemporary of Total Miner that emphasizes voxel-based survival, zombie combat, and exploration.
- #2 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 42.6% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 7.3%, Building 7.2%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D voxel sandbox that perfectly balances deep RPG progression, boss combat, and creative building.
- #3 Creativerse
96% 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 26.6% ★, Voxel 17.1% ★, Sandbox 9%, Building 7.4%, Open World 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant voxel sandbox that focuses heavily on creative building and exploration with a distinct visual style.
- #4 Cube World
95% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,738 reviews2019
Dev: Picroma
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
Why similar: Voxel 32% ★, Open World 17.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, RPG 7.2%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features voxel-based exploration and a heavy emphasis on RPG character classes and procedural adventure.
- #5 Rising World
94% matchVery Positive86% of 6,019 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.4 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 29.5% ★, Voxel 16.7% ★, Mining 13.1% ★, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more realistic take on voxel building and survival with a focus on detailed construction and exploration.
- #6 Core Keeper
93% 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 31.7% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 9.7%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down voxel-style survival game that excels at blending mining, crafting, and RPG-style boss progression.
- #7 Portal Knights
94% 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 20.2%, Building 14.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based world building with structured RPG classes and tactical combat in a fantasy setting.
- #8 7 Days to Die
91% 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 33.4% ★, Voxel 17.9% ★, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 9%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that focuses on building, fortification, and intense combat against hordes of enemies.
- #9 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
92% 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 48.7% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 9%, RPG 6.9%, Voxel 6.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly polished voxel-building experience integrated into a narrative-driven RPG adventure.
- #10 TerraTech
91% matchVery Positive91% of 25,032 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 12.7%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features voxel-based vehicle construction and combat, allowing for creative engineering in an open-world setting.
- #11 Boundless
90% matchMixed69% of 2,779 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Voxel 16.9% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 8.2%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based MMO that emphasizes player-driven economies, massive building projects, and inter-world travel.
- #12 Volcanoids
89% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.3%, Building 13.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique voxel-based survival game where you build and upgrade a mobile steampunk drill-ship to survive volcanic eruptions.
- #13 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 30.4% ★, Programming 17.6% ★, Open World 6.8%, Crafting 6.7%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that introduces automation through programmable companions alongside RPG combat.
- #14 Trove
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 92,789 reviews2015
Dev: gamigo US Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!
Why similar: Voxel 31% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 12.3%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based MMO that leans heavily into RPG combat, character classes, and dungeon exploration.
- #15 Planet Explorers
87% matchMixed62% of 6,818 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 5.8%, Survival 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that features a strong narrative and extensive crafting systems for vehicles and structures.
- #16 Craft The World
85% matchVery Positive88% of 17,114 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.4%, Building 20%, Crafting 18.2%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based strategy game where you manage a tribe of dwarves through mining, building, and RPG-style combat.
- #17 Outerverse
86% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Voxel 22.5% ★, Programming 15.4% ★, Mining 10.4% ★, Open World 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based survival with automation and RPG elements in a first-person perspective.
- #18 Astral Terra
86% 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 32.8% ★, Voxel 13.5% ★, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 7.8%, Survival 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and RPG-style character growth.
- #19 Block Story™
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,156 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Voxel 16.3% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 7.2%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel RPG that focuses on exploration, questing, and taming creatures in a vast, blocky world.
- #20 Re.poly
83% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a low-poly open world.
- #21 Force of Nature
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 43.6% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that blends voxel-inspired gathering with RPG progression and character leveling.
- #22 Unturned
81% 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 20%, Open World 15.4%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 14.5%, Multiplayer 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-style survival game that focuses on multiplayer action, scavenging, and base-building in a zombie-infested world.
- #23 Blockscape
84% matchMixed46% of 899 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.2% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 6.2%, Building 6%, Voxel 5.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-fidelity voxel building and procedural generation for players who prioritize creative construction.
- #24 Necesse
78% 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 46.6% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Open World 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Crafting 6.3%
- #25 Eco
80% matchVery Positive81% of 14,085 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game where building and resource management are tied to a complex, player-driven ecosystem.
- #26 Novus Inceptio
82% matchMixed52% of 1,304 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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 38.1% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 9.1%, Survival 8.1%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that focuses on long-term character development and world-building in a persistent environment.
- #27 GRAV
81% matchMixed47% of 6,922 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10.2%, Survival 10.1%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game with voxel-like building mechanics and a focus on sci-fi exploration.
- #28 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 36.1% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 9%, Crafting 8%, Open World 7.9%
- #29 Project Explore
79% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Fern Nigro
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.
Why similar: Survival 45.2%, Open World 20.2%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 11.9%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sandbox that emphasizes adventure and exploration in a blocky, indie-style world.
- #30 Star Crafter
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Mining 14.5% ★, Voxel 14% ★, Crafting 7.5%, Sandbox 7%
- #31 Crafting Block World
78% matchMixed47% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!
Why similar: Voxel 29.1% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Mining 13.7% ★, Survival 9.4%, Building 7.9%
- #32 TerraTech Worlds
75% 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 32.9% ★, Mining 12.7% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 8.3%, Open World 7.7%
- #33 Tile Miner
77% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!
Why similar: Mining 22.3% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 13.3%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 11%
- #34 Delverium
73% 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 38% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 8.3%, Survival 7.8%, Crafting 7.6%
- #35 cyubeVR
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,135 reviews2018
Dev: Stonebrick Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Voxel 18.2% ★, Mining 15.6% ★, Building 9.3%, Crafting 8%
- #36 Deep Despair
75% matchMixed67% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 9.1%, Open World 8.8%
- #37 Shamania
71% 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 36.5% ★, Open World 10.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 8.4%
- #38 BLASTRONAUT
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Mining 18.4% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 6.7%
- #39 Wild Omission
72% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.3%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 9%
- #40 FortressCraft Evolved!
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Voxel 10.8% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.3%
- #41 Starbase
73% matchMixed55% of 6,768 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 91.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Programming 15.7% ★, Voxel 15.7% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 11.2%
- #42 Sandustry
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 9.7%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%
- #43 Orebound
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Voxel 23.5% ★, Mining 15.9% ★, Building 14.3%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 11.9%
- #44 Last Breath
69% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Mx
Windows
Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game. Dig through terrain, build powerful machines, and restore life to a dead planet. Work together to survive, automate, and reshape the world from the ground up, literally.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Survival 10.6%, Mining 10.3% ★, Building 7.9%, Crafting 7.4%
- #45 Windforge
72% matchMixed68% of 623 reviews2014
Dev: Snowed In Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.9% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Crafting 9%, Open World 7.4%, Building 7.3%
- #46 Signs of Life
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 846 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.2% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 7.8%, Survival 7.5%, Building 6.2%
- #47 Crushed
71% matchMixed53% of 321 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 41.4% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 9.5%, Survival 8.6%, Building 8.1%
- #48 Subsistence
69% 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 48.7% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #49 Digger Online
70% matchMixed49% of 17,911 reviews2015
Dev: DiggerGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Sanbox multiplayer building game with additional game mods
Why similar: Sandbox 17.8%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 13.8%, Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%
- #50 Tinkerlands
66% 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 38.2% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Open World 8.4%, Survival 7.6%, Building 7.3%
- #51 Primitier
66% matchVery Positive94% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: Ota Mato
Windows
Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Sandbox 21%, Crafting 13.8%, Open World 13.2%, Adventure 2.1%
- #52 Planetaries
67% 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 36.3% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9.1%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8%
- #53 Everwind
64% 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: Sandbox 17.2%, Building 14.5%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.8%
- #54 Modiverse
69% matchMixed57% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Voodoo Games
Windows
An open multiplayer sandbox game; includes tools, props, levels, NPCs, character models, game-modes and much more! Make your own using our mod kit!
Why similar: Programming 46.5% ★, Building 16.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 12.7%, First-Person 7.7%
- #55 Voxile
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: VoxRay Games, Inc.
Windows
Quest, craft, loot, build, destroy, and shoot your way through gorgeous voxel islands! Encounter mutated wildlife, discover secrets, and find out what went wrong in both pre-designed adventure and procedural survival worlds. Play in Early Access today--alone or with friends!
Why similar: Voxel 35.7% ★, Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #56 Feel The Snow
67% 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 44.8% ★, Sandbox 9.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 7.8%
- #57 Modbox
68% matchVery Positive86% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR
Why similar: Programming 35.4% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Building 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Open World 10.5%
- #58 Atomcraft
63% matchVery Positive95% of 434 reviews2026
Dev: Triplejump
Windows
A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Crafting 22.1%, Survival 18.4%, Open World 11.8%, RPG 9%
