- #1 Odd Woods
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Matt
Windows
Odd Woods is a survival crafting game in a forest environment. Build your base during the day to withstand the attacks of horror creatures at night. Explore, farm and hunt wildlife to survive another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Building 9.7%, Base Building 8.8%, Mining 8.7% ★, Crafting 8.3%
- #2 Cosmorists
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Mining 11.6% ★, Crafting 8%, Building 8%
- #3 Isoterra
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YAWPGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build bases and outposts, gather resources, craft items, train skills, rescue NPCs and fight for your survival. But be careful, the farther you explore this infinite world the more dangerous and rewarding it is.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Mining 14.3% ★, Cooking 11.5%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 7.1%
- #4 Far North
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legnd
Windows
Far North is a captivating survival game set deep inside the procedurally generated North. Alone or together with friends you can build, farm, cook, hunt and increase your various skills in order to survive the dynamic seasons and thrive in the North.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Cooking 15.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 7.5%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #5 Astoria
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HalfSizeAlien
Windows
Astoria is a 2D isometric open world game where you explore an alien planet in search of wreckage from your crashed ship. Craft all sorts of structures, equipment, gadgets and more while discovering ancient ruins and relics that might help along the way!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Mining 12.1% ★, Sandbox 10%, Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.1%
- #6 Among Trees
94% matchMixed68% of 2,238 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Cooking 12.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Building 7%, Crafting 7%
- #7 Whisper of the Swallows
93% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 7.3%
- #8 Winter Survival
91% matchMixed63% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Cooking 15.9%, Base Building 7.4%, Sandbox 6.7%, Building 6.7%
- #9 KYORA
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PugstormPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Linux
Delve into KYORA, a mystical multiplayer sandbox adventure, where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build or explode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Mining 10.9% ★, Building 9%, Crafting 7.4%
- #10 Far Fetched
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KiwiPastaPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the hazy and cold world of Far Fetched, where dangers lurk in the fog and only the glittering embers of the Traveling Node can keep you safe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.3% ★, Comic Book 17%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 7.3%, Survival 6.9%
- #11 Collinwood
89% matchNegative0% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WhatHunts
Windows
Explore a vibrant sandbox world full of wildlife and nature. Gather materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a cozy home. Build your shelter and hunt for food to survive—but be careful, the forest can be a dangerous place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Cooking 12.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Crafting 7.7%, Building 6.4%
- #12 Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Little Buffalo Studios
Windows · Mac
Fall into a chill survival adventure, with a talking campfire as your guide. Explore, craft, fish and hunt during the day, and ask your fire three questions each night. Choose wisely: Winter isn't the only surprise in this beautiful, hand-drawn world. Playable in cosy or realistic mode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%, Base Building 7.5%
- #13 INKBORN
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverLKD Studio
Windows · Linux
You wake up in a comic nobody finished, and an eraser is eating the world from the edge of the page. You have a sketchbook: trace an axe and you are holding an axe. Everything costs ink. Colour the page back in before it is gone. Up to four.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Comic Book 17.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Sandbox 8.1%, Crafting 7.8%
- #14 Sandboxed
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xOFFSET on tiktokPub: xOFFSET
Windows
Sandboxed is a singleplayer and multiplayer sandbox, where you build and survive in a world where you do whatever your creativity lets you
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Mining 17.7% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 7.8%
- #15 Paper Needs Inspiration!
86% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zato Ana Software
Windows
Stay alive! Don't die in this lavish, unearthly Garden! Let life Inspire you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Surreal 10.4%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.6%
- #16 Wadi Karma - وادي كرمة
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orientastudios
Windows
Wadi Karma is a 2D sandbox adventure game inspired by Arabian folklore, blending farming, exploration, and story-driven mystery in a forgotten desert world. Uncover the past. Reclaim the valley. And awaken the legacy of Jourya—before it’s lost forever.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Cooking 13.7%, Sandbox 11%, Mining 8.5% ★, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #17 Unforged
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lisowi Studios
Windows
A dark survival experience where you must explore a mysterious wilderness, gather resources, craft tools, and survive the horrors that emerge after nightfall. The wilderness is unforgiving. The night is worse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Cooking 12%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 7.3%
- #18 Category 6
83% matchMixed69% of 35 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 37.9% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.2%, Survival Horror 9%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #19 Blue Energy
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ROWAN FUTURE
Windows
100000 years after the apocalypse, a mysterious entity guides you to build a factory on a desert island...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Mining 12.2% ★, Sandbox 12%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.1%
- #20 Astoaria
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feres Studio
Windows
A sandbox open-world survival set in a dynamic world of floating islands, each with its own ecosystem and climate. Explore and thrive by strategically exploiting these environments. Harness energy, strategically farm, craft your airship and much more, while uncovering the mysteries of this world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Crafting 7.2%
- #21 Oldowan
82% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Broussard Boi
Windows
Oldowan is a first-person casual survival sandbox game that is focused on very early humanity and how it developed. The crafting is all based on real practices, but the survival aspects are relaxed. Play solo or with 1-3 friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Mining 14.5% ★, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #22 Claycrafter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: scoz
Windows
Gather resources, build structures, and craft increasingly wondrous items to unlock the secrets of a mysterious world made entirely out of clay.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 6.7%, Exploration 5.8%
- #23 ARCANA
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.3% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 8.1%, Crafting 7.7%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #24 Last Breath
79% 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 37.2% ★, Mining 11.2% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 8%
- #25 Kalahari’s End
79% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Owlfig Games
Windows
After your plane crashes, You find yourself in one of the largest abandoned tourist locations in South Africa. Build, Craft, and create your character while combatting the intense heat of the Kalahari Desert in this upcoming realistic open-world survival simulation game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Cooking 15.6%, Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 8.4%
- #26 Gravehollow
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silo Snowdash
Windows
Gravehollow is a survival RPG set in a restless world on the cusp of death. Hunt, scavenge, craft, build, and fight as friends and foes alike clash and pursue their own ends. Uncover why death refuses to release you, and what horrors your survival is awakening.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 8.3%
- #27 Wonderia
78% 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 34.5% ★, Mining 14.8% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 9%, Crafting 8.5%
- #28 Roverbound
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueatic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and expand a base on wheels and push deeper into a frozen alien world. Scavenge and drill for resources, keep the power on and oxygen flowing, and research new technologies to survive the journey.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Mining 9.7% ★, Crafting 8.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #29 A Good Day to Pie
76% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: JamSnack
Windows
Action-packed Survival Sandbox game focused on Base Building and Wave Defense. Defend the Pie from the horde of Evil Pie-Stealing Gremlins by exploring the regions, collecting resources, crafting items, and building defenses.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Mining 17.8% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 8.7%
- #30 SpiritBorn
76% 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 44% ★, Building 10.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Base Building 7.9%
- #31 Rising World
77% 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 30.2% ★, Mining 15.7% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 8.5%, Base Building 7.4%
- #32 Project AlbatrOS
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DiSolve Studios
Windows
Take on the role of an underwater reef explorer, find a way to save the corals from extinction. Dive into the colorful waters of Water, explore and admire the local reef, explore the mystery of the island. Gather resources to create your own bases in order your survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 7.6%, Crafting 7.4%
- #33 Unhinged
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unifiq Games
Windows
Survive a brutal corporate death game on an alien planet. Craft and assemble components into machines and automated production systems. Harness power, cultivate exotic plants, brew herbal tonics and synthesize chaotic drugs, all while managing your sanity in a detailed mental simulation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival Horror 10.1%, Crafting 9%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #34 A Life Ashore
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: daggg3rPub: daggg3r studio
Windows
After a rough landing on a remote tropical island, turn survival into a life of your own. Observe the land, gather and salvage what it offers, build a dependable home, and settle into practical routines through rain, heat, and changing days.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.1% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 8.3%, Survival 8.2%
- #35 Starfuse
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devshift
Windows
Embark on an epic sci-fi sandbox adventure across multiple planets in this 2D sidescroller. Explore, fight creatures, craft, and build in in a fully destructible world. Unleash the power of simulated elements, ride vehicles, and customize your character.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Mining 11.2% ★, Base Building 8.2%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #36 TerraTech Worlds
73% 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 33.1% ★, Mining 15% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 9.4%, Building 9.4%
- #37 Cube Life: Island Survival
73% 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 53% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 7.9%, Survival 5.5%
- #38 Urge
71% matchVery Positive90% of 524 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Sandbox 11%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Building 9.3%, Base Building 8.7%
- #39 Bromeliad
72% 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 43.4% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.2%, Base Building 7.9%
- #40 Medusa Frontier
72% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Render Goblin Games
Windows
Medusa Frontier is a budget sci-fi survival game being developed with OpenGL & C++. Gameplay is currently limited to resource gathering and base building on a 1k terrain map.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Mining 17.2% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 10.1%
- #41 Meor
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nel
Windows
An experimental voxel sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Mining 18.1% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.5%
- #42 Project Canopy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 6.8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #43 Drill Space
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Burrow through alien worlds and mine for hidden treasures. As your foothold spreads across the vastness of space, dark forces hunt you down. How will you carve out your legacy among the stars?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Mining 13.1% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%
- #44 Force of Nature
70% 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 49% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 8.7%, Survival 7.6%
- #45 Quiet Town
70% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: mudpill
Windows
1
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Cooking 16.2%, Building 9.9%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9.7%
- #46 Pirate Island
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asmo
Windows
Get ready for a pirate-themed open world survival game with modular base building, sunken island scavenging, crafting, exploring and getting treasures. Ready for the treasure hunter adventure?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Cooking 14.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 8.7%
- #47 Rinthine
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Optillusion
Windows · Mac
Adventure solo or with fellow Wayfinders to explore, survive, and uncover the secrets deep within the world of Rinthine, set in an ever-changing labyrinth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Cooking 16%, Sandbox 11.6%, Base Building 8.6%, Crafting 8.6%
- #48 Blockscape
71% 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 58.9% ★, Sandbox 16%, Building 8.1%, Crafting 7.6%, Survival 4.7%
- #49 The Forest
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 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 53.4% ★, Survival 8.9%, Crafting 7.9%, Building 7.5%, Survival Horror 6.8%
- #50 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
68% matchMixed54% of 173 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 39.5% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Survival Horror 7.5%, Survival 7.4%
- #51 Faraway Islands
69% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: bocoboc
Windows
A top-down story-driven survival game, set on unknown islands you must explore in order to find a way home. Your adventure will contain classic mechanics like crafting, acquiring resources, hunting animals, farming, fishing, building shelter, and defending from enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Mining 13% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Building 10.4%, Cooking 9.1%
- #52 Stranded in Paradise
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Stranded on a breathtaking Caribbean island, your survival starts with nothing. Gather resources, build your shelter, craft what you need, cook your food, and turn a wild paradise into your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.4% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 7.8%, Survival 7.4%, Building 7.3%
- #53 The Store is Closed
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ziggy
Windows
The Store is Closed is a coop survival game set in an infinite furniture store. When the lights go out, the staff attack. You’ll need to craft weapons, and build fortifications to survive the night. Explore the underground SCP laboratories and build towers to the sky to find a way out.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Cooking 15%, Base Building 9.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #54 Life Not Supported
66% matchMixed67% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.6% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 10%, Base Building 9.6%