- #1 Stranded Deep 2
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: North Beach Games
Windows
Survival is just the beginning. Stranded in a desert wilderness, an endless river is your only lifeline. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and build a floating home to brave the treacherous waters and scorching heat. Every bend brings new danger and deeper discoveries. How far will you go?
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Sandbox 19.3%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 17.1%, Base Building 15.8%
- #2 Satisfactory
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #3 Shamania
96% 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: Crafting 17.1%, Automation 14.4%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 13%
- #4 Tides of Despair
95% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Crafting 18.5%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 14.7%
- #5 Exot
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Crafting 18.9%, Sandbox 18.3%, Survival 16.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Open World 12.9%
- #6 Arcfactory
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadMofrog
Windows
Factory automation meets megastructure. Explore an ancient space station in search of a buried star. Build automated factories and defend against a living and realigning station.
Why similar: Automation 25.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 13.4%
- #7 GridCraft
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hy_studio
Windows
Shape an entire grid-based world with your mouse. Gather, craft, farm, cook, tame animals, automate production, and battle powerful bosses. Every item, machine, and creature is yours to pick up, place, and combine.
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Crafting 22%, Sandbox 19.4%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 8.3%
- #8 Paloma Island
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Houari Mohamed AminePub: Damz Games
Windows
Stranded after a storm, survive the uncharted dangers of Paloma Island. Gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter in this open-world sandbox survival adventure. Explore lush biomes and diverse locations, uncover secrets, and face wildlife and enemies to stay alive.
Why similar: Crafting 18.2%, Base Building 18%, Survival 17.2%, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 11.6%
- #9 To-Gather
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Poeka Studio
Windows
When a cult disrupted the peace 200 years ago by summoning terrible creatures, they couldn't reverse their mistake! Gather resources, Explore the abandoned Island and battle the curse with your friends before it takes over your home!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.5%, Base Building 16%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 14.2%
- #10 Shadow Of The Union: Survival
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ILIASKA
Windows
Fight back against the rebellious machines in an alternative USSR! Join forces in a team of up to 4 players and survive in a dangerous open world. By day, explore and gather resources. By night, defend your base against waves of combat robots!
Why similar: Crafting 15.2%, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 13.2%
- #11 Golemcrafter
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Good Sheep Syndicate
Windows
Golemcrafter is a single-player survival crafting game where you, as a golem, explore a magical world, gather resources, build a base, harness the local wildlife, and craft powerful golems like yourself. Make friends, gain powers!
Why similar: Automation 16.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 13.9%
- #12 Enshrouded
89% 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 19.1%, Survival 18.3%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #13 Signalfall
89% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Fallen Relay
Windows
Crash-land on a hostile planet and build automated extraction outposts to survive. Defend your operations, manage power networks, and send resources to orbit to unlock new technologies.
Why similar: Crafting 18.5%, Automation 18.4%, Survival 16.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 13.5%
- #14 Factory Trashcension
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Factory Trashcension
Windows
Factory Trashcension is a first-person open-world factory creation and optimization game with unlimited possibilities. Play with your friends and design efficient factories to TRASHCEND without worries and explore a v a p o r w a v e inspired universe!
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Crafting 17.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 11.7%
- #15 Krasnaya Factory
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kickback games
Windows
Produce weapons, automate your production, and complete contracts to gain more money and expand your factory. A war is waging against the aliens. You will need to support the war effort by producing an ever-increasing amount of weapons. And always stay ready to defend your factories.
Why similar: Automation 22.8%, Crafting 18.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #16 Starvector
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Sandbox 17%, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Base Building 11.3%
- #17 Eden Crafters
84% 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: Automation 21%, Crafting 14.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 10.7%
- #18 Factorio
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Base Building 20.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #19 Alterworld
85% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Crafting 15.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 12.3%
- #20 The Joy of Mining
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: spielepk
Windows
Mine, loot, craft, build, fight, and explore the open world in this Minecraft/Terraria-inspired game. It includes quests from NPCs, farming and fishing, as well as a variety of arcade games to play in-game.
Why similar: Crafting 24.2%, Sandbox 22.2%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 13.1%, PvE 9.3%
- #21 Polylithic
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 353 reviews2026
Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go it alone in a world where the apex predator is still a distant aspiration.
Why similar: Automation 18%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Survival 13.9%
- #22 Factory Survival
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roman Software
Windows
Build and create automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 3D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally escape from creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 14%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #23 Direland
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAIJIUUUUU
Windows
A sandbox survival craft game set in a vast world. Explore the wilderness, defeat monsters, gather materials, and conquer colossal bosses.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Crafting 25.7%, Survival 19%, Open World 15.1%, Adventure 6%
- #24 Skyformer
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes! Play alone or up to 4 player co-op.
Why similar: Automation 21%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 10.4%
- #25 ManaWeaver
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BadgerHub Studio
Windows · Mac
A fantasy open-world terraforming and crafting adventure. Survive, gather resources, and harness magic to build your home. Construct mystical machines to purify the curse and restore life to the realm. Uncover history as you reshape the world around you.
Why similar: Automation 17.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 16.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 14.3%
- #26 Lugal: Bronze Age Survival Game
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Tea & Cake Games
Windows
Survival Craft with PvE, CO-OP, Questline that lasts for several hours. Historic Bronze Age vibes. Lead your tribe to Civilization, found your own town, construct a great Ziggurat, and become the King!
Why similar: Automation 17.6%, Crafting 15.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #27 The Last Viking
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoBrain Studio
Windows
Play as a young viking, learn to survive and fight in the wilderness. To fulfill your destiny, explore an island alone or in cooperation with friends, build structures, confront Norse gods and mythological creatures. Will you be the last Viking?
Why similar: Survival 16.6%, Base Building 15.7%, Open World 15.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%
- #28 Profectus
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Alrek Studios
Windows
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Crafting 23.9%, Base Building 21.1%, Sandbox 20.1%, Open World 14.9%, Adventure 9.1%
- #29 The Resonance Initiative
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackfield Studios
Windows
In this open-world factory sandbox you need to harness unique power waveforms to run your machines. Use everything as fuel, from plant life to fallen enemies. Explore the world to uncover new foes and resources to exploit as your empire grows.
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Crafting 19.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 13.5%
- #30 Last Float
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LapsaDev
Windows
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Survival 23.4%, Crafting 22.9%, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 7.8%
- #31 miMIR
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grojibz
Windows
miMIR is a survival exploration game where you drift through the shattered remains of Earth as a memoryless robot, surviving from a floating vessel while the world’s ruins reveal what humanity left behind.
Why similar: Survival 21.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #32 StarRupture
73% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 12.6%
- #33 Wildlands Resurgence
76% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
section for a game where players need to survive from wildlife, mine resources, craft items and structures, and even form tribes:
Why similar: Sandbox 22.9%, Crafting 18%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 10.7%
- #34 Blightrest
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Hype Games
Windows
Blightrest is a co-op survival action game set in a dark, open world where every decision brings you closer to either salvation or eternal damnation. Master survival, build fortifications, banish demons with ancient rituals, and explore the Wastes where even shadows have eyes.
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Open World 18.2%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Adventure 8%
- #35 ALTERA
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vulkanic
Windows
ALTERA is a military survival sandbox. Become the ultimate troop commander & lead your faction to victory!
Why similar: Crafting 17.8%, Sandbox 17.8%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 15.5%, Open World 15%
- #36 Terra Taker
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Craft
Windows
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
Why similar: Automation 18.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 13.3%
- #37 Hold Your Own
77% matchMixed67% of 577 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Crafting 20.6%, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 15.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 14%
- #38 暴食海岛 Munchy Island
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: clownpiece
Windows
Play as a fennec fox in a survival adventure on an island packed with food! Keep your belly full as you explore the island, build defensive structures, and fend off relentless attacks from monsters of the deep.
Why similar: Base Building 21.4%, Crafting 20.8%, Survival 20.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Combat 8.5%
- #39 Sandustry
71% 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: Automation 21.4%, Sandbox 16.4%, Crafting 16.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 12.8%
- #40 XenoHaven
72% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Base Building 16.7%, Open World 15.8%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 15%
- #41 Timberquest
73% matchNo user reviews2029
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Embark on an adventure in our RPG game! Explore a new, wild continent and fight to survive against environmental factors and monsters. With a heavy focus on cooperative play. Customize your character's stat-driven abilities to suit your preferred playstyle.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Crafting 19.4%, Adventure 14%, Base Building 13%, Survival 12.5%
- #42 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
71% matchVery Positive91% of 7,668 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Automation 18.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 12%
- #43 Landiscape
70% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: GTI
Windows
Landiscape is a relaxed 1–4 player open-world survival sandbox set on a zombie-infested island. Build bases, scavenge resources, explore dangerous landmarks, grow crops, and survive together — or turn on your friends.
Why similar: Crafting 20.3%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 18.4%, Open World 16.8%, PvE 7.5%
- #44 残存之物 Remnants
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Storm101
Windows
A survival crafting game set after an AI uprising. Stranded on a 4km × 4km island, you must gather resources, build shelter, and craft weapons to survive. Currently in early development, with core systems evolving and new content planned.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Survival 19.3%, Crafting 18.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Combat 7%
- #45 PoliPlanet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 12.5%
- #46 Grounded 2
68% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Survival 21%, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 14.8%, Open World 14.1%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #47 Isle of Survival: The New Dawn
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BlueSlay3r
Windows
“Survive and rebuild on a mysterious island. Explore diverse biomes, battle zombies, craft, farm, trade, and harness electricity in this open-world sandbox adventure — alone or with friends.”
Why similar: Sandbox 22.8%, Survival 22%, Base Building 14.1%, PvE 11.5%, Open World 10.9%
- #48 Evospace
72% matchVery Positive83% of 392 reviews2019
Dev: Quantum Rivet
Windows · Mac
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Crafting 20%, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 17.4%, Open World 13.5%
- #49 SkyPrimal
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Primal Apps Studio
Windows · Mac
The prehistoric world does not forgive weakness. Alone or with friends, you start with bare hands: hunting, fire, stone weapons and a camp worth defending. Every night here has to be survived.
Why similar: 6DOF 25.7% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #50 Main Sequence
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tumbling Dumpling StudioPub: Mythwright
Windows
Main Sequence is a first-person space-sim factory builder where you design spaceships, build space stations, and automate everything. Start with a single ship and grow to become an interstellar industrial empire as you leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 8.2%
- #51 Better Late Than DEAD
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 910 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 29.5%, Crafting 21.5%, Open World 19.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Adventure 6.1%
- #52 Gengu Survival
69% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Gengu Games
Windows
Survive on an open-world island with unlockable abilities that help you on your journey in Gengu Survival. Craft new items as you level up and build your own base wherever you want. But be aware, there is something strange on this island...
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Survival 19.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Adventure 8.7%
- #53 Scrap Mechanic
64% 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 20.2%, Crafting 19%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 15.7%, Base Building 12.7%
- #54 Hobo: Tough Life
69% matchVery Positive84% of 10,066 reviews2021
Dev: Perun Creative
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.
Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Open World 15.8%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 13.3%
- #55 The Planet Crafter
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Base Building 15.9%, Automation 15.8%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #56 FACULA
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Jacob Gislason
Windows
Explore, Build, and Fight in this handcrafted solar system with many secrets to discover and enemies to defeat! FACULA is an open world exploration and base-building focused game where you fight monsters and survive on an array of unknown worlds.
Why similar: Automation 24.6%, Crafting 22%, Survival 19.9%, Base Building 12%, Open World 10.8%
- #57 Pistonica
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica is the pure steam and mechanical factory automation game, challenging your resource management skills. Explore the tropical island first-person, research tech, mine for minerals, build contraptions and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Base Building 19.5%, Open World 15.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 13.6%
- #58 Soulmask
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Automation 16.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 11.8%
- #59 Terra Crafter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greenway Interactive
Windows
A sci-fi survival colony sim. Mine ore, craft equipment, and build a base. Recruit and provide for humans, robots, and aliens to grow your colony. Raise oxygen, heat, and pressure in order to turn a dead planet into a living one. Defend against enemy attacks and keep the base running.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.8%, Automation 15.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%