- #1 V Rising
97% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Vampire 28% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 11%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive vampire survival experience featuring top-down combat, castle building, and blood-based progression mechanics.
- #2 Enshrouded
96% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 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: Base Building 17%, Open World 14.8%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features impressive voxel-based building mechanics and a vast, atmospheric open world to explore and survive in.
- #3 Valheim
96% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly atmospheric open-world survival experience with rewarding base-building and exploration in a Norse-inspired setting.
- #4 Medieval Dynasty
95% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Building 17.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with a strong emphasis on building and managing a growing settlement.
- #5 Conan Exiles
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Survival 20.2%, Open World 17.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a brutal, dark fantasy survival experience with extensive base-building and a focus on thrall management.
- #6 Soulmask
94% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 14.3%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on deep base-building and complex servant management, mirroring the leadership aspects of the seed game.
- #7 Bellwright
93% matchVery Positive81% of 18,990 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Survival 18.1%, Crafting 17.5%, Open World 17.2%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on leading a rebellion and building a community, requiring strategic management and survival skills.
- #8 Dune: Awakening
92% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Base Building 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and building within a harsh, unforgiving environment.
- #9 Sons Of The Forest
91% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 15.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense survival horror and atmospheric exploration with robust building systems.
- #10 7 Days to Die
91% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Survival 18.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Open World 13%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Known for its deep base-building and tower-defense elements that challenge your survival skills against waves of enemies.
- #11 Nightingale
90% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Base Building 15.5%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 13%, Open World 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique aesthetic with survival and crafting mechanics set in a sprawling, mysterious world.
- #12 Dawn of Defiance
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,736 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16%, Base Building 15%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 9.8%, Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game set in a mythical world that emphasizes crafting and exploration.
- #13 ARK: Survival Ascended
89% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 28.6 hrsMean: 195.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 16.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep survival mechanics and creature taming that provides a sense of progression and power similar to a vampire lord.
- #14 Sengoku Dynasty
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,351 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Base Building 18.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.7%, Online Co-Op 12%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and crafting with village management in a beautifully realized historical setting.
- #15 The Bloodline
87% matchVery Positive83% of 3,777 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Sandbox 23.6%, Open World 23.4%, Fantasy 12.9%, Third Person 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that offers deep combat and exploration mechanics in a fantasy setting.
- #16 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
86% matchVery Positive82% of 11,474 reviews2024
Dev: Free Range GamesPub: North Beach Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Why similar: Base Building 18%, Online Co-Op 14%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 11.8%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on co-op survival and base-building within a deep, atmospheric underground environment.
- #17 The Forest
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Open World 17.6%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 12.1%, Horror 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival horror title that excels in atmospheric exploration and base-building against hostile threats.
- #18 Night of the Dead
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Base Building 14.9%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 10.8%, Open World 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival mechanics with tower-defense elements to protect your base from persistent threats.
- #19 Frozen Flame
85% matchMixed63% of 2,965 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Base Building 15.4%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.5%, Open World 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers exploration-heavy survival with fantasy elements and a focus on building a home in a magical world.
- #20 No One Survived
83% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Open World 17.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 11%, Online Co-Op 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features detailed survival systems and crafting, requiring careful planning to endure the open world.
- #21 ICARUS
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Survival 14.8%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features session-based survival with a strong emphasis on crafting and adapting to dangerous environments.
- #22 VEIN
82% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 21.9%, Survival 18.4%, Open World 18%, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that focuses on scavenging and building in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #23 Myth of Empires
82% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World 13.8%, Survival 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides complex base-building and army management mechanics in a vast, sandbox open world.
- #24 Voidtrain
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 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: Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 13%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12%, Open World 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique survival premise where you build and upgrade a base on a train traveling through a strange dimension.
- #25 Don't Starve Together
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 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: Survival 61.9%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Sandbox 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, atmospheric survival game that emphasizes resource management and co-op play.
- #26 Project Zomboid
80% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Survival 29.4%, Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 13%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for hardcore survival, offering unparalleled depth in base fortification and resource management.
- #27 Saleblazers
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,877 reviews2023
Dev: AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight. Sell. Survive. Live off the land, build your perfect shop, and defend against nightly horrors in this open world survival shop simulator for 1-8 players.
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Crafting 15.9%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that adds a unique shop-keeping twist to the standard crafting and exploration loop.
- #28 Drake Hollow
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,787 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.9%, Open World 14%, Sandbox 13.2%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features base-building and survival with a distinct visual style and a focus on protecting fragile creatures.
- #29 Solace Crafting
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 891 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: Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and crafting in a vast, procedurally generated world with minimal combat interference.
- #30 Outbreak Island
77% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Base Building 13.8%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 10%
- #31 Everwind
76% matchVery Positive82% of 2,069 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 15.5%, Building 13.6%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #32 The Infected
77% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Vampire 20.5% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.2%, Open World 10%
- #33 RailGods of Hysterra
76% matchMixed57% of 331 reviews2025
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a co-op survival journey for 1-5 players through a post-apocalyptic Lovecraftian world! Command and evolve a living, monstrous train, craft weapons, build a mobile base, gain powers, and face the Great Old Ones. Explore an ever-changing world, hold on to your sanity, and ascend to godhood!
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 16.5%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Survival 13.9%, Building 11.4%
- #34 Survival Machine
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Base Building 17.1%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Crafting 14.2%, Building 12%, Survival 11.8%
- #35 Dark and Light
78% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World 22.1%, Survival 20.2%, Sandbox 17.4%, Base Building 8.5%, RPG 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed survival game with magic and exploration that mirrors the supernatural elements of the seed game.
- #36 Whisper of the Swallows
74% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage and unforgiving procedurally-generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark are your greatest enemies. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to transform a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Survival 11.3%
- #37 ENDALOR
74% matchMixed68% of 79 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: Online Co-Op 15.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 12.5%
- #38 Ars Notoria
73% matchMixed63% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: XRON SoftwarePub: Lilith Games
Windows
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
Why similar: Base Building 16%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 10.6%
- #39 Eden Crafters
73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Base Building 19%, Crafting 15.5%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #40 Shamania
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2025
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 16.7%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #41 KINGDOMS
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Open World 19.8%, Building 18.5%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 14.7%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #42 The Legacy
72% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Cooperative survival and horror genre. You and your family have returned to your native land, on which a terrible curse and darkness has fallen. Will you be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous environment and stop the evil? It depends only on you, on your skills and ability to help each other.
Why similar: Base Building 16.2%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 12.1%
- #43 IfSunSets
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Crafting 16.3%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 13%
- #44 Towers of Aghasba
70% matchMixed69% of 2,016 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamlit inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 13%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #45 StarRupture
68% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.1%
- #46 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
71% matchMixed69% of 1,050 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.
Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Open World 13.1%, Building 12.5%, Survival 10.1%
- #47 Volcanoids
71% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Open World 11.4%, Survival 11.1%
- #48 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
69% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 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: Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Building 10.8%
- #49 Orebound
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?
Why similar: Base Building 18.8%, Crafting 17.3%, Building 13.8%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #50 Plains of Pain
70% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 11.9%
- #51 Tales of Old: Dominus
69% matchMixed52% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Hvmana Industries MMDPub: indie.io
Windows
The Battle of the Brides is lost, but your tale of rebellion and vengeance begins. From the ashes, forge your dominion. Claim settlements, command men, and rise in a kingdom torn by corruption and civil war.
Why similar: Gothic 20.5% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 11.5%, Building 11.4%
- #52 Creatures Inc
72% matchMixed54% of 162 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Creatures Inc is an open world survival experience where taming creatures is the key to survival. Explore a hostile world solo or in 2 player online co-op, make impactful choices, upgrade your character, and turn deadly creatures into powerful allies.
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Open World 13.8%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 10.6%
- #53 Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2
68% matchMixed56% of 11,789 reviews2025
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.
Why similar: Vampire 70.5% ★, Open World 10.2%, RPG 6.2%, Horror 5.5%, Atmospheric 4%
- #54 Night Swarm
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,104 reviews2025
Dev: Fubu GamesPub: Mad Mushroom
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.
Why similar: Vampire 51.2% ★, Gothic 34.2% ★, RPG 7.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #55 Nested Lands
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 15.4%, Online Co-Op 13%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 10.5%
- #56 Lost Rift
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Base Building 26.7%, Crafting 22.7%, Online Co-Op 20.6%, Survival 18.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #57 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
70% matchMostly Negative36% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Crafting 13.7%, Open World 12.7%, Survival 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%
- #58 Lodventure
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 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: Base Building 14.3%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.1%
- #59 Blood Night
65% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.
Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Building 17.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 12.5%
- #60 The Last Plague: Blight
65% matchVery Positive89% of 1,349 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Base Building 24.4%, Survival 18.8%, Building 16.4%, Sandbox 16.2%, Third Person 13.4%