- #1 Crushed
97% matchMixed54% of 311 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 35.5% ★, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Building 8.5%
- #2 KeepUp Survival
96% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Inventory Management 12.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Survival 9.4%
- #3 Survive on Raft
96% matchMixed63% of 1,253 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on Raft is a Survival Sandbox Simulator on the Raft in the middle of the ocean! Fight with shark, build base, craft, loot islands, farm and survive. Play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.3% ★, Farming 13.6% ★, Inventory Management 13.4%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Crafting 8.1%
- #4 Subsistence
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 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 43.7% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 7.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #5 In Next Life
94% matchMixed68% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Crafting 11.6%, Online Co-Op 11%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8.7%
- #6 Wilderness
94% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Horizon Studios
Windows
Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Inventory Management 14.7%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Nature 6.7%
- #7 Northern Lights
93% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #8 Frost Survival VR
91% matchVery Positive88% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Inventory Management 12.6%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #9 Solace Crafting
91% 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: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Survival 9.9%, Building 8.7%
- #10 Green Hell
90% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 12%, Online Co-Op 12%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #11 Among Trees
89% matchMixed68% of 2,222 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 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 31% ★, Farming 20% ★, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 9.1%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #12 Project Castaway
88% matchMixed67% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 8.7%
- #13 Lodventure
89% 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Open World 7.8%
- #14 Dinkum
86% matchVery Positive92% of 28,725 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Farming 19.7% ★, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #15 Project Cobalt
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Inventory Management 14.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Survival 9.4%
- #16 Native Hunter
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: A.P.S
Windows
Inspired by an existing indigenous tribe, where they live on an island called "North Sentinel Island". Native Hunter gives the player the possibility of living the experience in the body of an indigenous person completely isolated from society, just like the Sentinelese do.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Historical 10.8%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
- #17 Medieval Dynasty
84% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 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 18.9%, Building 16.6%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #18 Out of Reach
86% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 8%, Open World 8%
- #19 Survival: Lost Way
84% matchMostly Negative36% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 27.8%, Survival 22.7%, Multiplayer 16%, Building 15.2%, Simulation 12.2%
- #20 Longvinter
82% matchMixed67% of 7,565 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #21 Escape The Pacific
83% matchMixed68% of 754 reviews2018
Dev: Gamers4Gamers Team
Windows
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Crafting 11%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Survival 8.9%, Building 8.7%
- #22 Wild Omission
81% matchVery Positive89% of 63 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 27.6% ★, Inventory Management 11.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9%, Online Co-Op 9%
- #23 ICARUS
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 7.6%
- #24 PostCollapse
82% matchMixed57% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 10.5%
- #25 INCUR Survival
79% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Building 13.1%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 8.1%
- #26 Stranded Deep
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Open World 7.1%
- #27 Primeval
78% matchMixed63% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Exhibyte
Windows
Rule the prehistoric world as 67+ playable species. From hatchling to apex predator, survive a brutal ecosystem on land, sea, and air. Evolve with deep RPG talents, build your nest, and grow your legacy in the ultimate solo dinosaur sandbox. No lag, no griefers—just survival.
Why similar: Survival 22.8%, Nature 19.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 17.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #28 Cube Life: Island Survival
79% 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 47.1% ★, Building 10%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #29 The Faraway Land
77% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: FireTail
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Faraway Land is an open world survival simulator. Plunge into the relaxing atmosphere of a magical world filled with cute and dangerous creatures.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Crafting 20.1%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 14.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%
- #30 Away From Life
75% matchMixed69% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Cursor GamesPub: IZilla Games
Windows
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
Why similar: Crafting 16.6%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 14.7%, Survival 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.4%
- #31 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
73% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #32 Under A New Sun
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 9.1%, Nature 7.3%
- #33 Force of Nature
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 39.8% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Building 7.7%
- #34 Sunrise: survival
77% matchMixed48% of 529 reviews2017
Dev: Fedorov Ilya & Andrew Konovalov
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!
Why similar: Survival 37.2%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Open World 12.1%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%
- #35 Winter Survivor Protocol
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Open World 30.6%, Simulation 25.2%, Survival 19.2%, Exploration 12%, 3D 6%
- #36 On My Own
76% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Beach Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 13.3%, Nature 13.3%, Simulation 7.1%
- #37 Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors
75% matchMixed54% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Arcupion Art
Windows
Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Survival 17.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 13.1%, Nature 12.4%
- #38 The Gold River Project
71% matchMixed66% of 568 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.4%
- #39 The Wild Eight
73% matchMixed68% of 8,077 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.3% ★, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #40 Reign Of Kings
74% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.4%, Open World 8.3%
- #41 Valheim
70% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.8%
- #42 Forager
71% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 8%, Building 6%
- #43 Survival: Fountain of Youth
69% matchVery Positive86% of 4,339 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.8%, Historical 8.8%, Sandbox 8%
- #44 CrossWorlds: Escape
73% matchMixed64% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.5%, Nature 9.6%
- #45 Rem Survival
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.6%, Open World 9%
- #46 Wildmender
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,150 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Nature 9.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #47 Animalia Survival
70% matchMixed64% of 3,063 reviews2021
Dev: High Brazil Studio
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.9%, Nature 15.6%, Survival 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Open World 10.7%
- #48 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 45,769 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Farming 32.6% ★, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 9.1%
- #49 Stone Rage
70% matchMixed49% of 167 reviews2020
Dev: Mountainwheel Games
Windows
Stone Rage is a prehistoric, open-world survival game. Play as a Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal and shape-shift into beasts as you secure your place in a harsh landscape of dangerous animals, scarce resources, and unforgiving climates. Make friends and enemies. Build. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 10%, Crafting 6.5%
- #50 Survival Engine
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Indie Marc
Windows
Can you survive 10 days or more in the wilderness? Find food, water, fight wild animals, and craft tools and constructions, sow different plants, and explore the map! Note: this is not a full game, it is just the demo of the Unity Asset store asset with the same!
Why similar: Farming 22.2% ★, Survival 17%, Simulation 13.8%, Crafting 13%, Building 12.1%
- #51 Keep Digging
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,134 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Why similar: Inventory Management 23.5%, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 13.8%, Multiplayer 9%
- #52 Savage Lands
68% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #53 Renown
66% matchMixed59% of 1,558 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Building 9.6%, Survival 9.5%
- #54 Cultivation Tales
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 12.9%, Survival 10.9%
- #55 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,558 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Historical 7.9%, Open World 7.9%
- #56 The Long Dark
66% matchVery Positive89% of 121,879 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.8% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 7.2%, Sandbox 5.3%