- #1 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 471 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: Farming Sim 11.4%, City Builder 10.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, Medieval 7.6%, Historical 7%
- #2 Medieval Dynasty
96% 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: Medieval 19.8%, Open World 16%, Sandbox 13.7%, Historical 11.7%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #3 Bellwright
96% 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: Open World 23.6%, Medieval 23.6%, City Builder 21.4%, Life Sim 8.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #4 Land of the Vikings
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,203 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Vikings 44.6% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Historical 9.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #5 ASKA
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 11,320 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Vikings 58.6% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 14.9%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #6 Chinese Frontiers
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 485 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: Medieval 14.9%, Farming Sim 12.8%, Historical 12.3%, Open World 10.1%, City Builder 9.5%
- #7 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
94% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Medieval 21.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Open World 11.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #8 Sons of Valhalla
92% matchMixed68% of 936 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Chest
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.
Why similar: Horses 19.5% ★, Moddable 14.3% ★, Medieval 10.3%, Open World 8.7%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #9 Sengoku Dynasty
91% 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: City Builder 20.7%, Medieval 19.6%, Open World 18.1%, Historical 13.6%, Life Sim 12.7%
- #10 Frozenheim
91% matchMixed70% of 3,855 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.
Why similar: Vikings 59.4% ★, Medieval 20.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #11 Going Medieval
87% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Moddable 27.4% ★, City Builder 17%, Sandbox 15.3%, Historical 15.2%, Strategy 8.2%
- #12 Life is Feudal: Your Own
90% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Medieval 30.1%, Open World 25.7%, Sandbox 20.4%, RPG 8%, Historical 4.9%
- #13 This Land Is My Land
89% matchMixed68% of 4,601 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World 34%, RPG 14.8%, Historical 14%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 10.5%
- #14 Farthest Frontier
86% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Medieval 23.2%, Historical 19.2%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Strategy 10.4%
- #15 KINGDOMS
89% 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: Medieval 25.5%, Open World 24.3%, Sandbox 14.7%, RPG 10.4%, Simulation 6.1%
- #16 Farmer's Dynasty
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.7%, Life Sim 18%, Open World 12.5%, Simulation 11%, RPG 10.8%
- #17 Life is Feudal: MMO
86% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Medieval 25.1%, Historical 19.7%, Sandbox 18.9%, Open World 15.1%, Simulation 7.3%
- #18 Wild West Legacy
85% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,108 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Open World 29.8%, Life Sim 21.4%, RPG 15.2%, Simulation 13%, First-Person 11.2%
- #19 Survival: Fountain of Youth
83% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 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 18.6%, Sandbox 17.7%, Historical 16.8%, Realistic 12.2%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
- #20 Lumberjack's Dynasty
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,770 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Open World 25%, Realistic 8.6%, Life Sim 7.8%, First-Person 6.5%
- #21 Blacksmith Master
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Moddable 26.7% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #22 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
81% 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: Medieval 37.2%, Open World 26.4%, RPG 14.1%, Realistic 13.5%, Adventure 5.6%
- #23 Valhalla Hills
82% matchMixed55% of 1,325 reviews2015
Dev: Funatics SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers of Cultures and The Settlers II.
Why similar: Vikings 45.3% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #24 Noble Fates
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Moddable 21% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Medieval 16.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Character Customization 13.1%
- #25 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 44,721 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.0 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 Sim 25%, Open World 22.6%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Realistic 10.7%
- #26 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
77% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 17.6%, Horses 13.9% ★, Open World 13.1%, Moddable 10.7% ★, Sandbox 9.5%
- #27 Mount & Blade: Warband
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 170,226 reviews2010
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 120.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Why similar: Medieval 21.5%, Horses 14.5% ★, Moddable 13.7% ★, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #28 VALHALL: Harbinger
81% matchMixed51% of 464 reviews2020
Dev: Blackrose Arts
Windows
VALHALL is a blend of multiple genres, combining first & third person directional physical combat slasher with a survival experience set in a brutal world of Vikings. Survive, feel Thor's power, become an einherjar, and enter the ultimate battlefield!
Why similar: Vikings 42.7% ★, Open World 13%, Medieval 12.4%, Historical 10.5%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #29 Norland
77% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Moddable 24.4% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Historical 14.4%, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 14.1%
- #30 Alaskan Road Truckers
78% matchMixed62% of 3,202 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Open World 30.5%, Realistic 18.8%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, Simulation 12.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #31 Soulmask
75% 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: Open World 35.6%, Sandbox 33.9%, RPG 15.9%, Simulation 14.7%
- #32 The Viking Way
79% matchMixed43% of 377 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Lava Games
Windows
Experience the Viking way of life. Sail, explore, trade, build a fleet, and lead your fearless army to raid and conquest. Write your own story of the golden Viking age. You have many choices, and a leader can always find his own.
Why similar: Medieval 40.3%, Character Customization 18.1%, Historical 15.7%, RPG 13.4%, Action 6.9%
- #33 The Last Caretaker
73% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Open World 31.1%, Sandbox 28.2%, Simulation 12.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Action 6.4%
- #34 Of Life and Land
75% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Moddable 16% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Medieval 12.6%, Farming Sim 11.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #35 Denizen
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 863 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.
Why similar: Open World 17.3%, Sandbox 16.5%, Life Sim 15.3%, RPG 10.3%, Character Customization 10.2%
- #36 Valand
76% matchMixed66% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: LOMS Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Valand is a Viking Age city builder. With your own strength you have to rebuild the whole settlement and bring it to prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Medieval 19.8%, Historical 19%, Life Sim 18.3%, Simulation 11.3%
- #37 Lightyear Frontier
73% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.5%, Open World 25.3%, Sandbox 24.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #38 Dawn of Man
74% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 43.7%, Historical 13.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 8.9%
- #39 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
72% 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: Open World 23.1%, Sandbox 19.3%, City Builder 16.3%, Character Customization 14.2%, RPG 9.9%
- #40 The Front
70% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World 27.7%, Sandbox 24.8%, Realistic 15.1%, RPG 11.4%, Simulation 9.1%
- #41 Mirthwood
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.6%, Medieval 16.3%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 10.1%, RPG 9.3%
- #42 Patron
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Moddable 19.2% ★, Medieval 15.3%, Open World 11.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #43 Occupy Mars: The Game
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Open World 36.3%, Sandbox 33.6%, Simulation 14.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #44 WW2 Rebuilder
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,515 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Sandbox 16.5%, Realistic 15.3%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Simulation 11.7%
- #45 Settlement Survival
70% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Medieval 31.1%, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 7.8%
- #46 Cowboy Life Simulator
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,091 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.3%, Open World 19.3%, Life Sim 14.3%, RPG 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%
- #47 Winter Survival
68% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 40.5%, Sandbox 24.3%, First-Person 15.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Action 6.4%
- #48 Forever Skies
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World 52.1%, First-Person 16.9%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Singleplayer 8.3%
- #49 Battle Brothers
69% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Horses 21.1% ★, Moddable 14.7% ★, Medieval 10.1%, Open World 8.6%, Historical 8%
- #50 Ragnorium
70% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Historical 21.9%, City Builder 20.9%, Sandbox 18.3%, Character Customization 14.5%, Strategy 9%
- #51 Founders' Fortune
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Sandbox 20.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Character Customization 11.5%
- #52 Mind the Vikings
72% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Miso Games
Windows
Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Sandbox 21.3%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 11.7%
- #53 Clanfolk
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Open World 18.4%, Life Sim 15.8%, RPG 11%
- #54 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
71% matchMixed44% of 980 reviews2017
Dev: encurio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.
Why similar: Open World 30.7%, Vikings 21% ★, RPG 14.6%, Medieval 10.3%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #55 Ancient Cities
68% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Moddable 23.4% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Historical 16.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #56 Kingdom Come: Deliverance
66% matchVery Positive84% of 178,391 reviews2018
Dev: Warhorse Studios
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 47.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
Why similar: Medieval 25.3%, Open World 19.4%, Horses 13.3% ★, Historical 12%, RPG 10.7%
- #57 No One Survived
64% 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: Open World 52.8%, Sandbox 20.1%, RPG 9.6%, First-Person 8.1%, Adventure 5.7%
- #58 Gord
67% matchMixed54% of 976 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Moddable 43.8% ★, City Builder 28.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%