- #1 Subnautica
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 378,847 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.3% ★, Survival 15.7%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.3%, Aliens 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at alien-world survival and crafting, providing a deep sense of mystery and horror as you explore an uncharted planet.
- #2 The Forest
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 6.8%, Survival Horror 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the intense survival-horror and base-building mechanics found in Vortex while emphasizing exploration of a hostile, mysterious environment.
- #3 Mist Survival
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.4% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 6.9%, Survival Horror 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the survival-horror aspect of the genre, requiring players to build defenses and scavenge in an open world filled with threats.
- #4 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Open World Survival Craft 52.4% ★, Survival 24%, Open World 12.2%, Building 6.5%, Horror 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust open-world survival-horror experience with deep crafting and base-building systems that feel very similar to Vortex.
- #5 Green Hell
94% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 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 56.5% ★, Survival 18%, Crafting 8%, Open World 8%, Survival Horror 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a high-stakes survival experience that demands careful resource management and crafting in a dangerous, isolated setting.
- #6 Subsistence
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 57.9% ★, Survival 17%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 8.8%, Building 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pure survival experience that focuses on building and resource gathering in an open world against both environmental and AI threats.
- #7 ICARUS
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 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 54.3% ★, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.6%, Building 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based sci-fi survival game that focuses on crafting and surviving on a hostile alien planet, matching the thematic core of Vortex.
- #8 Radiation Island
92% matchVery Positive81% of 638 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 58.4% ★, Survival 19.7%, Open World 7%, Crafting 5.4%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar open-world survival experience with a focus on mystery and crafting in a strange, isolated location.
- #9 Stranded Deep
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 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 59.1% ★, Survival 17.7%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being stranded in an isolated, hostile environment where crafting and survival are the only ways to stay alive.
- #10 Vorax
90% matchMixed61% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Survival 23.5%, Crafting 18.6%, Open World 17.9%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that blends open-world exploration with crafting and base-building in a tense, atmospheric setting.
- #11 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,392 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.4% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers extensive building and survival mechanics across various alien planets, perfect for those who enjoy the sci-fi elements of Vortex.
- #12 ARK: Survival Evolved
89% matchVery Positive83% of 776,082 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.7% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.3%, Building 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive open-world survival experience with alien-like creatures and deep crafting systems that define the genre.
- #13 Starsand
88% matchMixed66% of 1,254 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.1% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Aliens 9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique desert-based survival experience that emphasizes crafting and uncovering the mysteries of an alien-like landscape.
- #14 Expedition Zero
87% matchMixed62% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: Enigmatic MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.
Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Aliens 18.4%, Open World 15.6%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi horror game focuses on survival and exploration in a frozen, mysterious environment, echoing the atmospheric tension of Vortex.
- #15 The Infected
85% matchVery Positive84% of 6,982 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Open World Survival Craft 46.4% ★, Survival 13.8%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that tasks players with building a base and surviving against environmental hazards and hostile creatures.
- #16 Savage Lands
86% matchMixed54% of 6,690 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 59.3% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 8.7%, Action 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a harsh, open-world environment where players must craft and build to survive against supernatural threats.
- #17 Fragmented
86% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 60.8% ★, Survival 17.4%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 6.8%, Building 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes building and combat against alien threats in an open-world setting.
- #18 Urge
84% matchVery Positive90% of 520 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.2% ★, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on atmospheric survival-horror and base-building, closely aligning with the core gameplay loop of Vortex.
- #19 Outbreak Island
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Survival 35.8%, Crafting 19.5%, Open World 17.4%, Building 11%, Horror 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival and horror elements in an open-world setting, focusing on investigation and resource management.
- #20 GRAV
84% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59% ★, Survival 17.7%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Adventure 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a sci-fi open world where players must survive, craft, and build while exploring alien environments.
- #21 The Long Dark
81% matchVery Positive89% of 123,417 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.4 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 60.2% ★, Survival 20%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 5.3%, Survival Horror 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: While lacking aliens, it is the gold standard for atmospheric, isolated survival where every resource counts.
- #22 Subterrain
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,398 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Survival 24.6%, Crafting 13%, Open World 9.5%, Survival Horror 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes resource management and horror in an isolated, underground environment.
- #23 Raft
79% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.5% ★, Survival 21.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 7.6%, Building 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival-crafting game that forces players to expand their base while navigating a dangerous, isolated world.
- #24 Conan Exiles Enhanced
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 117,196 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 113.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 21.4%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 10%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive open-world survival and building experience that captures the same sense of progression and danger as Vortex.
- #25 No Man's Sky
78% matchVery Positive85% of 414,381 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.1% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 6.2%, Adventure 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast sci-fi universe focused on exploration, survival, and base-building on diverse alien planets.
- #26 Project: Mist
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #27 Miscreated
77% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.8% ★, Survival 19.1%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 6.2%, Action 1.1%
- #28 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
77% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.5% ★, Survival 18.6%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 5.5%, Building 2.1%
- #29 Hostile Planet: Survival
76% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.3%, Building 6%
- #30 The Highrise
75% matchMixed56% of 280 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.6%
- #31 Novus Inceptio
76% matchMixed52% of 1,304 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.7% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 5.8%
- #32 Rem Survival
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 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 50.4% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.6%, Building 6.3%
- #33 INCUR Survival
73% matchVery Positive83% of 109 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 52.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10%, Building 7.5%
- #34 Craterbound
73% matchMixed53% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.8% ★, Survival 16.5%, Open World 12%, Crafting 10.9%, Aliens 6.9%
- #35 Dig or Die
72% matchVery Positive90% of 4,284 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.7% ★, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 7.7%, Building 3.6%
- #36 The Solus Project
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,623 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: Survival 49.1%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Adventure 7.6%
- #37 Breathedge
70% matchVery Positive81% of 17,661 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 59% ★, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 6.9%, Aliens 4%
- #38 Beyond Contact
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,132 reviews2023
Dev: Playcorp StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead! Alone, or with a crew, do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 61.7% ★, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Adventure 4%, Action 2.5%
- #39 The Wild Eight
71% matchMixed68% of 8,109 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.7 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 56% ★, Survival 20.3%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival Horror 2.8%
- #40 Shadows of Kurgansk
72% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!
Why similar: Survival 43.5%, Crafting 19.9%, Open World 10.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.4%
- #41 Far Lands
70% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 10.6%, Survival Horror 6.8%
- #42 INFLUXIS
68% matchMixed64% of 257 reviews2026
Dev: BaleYc Studios
Windows
Explore a mesmerizing alien world, filled with deep bioluminescent wonders and horrors alike. Old alien artefacts await uncovering, in your search for the lost crew of Lazarus, in the search for your family in the depths of planet Eo-III.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 12.1%, Aliens 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.9%
- #43 Signs of Life
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2014
Dev: Sweet Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.8% ★, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 5.4%, Building 4.3%
- #44 LIFE EFFECT Survival
66% matchVery Positive87% of 519 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Aliens 27.2%, Crafting 25.2%, Adventure 7.4%, Action 6.8%
- #45 CrossWorlds: Escape
70% 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 55.5% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Action 2.3%
- #46 Whisper of the Swallows
65% matchVery Positive86% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 9.2%, Building 6.2%
- #47 Out of Reach
69% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 55.9% ★, Survival 16.9%, Open World 10%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 4.6%
- #48 CastleMiner Z
68% matchVery Positive81% of 11,158 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 57.1% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 7.8%, Crafting 7.3%, Survival Horror 3.6%
- #49 Under A New Sun
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 400 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 56.5% ★, Survival 16.8%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Adventure 2.4%
- #50 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
64% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Survival 43.6%, Crafting 22.6%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Horror 7.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #51 Invasion 2037
69% matchMixed61% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Survival 32.5%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Adventure 7.7%
- #52 Winter Survival
65% matchMixed63% of 776 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.5% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 11%, Crafting 7.5%, Survival Horror 7.1%
- #53 KeepUp Survival
66% matchMixed64% of 749 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.1% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 12%, Adventure 2.8%
- #54 Remains
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 321 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 9.6%, Building 7%
