- #1 Aloft
97% matchVery Positive84% of 3,496 reviews2025
Dev: Astrolabe Interactive Inc.Pub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.
Why similar: Sailing 28% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Building 13.8%, Co-op 13.4%, Character Customization 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Similar to sailing the seas, this game features navigating floating islands and building bases while exploring a vast, atmospheric world.
- #2 Raft
96% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 36.8 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: Co-op 18.5%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Crafting 15.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive sailing survival game that mirrors the core loop of exploring islands and expanding your base on the water.
- #3 Sunkenland
96% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Underwater 34.9% ★, Co-op 15.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on water-based survival and base building in a flooded world, closely matching the thematic setting of the seed game.
- #4 Subnautica
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 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: Underwater 44.7% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Exploration 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for underwater exploration and atmospheric survival in a mysterious, alien ocean world.
- #5 Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition
94% matchVery Positive89% of 367,360 reviews2020
Dev: Rare LtdPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 22.3 hrsMean: 84.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
Why similar: Sailing 38.9% ★, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Co-op 14.5%, Multiplayer 14.1%, PvE 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate multiplayer sailing experience with a focus on exploration, treasure hunting, and atmospheric ocean travel.
- #6 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
94% 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 16.1%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.3%, Co-op 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and survival in a large-scale world, focusing on cooperative play and building unique structures.
- #7 Enshrouded
93% 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 20.8%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 11%
Why You'll Like It: It offers excellent cooperative survival and building mechanics within a beautifully crafted, atmospheric open world.
- #8 Voidtrain
92% 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 17%, Co-op 16.2%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Like sailing a ship, you manage and upgrade a vehicle as you travel through a surreal, ever-changing environment with friends.
- #9 Valheim
91% 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 17.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Co-op 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly rewarding cooperative survival experience with deep building mechanics and expansive exploration across varied biomes.
- #10 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,197 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.
Why similar: Sailing 52.3% ★, Crafting 16.9%, Character Customization 10.6%, PvE 10.5%, Exploration 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the sailing and exploration aspects of an open-world ocean, perfect for those who enjoy nautical adventures.
- #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: Online Co-Op 16.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 13.9%, Co-op 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique survival-crafting experience with a focus on exploration and atmospheric, magical environments.
- #12 Len's Island
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,615 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Building 22.7%, Crafting 21.1%, Base Building 20.7%, PvE 13.2%, Exploration 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines relaxing building and farming with exploration and dungeon crawling, capturing a similar cozy yet adventurous spirit.
- #13 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
89% matchMixed63% of 996 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Sailing 38.4% ★, Building 17.8%, Crafting 14%, Character Customization 10.4%, Base Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features unique water-manipulation mechanics and survival elements that align well with the ocean-focused theme.
- #14 ASTRONEER
87% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 15%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A family-friendly, cooperative exploration game that focuses on crafting and base building in a vibrant, alien environment.
- #15 Grounded
86% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Co-op 19.2%, Crafting 16.8%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Online Co-Op 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-tier cooperative survival game that excels at exploration and base building in a highly detailed, immersive world.
- #16 ATLAS
88% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 112.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Sailing 44% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Base Building 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer survival game centered entirely on sailing, ship management, and exploring a vast maritime world.
- #17 Dawn of Defiance
85% 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 18.3%, Base Building 16.5%, PvE 12.9%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival-crafting game that encourages exploration and base building within a myth-inspired open world.
- #18 Drake Hollow
86% 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 16.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Character Customization 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on protecting and building villages in a whimsical world, emphasizing cooperative play and exploration.
- #19 Project Castaway
84% matchMixed67% of 1,632 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Underwater 25.9% ★, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the essence of island-hopping survival and exploration in a cooperative, open-world setting.
- #20 Survival Machine
83% 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 17.6%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Crafting 15%, Co-op 13.9%, Building 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique take on survival where you must constantly move and upgrade your base, similar to the mobile nature of sailing.
- #21 Ylands
84% matchMixed64% of 8,354 reviews2019
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
Why similar: Sailing 29.8% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a colorful, sandbox-style exploration experience with plenty of opportunities for multiplayer adventure.
- #22 No Man's Sky
82% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Exploration 26.8%, Crafting 25.4%, Multiplayer 24.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled exploration across a vast universe with strong survival, crafting, and multiplayer components.
- #23 Dinkum
80% matchVery Positive92% of 28,435 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 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: Co-op 17.5%, Crafting 17.3%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Building 15.2%, Relaxing 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, exploration-heavy game that allows for collaborative building and community management in a charming setting.
- #24 Tinkerlands
81% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23%, Crafting 18%, Co-op 16.5%, Building 16.4%, Multiplayer 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, sandbox survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration in a vibrant, pixelated world.
- #25 Creativerse
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Crafting 15.1%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Building 14.5%, Co-op 13.2%, Family Friendly 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox exploration game that offers a family-friendly aesthetic and extensive building tools for cooperative play.
- #26 ICARUS
79% 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 17.8%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11.3%, Co-op 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to explore and craft under time pressure in a hostile environment.
- #27 Medieval Dynasty
78% 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 23.4%, Building 22.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Co-op 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, immersive experience in building and managing a community, perfect for players who enjoy the settlement-building aspect of survival games.
- #28 Eco
79% matchVery Positive81% of 13,777 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 88.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Base Building 28.7%, Building 28%, Crafting 24.5%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on cooperative survival and building with a strong emphasis on community and environmental management.
- #29 Luma Island
77% matchVery Positive84% of 12,128 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 13%, Co-op 11.4%, Character Customization 9.8%
- #30 Forgotten Seas
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 572 reviews2025
Dev: Pangea Game StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are lost in the Bermuda Void, where the ocean is endless and dry land precious. Craft your Ship-in-a-Bottle, then experience survival on the high seas. Sail for new land, build camps, hunt for treasures, trade for goods - then defend your ship from dreaded pirates stalking this strange realm!
Why similar: Sailing 22.1% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Co-op 10.5%, Crafting 10.4%
- #31 Grow: Song of the Evertree
78% matchVery Positive81% of 2,538 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Family Friendly 21.4%, Third Person 19.8%, Exploration 16.2%, Cute 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, world-building game that focuses on exploration and nurturing a vibrant, magical environment.
- #32 Cloudheim
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,367 reviews2025
Dev: Noodle Cat Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Master chaotic physics-based combat inspired by Zelda and Devil May Cry. Explore islands and dungeons, smash monsters, loot and craft powerful gear, and grow your home in the sky. Play solo or online co-op with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.7%, Crafting 17.8%, Building 13.8%, Co-op 12.5%, Third Person 9%
- #33 Everwind
75% 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 17%, Co-op 16%, Building 16%, Crafting 14.4%, PvE 12.5%
- #34 Volcanoids
76% 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: Online Co-Op 16%, Crafting 15.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 12.2%, Co-op 12.1%
- #35 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: Sailing 43.4% ★, Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 16.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Atmospheric 7%
- #36 RailGods of Hysterra
75% 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 20.5%, Crafting 17.2%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Building 12.8%, PvE 10.7%
- #37 Critter Cove
72% matchVery Positive95% of 1,823 reviews2024
Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Why similar: Sailing 37.5% ★, Underwater 31.2% ★, Character Customization 11.4%, Relaxing 7.6%, Exploration 6.2%
- #38 Dune: Awakening
71% 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 15.2%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 12.3%, Character Customization 11.2%
- #39 Solace Crafting
74% 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 15.9%, Crafting 15.4%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Building 12.5%, Co-op 10.6%
- #40 Sailing alone:Aftermath
73% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: MLStudio
Windows
You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Sailing 43.6% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Co-op 12.7%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 6%
- #41 OceanCraft
74% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: FlodLabPub: FlodLab UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
Windows
OceanCraft is a game about surviving alone - or with your friends on a self build vehicle in the ocean.
Why similar: Sailing 57.1% ★, Family Friendly 9%, Co-op 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.4%, Crafting 6.9%
- #42 Saleblazers
71% 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 27.2%, Online Co-Op 23.7%, Crafting 23.2%, Exploration 11%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #43 Scrapnaut
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 824 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Building 17.7%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Co-op 14.7%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 12.8%
- #44 Fera: The Sundered Tribes
71% matchMixed60% of 418 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.
Windows
Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with groundbreaking aerial traversal and combat mechanics.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Co-op 12.8%, Character Customization 12%, Multiplayer 12%
- #45 Forever Skies
69% 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: Base Building 20.5%, Crafting 17.1%, Co-op 16.9%, Building 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #46 Shamania
70% 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 17.9%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Co-op 12.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #47 Age of Water
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,467 reviews2025
Dev: Three Whales StudioPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
Why similar: Crafting 31.6%, Character Customization 16.9%, PvE 14.2%, Third Person 14.2%, Exploration 11.6%
- #48 Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,168 reviews2020
Dev: Kindred Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Building 15.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Family Friendly 13.8%, Multiplayer 12%
- #49 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 456 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Building 16.8%, Family Friendly 15.4%, Crafting 14.8%, Relaxing 13.8%, Co-op 13.1%
- #50 Lost Skies
68% matchMixed62% of 2,832 reviews2025
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
Why similar: Base Building 23.6%, Online Co-Op 20.9%, Character Customization 12.3%, Crafting 11.7%, PvE 7.5%
- #51 Ale & Tale Tavern
67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,445 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world!
Why similar: Party Game 23.2% ★, Online Co-Op 21.2%, Co-op 14.5%, Building 14%, Family Friendly 9.5%
- #52 Echoes of Elysium
68% matchMixed64% of 502 reviews2026
Dev: Loric Games, Inc.Pub: Snail Games USA
Windows
Survive the skies in Echoes of Elysium, a co-op airship survival RPG. Build and customize your floating fortress, gather resources, and explore a vast procedural clockwork world with up to 6 friends. Battle land and skyborne threats while uncovering mysteries in a paradise on the brink.
Why similar: Crafting 21.5%, Co-op 19.7%, Building 19.6%, PvE 14.1%, Third Person 11.9%
- #53 Eden Crafters
67% 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 23.8%, Crafting 20%, Online Co-Op 17%, Building 16.1%, Co-op 13.3%
- #54 Omega Crafter
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Preferred Networks
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!
Why similar: Crafting 20%, Co-op 16.1%, Building 14.2%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Online Co-Op 13.8%
- #55 Lost Rift
66% 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 19.7%, Crafting 17.2%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Character Customization 14.8%, PvE 12.5%
- #56 Necesse
64% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Crafting 17.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 14.2%, Co-op 13.7%, Multiplayer 13.2%
- #57 Planetaries
68% matchMixed59% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 13.1%, Co-op 11.4%
- #58 Cubic Odyssey
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Base Building 27.4%, Co-op 21.6%, Building 21.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Exploration 10.1%