- #1 Phoning Home
97% matchMixed69% of 1,081 reviews2017
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Adventure 10%, Survival 9.2%, Action 8.7%, Open World 8.4%
- #2 Wild
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 13.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 7.5%
- #3 ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: ZD Yazilim
Windows
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Mythology 9.5%, Open World 9%, Historical 8.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #4 Miasmata
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,237 reviews2012
Dev: IonFxPub: IonFX Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Survival 18.9%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Open World 8.4%
- #5 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,957 reviews2020
Dev: Panache Digital GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.1 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 36.2% ★, Survival 9.7%, Open World 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Historical 7.5%
- #6 SpiritBorn
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9.4%, Exploration 7.2%, Adventure 7%
- #7 TROLLHEIM: GNOMES
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trollheim
Windows
TROLLHEIM: GNOMES is a reimagined classic survival crafting game where you play as tiny gnomes in an ancient Nordic wilderness. Brave the elements, encounter the mythical Väsen that dwell within it and build your home among the trees, by yourself or with up to 7 friends. The Dark Forest found you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Survival 9.7%, Mythology 7.7%, Open World 7.5%, Base Building 7.5%
- #8 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
92% matchMixed54% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Survival 10.9%, Open World 9.9%, Exploration 9%, Action 6.8%
- #9 The Golden Light Guardian
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gbae
Windows · Mac
Explore a mysterious island and fight to survive against endless waves of the undead.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Survival 9.2%, Tower Defense 9%, Exploration 8.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #10 ARCANA
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas RandallPub: bald
Windows
An Open World Survival Crafting game where you harness magic to advance. Discover new crafting recipies, expand your base, and conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Survival 11.6%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.5%, Exploration 7%
- #11 The Long Dark
90% 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 51.9% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 9.5%, Exploration 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #12 WILDLANDS
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahsen Games
Windows
Dive into a unique adventure that will put you against a world ruled by natural forces! Explore, craft, battle predators, tame animals, build homes, harvest crops & so much more. Gather your friends, grab a weapon, and head out to conquer the WILDLANDS!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Survival 11.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Open World 9%, Adventure 7.9%
- #13 About Gretel
89% matchMixed56% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: PAXERT GAMES
Windows
As the Gretel, build, explore and survive in the dangerous forest. Fight to survive against mysterious Druids of the forest. If you can survive, maybe you can find out what happened to your twin brother and who kidnapped him.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Action 25.2%, Adventure 22.9%, Survival 6.8%, Open World 6.1%
- #14 Among the Trolls
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Avantgarden SRLPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Among the Trolls is a first-person narrative-adventure game where the secret mysteries of Finnish forests are unraveled. Venture deep into the Finnish wilderness to uncover family truths and confront what lies beyond.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Mythology 12.8%, Mystery 8.9%, Survival 8.5%, Exploration 8%
- #15 Red Planet: Survive
88% matchNegative12% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Silent Parrot Studio
Windows
Red Planet: Survive is a first person survival game for Microsoft Windows. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Red Planet will be hard, but if you are strong enough, you will succeed. Find the best way to survive, but be careful, since each wrong step will ensure your demise. The environment is your main enemy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Adventure 15.7%, Action 11.6%, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 6.2%
- #16 Defend Till Sunshine
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EUZERU
Windows
Defend Till Sunshine is a exploration-survival game which you will experience with your puppy. You need to survive against multiple situations. Discover across the land, find villages, learn craft techniques, interact with villagers and learn tips from them, build your own house and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Survival 15.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Open World 8.3%
- #17 The Warhorn
86% matchMixed54% of 347 reviews2019
Dev: Pigeons Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Warhorn is a medieval RPG mixed with city-building and management elements. Play as an adventurer who decided to leave his dull life as a lumberjack behind to explore a dangerous world full of puzzles in the pursuit of the most valuable relic mankind has ever seen: The Warhorn!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Adventure 17.1%, Action 16.7%, Survival 7.7%, Open World 7.1%
- #18 Sagventyr
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheFirstStar
Windows
This action game incorporates elements unique to the medium—such as the spirit of exploration as you venture into the unknown, the tension of weighing the risks and rewards of combat, and the exhilaration of acquiring rare, hard-to-find items.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Survival 9.9%, Mythology 9%, Open World 8.6%, Exploration 7.7%
- #19 Radiation Island
84% 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 51.8% ★, Survival 15.3%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 9.1%, Open World 7.1%
- #20 Bromeliad
83% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.2%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #21 Wandering Within
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lonely Crows
Windows
Wandering Within is a 2d solo survival game where you have to cross a hostile desert to unravel the mysteries of a legendary chest. Gather resources, find water and build tools to increase your chance of survival
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #22 Outpost Zero
82% matchMixed48% of 853 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 13.4%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 11%, Open World 9%
- #23 Wrongworld
81% matchVery Positive94% of 551 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.3% ★, Survival 10.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 8.7%, Open World 7.5%
- #24 Survival Simulator 生存模拟器
81% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Yuyi StudioPub: East2West Games
Windows
Struggle to survive on a perilous and unknown planet. Environment, climate and creatures are threats all the time, but also may be your powerful boosts. Survival Simulator - How you survive on the last day?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Open World 17.3%, Adventure 16.7%, Survival 15.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #25 Valheim
79% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 40.2% ★, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.1%, Mythology 7.9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #26 Grounded 2
78% matchVery Positive81% of 23,765 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 9.3%, Base Building 8.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #27 Mythvale
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: adevstudio
Windows
Tame, fight, explore and build! Survive a mysterious fantasy world filled with mythical creatures, dangerous foes and endless adventures!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.7% ★, Survival 10.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.5%, Exploration 6.5%
- #28 Primal Man Simulator
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RD Games
Windows
Primal Man Simulator is a complex survival simulator where the player becomes one of the evolutionary precursors of modern homo sapiens, trying to live through another day in an unwelcoming forests of Europe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 6.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #29 The Gold River Project
76% matchMixed63% of 659 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 39.2% ★, Open World 9.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Survival 9%, Third Person 8.2%
- #30 Far Fetched
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KiwiPastaPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the hazy and cold world of Far Fetched, where dangers lurk in the fog and only the glittering embers of the Traveling Node can keep you safe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.5% ★, Adventure 15.3%, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #31 Adamanta View
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Avis Games
Windows
An action Surviving game with a mission!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Action 15.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 7%, Open World 6%
- #32 Alone in the Outback
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Dinosaur Games
Windows
Alone in the Outback is a story-driven survival experience. Traverse through the Australian outback, survive deadly heat of the day and cold of the night. Stay hydrated and choose your strategy to survive the dangerous Australian wildlife. Explore the territory to find out why you are here alone...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Survival 12%, Exploration 11%, Base Building 8.6%, Adventure 6.1%
- #33 MALTIVA
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IQSP4DPub: Boskit
Windows
Complexity Island game is a survival game Overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals. Protect your city from meteor
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Action 15.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 9.6%
- #34 INCUR Survival
74% 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 38.2% ★, Exploration 9.5%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 8.4%, Third Person 6.6%
- #35 Force of Nature
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 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 49% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 7.3%, Exploration 6.5%
- #36 Project Canopy
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocksandGoats Studios
Windows · Mac
Harvest, Build, Craft and Explore the different biomes among massive trees, plants, and hostile creatures to survive and unlock the mysteries of an alien jungle in a first person sci-fi survival adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 11%, Open World 10.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 7%
- #37 The Wild Eight
73% 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 48.5% ★, Survival 15.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Open World 8.6%, Adventure 6%
- #38 ZI Survival
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stoner Games Studio
Windows
You are stranded in the vast expanse of the island. Alone, without any means to call for help, you must do what you can to survive. Explore The land as you hunt for supplies to craft the tools, weapons, and base you’ll need to stay alive. Stay Alive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.7% ★, Action 16.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 10%, Base Building 9.2%
- #39 Under A New Sun
72% 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 42.7% ★, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Base Building 6.7%
- #40 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
72% matchMostly Negative37% of 375 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Survival 10.5%, Open World 10%, Third Person 7.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #41 The Forest
71% 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 53.7% ★, Survival 14.3%, Open World 10%, Adventure 5%, Crafting 4.7%
- #42 Dawn of Defiance
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,842 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Open World Survival Craft 38.5% ★, Mythology 12.9%, Survival 10.2%, Exploration 9%, Third Person 7.4%
- #43 Vortex: The Gateway
73% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.7% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 9.5%, Adventure 7.6%, Action 7.6%
- #44 Survival: Fountain of Youth
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,480 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 35.3% ★, Survival 10.1%, Historical 8.6%, Exploration 8.6%, Base Building 7.6%
- #45 Moonrite
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haki Studios
Windows
A survival crafting game where you craft spirit companions with different materials to fight, work, and survive. Build your spiritual village and explore a beautiful anime-inspired world to defy ancient gods that rule the material and spiritual.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.1% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Exploration 9%, Third Person 6.1%
- #46 Widower's Sky
71% matchMostly Negative24% of 21 reviews2019
Dev: whaleo
Windows
Follow a father, son and dog across a strange planet. They will endure a daunting journey of towering buildings and beautiful vistas using the ancient portals they happened upon. Equipped with only his bow, the father must fight against the wildlife and the machines while keeping the son fed and rested.
Why similar: Action 27%, Adventure 23.2%, Mystery 16.8%, Third Person 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #47 Cube Life: Island Survival
71% 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 53.9% ★, Adventure 9.9%, Survival 9%, Open World 8.9%, Exploration 7.2%
- #48 Stranded Deep
69% 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 53.9% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 9.2%, Exploration 5.6%, Crafting 5.4%
- #49 Re.poly
70% matchVery Positive91% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Hinkfoot Studios
Windows
Re.Poly is a relaxed yet deep indie survival game in a low-poly style that blends exploration, combat, building, and adventure. Whether alone or with friends, create your own world, write your own story, and decide how you want to play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Survival 10.5%, Open World 9.4%, Base Building 7.1%, Adventure 7%
- #50 Green Hell
68% 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 49.1% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 7.9%, Base Building 5.2%, Action 5.1%
- #51 Lysward
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Lysward is a single-player survival adventure set in a vast and unforgiving desert in the fantastical world of Umbra. Explore, craft, team up with your companion, and leverage the Amri magic to endure the heat.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.5% ★, Survival 16.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Crafting 4%
- #52 Mystery of Island
69% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: QUIKGAMES
Windows
Mystery of Island is a wilderness survival game. Various enemies, huge map to explore, collect resources to improve and strengthen yourself over time.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 11.2%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #53 Planetaries
68% matchMixed58% of 226 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Survival 9.4%, Open World 8.9%, Tower Defense 8.7%, Exploration 8.1%
- #54 Whisper of the Swallows
66% 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 39.2% ★, Survival 10.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Open World 8.6%, Base Building 6.7%
- #55 Breathedge
67% 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 45.9% ★, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 7.6%, Adventure 6.2%, Open World 6.1%
- #56 Robowork
67% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Edvar Studio
Windows
Explore a planet with your friend or alone, upgrade yourself and try to return to Earth in your adventure that begins with your spacecraft sent by "Space-T" to explore other planets!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Open World 10.6%, Action 10.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%
- #57 Planta
67% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Jakub Klementewicz
Windows · Mac
Planta is a third-person open-world survival game with a procedurally generated terrain. It means the map is endless and expands while exploration! Planta throws you into an unrepeatable adventure in which you focus on gathering resources, building your base, exploring the world and... surviving!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Action 20.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Survival 13.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #58 Aurendor
66% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Telescope Studios
Windows
Aurendor is an open world survival game. Players must gather resources, cook their meals and fight dangerous creatures to survive and build a home for themselves. Aurendor also offers a multiplayer game option. Players can play together by cooperating with or battling other survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Survival 10.9%, Open World 9.9%, Exploration 8.3%, Base Building 6.9%