- #1 Medieval Dynasty
97% matchVery Positive91% of 50,716 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.1 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 21.4%, Building 20.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive foundation for the settlement-building and survival gameplay loop found in Wild West Legacy.
- #2 Sengoku Dynasty
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,509 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Colony Sim 16.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Life Sim 13.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 11%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as other dynasty titles, it offers a similar blend of survival and village management in a historical setting.
- #3 Bellwright
95% matchVery Positive81% of 19,727 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.2 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: Survival 20.6%, Crafting 19.5%, Open World 19.2%, Building 15%, Life Sim 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep settlement management and survival mechanics that mirror the growth-focused gameplay of the seed game.
- #4 Outlaws of the Old West
96% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Western 50.5% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 14.1%, Base Building 7.9%, Crafting 6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the harsh survival and crafting challenges of the American frontier.
- #5 This Land Is My Land
94% matchMixed68% of 4,611 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 21.6 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: Western 41% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 14.7%, Crafting 12.5%, RPG 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the Western atmosphere while emphasizing survival and territory management against hostile forces.
- #6 Lumberjack's Dynasty
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,789 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 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 27.4%, Building 19.7%, Crafting 18.5%, Open World 14.8%, Life Sim 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines simulation and building with a strong emphasis on resource management and expanding your property.
- #7 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,279 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Life Sim 31.1%, Building 14.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 12.1%, Simulation 12%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the agricultural and life-simulation aspects of building a homestead from the ground up.
- #8 Cowboy Life Simulator
91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,148 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
“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: Base Building 17%, Life Sim 16.2%, Crafting 15.7%, Building 14.8%, Open World 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Directly targets the simulation aspects of Western life, including ranch management and survival tasks.
- #9 Above Snakes
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,959 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.
Why similar: Western 31.4% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.8%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique Western-themed survival experience with modular building mechanics and an atmospheric world.
- #10 Depraved
91% matchMixed61% of 1,240 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
Why similar: Western 24.5% ★, Colony Sim 23.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 12.6%, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that captures the challenge of building a town in the unforgiving environment of the Old West.
- #11 Wild Indigo Ranch
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 463 reviews2024
Dev: Funday Games
Windows
Wild Indigo Ranch is a cozy cowboy-life RPG for 1-4 players. Start a new life on the prairie, explore the frontier, build the finest ranch in the West, and ride into the sunset.
Why similar: Western 38.4% ★, Life Sim 15.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 13.3%, Open World 11%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a life-simulation experience in the West with a focus on ranching, crafting, and exploration.
- #12 Survival: Fountain of Youth
89% matchVery Positive86% of 4,339 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 15.3%, Building 12.3%, Open World 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features robust survival and crafting systems that reward exploration and base development.
- #13 Deadwater Saloon
90% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Tanglefoot GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Why similar: Western 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 21.1%, Life Sim 13.4%, Building 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and building aspects of running a business in a frontier town.
- #14 7 Days to Die
87% matchVery Positive87% of 398,983 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Survival 28.2%, Base Building 25.4%, Open World 20.1%, Building 19%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers some of the most comprehensive base-building and survival mechanics in the first-person genre.
- #15 Valheim
86% matchVery Positive94% of 533,605 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.8 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: Base Building 20.3%, Survival 19.9%, Building 18.7%, Open World 18.6%, Crafting 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features an addictive loop of gathering, crafting, and building that aligns perfectly with the progression of the seed game.
- #16 Tribe: Primitive Builder
85% matchVery Positive81% of 782 reviews2023
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Fishing 19.6% ★, Colony Sim 19.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the building and management aspects of establishing a settlement in a natural environment.
- #17 Wild West and Wizards
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 387 reviews2020
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Wild West and Wizards is an open world exploration RPG set in a re-imagined new frontier. Pick a class and level up unlocking abilities and exploring a world filled with quests, loot, outlaws, bosses, spells, caves, towns, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Western 50.4% ★, Open World 14.2%, Crafting 10.6%, RPG 9.3%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Adds a fantasy RPG twist to the Western setting while maintaining the exploration and survival feel.
- #18 Saloon Simulator
82% matchVery Positive91% of 908 reviews2025
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.
Why similar: Western 43.7% ★, Life Sim 17.7%, Crafting 15.7%, First-Person 7.3%, Simulation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the management and shop-keeping aspects of Western life.
- #19 Conan Exiles Enhanced
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 114,418 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.6 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: Survival 26.4%, Open World 22.8%, Building 21.3%, Crafting 20.2%, RPG 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a large-scale survival experience with extensive building tools and a harsh, open world.
- #20 The Front
82% matchMixed67% of 10,771 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: Base Building 19.8%, Crafting 17.6%, Building 16.2%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base-building with a focus on defense and resource management in a persistent world.
- #21 Starsand
83% matchMixed66% of 1,241 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.9 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: Base Building 20.4%, Crafting 17.9%, Open World 16.1%, Survival 16.1%, Building 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the feeling of surviving in a vast, arid environment similar to the American Midwest.
- #22 Desert Skies
84% matchMixed57% of 463 reviews2019
Dev: White_Rabbit_Games
Windows
Desert Skies takes survival to the air! Build an airship and fly on an adventure through the deserts of the Wild West. Look for places to land and scavenge for loot, expand your airship and craft new equipment, but beware the dangers lurking beneath the sands!
Why similar: Western 34% ★, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: Features survival in a desert setting with a unique focus on building and maintaining a mobile base.
- #23 No Place Like Home
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,066 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Fishing 20.5% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Life Sim 15.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim with strong crafting and base-building elements that shares the cozy-yet-productive vibe of the seed game.
- #24 Denizen
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 881 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Life Sim 26.4%, Open World 16.7%, Survival 15.1%, RPG 9.1%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a life-simulation experience with sandbox elements that allow for a similar sense of progression.
- #25 ICARUS
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,809 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 45.9 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: Base Building 23.4%, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 18.5%, Building 14.8%, Open World 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers session-based survival with high-stakes crafting and building mechanics.
- #26 Subsistence
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,669 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Crafting 22.5%, Base Building 17%, Open World 16.9%, Building 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that emphasizes long-term base building and resource gathering.
- #27 Hold Your Own
81% matchMixed68% of 574 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Crafting 20.6%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 17%, Building 14.5%, Open World 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and crafting game that emphasizes building a secure home in a hostile wilderness.
- #28 Surviving Ceres
77% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 12.7%, Survival 11.6%
- #29 Occupy Mars: The Game
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,063 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Colony Sim 21%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Building 12.5%, Open World 12.3%
- #30 Westland Survival
76% matchMixed59% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: Helio GamesPub: Helio Games
Windows · Mac
Saddle up for the ultimate survival adventure in the untamed Wild West! Build your homestead, tame the wilderness, bounty hunt the outlaws, and duel against the dangers that lurk on the frontier. Do you have what it takes to be a legend of the West?
Why similar: Western 43.7% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 15.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #31 Rooted
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
In this solo and multiplayer survival game, explore an ancient overgrown world full of dangers. Salvage, build, craft, hunt,.. and try to survive alone or with your friends in an evolving and fascinating post-apocalyptic environment. Powered by Unreal Engine 5.
Why similar: Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 19.3%, Open World 15.1%, Survival 12.1%, Building 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and rebuilding in a persistent world with a strong emphasis on scavenging and construction.
- #32 Chinese Frontiers
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 514 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: Crafting 17.9%, Life Sim 15.3%, Building 15%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 11.2%
- #33 Alaska Gold Fever
74% matchVery Positive81% of 760 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!
Why similar: Western 42.2% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Building 13.8%, First-Person 7.1%, Simulation 6.2%
- #34 Heat
77% matchMixed49% of 2,935 reviews2020
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
Why similar: Western 48.1% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 7.6%, Building 6.8%
- #35 Wild West Supermarket Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: SunDustPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Run a General Store in the Wild West. Customize and expand your shop. Make sure that your customers’ constantly changing needs are satisfied. Work every job yourself or let your employees stack the shelves and work the till. Find out what it feels like to own a Wild West Supermarket.
Why similar: Western 46.5% ★, Life Sim 23.8%, Simulation 12.3%, First-Person 8.4%, 3D 5.9%
- #36 Tales of Morrow
75% matchMixed47% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: GameMechanic
Windows
Create your tale! Build your home, fight, farm, and explore an old civilization while developing your skills and abilities in this relaxing and adventurous experience. You decide your fate!
Why similar: Fishing 20.8% ★, Base Building 18%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 12.8%, Survival 9.2%
- #37 Farmer's Dynasty 2
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,020 reviews2026
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build your dream farm and secure your family’s future. Cultivate your fields, raise animals, and shape your dynasty across generations in this beautifully crafted life and farming simulation. Start your dynasty today!
Why similar: Fishing 32.6% ★, Life Sim 20.2%, Building 16.7%, First-Person 8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #38 Deadwater Saloon Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Tanglefoot GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner with this Free Prologue version of Deadwater Saloon. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen all while building your saloon business.
Why similar: Western 25% ★, Colony Sim 19.1%, Life Sim 13.6%, Building 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #39 Cattle Country
71% matchVery Positive87% of 361 reviews2025
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
Why similar: Western 45.1% ★, Life Sim 17.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 12.2%, RPG 6.7%
- #40 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 45,633 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Open World 47.9%, Simulation 27.5%, First-Person 19.4%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #41 Noble Legacy
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Life Sim 16.7%, Building 15.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Open World 12.9%
- #42 Viking Frontiers
71% matchMixed54% of 518 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: Open World 30%, Life Sim 21.3%, RPG 15.2%, Simulation 12.9%, First-Person 11.2%
- #43 Retreat To Enen
72% matchMixed61% of 401 reviews2022
Dev: Head WestPub: indie.io
Windows
Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.
Why similar: Fishing 25.9% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.9%
- #44 Start Over
70% matchMixed62% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Crafting 17.2%, Building 14.9%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 9.8%
- #45 Soulmask
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,362 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 12.3%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 11.6%
- #46 Wilderness
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Horizon Studios
Windows
Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Survival 19.7%, Crafting 18.3%, Open World 13.9%, First-Person 9.7%
- #47 Journey Of Life
72% matchMixed56% of 755 reviews2021
Dev: Hyperion Studio Limited
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
You have experienced the sudden loss of your wealth, which has compelled you to abandon your previous life and begin anew. By venturing into the game world, you can construct settlements and forge alliances with other players, ensuring that you will always have exciting challenges to undertake.
Why similar: Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 17%, Building 14.6%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.5%
- #48 Fuel Station Simulator
69% matchMixed64% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: QuantumPlay Studios
Windows
Take control of your very own fuel station and transform it into a bustling business hub! Experience the perfect mix of management, customization, and exciting challenges as you serve customers, expand your services, and build your empire.
Why similar: Western 24% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Life Sim 14.4%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.2%
- #49 Saloon Simulator: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive87% of 866 reviews2024
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Saloon Simulator Prologue lets you restore an abandoned Saloon and discover that managing it isn't just about creating drinks and meals. Clean up, organize, and choose the right friends - all to become the most recognizable business in the Wild West!
Why similar: Western 47.1% ★, Crafting 19.1%, Life Sim 17.3%, First-Person 6.5%, Simulation 5.1%
- #50 Astro Colony
68% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Base Building 24.2%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 9.6%
- #51 Pathless Woods
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Crafting 18.4%, Base Building 18.2%, Open World 15.8%, Building 15.1%, Survival 14.4%
- #52 The Last FARMER
69% matchMixed57% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
Why similar: Base Building 34.6%, Survival 25.5%, Crafting 16.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Adventure 5.8%
- #53 Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders
68% matchMixed69% of 1,068 reviews2024
Dev: MeanAstronautsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 22.5 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: Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Building 14.7%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 11.4%
- #54 Winter Survival
67% matchMixed63% of 762 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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: Base Building 20.5%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 16%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.8%
- #55 Out of Ore
67% matchVery Positive86% of 3,911 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Simulation 11.1%
- #56 Wildmender
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,148 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Base Building 22.6%, Crafting 18.8%, Survival 15.5%, RPG 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%
- #57 Farthest Frontier
63% matchVery Positive86% of 24,400 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 26.8 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: Colony Sim 33.7%, Building 28.1%, Base Building 23%, Survival 15.1%