- #1 Subsistence
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 45.5% ★, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 8%, Open World 7.4%
- #2 Trials of Wilderness
96% matchMixed69% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: MightByte Games
Windows
You are alone on an island, trying desperately to survive amongst the village tribes of savages. To do this you need food, water, and shelter. Hunt animals, plant crops, tame and breed animals, make weapons, armors and potions, raid villages, defend your base, fight with big creatures...
Why similar: Hunting 20.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 19.4% ★, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.4%, Co-op 7.1%
- #3 This Land Is My Land
96% matchMixed68% of 4,601 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Survival 16.3%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #4 Northern Lights
95% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: MadGoat Studio
Windows
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.6% ★, Hunting 15.9% ★, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Open World 8.2%
- #5 ICARUS
94% 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: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Survival 12.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 6.3%
- #6 KeepUp Survival
94% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 9.7%, Inventory Management 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%
- #7 Winter Survival
93% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Hunting 22.7% ★, Survival 11.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #8 Medieval Dynasty
92% 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: Agriculture 17.7% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Co-op 9.4%
- #9 The Infected
91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 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 35.4% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 8.5%
- #10 Frost Survival VR
91% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Hunting 16.8% ★, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 10%, Inventory Management 8.6%
- #11 Wild West Legacy
90% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,108 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Survival 19.7%, Crafting 18.3%, Open World 13.8%, First-Person 9.7%
- #12 My Island
89% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 8.6%, Open World 7.4%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #13 Heat
89% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Survival 23.6%, Open World 14.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Crafting 8.9%
- #14 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
87% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 6.9%
- #15 INCUR Survival
88% matchVery Positive84% of 103 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 39.5% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 8.1%, Third Person 6.2%
- #16 Animallica
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Hunting 20% ★, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 5.1%
- #17 Wildmender
85% matchVery Positive85% of 2,104 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Agriculture 16.2% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Third Person 8.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #18 The Gold River Project
84% matchMixed67% of 526 reviews2026
Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
Windows
The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.9%, Co-op 7.3%
- #19 Outlaws of the Old West
86% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 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: Open World Survival Craft 50% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 7%, Base Building 6.5%
- #20 Green Hell
84% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 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 42.3% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 8.2%, Base Building 7.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #21 Animalia Survival
82% matchMixed64% of 3,038 reviews2021
Dev: High Brazil Studio
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost!
Why similar: Hunting 30.3% ★, Survival 14.2%, Nature 10.8%, Open World 8.6%, Realistic 8.5%
- #22 Eden Island
82% matchMixed61% of 254 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Studio
Windows
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Hunting 20% ★, Agriculture 16.9% ★, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #23 CrossWorlds: Escape
83% matchMixed64% of 157 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 35% ★, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Nature 8.3%
- #24 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 44,721 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Hunting 33.7% ★, Open World 14.7%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 12%, Realistic 11.7%
- #25 Mist Survival
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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 43.1% ★, Survival 20.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 7.9%
- #26 The WILDS
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 585 reviews2022
Dev: Gluten Free Games
Windows
Become iconic animals and fight for survival in the The WILDS. Finding food, water, and shelter will be the easy part, protecting your family from hungry predators and a harsh environment will separate the weak from the strong. Welcome to a uniquely immersive animal experience...
Why similar: Hunting 35.6% ★, Survival 16.4%, Nature 13.8%, Open World 11.7%, Realistic 10.9%
- #27 Crushed
80% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 13%, Base Building 9.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 8.8%
- #28 The Planet Crafter
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Co-op 8.7%
- #29 Lodventure
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Survival 12.9%, Co-op 10.3%, Base Building 10%, Crafting 9.6%
- #30 Rem Survival
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 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 36.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #31 Wild Omission
76% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Telephone Studios
Windows
Wild Omission is an open world sandbox survival game with severe weather set in an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Inventory Management 10.2%, Open World 8.3%
- #32 INMATE: Survival
76% matchMixed57% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: SV Games
Windows
INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Hunting 20.1% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 8.3%
- #33 Stranded Deep
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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 46% ★, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #34 Open Country
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 404 reviews2021
Dev: FUN LabsPub: 505 Games
Windows
Ok Scout, it's time to show us what you’re made of-break free from your city life and live like a real outdoorsman. The wilderness isn’t for the faint of heart, but if you work hard, learn how to use the environment and be one with nature, you too can become a Master Outdoorsman.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Hunting 19.7% ★, Survival 14.1%, Open World 10.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #35 Badiya: Desert Survival
78% matchMixed49% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: Semaphore
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Hunting 19.9% ★, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9%, Base Building 8.7%
- #36 Survival Machine
73% 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Co-op 8.9%
- #37 Survivalizm - The Animal Simulator
74% matchMixed47% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Vishwakarma studiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You are a wild spirit who is capable of coming into existence as any animal in a realistically replicated forest, where rules of the wild prevail. Fight or Flight, Mate, Grow your Herd, Leave a Legacy. Here you must survive, using your wits, strength, bravery and cunningness.
Why similar: Simulation 42.5%, Adventure 41.7%, Indie 15.8%
- #38 Force of Nature
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 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 45.1% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Open World 7.5%, Base Building 4.8%
- #39 Occupy Mars: The Game
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 16.6%, Open World 12.9%, Co-op 11.1%
- #40 Longvinter
71% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 15.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #41 Don't Starve
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,271 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Survival 26.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 5.2%, Multiplayer 3.9%
- #42 Forest Ranger Simulator
73% matchMixed42% of 254 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean and manage your forest in Forest Ranger Simulator. Ensure its long-lasting beauty and become a flawless Forest Ranger!
Why similar: Crafting 22.5%, Nature 17.4%, First-Person 14.7%, Realistic 14.5%, Open World 14.4%
- #43 Among Trees
72% matchMixed68% of 2,216 reviews2021
Dev: FJRD Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Open World 9.3%
- #44 Vantage: Primitive Survival Game
72% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Dragon
Windows
Vantage is a passion project created by a solo developer where your main objective is simple... to stay alive! You explore the massive world searching for food, creating primitive tools and weapons to hunt, and craft other items to make life easier. Play Online/Offline Multiplayer or Single Player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Inventory Management 14.8%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Nature 6.7%
- #45 SCUM
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Hunting 20.5% ★, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 7.9%
- #46 In Next Life
67% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Hunting 18.3% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%
- #47 Soulmask
66% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Hunting 22.7% ★, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.8%, Crafting 9%
- #48 Survive on Raft
70% matchMixed63% of 1,245 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on Raft is a Survival Sandbox Simulator on the Raft in the middle of the ocean! Fight with shark, build base, craft, loot islands, farm and survive. Play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Inventory Management 14.1%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.9%
- #49 Age of Survival
70% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: Silky Sullivan
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Hunting 14.5% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 9.8%
- #50 Forever Skies
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Co-op 8.9%
- #51 Camping Simulator: The Squad
67% matchMixed58% of 1,083 reviews2025
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.
Why similar: Survival 19.3%, Crafting 16.6%, Co-op 13.9%, Nature 11.5%, Base Building 7.7%
- #52 Out of Reach
70% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 41% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Hunting 8.7% ★, Open World 7.8%
- #53 Above Snakes
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,929 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 13%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 11.7%
- #54 Hold Your Own
69% 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: Survival 21.8%, Crafting 20%, Base Building 17.5%, Open World 12.7%, Realistic 7.7%
- #55 On My Own
69% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Beach Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Hunting 23.6% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Nature 9.6%
- #56 Survival: Fountain of Youth
64% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Realistic 7.6%
- #57 Lumberjack's Dynasty
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,770 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 25%, Crafting 23.5%, Open World 17.1%, Nature 11.7%, Realistic 9.9%