- #1 Lightyear Frontier
97% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.9%, Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Agriculture 17% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the peaceful, farming-focused exploration loop while utilizing a mech to manage resources and restore the environment.
- #2 The Planet Crafter
96% 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 36.6% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Wildmender, this game focuses on terraforming a barren, hostile planet into a lush, living ecosystem through survival and exploration.
- #3 Grounded
96% 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: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 15%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Crafting 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar sense of scale and discovery in a dangerous environment, emphasizing base-building and survival mechanics.
- #4 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
95% 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 25.3% ★, Base Building 12%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game features a unique perspective and emphasizes base-building and crafting in a world where nature is both beautiful and dangerous.
- #5 Aloft
94% 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Agriculture 19.4% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title features floating islands and gardening mechanics that require you to manage your ecosystem while surviving in the sky.
- #6 My Time at Sandrock
94% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 44%, Crafting 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Character Customization 11.1%, RPG 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a desert environment, this game focuses on community building and resource management, mirroring the arid setting of Wildmender.
- #7 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
93% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22%, Agriculture 18.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Crafting 8.8%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines a cozy, post-apocalyptic aesthetic with base-building and resource gathering, perfect for those who enjoy the 'restoration' aspect of Wildmender.
- #8 Dinkum
92% 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Agriculture 21.4% ★, Farming Sim 18.9%, Crafting 6.8%, Online Co-Op 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival and farming in an Australian-inspired wilderness, offering a relaxing yet engaging exploration loop.
- #9 Forever Skies
91% 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 32.6% ★, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a ruined world, this survival game tasks you with building a mobile base and exploring the environment to restore life.
- #10 Subnautica
91% 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: Open World Survival Craft 43.7% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Exploration 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same sense of wonder and isolation while requiring players to build bases and manage resources to survive in an alien world.
- #11 Raft
89% 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: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Survival 15.7%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on expanding a small base in a harsh environment, requiring careful resource management and exploration to progress.
- #12 No Place Like Home
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,046 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 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: Farming Sim 25.1%, Agriculture 16.8% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Nature 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game centers on cleaning up a polluted world and farming, echoing the environmental restoration themes found in Wildmender.
- #13 Valheim
89% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep survival and base-building experience in a vast, atmospheric world that rewards exploration and preparation.
- #14 Pathless Woods
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 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: Farming Sim 29.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 10%, Agriculture 9.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival and sandbox building with an emphasis on exploring and adapting to a new environment.
- #15 Starsand
88% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.4% ★, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 12.9%, 3D 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match, this game focuses on survival and exploration within a vast, mysterious desert landscape.
- #16 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,566 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 41.2%, Agriculture 14% ★, Nature 13.3%, Relaxing 11.2%, Simulation 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: For players who specifically enjoy the gardening aspect of Wildmender, this game offers a relaxing and detailed simulation of plant growth.
- #17 Conan Exiles
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Online Co-Op 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust desert survival and base-building experience with a strong focus on overcoming environmental challenges.
- #18 Sun Haven
85% matchVery Positive81% of 24,588 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 35%, Agriculture 17.1% ★, Multiplayer 9.5%, Character Customization 8.7%, Crafting 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed farming sim that incorporates RPG elements and exploration, similar to the progression found in Wildmender.
- #19 Solace Crafting
84% 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast, procedurally generated world focused on survival, crafting, and building your own sanctuary.
- #20 Slime Rancher
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 151,397 reviews2017
Dev: Monomi Park
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Why similar: Exploration 51.1%, Simulation 31.7%, Singleplayer 17.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the joy of creature care and gardening in an alien environment, emphasizing exploration and resource management.
- #21 Medieval Dynasty
82% 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 22.5% ★, Crafting 20.8%, Base Building 16%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Survival 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a grounded survival and base-building experience that focuses on building a settlement and managing resources over time.
- #22 Eco
84% 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Nature 13.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on ecosystem management and long-term survival, requiring players to balance their impact on the environment.
- #23 Roots of Pacha
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,347 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.6%, Agriculture 20.6% ★, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Crafting 11.4%, RPG 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on community development and farming in a prehistoric setting, emphasizing the growth of your environment.
- #24 Stranded Deep
81% 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 49.7% ★, Survival 15.6%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Exploration 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game emphasizes the isolation and resource scarcity of a harsh environment, requiring careful planning to survive.
- #25 Dawnlands
81% matchMixed52% of 3,131 reviews2023
Dev: SEASUN GAMES PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Base Building 11%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game features crafting and building mechanics that allow you to shape the environment to your needs.
- #26 Kenshi
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Base Building 20.3%, RPG 17.8%, Crafting 14.3%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, open-world survival game set in a harsh desert where base-building and resource management are crucial for survival.
- #27 Don't Starve
80% 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 44.1% ★, Survival 24.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Exploration 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a challenging survival loop with unique art and base-building mechanics that test your ability to thrive in a hostile world.
- #28 Outward Definitive Edition
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 30,417 reviews2022
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Why similar: RPG 27.1%, Survival 21.5%, Online Co-Op 20.7%, Third Person 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the struggle of survival and exploration in a fantasy world, rewarding careful preparation and resource management.
- #29 DYSMANTLE
78% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Agriculture 23.3% ★, Base Building 19.3%, Crafting 18.1%, Survival 17.2%, RPG 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploring a ruined world and gathering resources to survive, offering a satisfying loop of progression and discovery.
- #30 ICARUS
78% 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 30.3% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 11%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to explore and build in a hostile alien environment.
- #31 Spirit of the Island
77% matchMixed66% of 1,862 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.4%, Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Agriculture 18.8% ★, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #32 Grow: Song of the Evertree
76% 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: Farming Sim 34.2%, Agriculture 24.4% ★, Third Person 12.5%, Nature 11.7%, Simulation 7.7%
- #33 Mirthwood
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.8%, Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Crafting 10.5%, RPG 8.3%, Survival 7.4%
- #34 Planetary Planter
76% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Odd Gryphon EntertainmentPub: Earthbreak Games LLC
Windows
Planetary Planter is an open-world farming game where, instead of farming normal plants, you grow celestial bodies while exploring an alien world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 37%, Agriculture 20.8% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Crafting 8.2%, Nature 8.2%
- #35 Garden Buddies
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: JamPicsPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. Discover an enchanting and fulfilling experience to release your stress.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.8%, Agriculture 25.4% ★, Crafting 11.3%, RPG 7.8%, Relaxing 7.3%
- #36 Garden Paws
75% matchVery Positive90% of 2,485 reviews2018
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.6%, Agriculture 25.2% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #37 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: Open World Survival Craft 22.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Third Person 9%, Crafting 8.5%
- #38 The Gold River Project
72% 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 30.2% ★, Third Person 10.8%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #39 Everafter Falls
73% matchVery Positive84% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: SquareHuskyPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rediscover the simple life. Farm, fish, forge and fight to restore the peace in an all-new farming adventure. Features split-screen coop, a helpful pet, automated drones, resourceful pixies, a card-eating progression system, and dangerous dungeons to delve into!
Why similar: Farming Sim 36.3%, Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Character Customization 9%, Simulation 8.1%
- #40 Wilderness
77% 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: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Agriculture 16.2% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Third Person 8.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #41 ASTROBOTANICA
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Space Goblin Studio
Windows
Science-driven survival with a relaxing vibe. Farming, base building, crafting, animal taming, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Farming Sim 25%, Base Building 13.6%, Nature 10.6%, Survival 9.2%
- #42 Staxel
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,816 reviews2019
Dev: PlukitPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.8%, Agriculture 20.1% ★, Nature 10.2%, Character Customization 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #43 Blossom: The Seed of Life
68% matchVery Positive90% of 654 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Agriculture 19.5% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 8.6%
- #44 Force of Nature
73% 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 40.4% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 12.2%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Base Building 5.9%
- #45 My Time at Portia
70% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.3%, Agriculture 19.6% ★, Crafting 14.3%, RPG 9.6%, Simulation 7.6%
- #46 Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
72% matchVery Positive82% of 3,207 reviews2017
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.6%, Agriculture 19.4% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Relaxing 9.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #47 Farm Together
70% matchVery Positive94% of 22,015 reviews2018
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 138.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!
Why similar: Agriculture 31.1% ★, Farming Sim 24%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Simulation 6.3%
- #48 Forager
69% matchVery Positive90% of 43,003 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Farming Sim 19.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 7.6%
- #49 Farmer's Dynasty
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 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: Farming Sim 38.2%, Agriculture 24.6% ★, Simulation 8.8%, RPG 7.6%, Crafting 6.7%
- #50 Surviving Ceres
67% matchVery Positive87% of 137 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: Farming Sim 28.3%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 12.3%, Simulation 9.2%
- #51 Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
69% matchMixed70% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: The Spiteful GamesPub: The Spiteful Games
Windows
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23%, Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Third Person 7%
- #52 Lodventure
69% 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 35.2% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Online Co-Op 8.7%
- #53 One Lonely Outpost
67% matchMixed59% of 638 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.1%, Agriculture 25.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.3%, RPG 6.8%
- #54 Shamania
66% 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9.3%
- #55 Sky Harvest
66% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Hamzah KirmaniPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.6%, Agriculture 21.3% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Third Person 9.2%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #56 Island Paradise
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: GSG
Windows
Island Paradise is a survival game where you build, upgrade, customize your own island and use nearby resources to create a home for generations to come!
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.4%, Agriculture 20.9% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Nature 9.5%
- #57 World Crafter TD
68% matchMixed46% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Farming Sim 20.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 7.2%
- #58 CrossWorlds: Escape
70% 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 31.2% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Nature 12%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10%
- #59 Eden Crafters
65% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Survival 8.8%
