- #1 Eldercraft: Mountaineers
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derivative Synergistics
Windows
In this first-person, non-combat RPG, scale a vast fantasy mountain. Craft gear, survive the ascent, and forge your own routes up to lost treasures. Trade these treasures to buy and upgrade gear so that you can climb higher. Reach the peak and uncover the mystery of this teleporting mountain.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Immersive 16.1% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Building 7.4%, Survival 7.4%
- #2 Solace Crafting
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 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 26.1% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 7.7%, Building 7.5%
- #3 Nighthold
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Build shelters, interact with rescuees, battle against the Rot and raiders to survive another night in this Sandbox RPG. Play Solo or team up with friends in Online Сo-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Base Building 8.6%, Sandbox 6.7%, Building 6.5%, Crafting 6.3%
- #4 Divided Land
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mich
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a vast medieval open world. Explore, hunt, craft powerful gear, raid and plunder enemy villages, or forge your own path. As darkness falls, the dead awaken - prepare your defenses or seek shelter. Team up with allies in co-op PvE or face the wilderness alone.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26% ★, Base Building 9.1%, Crafting 7.7%, Building 7.6%, Survival 7.1%
- #5 Aurendor
94% 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 30% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Building 8.4%, Survival 8.1%
- #6 Renown
93% matchMixed58% of 1,591 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Base Building 8.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.9%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #7 Middle Ages: Peasants & Knights
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Neronian Studios
Windows
Survive in an open world inspired by 14th century Europe. Immerse yourself in crafting based on real historical methods and experience true inventory system and realistic resource management. Take control of your destiny and embrace a world full of possibilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Sandbox 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%, Medieval 8.3%, Building 7.9%
- #8 Nightingale
91% matchMixed66% of 18,084 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 9.8%, Building 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Survival 8%
- #9 Green Hell
91% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 35.5% ★, Survival 10.3%, Multiplayer 8%, Online Co-Op 8%, Base Building 7.3%
- #10 SpiritBorn
90% 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 33.1% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.8%, Building 8.7%
- #11 Whisper of the Swallows
89% matchVery Positive87% of 207 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 28.3% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8.6%
- #12 Wildsite
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vividdi Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Crash-land on a sci-fi planet plagued by toxic plasma storms. Alongside Bob, your sarcastic AI companion, build and shrink your base to move it anywhere. Fight with primitive or plasma weapons in this survival-craft adventure solo or with up to 3 friends in online co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%
- #13 The Last Viking
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoBrain Studio
Windows
Play as a young viking, learn to survive and fight in the wilderness. To fulfill your destiny, explore an island alone or in cooperation with friends, build structures, confront Norse gods and mythological creatures. Will you be the last Viking?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Survival 9%, Building 8.9%
- #14 Lost Isle
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wunder Entertainment
Windows
Castaway on an island built upon the corpse of a dead god. Build settlements, master melee, archery, and magic. Choose your fate in huge multiplayer PvP and PvE conflicts to begin your story of survival, betrayal, and conquest.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 7.6%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #15 Core Keeper
86% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 8.1%
- #16 Necesse
85% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Sandbox 7.9%, Base Building 7.3%, Crafting 7%, Open World 6.8%
- #17 Force of Nature
86% 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 36.8% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Building 7.3%
- #18 Valheim
82% matchVery Positive94% of 555,289 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Base Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Survival 8.3%, Building 8.1%
- #19 SkyCraft
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ADIAN
Windows
Skycraft is an open-world survival game for 1-10 players, set in infinite procedurally-generated floating islands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Building 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%
- #20 ENDALOR
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Base Building 8.7%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Building 7.3%, Survival 7.3%
- #21 Planetaries
84% matchMixed58% of 228 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 25.8% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Building 8.3%, Crafting 7.9%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
- #22 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
82% matchVery Positive82% of 10,551 reviews2024
Dev: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 16.3 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 26.2% ★, Base Building 11%, Survival 8.1%, Building 8%, Crafting 7.7%
- #23 Shamania
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 171 reviews2026
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 27.7% ★, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.9%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #24 Sagventyr
81% 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 30.1% ★, Building 9.8%, Base Building 8.9%, Survival 8.2%, Crafting 8%
- #25 KYORA
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PugstormPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Linux
Delve into KYORA, a mystical multiplayer sandbox adventure, where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build or explode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.8% ★, Sandbox 9.1%, Base Building 8.4%, Building 8.3%, Survival 7.3%
- #26 Stormforge
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roboto Games
Windows
Stormforge is an open-world survival crafting game for 1 to 8 players. You are Stormforged, with the ability to brave and harness power from magical storms. Explore, fight, forage, craft, build, and defeat bosses in this epic, fantasy game. Survive the Storms and thrive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 7.5%, Survival 6.7%
- #27 Stranded in Paradise
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Stranded on a breathtaking Caribbean island, your survival starts with nothing. Gather resources, build your shelter, craft what you need, cook your food, and turn a wild paradise into your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 9.3%, Immersive 8.7% ★, Open World 8.7%
- #28 Wurm Unlimited
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,138 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 9%, Building 8.9%
- #29 Undercraft
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PlayUndercraft
Windows
Create your world in this sandbox game where you can dig, build, explore, fight, and farm. Have a different experience in a day or night adventure. Explore a procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 8.6%, Survival 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.4%
- #30 Dawn of Defiance
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,856 reviews2024
Dev: Traega EntertainmentPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are a fallen Spartan, cast into the realm between the living and the Underworld. In this survival adventure inspired by Greek myth, hunt, craft and build a home worthy of legend with up to 3 friends. Raid the gods' temples, defeat legendary creatures and loot the iconic weapons of the Olympians.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Online Co-Op 9%, Survival 8.1%, Building 6.8%
- #31 Cataclysm Upon Us
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7Dev Studios
Windows · Linux
Cataclysm Upon Us is an open world survival RPG. Craft, fight, and build in a world overrun by mutants, zombies and other abominations. Uncover secrets, embrace mutations and cybernetic enhancements. Every decision shapes your journey in this haunting cataclysm. Can you survive the chaos?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.4% ★, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 8.7%, Survival 8.3%, Open World 8.1%
- #32 Subsistence
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 39.8% ★, Survival 10.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 8.3%, Open World 7.5%
- #33 Once Human
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 189,842 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 52.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Building 8%, Crafting 7.6%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #34 Grounded 2
73% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 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 26.3% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.4%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.9%
- #35 Reign Of Kings
77% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Medieval 8.8%, Building 8.7%
- #36 ICARUS
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 68,864 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 46.7 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: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 9.2%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%
- #37 Gravehollow
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silo Snowdash
Windows
Gravehollow is a survival RPG set in a restless world on the cusp of death. Hunt, scavenge, craft, build, and fight as friends and foes alike clash and pursue their own ends. Uncover why death refuses to release you, and what horrors your survival is awakening.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 8.5%
- #38 The Last Plague: Blight
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,514 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Immersive 22.6% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Medieval 7.4%, Crafting 7.3%
- #39 Primal Man Simulator
73% 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 33.3% ★, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 8.7%
- #40 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
70% matchVery Positive81% of 32,495 reviews2026
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Open World 9.5%, Base Building 8.7%, Survival 8.6%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #41 Drift: Space Survival
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival 8.7%, Base Building 8.5%, Crafting 8.5%
- #42 Fragment Sky
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polydove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, upgrade and expand your own custom sky-ship as you explore the fragments of a lost world in the sky. Alone or with friends, you can explore different flying islands, trade with the locals, hunt wildlife, stage epic sky-battles and much more.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 7.5%, Crafting 6.1%
- #43 Life is Feudal: Your Own
73% matchMixed66% of 12,071 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Medieval 9.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 9.1%, Sandbox 9%
- #44 Project Castaway
70% matchMixed65% of 1,893 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Sandbox 8%, Survival 7.5%
- #45 Voidtrain
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 9,990 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 6.9%, Crafting 6.9%, Online Co-Op 6.5%
- #46 Road to Eden
72% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 9.7%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #47 Reckfell
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: verkme
Windows
Survival is your only goal in Reckfell. The world is unforgiving - its creatures, the environment, and even other survivors will stop at nothing to end you. You must do whatever it takes to stay alive for one more day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #48 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
68% matchVery Positive91% of 7,668 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 7.8%, Online Co-Op 7.5%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #49 TROLLHEIM: GNOMES
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trollheim
Windows
More info coming soon
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 8.6%, Crafting 8.3%, Building 7.5%
- #50 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
69% matchMixed59% of 461 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.1%, Survival 8.8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #51 Outpost Zero
71% 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 34.3% ★, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #52 GreenMars: Expedition 744
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 744 Interactive
Windows
A sci-fi survival game where you explore a full planet, gather resources, build your base, deploy terraforming machines and drones, and begin turning hostile Martian terrain into the foundation of a new civilisation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.9%, Survival 7.9%
- #53 Terraria
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,558,339 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 152.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 8.3%, Building 8.1%, Crafting 8%
- #54 XenoHaven
66% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 8.7%
- #55 Raft
66% matchVery Positive93% of 379,035 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 38.0 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 35.9% ★, Survival 12.5%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Base Building 8.1%, Crafting 8%
- #56 Fifth Sun: New Fire
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daedralus
Windows
Survive the world of Mesoamerican mythology - alone or with friends. Gather, build, and survive your way through hostile wilds. Raid dungeons, appease the gods, and slay their monsters to offer them as sacrifices at the grand altar to reignite the Fifth Sun and open the gateway to the past suns.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Base Building 11%, Online Co-Op 8.2%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 7.6%
- #57 Unknown Seas
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RobinPub: Ragnox
Windows
Explore the unknown procedurally-generated world of islands and seas. Fight enemies, farm materials, craft equipment, build your base, slay bosses and level up your character. Conquer the unknown with your friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 7.9%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #58 Sandustry
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 9.2%