- #1 Sunkenland
97% matchVery Positive81% of 23,216 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Underwater 17.5% ★, Co-op 9%, Base Building 8.5%, Survival 8.1%
- #2 Project Castaway
96% matchMixed67% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 24.6% ★, Underwater 15.5% ★, Co-op 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%, Survival 7.5%
- #3 Raft
95% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.3 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 32.4% ★, Survival 12.9%, Co-op 10.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #4 Project AlbatrOS
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DiSolve Studios
Windows
Take on the role of an underwater reef explorer, find a way to save the corals from extinction. Dive into the colorful waters of Water, explore and admire the local reef, explore the mystery of the island. Gather resources to create your own bases in order your survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Underwater 22.8% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Open World 6.5%
- #5 Aurendor
93% 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%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 8.7%
- #6 Stranded Deep
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,389 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.2% ★, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.2%, Underwater 7.1% ★
- #7 Subsistence
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 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: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 8.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #8 Under A New Sun
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Underwater 15.8% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Survival 9.8%
- #9 Unknown Seas
90% 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 25.6% ★, Underwater 15.2% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 6.8%
- #10 Longvinter
89% matchMixed67% of 7,565 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 42.7 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 25.6% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #11 Force of Nature
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 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 37.1% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 8.1%, Building 6.7%
- #12 Zeverland
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Quirks
Windows
Welcome to Zeverland. Common sense is your best weapon against the Zeds. After figuring out the "not dying" part, grab some friends to save the world. Find a cure, build a rocket, or a tower too high for Zeds to climb. Nothing's off limits. You're here at the very start of the apocalypse. Go wild!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 7.9%
- #13 Grounded
87% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 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 30.4% ★, Survival 14.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Co-op 11%, Crafting 9.4%
- #14 Subnautica
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 39.3 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 30.9% ★, Underwater 21.7% ★, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Open World 8.3%
- #15 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
86% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 26.5% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 9%, Co-op 8%
- #16 Subnautica: Below Zero
85% matchVery Positive90% of 105,645 reviews2021
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Underwater 21.8% ★, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 8%
- #17 Grounded 2
82% matchVery Positive81% of 21,263 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 22.1 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 23.5% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 13.1%, Co-op 10.5%, Crafting 9.5%
- #18 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 29.7% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 9%
- #19 Wildsite
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vividdi Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Crash-landed on an unknown planet filled with plasma and toxic weather. Your only hope? Bob, a sarcastic-genius AI who will question your every survival decision. Explore, build your mobile base and try to avoid death alongside up to 3 friends in Co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.8%
- #20 GRAV
84% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 10%, Crafting 8.2%
- #21 Survival: Fountain of Youth
82% matchVery Positive86% of 4,339 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 26.8% ★, Underwater 15% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 9.1%
- #22 Green Hell
81% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 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 37.3% ★, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 8.5%, Base Building 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #23 Shamania
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 145 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 28.3% ★, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 10.3%, Survival 9.7%, Co-op 8.4%
- #24 RuneScape: Dragonwilds
78% matchVery Positive81% of 25,015 reviews2025
Dev: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Open World 10.4%, Co-op 9.8%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #25 Crushed
80% matchMixed54% of 311 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 31% ★, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 9%
- #26 Divided Land
79% 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. Join allies in co-op PvE or test your skills in ruthless PvP.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.6%
- #27 Solace Crafting
78% 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 28.3% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #28 Necesse
75% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 38.5% ★, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 8.1%, Survival 7.7%, Base Building 7.5%
- #29 THE LAST BREATH
77% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Y Games
Windows
Survive the post-apocalypse world. There's a predator who's going after you. This is Online and local party games enjoyed by 1 to 5 players. you have to Survive in an end-of-life world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.4%, Co-op 8.3%
- #30 ASTRONEER
77% matchVery Positive92% of 137,959 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 9.9%, Co-op 8.2%
- #31 Under a Rock
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nordic TrollsPub: Gameforge 4D GmbH
Windows
A procedural open-world survival craft game for 1-10 players. Explore a primitive but dangerous place with a different evolutionary path; here, wildlife is oversized, Neanderthals still exist, and curses are real.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Underwater 17.2% ★, Base Building 8.5%, Co-op 7.1%, Crafting 7.1%
- #32 The Last Viking
76% 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 18.5% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.4%, Co-op 10.3%
- #33 Lodventure
75% 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 31.5% ★, Co-op 11.1%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%, Open World 9.2%
- #34 Nighthold
74% 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 40.7% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Crafting 8%, Survival 7.3%, Open World 6.5%
- #35 TROLLHEIM: GNOMES
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trollheim
Windows
TROLLHEIM: GNOMES is a reimagined classic survival crafting game where you play as tiny gnomes in an ancient Nordic wilderness. Brave the elements, encounter the mythical Väsen that dwell within it and build your home among the trees, by yourself or with up to 7 friends. The Dark Forest found you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.7%, Co-op 9.2%
- #36 Valheim
73% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 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 32.1% ★, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.5%, Open World 9%, Crafting 8.8%
- #37 TerraTech Worlds
73% matchMixed63% of 2,228 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Base Building 12%, Crafting 9.7%, Co-op 8.9%, Survival 8%
- #38 Nightingale
72% matchMixed67% of 17,932 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 30.2% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.1%
- #39 Road to Eden
73% 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 23.4% ★, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9.4%, Building 8.6%
- #40 SpiritBorn
71% 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 35.3% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Open World 10.2%
- #41 Moon Colony Crafter
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.8%
- #42 Out of Reach
72% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 37.8% ★, Survival 12%, Crafting 10%, Open World 9.5%, Building 6.7%
- #43 Cataclysm Upon Us
70% 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 27.4% ★, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 9%, Building 8.2%
- #44 Bromeliad
70% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Gorka Games Studios
Windows
In Bromeliad you are stranded on a pacific island where you are a Human-Bear. You will have to survive, gathering materials to build tools and bases. You will need to hunt for food, explore, tame animals, then, at night strange creatures will appear. Survive and find an element to return to normal.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 10.3%, Base Building 10.1%
- #45 Wurm Unlimited
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,133 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 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 33.6% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 8.8%, Building 8.4%
- #46 Painland
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonday Games
Windows
PAINLAND is a world where AI has taken control of Earth and sees humans as a threat. Fight to survive as a resistance soldier. Explore the ruins of a fallen civilization, craft, hack and fight autonomous machines, alone or with friends. In this world, encountering a machine means death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Survival 12.7%, Co-op 11.6%, Open World 11.2%, Base Building 8.8%
- #47 DUCKSIDE
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,021 reviews2024
Dev: tinyBuild RigaPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.9% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 9.5%, Base Building 8.6%, Third-Person Shooter 7.5%
- #48 Planetaries
68% matchMixed58% of 223 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 27.5% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #49 ICARUS
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 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 30% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 7.5%
- #50 Dig or Die
68% matchVery Positive90% of 4,269 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Open World 7.2%
- #51 Desolated District
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #52 Stormforge
67% 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 27.7% ★, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%
- #53 Scrapnaut
67% matchMixed70% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Survival 10.3%, Building 10.2%, Co-op 10.2%, Crafting 8.7%
- #54 Reckfell
67% 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 26% ★, Crafting 10.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9.2%, Open World 8.6%
- #55 Core Keeper
64% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 23.8% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Co-op 9.3%, Survival 9.2%