- #1 World Turned Stone
97% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! Prologue link below.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Colony Sim 13.1%, Automation 11.8%, Base Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.1%
- #2 Terra Taker
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Craft
Windows
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Colony Sim 14.6%, Automation 13.2%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.3%
- #3 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 208 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Automation 16.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11%, City Builder 10.1%
- #4 Chocolate Factory
95% matchMixed56% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Automation 16.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.9%, City Builder 9.7%
- #5 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
94% matchMixed68% of 849 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Colony Sim 13.8%, Automation 13.6%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10%
- #6 PoliPlanet
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 17.3%, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11%, Colony Sim 9.3%
- #7 Eden Crafters
93% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Automation 16.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Colony Sim 10.1%
- #8 ALL WILL FALL
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.3%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Automation 11.8%
- #9 Sandustry
91% 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 27.8% ★, Automation 16.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 8.4%
- #10 Factory Survival
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roman Software
Windows
Build and create automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 3D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally escape from creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Automation 20.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 9.3%
- #11 Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart
90% matchMixed52% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
⛏️ Survival crafting adventure 💎 🌌 Through magical portals 🌀 👹 Into fantasy worlds 🏰 ⚡ Once-in-a-lifetime, high-paced, high-variety 💨 ⏳ The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel 🕰️
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Automation 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 9.5%
- #12 StarRupture
89% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27% ★, Automation 15.6%, Colony Sim 14.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 9.9%
- #13 Medieval Frontiers
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Active Fungus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
First-person colony simulation where strategy meets survival in a demanding, medieval wilderness. Construct gridless settlements, establish production chains, and manage the needs, desires, and work morale of your villagers to ensure their survival through the harsh realities of nature and disease.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 11.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.2%
- #14 World Crafter TD: Prologue
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #15 World Crafter TD
86% matchMixed46% of 691 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
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 29.7% ★, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #16 Candy Factory TD
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.2%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #17 Alight: Lunar Survival
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
[GAME CANCELLED] Stranded in the darkness, survive and build a base scattered across the lunar surface to generate electricity and alight the moon as you upgrade your equipment, struggle for oxygen, and escape fearsome monsters. Singleplayer only, you will survive, gather, craft, build, and explore.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9.2%
- #18 Survival Vacancy
85% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Open World Survival Craft 15.7% ★, Automation 14.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.3%
- #19 Nova Lands
83% matchVery Positive89% of 3,544 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Automation 19.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 10.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #20 Skyformer
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes! Play alone or up to 4 player co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #21 Vilset
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Automation 17.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.5%
- #22 Ecliptica
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: QuasarApp Group
Windows · Linux
Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Colony Sim 17.8%, Automation 14.3%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 10.6%
- #23 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
81% 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 34.2% ★, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #24 Civilio
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Aranyhal Studio
Windows
The Civiliuses dropped into unknown, but familiar planet have to rebuild infrastructure from the ground up. Build, fight, craft and explore your area, in a race against your foes or other Civiliuses to become powerfull. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Automation 18.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 14.4%
- #25 Golemcrafter
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Good Sheep Syndicate
Windows
Golemcrafter is a single-player survival crafting game where you, as a golem, explore a magical world, gather resources, build a base, harness the local wildlife, and craft powerful golems like yourself. Make friends, gain powers!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 10.4%
- #26 Guardians of the Sanctree
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: HuCang Studio
Windows
You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Colony Sim 17.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Automation 13.3%, City Builder 12.6%
- #27 Space Crafter
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sirhyss Games
Windows
Go on an adventure in the footsteps of an ancient civilisation. Explore hostile planets, build your base and acquire the technologies of the past before they are turned to create chaos.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Automation 14%, Crafting 12.5%, Resource Management 10%
- #28 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,722 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.9% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Automation 8.9%
- #29 Atrio: The Dark Wild
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 606 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Automation 18.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 10.3%
- #30 Satisfactory
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 20.8%, Open World Survival Craft 16.2% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #31 Wild
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DzernPub: Dzern and Unverändert
Windows
Wild is a survival game inspired by the "7vsWild" series. The goal is to survive, fight against dangerous animals, and build your shelter. For that, you are only allowed to take one bottle as equipment, so prepare it well in advance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.3% ★, Survival 16%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 5.1%
- #32 FortressCraft Evolved!
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Automation 19.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Base Building 10%, Survival 8.1%
- #33 Moose Builders
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Dig sand with a shovel and process into iron, silicon and more. Craft and merge better tools and machines to build solar panels to power them. Research new machines to automate everything in multi-story factories. Play alone or with friends to survive in the desert and turn it into a solar farm.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 8.2%
- #34 SpiritBorn
76% 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 41.5% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 7.6%
- #35 Star Crafter
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Resource Management 9%
- #36 The Last Resourcer
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MechaWing Lab
Windows
Survive a hostile world with your droid. Build your base, automate with robots, and manage the energy that keeps you alive. Beware. The tech you rely on may save your life – or destroy it.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.4% ★, Automation 16.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 11.2%
- #37 Impossible Survival
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Everything attacks you in unexpected and hilarious ways in this experimental survival crafting game. Can you beat it? Co-op supported!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 10.3%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #38 Worlds Explorers
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 10.8%, City Builder 9.9%
- #39 Oceaneers
71% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Colony Sim 22.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 10.8%
- #40 Fill the Sky
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Orbital Entry Studios
Windows
A factory automation game where you are the mind of a self-replicating interstellar probe. Turn barren rock and ocean into sprawling industry that feeds the data centers you run on. Launch copies of yourself until they fill the sky. No enemies. Build at your own pace.
Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Base Building 17.4%, City Builder 12.9%, Resource Management 11%
- #41 Roverbound
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueatic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and expand a base on wheels and push deeper into a frozen alien world. Scavenge and drill for resources, keep the power on and oxygen flowing, and research new technologies to survive the journey.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.4% ★, Base Building 16%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 9.6%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #42 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
73% matchMixed69% of 371 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Base Building 15%, City Builder 14.9%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 11.2%
- #43 Primal Man Simulator
72% 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 40.6% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 11.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #44 Soulmask
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,506 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Automation 13.8%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 10.8%
- #45 Hostile Mars
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Automation 14.5%, Colony Sim 13%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #46 Wreckborn
70% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Krystian Dobaczewski
Windows
Cleanse the system of pirates, destroy their bases and free the captives. On the asteroids, build a base, mining colonies, explore asteroids and extract resources needed for survival. Develop buildings, build defenses and turn the asteroid into a fortress.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Automation 16.3%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.3%
- #47 Tribe: Primitive Builder
70% matchVery Positive81% of 805 reviews2023
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, Automation 17%, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 10.7%
- #48 Deus Mantle
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1SPEED
Windows
Craft, build, fight monsters, discover new technologies and explore an infinite procedurally generated world! Delve into unknown worlds to uncover ancient secrets and return home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Automation 16%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.3%
- #49 XenoHaven
68% 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 31.1% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.4%, Automation 11.1%
- #50 Space
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Automation 16.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 10%
- #51 ASKA
68% matchVery Positive80% of 12,267 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Sailor StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Automation 11.9%, Crafting 8.4%
- #52 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 41.6% ★, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World 6.9%
- #53 Arcfactory
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadMofrog
Windows
Factory automation meets megastructure. Explore an ancient space station in search of a buried star. Build automated factories and defend against a living and realigning station.
Why similar: Automation 24.2%, Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 7.9%
- #54 As One We Survive
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Revelation Games LLC
Windows
Survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge resources, build up a homestead, form a community, and defend yourself against a lawless world in a challenging survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 10.2%
- #55 Quest Industries
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Damask
Windows
Mine resources, build a factory, hire goblins, launch a space rocket. A short and satisfying factory builder about turning a one-goblin operation into a sprawling industrial empire.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Automation 15.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #56 Under A New Sun
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 406 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 41.3% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 7.7%
- #57 The Planet Crafter
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 32.9% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Automation 14%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.7%
- #58 Necesse
65% 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 47.9% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Automation 10.5%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9%
- #59 Avian Colony
67% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
Windows
Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 17.1%, City Builder 15.9%, Automation 12.5%, Survival 11.3%