- #1 Deadside
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.3% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 8.4%, Crafting 8.3%, Open World 6%
Why You'll Like It: This hardcore survival shooter focuses on realistic gunplay and open-world PvP, capturing the gritty extraction-style tension found in XERA.
- #2 Once Human
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 182,222 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 52.2 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 11.5%, Massively Multiplayer 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished open-world survival game that features intense base-building and supernatural PvE encounters similar to XERA's robot threats.
- #3 Rust
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for base-building and aggressive PvP survival, offering the same high-stakes environment where losing your gear is a constant risk.
- #4 SCUM
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.8%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep survival simulation with complex mechanics and a persistent open world that rewards tactical planning and scavenging.
- #5 Subsistence
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 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 39.4% ★, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that emphasizes base-building and resource management against both AI and human threats in a challenging open world.
- #6 Hunt: Showdown 1896
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 277,310 reviews2019
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 183.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
Why similar: Open World 23.3%, Multiplayer 21%, FPS 20.9%, PvP 17.8%, Shooter 13%
Why You'll Like It: A premier PvPvE extraction shooter that emphasizes sound design and high-tension encounters against both monsters and rival players.
- #7 DeadPoly
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.4% ★, Looter Shooter 10.2% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%, Third-Person Shooter 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival shooter that captures the core loop of looting, building, and surviving against hordes of enemies and other players.
- #8 Miscreated
92% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on scavenging and PvP combat within a detailed, atmospheric open world.
- #9 Marauders
91% matchMixed67% of 21,429 reviews2022
Dev: Small Impact Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 42.7% ★, FPS 15.6%, PvP 14.1%, Open World 14%, Shooter 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical sci-fi extraction shooter that mirrors the gear-focused progression and high-stakes combat loops of XERA.
- #10 7 Days to Die
89% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines robust base-building and fortification mechanics with constant PvE threats, perfect for players who enjoy defending their territory.
- #11 Lost Light
91% matchMixed55% of 28,119 reviews2022
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 21.6% ★, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Massively Multiplayer 9.7%, Shooter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated extraction shooter that focuses on looting and gear progression, mirroring the high-risk, high-reward gameplay of XERA.
- #12 Gray Zone Warfare
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 78,512 reviews2024
Dev: MADFINGER Games, a.s.
Windows
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 49.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 15.6%, Open World 15.1%, FPS 14.6%, Survival 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic tactical extraction experience that focuses on squad-based movement and high-stakes missions in a dangerous environment.
- #13 Will To Live Online
90% matchMixed69% of 18,383 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 11%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic MMORPG that incorporates survival elements and shooter mechanics, focusing on group play and resource gathering.
- #14 DayZ
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 468,041 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 280.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 17.9%, Massively Multiplayer 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive open-world survival experience where the threat of other players and the environment creates a constant, lingering sense of danger.
- #15 Stay Out
87% matchMixed69% of 31,026 reviews2019
Dev: MOBITECH LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 15.7%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 12.3%, PvP 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, post-apocalyptic survival MMO that focuses on exploration and dangerous encounters in a mysterious, hostile zone.
- #16 Hurtworld
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 9.2%, FPS 9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced survival game that prioritizes PvP combat and vehicle-based exploration in a harsh, unforgiving environment.
- #17 Survive the Nights
84% matchMixed66% of 6,719 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Looter Shooter 14.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Massively Multiplayer 10.3%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on base fortification and surviving waves of enemies, making it a great choice for players who enjoy the defensive aspects of XERA.
- #18 Next Day: Survival
86% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Open World 15.9%, Multiplayer 12%, Crafting 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a post-Soviet landscape that emphasizes the struggle for resources and PvP combat.
- #19 Taora : Beginning
81% matchVery Positive87% of 2,239 reviews2023
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 20.2% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Third-Person Shooter 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A looter-shooter that incorporates sandbox elements and survival mechanics, providing a similar progression feel to XERA.
- #20 Nomad
84% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on the constant need to move and scavenge, mirroring the nomadic nature of XERA's gameplay.
- #21 ARK: Survival Ascended
80% matchMixed60% of 115,802 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 198.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 16.1%, Survival 15.5%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep crafting and base-building systems alongside dangerous PvE threats that require team coordination to overcome.
- #22 Dysterra
79% matchMixed56% of 771 reviews2025
Dev: Reality MagiQ
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Survival 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that blends base-building with high-tech weaponry and intense PvP combat in a dying world.
- #23 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
81% matchMixed47% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Looter Shooter 13.6% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the robot-themed combat of XERA while adding unique mechanics like crafting and riding mechanical beasts.
- #24 Fragmented
82% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.5% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that features base-building and combat against alien threats, capturing a similar futuristic aesthetic.
- #25 DARKEST DAYS
78% matchMixed49% of 5,125 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival game that focuses on open-world exploration and zombie-themed PvE combat.
- #26 Rem Survival
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.8%, Massively Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated survival experience that leans heavily into base-building and crafting in a hostile, open-world setting.
- #27 Undawn
77% matchMixed54% of 6,601 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.5%
- #28 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
78% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Open World 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #29 Vigor
76% matchMixed46% of 7,978 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 24.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 12.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #30 Night of the Dead
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 8.6%, Open World 7.8%
- #31 Dead District: Survival
75% matchMixed47% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 12.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Third-Person Shooter 10.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #32 HumanitZ
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
- #33 Outlaws of the Old West
75% matchMixed59% of 6,295 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Survival 13%, Massively Multiplayer 12.4%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #34 Outerstellar
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: Strange Horizons Ltd
Windows
Stranded on a hostile and deadly planet, you must gather resources, build shelter, and fight to survive each night. But the secrets of this world await in a gripping sci-fi survival PvP game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 8.8%, Crafting 8.5%, Massively Multiplayer 8.1%
- #35 ICARUS
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 67,515 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 46.4 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 32.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #36 The Front
70% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9%, Massively Multiplayer 8.8%
- #37 Out of Reach
74% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 36.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 8.2%, Massively Multiplayer 7.8%
- #38 Mesorift Survival
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Meik.W Interactive
Windows
Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 9.4%, Looter Shooter 9.3% ★, Open World 8.5%
- #39 Ruins To Fortress
70% matchMixed65% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 9.1%, Looter Shooter 8.5% ★, Survival 8.4%
- #40 Hired Ops
71% matchMixed68% of 16,152 reviews2021
Dev: Absolut Soft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.
Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Multiplayer 25.8%, Massively Multiplayer 16.8%, Shooter 14.3%, Action 5.2%
- #41 Outpost Zero
73% 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 36.8% ★, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Open World 8.5%
- #42 No One Survived
67% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.2%
- #43 Taora : Survival
69% matchMixed60% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Looter Shooter 13.9% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%
- #44 Lost Rift
66% matchMixed70% of 1,693 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 10.4%, Massively Multiplayer 10.1%, Survival 9%
- #45 GRAV
71% 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 37.6% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 8.2%
- #46 DUCKSIDE
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,083 reviews2024
Dev: tinyBuild RigaPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.4 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 25.2% ★, Crafting 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%, Third-Person Shooter 8.9%
- #47 Project Asteroids
67% matchMixed56% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: PAEB Studio
Windows
In the vastness of space, you are a lone robot desperately trying to survive. Build, explore, and fight for your life as you face deadly threats in the asteroid belt. This hardcore game shows no mercy—dangers lurk at every step, ready to destroy you at any moment.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 14.4%, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Open World 10%
- #48 Last Oasis
68% matchMixed62% of 24,230 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 120.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 8.1%
- #49 Infestation: The New Z
68% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Why similar: Survival 22.6%, Open World 17.3%, Massively Multiplayer 15.6%, Multiplayer 15.5%, FPS 8.4%
- #50 BEACHED
67% matchMixed65% of 3,697 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 8.9%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%
- #51 Plains of Pain
65% matchVery Positive83% of 933 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Crafting 8.7%, Third-Person Shooter 7.8%
- #52 Grim
64% matchMixed57% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Spoonfed Interactive
Windows
GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.4%, Looter Shooter 10% ★, Survival 9.8%
