- gothic
- hunting
- off-road
- investigation
- post-apocalyptic
- survival-horror
- thriller
- demons
- dark
- sandbox
- atmospheric
- 3d
- survival
- story
- exploration
RimWorld (2018)
View Similar GamesRimWorld is a life simulator and management game set in a remote planet in the distant future. It features a unique character generation system to create complex personalities with flaws, drives and needs, as well as a story generator that creates unexpected scenarios for players to face.
- Unique character generation system
- Story generator creates unpredictable scenarios
- Tons of mods for everything
- Includes interaction bubbles to show interactions as they happen
- Unintuitive UI
- Busy work tasks can be tedious
- colony
- simulation
- survival
- base-building
- management
- farming
- pirates
- sci-fi
- sandbox
- building
- card
Terraria (2011)
View Similar GamesTerraria is an addictive, systems-heavy, 2D sandbox-survival game that offers exploration, crafting, and combat, where you must defeat enemies and gather resources to build increasingly powerful weapons, armor and housing for NPCs. With pixelated visuals, great controls, and sound, Terraria provides hours of entertainment and is a must-have for Minecraft fans looking for something different in this genre.
- Addictive gameplay
- Pixelated 2D sprites that are beautifully designed
- Complex systems-heavy gameplay
- The game has a purpose to serve with the housing of NPCs
- Great and responsive controls
- The game has too many shortcuts and menus, which may overwhelm new players
- Not a lot of screen space on small touch-screen devices
- crafting
- sandbox
- survival
- boss
- inventory
- pixel
- 2d
- adventure
- multiplayer
- open-world
- exploration
- platform
- cooperative
- zombies
- online
Oxygen Not Included (2019)
View Similar GamesOxygen Not Included is an innovative and unique colony-building game in which you control a crew of duplicants who start beneath the surface of a procedurally generated asteroid with nothing more than a ration box and cloning device. With its childlike art style and humour, Oxygen Not Included looks like less of a space simulator and more like The Sims in space, but don't let that fool you - it's brimming with complexity and depth.
- Child-friendly art style
- Complexity and depth
- Humor
- Procedurally generated asteroid
- Experimenting with contraptions
- Retconning decisions
- Frame rate drops at the start of each cycle
- AI occasionally getting confused
- survival
- simulation
- colony
- resource-management
- base-building
- management
- sandbox
- space
Terminus: Zombie Survivors (2021)
View Similar GamesTerminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
- turn-based
- survival
- crafting
- zombies
- open-world
- rogue-like
- sandbox
- strategy
- post-apocalyptic
- gore
- pixel
- horror
Astroneer (2016)
View Similar GamesEmbark on a cosmic journey in Astroneer, where you can shape worlds to your heart's content. Dig, build, and survive in a sandbox universe, creating bases and vehicles with friends. Uncover mysteries and enjoy a crafting odyssey across vibrant planets—your space adventure awaits!
- Engaging crafting and building mechanics
- Vibrant, immersive worlds
- Relaxing, open-ended gameplay
- Satisfying cooperative multiplayer
- Regular updates with new content
- Occasional control and camera issues
- survival
- crafting
- sandbox
- cooperative
- open-world
- exploration
- space
- drop-in
- base-building
- drop-out
- resource
- adventure
Necesse (2019)
View Similar GamesNecesse is an open-world, top-down sandbox game with a huge amount of potential. Explore procedurally generated islands, build towns, recruit settlers and complete quests - either on your own or with friends. There are forest, snow, swamp and desert biomes to discover as well as mobs and boss battles to fight. The crafting recipes are intuitive and the base building is fun and easy to learn.
- Procedurally generated world of islands
- Mobs to fight
- Boss battles
- Intuitive crafting recipes
- Base building system
- Online multiplayer
- Not much verticality in the build system yet
- Minimal cosmetic changes for builds
- Some bullet hell elements during boss fights
- crafting
- survival
- open-world
- cooperative
- colony
- building
- sandbox
- pixel
- exploration
- survival-craft
- replay-value
- 2d
- multiplayer
- farming
- online
Scrap Mechanic (2016)
View Similar GamesEnter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
- building
- sandbox
- survival
- crafting
- open-world
- base-building
- physics
- simulation
- cooperative
- moddable
- third-person
- multiplayer
Aground (2018)
View Similar GamesAground is a Mining/Crafting RPG with a goal, story, and reason to craft and build. The gameplay is simple, but engaging with tons of features. In Aground, you can raise dragons and launch into space, fight enemies, discover magic, and explore secrets. If you're into crafting games with a lot of exploration, Aground is a thoroughly addictive game with plenty to discover.
- Story is interesting and allows for a lot of exploration
- Crafting is solid and varied
- Mod support and community are helpful
- Gameplay is engaging and controls are good
- Freedom to choose which islands to visit and play at your own pace.
- Item storage can be tedious and requiring a lot of trips
- Low-resolution graphics may take some getting used to
- Lack of personal relationships with NPCs
- Basic tutorial and sometimes requires use of outside resources for guidance.
- survival
- crafting
- dragon
- mining
- open-world
- base-building
- city-building
- building
- post-apocalyptic
- exploration
- sandbox
- 2d
- choices
- management
- story
My Summer Car (2025)
View Similar GamesMy Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
- auto
- simulation
- survival
- driving
- open-world
- vehicle
- drunk-driving
- building
- simulater
- sandbox
- truck
- realistic