Games like The Riftbreaker: Prologue
by EXOR Studios
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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$29.99The Riftbreaker
Oct 14 · EXOR Studios
Both: Base Building · Online Co-Op · Tower Defense
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Base BuildingOnline Co-OpMultiplayerTower DefenseSurvivalAction RPGHack and SlashExplorationSandboxBuilding👍 22,140
$34.99Abiotic Factor
Jul 22 · Deep Field Games
Both: Survival · Online Co-Op · Base Building
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
SurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen World Survival CraftCraftingBase BuildingSci-fiExplorationCo-op CampaignMultiplayerFirst-Person👍 42,120
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Base Building · Survival · Online Co-Op
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.
Base BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpCo-opBuildingCraftingSpaceOpen WorldExploration👍 68,913
$24.99Gatewalkers
Jan 12 · A2 Softworks
Both: Action RPG · Survival · Online Co-Op
Gatewalkers is a unique mixture of co-op game, survival and RPG. You, as a Gatewalkers, travel across different worlds in order to save your own. Explore procedurally generated worlds, face hostile inhabitants and challenges like extreme weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, lack of water and more.
Action RPGSurvivalOnline Co-OpIsometricCraftingHack and SlashCharacter CustomizationMultiplayerCo-opDungeon Crawler👍 303
$29.99ASTRONEER
Feb 5 · System Era Softworks
Both: Survival · Exploration · Base Building
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.
MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldSpaceSurvivalExplorationBase BuildingCo-opSandboxAdventure👍 118,872
$19.99Tribes of Midgard
Jul 27 · Norsfell
Both: Online Co-Op · Action RPG · Base Building
A vibrant blend of survival and action RPG for 1-10 players! Craft legendary items, grow your home base and embark on an epic journey through procedural realms to face towering creatures hel-bent on unleashing Ragnarök. Valhalla can wait, Einherjar!
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction RPGPvEBase BuildingVikingsSurvivalRogueliteCo-op👍 17,468
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Survival · Base Building · Tower Defense
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.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$19.99Planetaries
Aug 15 · EY-Studio
Both: Survival · Online Co-Op · Exploration
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.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldOnline Co-OpMultiplayerBuildingCraftingExplorationBase BuildingCo-op👍 214
$34.99Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Feb 15 · Max Ent Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Base Building · Online Co-Op
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.
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingBuildingCo-opExploration👍 8,088
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Survival · Exploration · Sandbox
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.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,086
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Online Co-Op
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!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
-50%$24.99Dune: Awakening
Jun 10 · Funcom
Both: Survival · Base Building · Exploration
Dune: Awakening is a single- and multiplayer Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldBase BuildingRPGAdventurePvPExplorationPvE👍 67,053
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$11.99Dig or Die
Jul 10 · Gaddy Games
Both: Survival · Sandbox · Tower Defense
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.
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$29.99TerraTech Worlds
Mar 22 · Payload Studios
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Survival
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
Early AccessBase BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxCraftingCo-opSurvivalOpen WorldBuildingMultiplayer👍 2,029
$34.99IXION
Dec 7 · Bulwark Studios
Both: Survival · Base Building · Exploration
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
SpaceCity BuilderStrategySurvivalResource ManagementColony SimBase BuildingBuildingSimulationExploration👍 15,288
$19.99Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Aug 5 · Eleon Game Studios
Both: Survival · Exploration · Sandbox
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
SimulationCo-opSpaceOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalBuildingOpen WorldExplorationSpace SimSandbox👍 29,209
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Exploration
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
$19.99GRAV
Jan 8 · BitMonster, Inc.
Both: Survival · Base Building · Sandbox
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.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingSandboxMultiplayerCraftingSpaceAdventureCo-op👍 4,451
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Base Building · Tower Defense · Sandbox
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
$19.99Cultivation Tales
Apr 17 · Ac Games
Both: Sandbox · Online Co-Op · Survival
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
SandboxBuildingOnline Co-OpSurvivalActionMassively MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftAdventureOpen WorldSingleplayer👍 12,560
$13.99Scrapnaut
Sep 15 · SpiffyBit
Both: Survival · Online Co-Op · Sandbox
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!
BuildingSurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOnline Co-OpAdventureSandboxExplorationOpen World Survival CraftTop-Down👍 738
$13.99Subsistence
Oct 25 · ColdGames
Both: Survival · Base Building · Sandbox
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).
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerCraftingOpen WorldBuildingBase BuildingSandboxCo-opSingleplayer👍 12,466
$16.99Return from Core
Jul 17 · 顽核社 FuncoreClub
Both: Survival · Base Building · Sandbox
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
AutomationSurvivalBase BuildingDating SimSandboxCraftingSingleplayerActionAdventureBuilding👍 1,621
$1.99Sole Seeker
Oct 6 · Dozing Bison
Both: Base Building · Exploration · Survival
Land on unique planets to survive the horrors that await in this adventure survival RPG. Use the spoils to upgrade defensive buildings and explore the galaxy further. Can you survive the hunt all alone?
StrategyAction-AdventureBase BuildingExplorationSpaceSurvivalOpen WorldAliensColorfulStrategy RPG
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Nov 8 · Pathea Games
Both: Sandbox · Survival · Exploration
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalMultiplayerAdventureCraftingRPGExplorationBuilding👍 5,114
$19.99Nova Lands
Jun 22 · BEHEMUTT
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Survival
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!
AutomationBase BuildingSandboxAdventureOpen World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsResource ManagementSurvivalRobotsOpen World👍 2,512
$14.99Keplerth
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Both: Sandbox · Exploration · Survival
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
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$24.99Lightyear Frontier
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Both: Base Building · Online Co-Op · Exploration
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Early AccessBase BuildingCraftingOpen World Survival CraftMechsFarming SimOnline Co-OpResource ManagementAgricultureExploration👍 4,258
$19.99Interstellar Rift
Sep 24 · Split Polygon
Both: Exploration · Sandbox · Survival
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Space SimBuildingOpen WorldExplorationCraftingSandboxPvPMiningSurvivalFirst-Person👍 1,411
$29.99FOUNDRY
May 2 · Channel 3 Entertainment
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Exploration
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Base BuildingAutomationOpen WorldMultiplayerCraftingCo-opBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExploration👍 3,277
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Jul 25 · Symmetric Games
Both: Survival · Base Building
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.
AdventureActionSimulationSurvivalIndieOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen WorldBase BuildingCrafting👍 579
$29.99Kenshi
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Both: Sandbox · Survival
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Open WorldSandboxSurvivalRPGStrategy RPGImmersive SimSimulationPost-apocalypticCraftingSamurai👍 98,503
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Both: Tower Defense · Base Building
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Both: Survival · Sandbox
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Both: Sandbox · Survival · Exploration
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$19.99This Means Warp
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Both: Survival · Online Co-Op
It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy.
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Both: Survival · Sandbox · Exploration
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$19.99Longvinter
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Both: Survival · Sandbox
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Both: Online Co-Op
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
SpaceFamily FriendlyActionCo-op CampaignOnline Co-OpSingleplayerAdventureAction-AdventureFlightColorful👍 33,497
Galactic Crew
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Both: Exploration · Base Building · Survival
Galactic Crew II is a roguelike space exploration game inspired by FTL and the classic XCOM games. You and your valorous crew members will explore a galaxy with all its dangers and riches. Explore and colonize planets, customize your spaceship, raid underground dungeons, mine, trade and craft!
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Both: Exploration · Sandbox
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Both: Exploration · Survival · Sandbox
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Both: Survival · Sandbox · Exploration
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Both: Base Building · Sandbox
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
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Apr 3 · Eternal Stardust Studios
Both: Base Building · Exploration · Survival
A sci-fi base building survival game, featuring raids, agriculture, intelligent AI, natural disasters and more.
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$19.99Astrometica
Dec 10 · BeryMery
Both: Survival · Base Building
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Space SimSurvivalOpen WorldFirst-PersonAdventureCraftingSpaceAutomationBase BuildingSci-fi👍 2,913
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Both: Tower Defense · Exploration
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
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Both: Base Building
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
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$14.99Out of Reach
Jul 13 · Space Boat Studios
Both: Survival · Sandbox
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!
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Aug 10 · Payload Studios
Both: Sandbox · Survival
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May 30 · Igloosoft
Both: Sandbox · Base Building
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
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Nov 30 · DistrictWare inc.
Both: Survival · Base Building · Sandbox
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
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Nov 17 · Tunnel Vision Studio
Both: Survival · Exploration · Base Building
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
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