Games like CardLife: Creative Survival
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Hand draw any weapon, tool, building piece and your own character in this innovative science-fantasy creative survival game. Mine for resources, construct unique buildings and battle fantastical beasts with friends or play alone. Explore a world made entirely out of cardboard!
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$44.99ARK: Survival Ascended
Oct 25 · Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Both: Open World · Dinosaurs · Base Building
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!
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerDinosaursBase BuildingCraftingBuildingAdventureSandboxAction👍 106,877
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Action-Adventure · Base Building · Sandbox
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
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Sandbox · Open World · Base Building
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Sandbox · Base Building
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
$19.99PixARK
May 31 · Snail Games USA
Both: Open World · Dinosaurs · Sandbox
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
SurvivalOpen WorldAdventureMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerDinosaursSandboxPixel GraphicsRPGAction👍 11,151
$4.99Block Story™
Dec 10 · Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Both: Sandbox · Open World
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
RPGAdventureOpen World Survival CraftSandboxActionCraftingOpen WorldIndieDragonsSurvival👍 1,944
$19.99Day of Dragons
Dec 4 · Beawesome Games
Both: Sandbox · PvE · Open World
Day of Dragons is an online creature survival game set in a large, beautiful, sandbox open world with multiple biomes and distinct creatures. Rule the world as one of several dragon species, or play as an elemental.
Early AccessDragonsSurvivalMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerSandboxCombatPvEOpen WorldPvP👍 6,277
$19.99Nova Lands
Jun 22 · BEHEMUTT
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Open World
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
$39.99Wild Terra 2: New Lands
Nov 10 · Juvty Worlds
Both: Sandbox · PvP
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Massively MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSandboxRPGCraftingBuildingPvPMedievalMMORPGIndie👍 1,379
$14.99Starbound
Jul 22 · Chucklefish
Both: Sandbox · Open World
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvivalSpaceAdventureCraftingPixel GraphicsOnline Co-OpMultiplayerOpen World👍 120,674
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Open World
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
$29.99Kenshi
Dec 6 · Lo-Fi Games
Both: Open World · Sandbox
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
$15.99Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
May 27 · A.Y.std
Both: Open World · Base Building · Sandbox
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Open WorldSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingSandboxFantasyBuildingExplorationCharacter CustomizationStory Rich👍 2,042
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Apr 1 · Katapult
Both: Sandbox · Open World
Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.
SandboxAdventureOpen WorldSurvivalMultiplayerBuildingSimulationCreature CollectorOpen World Survival CraftCrafting👍 1,110
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Open World · Sandbox · Base Building
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalSandboxSimulationFarming SimBuildingCity BuilderBase Building3D👍 951
$19.99Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
Jul 27 · Tbjbu2
Both: Base Building · Open World · Action-Adventure
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.
SurvivalBase BuildingCraftingAdventureAutomationOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldExplorationColony SimAction-Adventure👍 807
$39.99Enshrouded
Jan 24 · Keen Games GmbH
Both: Open World · Base Building
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Open WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCraftingRPGAdventureExplorationBuilding👍 93,460
$7.99Creature Crafter
Dec 23 · Daniel Lochner
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Create your own creatures to explore online worlds with friends and collect new parts to upgrade your stats and abilities! Complete quests, battle enemies, challenge friends to minigames, or just have fun roleplaying — the possibilities are endless when your imagination is the limit!
God GameOpen WorldSandboxCharacter CustomizationCreature CollectorSimulationSurvivalMultiplayerSingleplayerCollectathon👍 745
$14.99Keplerth
May 23 · TARO
Both: Sandbox · Open World
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!
SandboxAdventureExplorationSurvivalOpen WorldBuildingSci-fiCasualRPGMultiplayer👍 3,698
FreeDysterra
Apr 16 · Reality MagiQ
Both: PvE · Base Building
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!
SingleplayerPvE3DSimulationRealisticOpen World Survival CraftCraftingSurvivalFPSBase Building👍 450
$14.99Planet Centauri
Dec 12 · Permadeath
Both: Sandbox · Open World
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
SandboxExploration2DPixel GraphicsCreature CollectorOpen WorldColorfulMiningIndieCrafting👍 2,102
$11.99Dig or Die
Jul 10 · Gaddy Games
Both: Sandbox · Open World
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.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftSandboxCrafting2DOpen WorldIndieTower DefenseStrategyAction👍 3,864
$12.99Tinkerlands
May 23 · CodeManu, Endless Coffee
Both: Sandbox · Open World
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvivalPixel GraphicsOpen WorldIndieMultiplayer2DAdventure👍 3,626
$39.99Grounded
Sep 27 · Obsidian Entertainment
Both: Base Building · Open World
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?
SurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingOpen WorldAdventureOnline Co-OpHorror👍 75,780
-40%$8.99The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Dec 18 · PeatyTurf
Both: Sandbox · Base Building
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
SandboxPhysicsParkourMedievalBase BuildingFunnyThird PersonSingleplayerSimulationBuilding👍 682
$14.99Animal Revolt Battle Simulator
Apr 15 · VDimension
Both: Sandbox · Dinosaurs
The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!
SandboxIndieSimulationDinosaursPhysicsStrategyWargameFunnyModdableWar👍 6,573
$39.99My Time at Sandrock
Nov 2 · Pathea Games
Both: Sandbox · Open World
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Life SimBuildingFarming SimMultiplayerCraftingSandboxDating SimRPGOpen WorldCharacter Customization👍 24,122
-50%$14.99The Survivalists
Oct 9 · Team17
Both: Base Building · Open World
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
CraftingSurvivalOnline Co-OpAdventureMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSingleplayerBase BuildingPixel GraphicsOpen World👍 8,115
$34.99Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Feb 15 · Max Ent Games Ltd
Both: Base Building · Open World
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
$10.99Miniland Adventure
Apr 10 · Imilkowski Dev
Both: Sandbox · Base Building
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
SandboxSurvival2DPixel GraphicsOpen World Survival CraftSingleplayerCraftingBuildingRelaxingBase Building👍 290
$9.99Blockscape
Jul 3 · ioneo
Both: Sandbox · Open World
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingBuildingIndieMultiplayerSimulationCasual👍 727
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Open World · Base Building
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Base Building · Sandbox
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955


