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
New World: Aeternum
Sep 28 · Amazon Game Studios
Both: Open World · PvP · PvE
Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.
Open WorldMassively MultiplayerMMORPGRPGAdventureActionPvPPvEMultiplayerFantasy👍 254,349
$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
FreeCHKN
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
$14.99ARK: Survival Evolved
Aug 27 · Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC
Both: Open World · Dinosaurs · Base Building
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldDinosaursCraftingBuildingAdventureBase BuildingCo-op👍 586,881
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Open World
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
-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
$19.99SPORE™
Dec 19 · Maxis™
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
God GameOpen WorldSandboxColony SimSimulationExplorationSpaceCasualCuteScience👍 66,890
$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
$19.99Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
Dec 9 · Soaring Pixels Games
Both: Open World · Sandbox · Action-Adventure
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
SurvivalBuildingOpen WorldSandboxSimulationEarly AccessAction-AdventureExplorationReplay ValueCrafting👍 866
$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
$24.99Craftopia
Sep 4 · Pocketpair
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSandboxRPGBuildingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 18,394
$6.99The Infinite Black 2
Jun 16 · Spellbook
Both: Open World · PvP
Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure!
Space SimOpen WorldPvPSpaceAdventureActionMMORPGExplorationImmersive SimSci-fi👍 201
$14.99Sands of Salzaar
Dec 15 · 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel Studio
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Open WorldRPGStrategyWarIndieAdventureSandboxSingleplayerCharacter CustomizationHack and Slash👍 21,428
FreeAdventure Craft
Jul 5 · Edible Entertainment
Both: PvE · Sandbox · Open World
Adventure Craft is a procedurally generated open-world PvE survival crafting action RPG. Explore, gather resources, hunt monsters, craft weapons and armour, build a home, train companions, and survive a dangerous world that changes from day to night.
Early AccessPvESurvivalCraftingSandboxProcedural GenerationOpen WorldAction RPGPixel GraphicsBuilding
-75%$12.49Jurassic World Evolution
Jun 11 · Frontier Developments
Both: Dinosaurs · Sandbox
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
BuildingDinosaursSimulationManagementStrategySandboxSingleplayerCity BuilderEconomySci-fi👍 48,308
$19.99Birthdays the Beginning
May 9 · Arc System Works, TOYBOX Inc.
Both: Sandbox · Dinosaurs
The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!
SimulationGod GameSandboxDinosaursSingleplayerCuteCreature CollectorFamily FriendlyCasualVoxel👍 901
$19.99Life is Feudal: Your Own
Nov 17 · Bitbox Ltd.
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Open World Survival CraftMedievalOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingSandboxBuildingMultiplayerRPGSimulation👍 8,805
$14.99Don't Starve Together
Apr 21 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerCo-opOpen WorldAdventureCraftingOnline Co-OpSandboxDifficult👍 376,215
$29.99Drake Hollow
Oct 1 · The Molasses Flood
Both: Open World · Sandbox
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Open WorldSurvivalAdventureSandboxExplorationMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayerActionIndie👍 1,159
-85%$2.99Portal Knights
May 18 · Keen Games GmbH
Both: Sandbox
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
AdventureMultiplayerSandboxRPGBuildingCraftingSurvivalCo-opActionExploration👍 16,891
$14.99StarMade
Dec 4 · Schine GmbH
Both: Sandbox · Open World
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
SpaceSandboxOpen WorldBuildingMultiplayerSci-fiVoxelAdventureIndieAction👍 2,199




