Best Open World Survival Craft Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated open world survival craft games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Open World Survival Craft games on Steam.

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Undead Development How long would you survive in this unrealistic representation of the zombie apocalypse? Scavenge for supplies, find a base, and construct your defenses. Break down furniture and board up your home. Set bear traps, nail your axe to a gun, or find your own ways to fight off the undead. VR required.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 13 Jan 2021
Hand Simulator: Horror Fear clouds the mind. Fear paralyzes the body. If your hands are shaking with fear, you will remain in this hell forever.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 22 Dec 2020
Andarilho You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!

Price 4.90€
Rating 6.4
Release 12 Nov 2020
The Survivalists 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?

Price -98% 0.54€
Rating 7.5
Release 09 Oct 2020
Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Price -20% 15.60€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Sep 2020
Stormworks: Build and Rescue Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Sep 2020
Ostranauts Ostranauts is a hardcore noir space-sim. Manage life aboard your ship, and beware the cost of every decision you make. Scavenge and explore the boneyard. Create, build, and customise your ship. Hire a crew to help but remember, nothing is more certain than death and taxes.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Sep 2020
Craftopia 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.

Price -40% 14.70€
Rating 7.4
Release 04 Sep 2020
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Price -88% 4.94€
Rating 7.7
Release 27 Aug 2020
The Infected The Infected is a survival crafting game set in an open world sandbox. Build your base defend and protect yourself from wildlife and infected Vambies. (Hybrid Vampire-Zombie)

Price -64% 5.83€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Aug 2020
Empyrion - Galactic Survival 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!

Price -88% 2.45€
Rating 7.8
Release 05 Aug 2020
Wurm Online A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 24 Jul 2020
Help Will Come Tomorrow In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

Price -98% 0.46€
Rating 7.6
Release 21 Apr 2020
Aground As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

Price -46% 8.03€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Apr 2020
Mechanica Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 28 Feb 2020
Stoneshard Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Price -9% 22.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 06 Feb 2020
Necesse Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Price -45% 8.37€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 Dec 2019
Feel The Snow Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 Dec 2019
Hurtworld 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.

Price -35% 15.94€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Dec 2019
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.

Price 49.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Dec 2019
Ylands Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.2
Release 05 Dec 2019
Open World Game: the Open World Game Open World Game: the Open World Game is the purest open world game experience. Enjoy simplified mechanics, minimal graphics, and an extremely short main story; all so you can get to work removing every icon from the map with the least resistance.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Nov 2019
Citadel: Forged with Fire This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!

Price -11% 13.25€
Rating 6.7
Release 01 Nov 2019
Walking Zombie 2 Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Oct 2019