The top results based on the latest update are Dream Engines: Nomad Cities [Score: 3.1], Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation [Score: 3.1] and Colony Survival [Score: 3.0].
The top rated games you can find here are Terraria [SteamPeek Rating: 12.9] ranked #191, The Forest [SteamPeek Rating: 11.5] ranked #188 and Factorio [SteamPeek Rating: 11.2] ranked #57.
Also don't forget to check the newest releasesFounders' Fortune [Release date: 2020-12-18] ranked #95, Zombrio [Release date: 2020-12-17] ranked #152 and Ancient Cities [Release date: 2020-12-17] ranked #30.
While it is tempting to play with the newest and the best, there might be some other gems in the results, like Eco [SteamPeek Rating: 6.8] ranked #52, Factorio [SteamPeek Rating: 11.2] ranked #57 and Last Oasis [SteamPeek Rating: 6.6] ranked #58.
Kenshi
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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. Research new equipment and craft new gear.
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into a great impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps and even lead your loyal peasants into the battlefield.
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Open WorldMedievalBuildingRPGSurvivalCraftingSimulationEarly AccessSandboxAdventureSingleplayerActionIndieFirst-PersonStrategyManagementHuntingMilitaryAtmosphericHistorical
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldAdventureSandboxCraftingSimulationEarly AccessRPGBase BuildingBuildingSingleplayerIndieFirst-PersonThird PersonPost-apocalypticGreat SoundtrackActionAction RPGExploration
Open World Survival CraftCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldSandboxBuildingSimulationExplorationAdventureMultiplayerRPGActionIndieBase BuildingStrategyManagementSingleplayerCo-opThird PersonFantasy
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
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Release date: 30 Jan, 2015
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress.Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
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Release date: 15 Mar, 2016
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Open World Survival CraftOpen WorldRPGSandboxCraftingSurvivalBuildingAdventureIndieMultiplayerBase BuildingCo-opMMORPGSingleplayerPvPFirst-PersonMedievalFantasyPvEMassively Multiplayer
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Stake your claim in this colony building sim and survive a turbulent Medieval age. Construct a multi-story fortress in a land reclaimed by wilderness, defend against raids and keep your villagers happy as their personalities are shaped by the world!
Early AccessCity BuilderColony SimBuildingBase BuildingManagementMedievalSandboxSurvivalCrafting3DStrategyProcedural GenerationSimulationResource ManagementStylizedSingleplayerIndieReal-Time with PauseRPG
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingBuildingIndieMultiplayerSimulationCasualRPGExplorationAdventureEarly AccessStrategyVoxelSingleplayerFirst-PersonActionCo-op
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after a global nuclear disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Open World Survival CraftAutomationSandboxCraftingBuildingSurvivalIndieStrategyAdventureSimulationBase BuildingOpen WorldCasualRPGVoxelMultiplayerSci-fiMiningTower DefenseSingleplayer
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build to create a thriving interplanetary civilization!
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.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, a massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die?
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.
