Open World Survival Craft

12 games reviewed, ranked by score.

Satisfactory

Factorio's obsession, walked through in first person

A Viking saga you write one felled tree at a time

A brilliant physics factory that ends just as it gets going.

The addictive skill grind survives the trip to Ashenfall. The polish didn't.

Pokémon With Guns Hides a Real Survival Game

Co-op rebuilding clicks with friends, grinds alone

Possess a tribe and automate it, once the menus relent

Charming witch sanctuary, undercut by lost levels and host-only loot

A clever robot sandbox buried in busywork and bugs

A warming planet, undone by belts that won't snap

Lovely floating islands that empty out in a weekend

Best-in-class sword duels, sabotaged at the login screen