6. Craftopia
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer open-world survival action game.
Games like Starbound
20 games, the closest and most played first.
What to consider
Summarized by AIStarbound fans enjoy making their own story in a 2D sandbox, with crafting, exploring and settling down on pixel-art worlds. These picks give that freedom in different directions: Terraria and Necesse are the nearest cousins, Don't Starve Together and Feel The Snow add co-op, and The Forest turns survival to horror.
A sandbox where you dig, fight, explore and build, with the whole world at your fingertips. You can delve into caverns for treasure and raw materials, face greater foes or build something grand. Starbound fans get the same do-what-you-like spirit, with multiplayer to share it.
Standout features
- Dig, fight, explore, build
- Cavern treasure hunting
- Pixel-art sandbox
The procedurally generated world is full of mysteries, and you grow a settlement while leading expeditions against pirate kings, dragons and wizards. You can crawl dungeons for gear or answer the call to adventure. It keeps Starbound's crafting and settling with more of a quest feel.
Standout features
- Settlement growth
- Expeditions against bosses
- Procedurally generated world
3. Don't Starve Together
Best for friends who want crafting, farming and a strange world to unravel.
184 votes
A multiplayer wilderness where you gather resources and craft structures that match your survival style, with a mystery to unravel around The Constant. Starbound fans keep the crafting and exploring, but with friends and a harsher, stranger world.
Standout features
- Multiplayer wilderness
- Craft to your style
- Mystery of The Constant
4. The Forest
Best for crafters who want a scary first-person survival instead of a gentle sandbox.
209 votes
The lone survivor of a passenger jet crash fights cannibalistic mutants in a forest where every tree can be chopped down. It is a first-person horror simulator with caves to explore, so Starbound fans swap pixel space for dread and a very different mood.
Standout features
- Choppable forest
- Cave networks underground
- Survival horror simulator
A sandbox action-adventure with a storyline, dynamic combat and RPG and survival parts. You pick a character and set off to build, craft, solve puzzles and fight bosses. Co-op and pixel graphics make it a close match for Starbound's look.
Standout features
- Storyline and quests
- Puzzles and bosses
- Pixel-art co-op
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