The Best Survival sandbox Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Mystic Pathways added at rank #19.
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The Survivalists (2020)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

Explore a wild island inhabited by creatures, both mythical and dangerous. The Survivalists is a survival game that tests your resourcefulness, while giving you the freedom to craft weapons, build structures, complete quests, and uncover secrets. Team up with friends and use the help of trained monkeys to survive the island's challenges. With its captivating graphics and joyful storyline, it's a game you'll want to play again and again.

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What we like:
  • Cute graphics
  • Captivating gameplay
  • Fun multiplayer
  • Heartwarming story
  • Unique monkey mechanic
What could be improved:
  • Limited replay value
  • Complicated crafting
  • Sparse tutorial
  • Risk of griefers in public games

  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • cooperative

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Minecraft (2011)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Linux

Minecraft offers procedurally generated world to explore. After you survived your first night, build and craft your shelter. Explore the different biomes and fight your way in one of the best sandbox ever created. Even after playing Minecraft vanilla, you can enjoy a lot of free mods that will add new items, recipes to craft or even new dimensions. Go play with ofther players on free Minecraft servers and bring this building game to the next level.

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  • crafting
  • inventory
  • sandbox
  • split-screen
  • survival
  • dungeon-crawler
  • online
  • multiplayer
  • zombies
  • cooperative
  • local
  • dungeon
  • farming
  • platform
  • controller-support

13

My Little Universe (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 IOS iPhone Mac OS Android Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

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  • mining
  • 2.5d
  • relaxing
  • dungeon-crawler
  • character
  • space
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • minimalist
  • third-person
  • customization
  • exploration
  • survival
  • 3d
  • open-world

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Hobo: Tough Life (2017)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Linux Nintendo Switch

Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.


  • survival
  • base-building
  • cooperative
  • conversation
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • heist
  • sandbox
  • socio-economy
  • fiction
  • story
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • realistic
  • atmospheric

15

The Walking Zombie 2 (2019)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone Xbox One Xbox Series X

Experience the thrill of surviving a zombie apocalypse in The Walking Zombie 2, a first-person shooter game with a unique story. The game boasts retro-style graphics that add to the adventure. While the FPS gameplay and storyline are decent, microtransactions tend to interrupt your experience, making it a bit frustrating.


What we like:
  • Unique storyline
  • Decent first-person shooter gameplay
  • Retro-style graphics add to the adventure
What could be improved:
  • Clunky gameplay
  • Lack of cohesive plot
  • Repetitive missions
  • Heavy reliance on microtransactions
  • Takes away from the overall experience

  • first-person
  • zombies
  • shooter
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • survival
  • fps
  • gun
  • post-apocalyptic
  • humor
  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • dark
  • stylized
  • customization

16

PixARK (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

In addition, the player must ensure their survival by mining resources, making objects, building structures and defending himself against enemy animals and other players. The world has several areas such as jungle, desert and caves and is generated procedurally, so it is not prefabricated. Likewise, the quest system is procedural and always creates new challenges.

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  • dinosaurs
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • adventure
  • voxel
  • building
  • endless

17

Scrapnaut (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

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  • survival
  • cooperative
  • building
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • base-building
  • top-down
  • steampunk
  • post-apocalyptic
  • online
  • exploration
  • robots
  • multiplayer
  • atmospheric

18

Remnants (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Remnants is an open world survival game that challenges you to face different obstacles while building your strategies and skills to survive. There are various modes to choose from, and the gameplay is immersive with crafting, vehicle construction, dynamic base building, and weather changes. With constant content updates and an active developer who addresses issues, it's an experience you wouldn't want to miss.


What we like:
  • Active developer that listens to feedback
  • Customizable game settings
  • Extensive building system
  • Plenty of loot
  • Great potential and constant content updates
What could be improved:
  • Steep learning curve: combat & navigation can be difficult
  • Early game can be challenging
  • Some bugs and UI issues

  • mmo
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • gore
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • violent
  • action
  • sandbox
  • adventure
  • tps
  • robots
  • base-building
  • head-to-head

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Mystic Pathways (2025)

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Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Survive in a retro-futuristic world filled with Jinns, animals, and other spiritual entities based on eastern fantasies in the spirit of Arabian Nights and middle-eastern history. Gather, craft, evade and ultimately fight your way to an epic battle between Man vs Jinn.


  • parkour
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • building
  • stealth
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • historical
  • alternate
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • fantasy

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Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition Deluxe Collection (2017)

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Nintendo Switch

This is downloadable content that adds a Japanese-voice option to the game. After downloading this content, you can change the game to hear the Japanese voices by changing the voice language in Settings. On-screen text will be displayed in English.

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  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • split-screen
  • zombies
  • inventory
  • endless
  • online
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • grid
  • controller-support
  • survival
  • discovery
  • construction

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