- #1 The Last Stand: Aftermath
97% matchVery Positive81% of 6,743 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Survival 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly mirrors the roguelite survival loop and top-down exploration found in the seed game.
- #2 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
96% matchVery Positive82% of 3,629 reviews2017
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Gore 11.9%, Violent 11.8%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the intense top-down shooter combat and base defense elements required to survive endless zombie waves.
- #3 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 49.6%, Survival 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Co-op 7.3%, Isometric 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive top-down zombie survival game, offering deep scavenging and base-building mechanics.
- #4 Cannibal Crossing
95% matchMixed61% of 260 reviews2022
Dev: Everplay InteractivePub: Rocketcat Games
Windows
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Action Roguelike 21%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game features procedural world generation, base building, and co-op action that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #5 DYSMANTLE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 42.8%, Survival 18.6%, Loot 15.7%, Top-Down 12.8%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on top-down exploration and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic world where everything can be destroyed.
- #6 How to Survive 2
94% matchMixed69% of 11,014 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 51.9%, Survival 20.2%, Co-op 8.8%, Gore 8.1%, Top-Down Shooter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar top-down perspective with a heavy emphasis on co-op play, crafting, and zombie survival.
- #7 Nation Red
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,786 reviews2009
Dev: DiezelPower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.
Why similar: Zombies 42.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Gore 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down shooter that focuses on arcade-style zombie slaughter and survival.
- #8 Zombie Builder Defense
92% matchMixed67% of 513 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Violent 9.8%, Gore 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines action-heavy combat with base-building mechanics for a cooperative survival experience.
- #9 Final Days
91% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: +7 Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.
Why similar: Zombies 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Gore 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a frantic top-down co-op experience centered on surviving massive hordes of zombies.
- #10 Ultimate Zombie Defense
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,774 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
Why similar: Zombies 30.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11%, Gore 10%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tower defense and action game that emphasizes co-op survival against waves of the undead.
- #11 Deadly Days
90% matchVery Positive86% of 1,913 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.
Why similar: Zombies 33%, Action Roguelike 20.5%, Strategy 12%, Roguelite 8.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelite that manages a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world.
- #12 ZERO Sievert
88% matchVery Positive85% of 15,372 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Survival 18.9%, Loot 18.6%, Top-Down 16.1%, Strategy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down extraction shooter that emphasizes tactical survival, looting, and procedural environments.
- #13 FatalZone
89% matchMixed67% of 2,283 reviews2024
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Survival 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that delivers the same high-intensity, horde-clearing gameplay found in the seed game.
- #14 Frontline Zed
89% matchMixed59% of 338 reviews2019
Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Gore 11.3%, Violent 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on strategic survival and base defense, requiring players to manage resources and weapons against zombie swarms.
- #15 Infected Shelter
87% matchVery Positive85% of 537 reviews2019
Dev: Dark Blue Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Infected Shelter is an ultra-violent rogue-lite post-apocalyptic beat'em up. Singleplayer and co-op for up to four players.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.4%, Gore 20.8%, Zombies 18.8%, Loot 9.1%, Action 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A violent, top-down action-roguelike that features co-op play and a gritty post-apocalyptic aesthetic.
- #16 Apocalypse Party
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,433 reviews2023
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.
Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Top-Down 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelike offers chaotic top-down combat and co-op support for surviving the apocalypse.
- #17 VERSUS SQUAD
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 584 reviews2016
Dev: DiezelPower
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Gore 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Survival 7.7%, Violent 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that emphasizes gore and cooperative survival against relentless zombie waves.
- #18 Survivor Squad
86% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Zombies 43.7%, Strategy 17.3%, Survival 11.5%, Top-Down 7.9%, Action 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-based survival game where you manage a team of survivors through dangerous, procedurally generated areas.
- #19 Nearly Dead - Live and Let Die
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 223 reviews2023
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.
Why similar: Zombies 26%, Action Roguelike 18.4%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Top-Down 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelike that features multiplayer co-op and intense survival mechanics.
- #20 Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op
84% matchMixed49% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: DEKLAZON
Windows
A dark co-op top-down shooter in a post-soviet zombie apocalypse setting. You appear at a random location in the city. The goal is to get to the transport, and you will make the path yourself. In the day - look for resources and build fortifications. At night - destroy the dead and their bosses!
Why similar: Zombies 19.6%, Gore 15.5%, Violent 15.3%, Action 8.5%, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated co-op shooter that focuses on violent, top-down combat in a zombie-ridden environment.
- #21 Welcome to ParadiZe
82% matchMixed67% of 1,314 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Violent 9.9%, Isometric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features co-op survival and combat with a unique twist on zombie interaction.
- #22 Blood And Zombies
83% matchMixed52% of 464 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.
Why similar: Zombies 26.4%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Gore 11.4%, Violent 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends co-op survival with roguelite elements and intense combat scenarios.
- #23 Decision: Red Daze
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 896 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 37.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival 13.4%, Top-Down 10.2%, Isometric 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival RPG that focuses on base building and combat in a zombie-infested wasteland.
- #24 Darksburg
81% matchMixed62% of 2,520 reviews2020
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
DARKSBURG is a co-op roguelite in which you must escape a procedurally generated medieval city overwhelmed by undead forces. Fight alongside up to 3 friends, overcome the revenants and get out while you can...
Why similar: Zombies 36.3%, Action Roguelike 21.8%, Top-Down 11.6%, Co-op 11.1%, Isometric 9%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op action game that pits survivors against hordes of zombies in a stylized, top-down world.
- #25 Biters & Bullets: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive90% of 358 reviews2022
Dev: Night Owls
Windows
Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Top-Down 10.7%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike that focuses on bullet-hell combat against zombie hordes.
- #26 GUNTOUCHABLES
76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,140 reviews2025
Dev: Game SwingPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working to develop new unique ways to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Gore 11.7%, Online Co-Op 11.1%
- #27 Dead Sky
82% matchMostly Negative36% of 222 reviews2013
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Dead Sky takes place admist the chaos of a mysterious outbreak where you will fight tooth-and-nail through hordes of undead creatures in order to escape the epidemic and survive. At its core, Dead Sky is an action-packed survival shooter that ties in several strategic tower defense elements.
Why similar: Zombies 65.3%, Action 20.2%, Indie 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down shooter that focuses on indie-style zombie action and survival.
- #28 Last Group Out
78% matchVery Positive82% of 592 reviews2022
Dev: Woodland Development
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.
Why similar: Survival 26.6%, Online Co-Op 23%, Action 22.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A shooter that emphasizes looter-shooter mechanics and gun customization for survival.
- #29 Dead Engine
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Zombies 27.6%, Action Roguelike 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Top-Down 9.4%, Strategy 9.2%
- #30 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
77% matchVery Positive86% of 9,662 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Why similar: Zombies 38.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Top-Down 7.2%, Co-op 7%, Survival 5.8%
- #31 Primal Fears
79% matchMixed58% of 309 reviews2013
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.
Why similar: Gore 23.1%, Violent 20.3%, Zombies 19.3%, Action 13.7%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op action game that emphasizes gore and survival against waves of infected creatures.
- #32 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Strategy 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Top-Down 12%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that focuses on squad management in a top-down, zombie-filled environment.
- #33 Dead Horde
80% matchMostly Negative34% of 658 reviews2011
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
As a survivor of the mutant virus, make your way through the city and wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...
Why similar: Zombies 71.6%, Action 13%, Survival 8.1%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward top-down shooter that focuses on survival and multiplayer co-op.
- #34 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
71% matchVery Positive91% of 14,401 reviews2026
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Zombies 29%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Top-Down 10.3%, Survival 9.2%
- #35 Infectonator: Survivors
77% matchMixed67% of 1,161 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 47.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Survival 13.3%, Gore 6.9%, Violent 6%
- #36 FatalZone: Outbreak
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Survival 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
- #37 Yet Another Zombie Defense
75% matchVery Positive87% of 12,385 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Zombies 88.1%, Survival 3%, Co-op 2%, Online Co-Op 1.5%, Strategy 1.4%
- #38 Where the forest ends
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: MonkeyBassGames
Windows
Shred zombies and bandits, collect and upgrade weapons, and explore the beauty hidden within industrial decay in a new story-driven, top-down horror shooter. Survive one more day in the post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Gore 17%, Violent 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Isometric 9.8%
- #39 Survivors Of The Zombie World
73% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Dafu Game Studio
Windows
Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 11.5%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #40 Nearly Dead
75% matchMixed46% of 301 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Strategy 25.8%, Action 13%, Indie 10%, Survival 8.3%
- #41 Zombieville USA 3D
70% matchVery Positive93% of 2,297 reviews2025
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.
Why similar: Zombies 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Isometric 11.2%, Co-op 8.2%
- #42 FALL
72% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: 谭浩翔
Windows
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #43 No More Room in Hell 2
70% matchMixed54% of 25,427 reviews2026
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
Why similar: Zombies 46%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, Survival 12.6%, Co-op 11.3%, Action 6.8%
- #44 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
69% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 44.3%, Survival 16.2%, Gore 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Strategy 11.3%
- #45 Strain Tactics
73% matchVery Positive86% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Gore 13.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #46 DeadPoly
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Zombies 34%, Loot 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Survival 11.9%
- #47 Lifeless
74% matchMostly Negative38% of 556 reviews2016
Dev: Desync Donkeys
Windows
Immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic co-op world of Lifeless, where base building and crafting are key. Collect weapons, gear, and food as you embark on thrilling missions to level up in a vast open world. But stay alert—relentless zombies lurk around every corner!
Why similar: Zombies 41.6%, Gore 17.5%, Violent 15.3%, Survival 12.1%, Action 9%
- #48 Guns n Zombies
72% matchMixed69% of 979 reviews2014
Dev: Krealit
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to fight back. As the story goes along, you will learn what caused the disaster and help other survivors to overcome its aftermath.
Why similar: Zombies 53.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Co-op 11.1%, Action 11%, Indie 4.6%
- #49 Zombie Builder Defense 2
69% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
Why similar: Zombies 29.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Top-Down 11.9%, Action 7.7%
- #50 Deadzone: Rogue
67% matchVery Positive82% of 16,323 reviews2025
Dev: Prophecy Games
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Zombies 27.1%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Loot 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%
- #51 Monsters are Coming!
67% matchVery Positive80% of 2,808 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Top-Down 15%, Isometric 14.8%, Strategy 13%, Survival 12.8%
- #52 Zombie Shooter
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,342 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!
Why similar: Zombies 35.1%, Gore 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Isometric 5.8%, Action 5.7%
- #53 ZOMBIE RAID: No One Survives
70% matchMixed52% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: Red Dot Studio
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a top-down shooter with realistic-looking combat. Raid the infected city and fight for survival in team battles.
Why similar: Zombies 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Survival 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #54 Keep Her Safe
66% matchVery Positive96% of 181 reviews2026
Dev: Gugu Studio
Windows
Keep Her Safe is a survival shooting game. Gather resources, fortify your base, and withstand zombie hordes to keep the rocket project alive and bring an end to the acid rain apocalypse. Besides the hard life in wasteland, you can also chill up with friends in different multiplayer gameplays.
Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival 11.2%
- #55 No More Room in Hell
67% matchVery Positive90% of 76,465 reviews2013
Dev: No More Room in Hell TeamPub: Lever Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
Why similar: Zombies 55.1%, Survival 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Co-op 8.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%
- #56 Atom Zombie Smasher
69% matchVery Positive90% of 2,103 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.
Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Top-Down 14.9%, Co-op 10.6%, Action 7.1%
- #57 Crimsonland
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,128 reviews2014
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Gore 18.4%, Top-Down 13.3%, Zombies 12.5%, Action 8.9%
- #58 Choo Choo Survivor
66% matchVery Positive85% of 592 reviews2023
Dev: GTGD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.2%, Zombies 27.2%, Top-Down 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #59 Dead Pixels
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,425 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 67.3%, Action 9.7%, Survival 8.2%, Indie 5.8%, Co-op 5.5%
- #60 COLLAPSED
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: Glaive Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Collapsed is a post-apocalyptic roguelike action-platformer. Hunt your prey through vast procedurally-generated levels filled with tough enemies, useful loot and experience points. Fight alone or with a friend – either way, it won’t be easy!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.1%, Violent 19.8%, Roguelite 13.7%, Co-op 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%