- #1 Project Zomboid
75% matchVery Positive94% of 439,650 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 25.4%, Survival 20%, Open World 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #2 No One Survived
73% matchMixed65% of 7,559 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Zombies 22%, Survival 19%, Open World 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Crafting 11.7%
- #3 Kenshi
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,185 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 21.7%, Sandbox 19.1%, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Building 10.5%
- #4 State of Decay
74% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 34.8%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #5 State of Decay: YOSE
73% matchVery Positive82% of 12,790 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 33%, Survival 20.4%, Open World 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #6 Survivalist
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,558 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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.
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Survival 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #7 VEIN
69% matchVery Positive90% of 9,414 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Zombies 21.9%, Survival 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 10.4%
- #8 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
68% matchVery Positive94% of 4,382 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 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 22.4%, Survival 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 11.2%
- #9 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
69% matchVery Positive81% of 1,005 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 11.3%, Building 10.8%
- #10 Keplerth
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, Survival 18.5%, Open World 17.5%, Building 17.4%, Crafting 7.6%
- #11 Wayward
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,347 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 23.2% ★, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Roguelike 9.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #12 Cepheus Protocol
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,504 reviews2020
Dev: Halcyon Winds
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.
Why similar: Zombies 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 14.2%, Building 13.1%
- #13 SurrounDead
63% matchVery Positive92% of 23,327 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Survival 20.8%, Open World 18.4%, RPG 3.9%
- #14 HumanitZ
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,511 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival 15.5%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 13%
- #15 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
64% matchVery Positive83% of 67,002 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Zombies 30.8%, Survival 23%, Open World 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #16 Days Gone
62% matchVery Positive93% of 112,424 reviews2021
Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Open World 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 6.7%
- #17 Next Day: Survival
64% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 28.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Open World 22%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 7%
- #18 Sheltered
61% matchVery Positive82% of 6,211 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Survival 28.6%, Building 9%, Crafting 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #19 The Last Stand: Aftermath
60% matchVery Positive81% of 6,543 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 31.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #20 Decision: Red Daze
60% matchMostly Positive74% of 869 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 14.4%, Building 10.6%
- #21 7 Days to Die
57% matchVery Positive87% of 396,447 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Survival 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Open World 13.1%, Building 11.3%
- #22 Rust
58% matchVery Positive87% of 1,342,143 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 29.3%, Crafting 19.1%, Open World 17.1%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #23 DYSMANTLE
58% matchVery Positive91% of 11,299 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 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 22.3%, Survival 17.8%, Open World 16.3%, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #24 Subterrain
60% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 24.5%, Zombies 20.5%, Crafting 17.3%, Top-Down 13.5%, Open World 12.4%
- #25 Walking Zombie 2
58% matchVery Positive88% of 13,028 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #26 Unturned
57% matchVery Positive91% of 561,074 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 22%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 14%, Sandbox 13.8%
- #27 Craftopia
57% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,967 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World 24.1%, Crafting 22.4%, Survival 20.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 12.1%
- #28 Infection Free Zone
55% matchVery Positive80% of 17,140 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Outbreak Sim 23.8% ★, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #29 Dead Maze
57% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,790 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.
Why similar: Zombies 36.3%, Survival 25.6%, Open World 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Crafting 8.1%
- #30 How to Survive
57% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 36.9%, Survival 25.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Open World 6.1%
- #31 NEO Scavenger
56% matchVery Positive90% of 5,355 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28%, Survival 25.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Roguelike 10.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #32 Mist Survival
56% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,035 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Survival 27.1%, Open World 18.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #33 Soulash 2
54% matchVery Positive86% of 2,320 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.8% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 12.7%
- #34 Miscreated
56% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Zombies 23.3%, Survival 23%, Open World 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Crafting 9.9%
- #35 Sandbox Apocalypse
54% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: 7Druids GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 18.2% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Sandbox 10.8%, Open World 9.8%
- #36 RimWorld
54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,937 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Sandbox 23.3%, Building 17.6%, Open World 17%, Simulation 8.6%
- #37 末日危城-希望
53% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: 冬禾游戏
Windows
《末日危城-希望》是一款末日生存角色扮演游戏。你要在开放的丧尸末日世界里搜寻物资,制造装备,完成各种任务,坚强活着并且寻找恢复文明的希望。
Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #38 Necesse
51% matchVery Positive93% of 26,732 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.4%, Open World 17%, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 15.8%, Building 13.5%
- #39 Escape From Duckov
51% matchVery Positive84% of 101,208 reviews2025
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Why similar: Survival 40%, Top-Down 25.1%, Roguelite 13.9%, Action 10.8%, RPG 10.1%
- #40 SCUM
52% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,783 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 101.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 18.2%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 14.7%
- #41 UNDYING - "KINGDOM"
53% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,853 reviews2023
Dev: VanimalsPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…
Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 11.1%
- #42 Going Medieval
51% matchVery Positive90% of 20,101 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 27.6%, Sandbox 27.4%, Crafting 25.2%, RPG 10.1%, Simulation 9.7%
- #43 Abiotic Factor
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,673 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Survival 27.3%, Crafting 26%, Sandbox 20.3%, Building 19.4%, Simulation 6.9%
- #44 Infestation: The New Beginning
57% matchMixed42% of 25,431 reviews
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 58.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Why similar: Zombies 47.9%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, RPG 3.3%
- #45 Squad Zero
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Open World 12.5%
- #46 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
50% matchVery Positive94% of 174,983 reviews2025
Dev: Warhorse StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 53.8 hrsMean: 73.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.
Why similar: Open World 63.3%, RPG 28%, Action 8.7%
- #47 MENACE
50% matchVery Positive91% of 9,724 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: RPG 69.8%, Action 30.2%
- #48 Mon Bazou
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 19,594 reviews2025
Dev: Santa Goat
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?
Why similar: Sandbox 27.8%, Building 24.2%, Open World 21.5%, Crafting 21.4%, Simulation 5.1%
- #49 Broken World
53% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Zombies 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #50 Junk Survivor
53% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #51 Core Keeper
51% matchVery Positive93% of 63,039 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 17.1%, Building 16.7%
- #52 Cataclysm: The Last Generation
51% matchVery Positive95% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Worm Girl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.7% ★, Zombies 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 9.1%
- #53 The Escapists
54% matchVery Positive90% of 16,161 reviews2015
Dev: Mouldy Toof StudiosPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Why similar: Crafting 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Survival 14.7%, Sandbox 10.1%, Simulation 8.3%
- #54 FatalZone
52% matchMixed67% of 2,256 reviews2024
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.4%, Survival 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Roguelite 10.3%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #55 ZERO Sievert
51% matchVery Positive85% of 14,688 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Now with over 500,000 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 28.6%, Survival 23.9%, Open World 16.3%, Top-Down 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #56 Black Myth: Wukong
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,196,527 reviews2024
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 41.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Why similar: RPG 62.3%, Action 37.7%
- #57 Caves of Qud
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,074 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.7% ★, Open World 24.8%, Survival 15.6%, Roguelike 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #58 Back to the Dawn
50% matchVery Positive95% of 9,787 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 44%, RPG 37.5%, Simulation 12.6%, 2.5D 6%
- #59 Elin
51% matchVery Positive94% of 8,583 reviews2024
Dev: Lafrontier
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Successor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33% ★, Open World 18.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Roguelike 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%